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A foolproof way to talk about climate change
If you’re like me and have to talk about climate science in public forums a lot, you struggle with the denier community and how to talk about the issue. Personally, […]
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Residents Flood This Week's EPA Mercury Hearings
Americans made their voices heard this week, turning out in huge crowds at three public hearings to demand Environmental Protection Agency safeguards from coal pollution. You can see photos from […]
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Rick Santorum, the Only Consistently Anti-Environmental Candidate
Rick Santorum announced yesterday that next week, in a Western Pennsylvania coal field, he’ll announce he is running for President. The leaked announcement seems to have heavily emphasized the coal […]
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Ten more great walking cities [SLIDESHOW]
A few months back, we published a slideshow on the world’s top 10 walking cities, as determined by a vote of Lonely Planet readers. Some of you, dear friends of […]
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Clean energy advocate gives a 'how to' clinic on rebutting fossil energy disinformation
Cross-posted from The Great Energy Challenge blog Over the past few months, I’ve made the case that dirty energy lobby plays a full contact game against clean energy, using lobbying […]
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The 10 deadliest cities for pedestrians in the United States [SLIDESHOW]
Streets in the U.S. are designed not for people, but for cars. And it shows. From 2000 through 2009, some 47,700 pedestrians were killed by drivers. Transportation for America has […]
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Great places: turning from stuff to happiness
This is how happy great places can make you. This is part two in a series on “great places.” Read parts one, three, four, and five. Today, America is making […]
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Speak Out For Mercury Safeguards at EPA's Hearings
This is a big week for public input for the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed safeguards against mercury and other air toxics spewed out by coal-fired power plants. EPA is holding […]
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The Rapture didn’t come, but don’t worry, the world is still boiling
Cross-posted from Beyond the Choir Church this morning must have been quite awkward for some people. The sermon might have gone something like, “I know we’re all disappointed that the […]
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Rapture Playlist
Because Pandora won’t work on my iPhone as I ascend…or am left behind. Either way. Track 01: All Over the World – ELO Track 02:In the Air Tonight – Phil […]
