Veterans Day had always been a day-off from environmentalism for me, but this year Veterans week was different. The Sierra Club was really, for the first time, a full participant.
John DeCock | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green
Change is inevitable, and the time for new coal fired power plants has passed.
Bruce Nilles | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green
Blasting has begun on Coal River Mountain in West Virginia, site of a long battle between Massey Energy and local residents who want it to be a site for wind turbines instead of coal mining.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago
The Chicago activists called attention to the deadly life cycle of coal mining and coal burning -- including the burning of coal strip-mined from mountaintop removal operations in Appalachia.
Bruce Nilles | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green
This week's post was co-written by Mary Anne Hitt, deputy director of the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign"My hope is this superb documentary will sho...
Washington Post | Steven Mufson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green
The Interior Department has given Shell approval to drill oil exploration wells in two leaseholds in the Beaufort Sea, which could lead to the first d...
Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green
Though air travel is unavoidable at times, there are a few things responsible travelers can do to make flights greener.
David Thielen | Posted 10.15.2009 | Denver
We need to think about whether we want to foster Boulder as a place for innovative work and groundbreaking research, or whether we want to see that slowly move elsewhere as we lock the city in time.
The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business
As part of the Huffington Post's efforts to bear witness to the effects of the current economic environment on ordinary Americans, we're rounding up s...
Bruce Nilles | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green
Did you know that many of our country's colleges and universities -- places that are supposed to be a source of higher-education and leadership -- get their electricity by burning coal?
Carl Pope | Posted 11.28.2009 | Green
The Sierra Club is devoting this entire week to helping use America's Best Idea to build a new generation of activists for the national parks.
Avital Binshtock | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green
It's officially Climate Week. In case you feel discouraged that you can't do enough, remember Gandhi's words: "Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."
Carl Pope | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green
How cool is it to be watching a special one-hour excerpt from Ken Burns's 12-hour PBS special on the National Parks in the White House screening room with President Obama?
Posted 11.18.2009 | Business
Producers of natural gas are readying a lobbying effort before a climate change bill goes before the Senate this fall, reports the Dallas Morning News...
Jennifer Schwab | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green
It seems many people support wind and solar energy so long as it's not in my backyard, and not in my hiking grounds either.
Bruce Nilles | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green
For the eight years of the Bush Administration, permits were being issued that violated the Clean Water Act, but EPA was prevented from objecting. Clearly there is a new sheriff in town.
Randall Amster | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
The strategy of deterrence that drives both border enforcement and crackdowns on humanitarians is fundamentally flawed.
Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green
Going green doesn't just save the outside world. It also can preserve the hard-earned money in your bank account.
Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green
While the good folks at U.S. News and World Report ascribe certain measurements of prestige to their college rankings, we rated schools based on what matters most to us.
Bruce Nilles | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green
Three years ago Dynegy launched plans to partner with LS Power and become the largest new developer of coal-fired power plants. Yesterday Dynegy officially terminated those plans.
Josh Dorner | Posted 09.07.2009 | Green
There's considerable evidence that these astroturf corporate lobbying operations are also trying to derail clean energy jobs legislation.
Javier Sierra | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
As a Latina, Sutley is aware of our community's disproportionate suffering from the consequences of environmental degradation.
Bruce Nilles | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green
JPMorgan Chase is pouring billions of dollars into dirty coal plant projects -- projects that would dramatically increase global warming pollution and ensure runaway global warming.
Josh Nelson | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green
A burst of developments Monday considerably raised the profile of the latest attempt by polluting industries to thwart environmental legislation through fraudulent mailings to Congress.
Carl Pope | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green
Three generations of Gandhi-inspired environmental activists are on the stage. They haven't forgotten his emphasis on empowering local people and developing India from the bottom up.
Carl Pope | Posted 11.13.2009 | Green