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Minnesota’s Landmark Clean Energy Standard Charts Course Beyond Dirty Energy
Minnesota energy has begun a new chapter. Minnesota has taken a first step in outlining the next big leap forward in the state’s sustainable energy future. Pushed by more than 60 environmental, labor, business, youth, and faith groups, the jobs omnibus bill — expected to be signed by Governor Mark Dayton — includes a Clean Energy […]
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Let’s Not Trawl a National Treasure
Alaska’s Bering Sea is home to one of the most remarkable places in the world, “the Grand Canyons of the Sea.” These canyons are over a mile and a half deep and home to fish, crab, skates, endangered seals, orcas, and humpback whales. It’s a truly remarkable ecosystem that starts with the fragile corals and […]
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What the frack do we know? Not much, it turns out
A new report in the journal Science discovers there are a lot of things about fracking we don’t know. But since we've fracked half the country anyway, we're going to find out.
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America’s first climate refugees: One family’s great escape
Jeff and Lisa Charles -- and their six children -- lead the evacuation of Newtok, Alaska, to their new home in Mertarvik.
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America’s first climate refugees
Newtok, Alaska, is losing ground to the sea at a dangerous rate and for its residents, exile is inevitable.
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Dozens of U.S. Cities Board the Bike-Sharing Bandwagon
By Janet Larsen When New York City opened registration for its much anticipated public bike-sharing program on April 15, 2013, more than 5,000 people signed up within 30 hours. Eager for access to a fleet of thousands of bicycles, they became Citi Bike members weeks before bikes were expected to be available. Such pent-up demand […]
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8 Vivid Charts – 8 Reasons for a Solar Energy Standard in Minnesota
A conference committee is resolving differences between House and (much weaker) Senate versions of a solar energy standard in Minnesota today. Here’s 8 graphic reasons why the state should go for solar as aggressively as it can. 8 Vivid Charts – 8 Reasons for a Solar Energy Standard in Minnesota from John Farrell
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Monster ice sheets destroy homes, terrorize residents
The fast-moving ice was whipped up from melting lakes and pushed ashore by strong winds in Minnesota and Manitoba. See crazy video.
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Keystone Pipeline Not a Big Deal — Say Interests Supported By Oil and Gas Industry
Last week, the Washington DC publication National Journal gave us the scoop, in an article entitled, “What People Close to Obama Think About the Keystone XL Pipeline”: Obama-connected environmental experts “are now saying publicly what many Democratic energy and climate advisers have said more privately over the past couple of years: The Keystone XL pipeline is […]
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The coming GOP civil war over climate change
Reality and demographics are battling the Koch brothers, says the National Journal.
