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Here is everything people have written about sustainability at the Olympics
In no particular order, and, despite the headline, certainly not everything: The Olympic Games’ official sustainability site! How organizers plan to make the Games green! The top six green buildings at the Olympics! How the Games precipitated a green building boom! A U.N. guy, giving the London Games props! Action Sustainability, taking said props away! […]
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Black Lung: Coal’s Dirty Politics
Reading and listening to the recent NPR, Center for Public Integrity, and Charleston Gazette articles about the rise in black lung cases for coal miners saddens and angers me. Like many, I had — mistakenly, it turns out — assumed that black lung was declining, thanks to the efforts of leaders like West Virginia Senator […]
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What to expect when you’re expecting more drought (black widows!)
Bugs, expensive food, ruined highways. The future is not looking great.
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Will Fox News be angry at this obvious indoctrination in our schools?
A recent seminar held for Oklahoma teachers could be the next big outrage. At least, in a more sensible world.
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Greenwashing is better for business than real sustainability efforts
Disheartening news from a new study.
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Heavy metal fish: How mercury ends up on your plate
How do we reduce our exposure to mercury? The answer requires both difficult changes to the world’s energy supply and simpler consumer choices.
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After much trial and error, we’re finally generating power from the ocean
It's only taken a century or two, but it appears that we've cracked the nut. A new tidal power project in Maine is a first for the U.S.
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World in Serious Trouble on Food Front
In the early spring of 2012, U.S. farmers were on their way to planting some 96 million acres in corn, the most in 75 years. A warm early spring got the crop off to a great start. Analysts were predicting the largest corn harvest on record. The United States is the leading producer and exporter of […]
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Sally Ride pushed us to understand our climate and our world
After becoming the first American woman in space, she went on to inspire kids to learn about science and coauthor a book about climate change.
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Buzzkill: EPA rejects beekeepers’ pesticide petition
In March, beekeepers and environmentalists petitioned the EPA to take the pesticide clothianidin -- a suspect in bee die-offs -- off the market. Last week, EPA said no.
