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Stewart on Gore

Here’s Jon Stewart (who’s got a spiffy new website) on Gore’s Nobel win:

Grist maximum leader Chip Giller lights up the pages of Time

Laugh, or the planet gets it. Photo: John Clark, TIME. The cover story in TIME magazine’s international edition this week is "Heroes of the Environment." Lots of good stuff to browse through, but around here we’re particularly fond of #28: Environmentalists are the people you want to avoid at a party. Trust me — I’m […]

Bipartisan cap-and-trade bill introduced to mixed reviews

On Wednesday, Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and John Warner (R-Va.) introduced bipartisan climate legislation — America’s Climate Security Act — at long last bridging the acrimonious divide between Republicans and, um, independents. Democrats have all but made it tripartisan — Senate Environment Committee head Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) was gushing in her praise. Observers expect political […]

Ann Arbor, Mich., declares itself first U.S. city to use LEDs in all its streetlights

Ann Arbor, Mich., home to the main campus of the University of Michigan, announced that it intends to become the first U.S. city to convert all of its downtown streetlights to LEDs (light-emitting diodes). The energy-saving lights use half the energy and are expected to last five times as long. In two years, when the […]

Ugh

Last night’s party in Seattle went wonderfully well, and by “well” I mean I drank well beyond excess and by “wonderfully” I mean won’t someone please kill me now and end this pain. Blogging from yours truly may be slow today, and by “slow” I mean for the love of God why haven’t you killed […]

Britain wades into battle for sea-floor mineral rights in Southern Ocean

The World Wildlife Fund has been trying to gather support to establish a network of marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean in an attempt to mitigate increasing ecological pressures in the area from climate change, invasive species, and commercial fishing. The plight of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean has often been overlooked compared to […]

Plan for northern spotted owl’s recovery in question

The future of the infamous northern spotted owl in the Pacific Northwest may be in further jeopardy if some U.S. federal agencies carry out their plans to restructure its recovery. Perhaps most potentially destructive is the Bureau of Land Management’s recently announced plan to essentially opt out of the Northwest Forest Plan — a truce […]

Myanmar quickly being deforested for world timber trade, quick cash

Ever wonder what the military government of Myanmar is up to when it’s not quashing peaceful, pro-democracy protests? According to environmental groups, the regime has allegedly been profiting from large-scale illegal logging operations that feed sawmills across the border in China. Green group Global Witness estimates that up to 95 percent of Myanmar’s timber exports […]

U.S. agrees to forgive $26 million debt in Costa Rica debt-for-nature swap

The U.S. federal government has agreed to a debt-for-nature swap with Costa Rica that will see $26 million of the Central American country’s debt owed to the U.S. go instead toward conservation of its rainforests. The Nature Conservancy and Conservation International each donated about $1.2 million to the effort while the U.S. is financing $12.6 […]

The Mustache discovers Van Jones

Tom Friedman just introduced Van Jones to a large new audience. All he had to do to make it a great column was get out of the way and let Van speak.