A 10-minute film about the growing grassroots movement against the Keystone XL Pipeline. The pipeline’s proposed route from Canada to Texas crosses some of the nation’s most valuable and sensitive land and water resources, including the Ogallala Aquifer, which supplies drinking water for millions of Americans and 30% of the groundwater used for agriculture in […]
The Texas Governor’s Idea of Change Is More Drilling and More PollutingWith all the talk from GOP presidential candidates about job creation over the past few months, you would think one of them would discuss details of how the U.S. is to ensure its economic future. You would also think that an intelligent set of […]
Despite awareness about climate change impacts and scientists’ warnings, global emissions are growing.
10,000 protestors take to the nation’s capital calling for Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.
The Incompatible Trends of Extreme Weather and New Fossil Fuel Projects As I ponder the dramatic media warnings of yet another imminent, record-setting storm (“Crushing, Cruising Snowstorm to Plaster the Northeast”, per a recent accuweather.com post), I am reminded of the old parable used to teach children about safety:The curious child will only touch a […]
A data-rich map of U.S. geothermal resources shows the U.S. has a massive untapped clean energy resource beneath its surface.
A new study reveals that Gulf seafood declared safe by the FDA could pose a cancer threat to pregnant women and children.
Emily Achenbaum Harris arrived at the local farmers’ market in Charlotte, North Carolina, just as vendors were opening their stands. As she walked from stall to stall, she noticed Dole boxes tucked under tables and watched as a farmer dumped blueberries out of plastic supermarket containers into the blue felted containers ubiquitous at local farm […]
Climate change may not only impact coral reefs, glaciers and polar bears, but could also have a significant effect on the U.S. wine industry.
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 […]
