published February 18, 2011 and has No Comments
Interview with William Becker A couple weeks ago, I had the pleasure of sitting down with William Becker, the Executive Director Presidential Climate Action Project , to talk about the Obama administration's toolkit for addressing global warming. Clearly, that toolkit is now missing some of its most essential components -- there will be no Congressional support for climate anytime ...
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published February 18, 2011 and has No Comments
Image: Zonk43 , Wikimedia Commons Spending the week with Greenpeace on its Coal Free Future tour was illuminating for a number of reasons . Not only did I get a sneak peak at what I believe will be a crucial part of the next chapter of climate activism, but it was eye-opening to see all the work being done ...
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published February 18, 2011 and has No Comments
Earlier this week, Dr. Paul Epstein, associate director of the Harvard Center for Health and the Global Environment, released the first-ever full life cycle analysis of the devastating costs of coal in the United States. His team's finding? That coal -- with its deadly health costs, its toll on land use, and climate impacts -- costs the nation up to ...
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published February 17, 2011 and has No Comments
Image credit: CHOW I'll admit it, I'm on a bit of a CHOW kick of late. From their video introduction to beekeeping to footage of the coolest seed bank ever , these guys manage to capture people's passion with a sense of both respect and charm. This latest video is no exception, as we explore how tofu is made, ...
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published February 15, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: No Fish Left The prospect of drilling for oil in Arctic waters has long made Americans and Canadians queasy (if not their oil companies), and for good reason: the frigid cold, dangerous waters, and difficult-to-navigate coastal terrain. An offshore spill in the Arctic would be devastating, and exceedingly tough to contain. But faced with dwindling onshore supplies, Russia ...
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published February 15, 2011 and has No Comments
Image credit: TreemediaGroup When the makers of the End of Suburbia filmed Brother Nature Farm in Detroit , it was an inspiring first-hand account of how urban agriculture activists are working to feed the Motor City . While the slicker models of city farming may have some people worr... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published February 14, 2011 and has No Comments
Image: flick.com/jpmatth , CC I know, I know -- I already penned a post with a very similar headline last week . The GOP wants to gut the Environmental Protection Agency, stripping out a huge chunk of its funding. So what's the news? Well, that chunk just got a lot bigger. As in, twice as huge. The proposed cuts ...
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published February 12, 2011 and has No Comments
Aboard the Arctic Sunrise, leaving New York City. Photos: Brian Merchant Over the last few weeks, Greenpeace's iconic ship the Arctic Sunrise has been traveling up the East Coast on the Coal Free Future tour . Greenpeace has been making a fresh push to spread the word about the ills of coal, and reaching out to communities in cities ...
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published February 11, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: Heat USA We're already well aware that the American Southwest, which is naturally hot and dry, is seriously strapped for water. And the situation is getting worse every day, with populations in California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico continuing an unimpeded growth trend that began decades ago. The fact there are too many people vying for limited resources ...
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published February 9, 2011 and has No Comments
Image credit: Neil Kelley , used under Creative Commons license. With Colony Collapse Disorder continuing to wreak havoc on bee colonies , some beekeepers have been looking to hardier, less domesticated bees to build up a stronger gene pool. From the native stingless bees of Australia to the
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Are Solar-Powered Bee Hives a Good Idea?
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