Nuclear Dilemmas
A review of Fuel Cycle to Nowhere: U.S. Law and Policy on Nuclear Waste by Richard Burleson Stewart and Jane Bloom Stewart
Imagining Climate Chaos
A review of I’m With the Bears: Short Stories from a Damaged Planet by Mark Martin
Energy Freedom
A review of Clean Energy Nation: Freeing America from the Tyranny of Fossil Fuels by Martin Cheek
Green Holiday Gift Ideas
GET IN CHARGE Chargers for all our electronic devices fill up spare plugs and waste electricity, not to mention the inconvenience of remembering your various chargers whenever you leave the house for extended periods. The FreeLoader Pro ($79.99) solves this problem and ensures your electronic devices are getting their charge from a renewable source: the […]
Taking On Polluters
Hilton Kelly has helped Port Arthur fight big polluters, support businesses, services & health care, & provide a blueprint for action for other communities.
Recycled Wrapping
There are many ways to recycle old stuff to make recycled wrapping for your gifts this next holiday season….
In Sweat We Trust: Hot Bikram Yoga Surges Across U.S.
Bikram Choudhury hails from Calcutta, India, and replicated its tropical climate when he moved to the U.S. in “Bikram’s torture chamber,” the heated studio.
The Biofuel Conundrum
Biofuels—made from crops and used to replace conventional fuel—are not necessarily more environmentally friendly than oil…
By the Numbers: Holiday Waste
According to EPA, Americans produce 25% more waste between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day than during the rest of the year…
I Am the Bee
New Bedford, Massachusetts, does not seem a likely home for a new wave of environmental art. In the nineteenth century, this harbor town served as the home port for much of the nation’s whaling fleet. Those bloody hulls, combined with the brownfields and empty quays that litter New Bedford today, have left the place a […]