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Hurricane Sandy

Seizing the hurricane Sandy moment to tell it like it is

4 November, 2012

This is my Sandy statement. It is told in the Up with Chris Hayes video shared below, and I encourage you to see it, share it, and make it yours as well. It speaks of the perplexing and, as Sandy … Continue reading

Photo by Brandon Cripps.

Rising Temperature Raising Food Prices

22 August, 2012

Over the last two months, the price of corn has been climbing. On July 19th, it exceeded $8 per bushel for the first time, taking the world into a new food price terrain. With heat and drought still smothering the … Continue reading

The new MacBook Pro, which experts have deemed as unrecyclable.

Apple ditches EPEAT green standard, then rejoins amid heavy criticism

2 August, 2012

In a rather surprising move Apple, the computer manufacturer, decided to pull out its entire line of around 40 products from the EPEAT green certification registry last month. According to anonymous sources within the company, Apple no longer wanted their … Continue reading

Instead of throwing away everything in huge landfills our society could gain a lot from recycling it instead.

Is our throwaway economy headed for the junk heap of history?

2 August, 2012

In their book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, American architect William McDonough and German chemist Michael Braungart conclude that waste and pollution are to be avoided entirely. “Pollution,” says McDonough, “is a symbol of design failure.” … Continue reading

Anti nuclear power protests in Kouenji, Japan. Photo by Matthias Lambrecht.

The Fukushima nuclear disaster was “man-made”

1 August, 2012

Last year’s Fukushima nuclear catastrophe was “man-made” and “the result of collusion” between the government, regulators and the company operating the nuclear plants, a report commissioned by Japan’s Parliament has charged. For Americans, the stinging report, the result of months … Continue reading

Wind farms also brings security

Redefining Security for the 21st Century

2 July, 2012

One of our legacies from the last century, which was dominated by two world wars and the cold war, is a sense of security that is defined almost exclusively in military terms. It so dominates Washington thinking that the U.S. … Continue reading

The #EndFossilFuelSubsidies hashtag is seen here being projected at the Marble Arch in London. Photo: Stephen Brown

Campaign to end fossil fuel subsidies tops Twitter ahead of Rio+20

19 June, 2012

And so the 24-hour Twitterstorm against fossil fuel subsidies is over. And with an amazing rate of 3+ tweets per second, the storm certainly didn’t go unnoticed. The campaign which was launched yesterday by 350.org, Avaaz, Greenpeace, and other environmental … Continue reading

Members of Avaaz and 350 unfurl a giant trillion dollar bill at iconic Copacabana beach. They're asking world leaders at the Rio+20 Summit to end the trillion dollars governments hand out in fossil fuel subsidies each year and turn this money green instead.

Massive Twitterstorm demanding an end to fossil fuel subsidies underway

18 June, 2012

A 24-hour “storm” against fossil fuel subsidies was launched today by 350.org, Avaaz, Greenpeace, and other environmental organizations on the popular social network site Twitter. The event is expected to involve hundreds of thousands of people from around the world … Continue reading

Stephen Harper gives a thumbs-up for climate killing tar sands and environmental destruction

Canada’s conservative government is gutting environment protection

7 June, 2012

Although Canada’s Conservative Party won only 40% of the popular vote in the last election, it captured an absolute majority of the seats in the House of Commons. This gives Prime Minister Stephen Harper the ability to pass any legislation … Continue reading

The Tangshanpeng wind farm in China.

China helped wind power climb to new record levels in 2011

28 March, 2012

Wind energy developers installed a record 41,000 megawatts of electricity-generating capacity in 2011, bringing the world total to 238,000 megawatts. With more than 80 countries now harnessing the wind, there is enough installed wind power capacity worldwide to meet the … Continue reading

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