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A Big New Milestone Reached In Coal Retirement, Public Health, Climate Disruption
Millions of Americans are breathing easier these days as we announce that the Sierra Club Beyond Coal campaign has crossed the halfway mark toward meeting our goal of securing the retirement of a third of the nation‘s coal-fired power. It’s only been a year and a half since Bloomberg Philanthropies gave a $50 million grant […]
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Sorry, Michelle, but cheerleading isn’t enough to make Big Food change
The first lady calls on the food industry to lead the fight against obesity. But since junk food is still better for the bottom line, it'll take laws, not just encouragement, to fix our food system.
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300 Reasons Utilities Should Do These 3 Things For Distributed Solar
In the next decade, over 300 gigawatts of unsubsidized solar energy could be deployed across the United States, generating electricity for the same or less than retail electricity prices. But many utilities remain blissfully unaware of the coming solar storm or how to handle it, as evidenced by a Public Utility Commission hearing in Minnesota […]
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Sequestration would be bad news for clean energy and a clean environment
Under looming mandatory budget cuts, polluters would win, you would lose, and Mother Earth would cop yet another blow.
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The Energy Game is Rigged: Fossil Fuel Subsidies Topped $620 Billion in 2011
By Emily E. Adams The energy game is rigged in favor of fossil fuels because we omit the environmental and health costs of burning coal, oil, and natural gas from their prices. Subsidies manipulate the game even further. According to conservative estimates from the Global Subsidies Initiative and the International Energy Agency (IEA), governments around […]
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Inside the military’s clean-energy revolution
Damn the deniers, the doubters, and the do-nothing Congress. The Pentagon is moving full green ahead.
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Senators send pro-Keystone XL letter, once again drenched with oil money
Well, here we are again. Only mere days after the biggest rally and march in support of climate action and against the Keystone XL pipeline in US history, another letter has been sent by a group of Senators calling for approval of the troublesome (to say the least) Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, this time spear-headed by […]
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Keystone scolds should let activists be activists
The climate change effort involves both negative and positive aspects -- protesting the status quo and building sustainable alternatives. Where does activism fit in?
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After Sandy, scientists hunt for sewage in New York City’s harbors
Researchers are heading out to sea for a forensic look at the storm’s impacts.
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The doc is out: Why isn’t ‘Chasing Ice’ up for an Academy Award?
"Chasing Ice" got frozen out of a best documentary nomination at the Oscars. Does that mean Hollywood's fight against climate change is melting?
