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Father Loses 2 Young Children In Tornado

Posted 05.22.2013 | Green

As families across Oklahoma start to pick up the pieces in the wake of Monday's devastating tornado, one family is reeling after the loss of two of th...

Unreliable Sources 5: How the News Media Help the Kochs & ExxonMobil Spread Climate Disinformation

Elliott Negin | Posted 05.22.2013 | Media
Elliott Negin

Given the Heartland Institute's penchant for misrepresenting science, you would think reporters would be curious about who finances its work. You would be wrong.

'Green News Report' - May 21, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.21.2013 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport FACEBOOK: Green News Report The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'...

Chris Kirkham

Leveled Schools Lacked Tornado Shelters Due To Haphazard Regulation

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 05.22.2013 | Green

The two elementary schools leveled by the deadly tornado that swept through the Oklahoma City area Monday lacked designated safe rooms designed to pro...

Hate the Increases in Storms and Heat? Take Methane Down to 1250 Now!

Nathan Currier | Posted 05.21.2013 | Green
Nathan Currier

It will take cool heads to prevail in a heating world, however, and one quick path to disaster could be that, too caught up in the intensity of this struggle, we ignore the necessity of the near-term strategy as well.

Q&A With Matt Arnold: Dialogues on the Environment

Mark Tercek | Posted 05.21.2013 | Green
Mark Tercek

In this ongoing series, I talk with thought leaders about ideas in my book Nature's Fortune and trends in the environmental movement. Next in the s...

WATCH: Terrifying Oklahoma Tornado Time Lapse Footage

Posted 05.21.2013 | Green

In time lapse footage posted online by NBC affiliate WMC-TV, the quick-moving progress of Monday's massive Oklahoma City tornado is terrifyingly appar...

Unreliable Sources 4: How the Media Help the Kochs & ExxonMobil Spread Climate Disinformation

Elliott Negin | Posted 05.20.2013 | Media
Elliott Negin

Despite the fact that more journalists are now aware of the Koch brothers, many still miss the fact that Americans for Prosperity is just one of approximately 40 think tanks and advocacy groups the Kochs underwrite to promote their climate and energy agenda.

An Open Letter to the Congressional Committee Investigating Politically-Motivated IRS Audits

Philip Radford | Posted 05.17.2013 | Green
Philip Radford

Greenpeace is offering to testify about being the target of politically motivated audits in 2004, because regardless of which party holds power, these abuses are egregious and must stop.

Unreliable Sources 3: How the Media Help the Kochs & ExxonMobil Spread Climate Disinformation

Elliott Negin | Posted 05.18.2013 | Media
Elliott Negin

Despite the fact that ExxonMobil is still a significant contrarian funder, the flurry of media interest in the company's funding agenda sparked by UCS's exposƩ died down soon after its release and remains feeble to this day. What happened?

'Green News Report' - May 16, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.16.2013 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport FACEBOOK: Green News Report The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'...

Mount Everest Melting?

The Huffington Post | Meredith Bennett-Smith | Posted 05.16.2013 | Green

For years, scientists have worried about the impact of climate change in the invaluable Himalayan region. Recent research seems to confirm worries tha...

WATCH: Deer Crashes Through Bus Windshield, Escapes Through Door

Posted 05.16.2013 | Green

Silly deer, that's not how you board the bus! In an amazing piece of raw footage taken Tuesday from a CamTran city bus in Johnstown, Pa., cameras c...

400 PPM Descending.

Shan Wells | Posted 05.15.2013 | Denver
Shan Wells

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Unreliable Sources 2: How the Media Help the Kochs & ExxonMobil Spread Climate Disinformation

Elliott Negin | Posted 05.15.2013 | Media
Elliott Negin

Part 2: To understand just how the fossil fuel industry has been laundering climate disinformation, there are few better places to start than with the Washington, D.C.-based Competitive Enterprise Institute.

'Green News Report' - May 14, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.14.2013 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport FACEBOOK: Green News Report The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'...

Surprise! Couple Finds 'Bee Village' Behind Bedroom Wall

The Huffington Post | Meredith Bennett-Smith | Posted 05.14.2013 | Green

When buying a new house, a few surprises are expected. But this couple was shocked to discover their home was already occupied -- by tens of thousands...

Federal R&D Can Spur Energy Innovation

Phyllis Cuttino | Posted 05.14.2013 | Green
Phyllis Cuttino

How can Washington ensure that U.S. businesses are poised to be global clean energy leaders? The critical step is to make long-term investment in energy innovation.

WATCH: HOW Did He Do That?!?

Posted 05.14.2013 | Green

What's that old expression about a bird in the hand? Does it have something to do with being a ninja? Because it should. A man hunting with his bud...

SCOTUS Sides With Monsanto

HuffPost Live | Posted 05.13.2013 | Green

The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that an Indiana farmer violated Monsanto Co.'s patents on genetically altered soybeans and is not allowed to create ...

WATCH: This Pile Of Puppies Is Getting Us Through The Day

Posted 05.14.2013 | Green

This is a pile of puppies. And this video will make your heart melt all over your keyboard. The absolutely adorable video of a family of puppies a...

Unreliable Sources: How the Media Help the Kochs & ExxonMobil Spread Climate Disinformation

Elliott Negin | Posted 05.15.2013 | Media
Elliott Negin

Too often the news media have provided a platform for fossil fuel industry-funded think tanks and advocacy groups to make spurious claims about global warming and renewable energy and allowed them to pass themselves off as disinterested parties promoting free markets and limited government.

PHOTOS: Lightning, Wildfires And A Lot Of Flooding

Posted 05.12.2013 | Green

The past week brought several big headlines in extreme weather news: Two awe-inspiring rope tornadoes touched down in central Kansas, but didn't ca...

Mother's Day: Political Moms Mobilize For Climate Change

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.10.2013 | Green
Marcia G. Yerman

I reached out to several of the female members of the caucus, on the occasion of Mother's Day, to get their feedback on the importance of amplifying the dangers of climate change, and the role of mothers, grandmothers, and aunts in being vigilant about protecting the planet.

WATCH: Family Keeps Cheetahs Like Pets

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 05.09.2013 | Green

Here's one family dynamic you should never try to emulate. "Cheetah House," new video posted to YouTube April 25 by Imogen Richards, shows two tod...