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It's World Car-Free Day, and that makes some people nervous

World Car-Free Day is today, Sept. 22. It's a relatively modest affair. So why is one right-wing think tank so threatened by it?

Renewable electricity standard gets one last gasp in the Senate

The once buried Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) is alive again. Well, maybe. It was introduced in the Senate, but there's no guarantee it lives.

An open letter to Michael Morris, CEO of American Electric Power

An open letter to a utility executive asking him to rethink his opposition to EPA climate regulations.

Let this poor little fish teach you to save water

In case you don't have bothersome fourth graders handy to remind you to "save some water for the whales," designer Yan Lu has a solution. But Goldie the Goldfish might not be happy about it.

Ben & Jerry's latest flavor: genetically engineered fish

Most ice cream lovers probably wouldn't line up for any flavor dubbed "Something's Fishy." That is, unless it were Ben & Jerry's phamous Phish Food in political disguise. Would you bite?

Environmentalists need a new president

I initially thought Bill McKibben's drive to return solar panels to the White House was essentially a waste of time: of all the things to ask the president, it seemed like the smallest, most insignificant, and easiest. I realize now that its very simplicity made the solar panels a masterstroke that clearly exposed, more than any big policy ask ever would, Obama's unwillingness or inability to confront our great planetary crisis.

Rand Paul doesn't mind mountaintop mining and doesn't want climate action [VIDEO]

The Sierra Club is bashing Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul over the head with his own words on mountaintop-removal mining and climate change.

Corn subsidies make unhealthy food choices the rational ones

Deliberations have already begun over the Farm Bill, which comes up for debate again in 2012. The corn refiners' recent push to re-brand corn syrup is a clear response to growing consumer awareness that we need to reform which kind of agriculture -- and calories -- we support in this country.

The rich people in the Senate defend the interests of rich people

Why won't senators act on what the public wants? Politicians are overwhelmingly responsive to the minority of Americans who have lots of money.

Fortune 500 energy and enviro veteran named chair of solar startup

In any industry, there are turning points that bear watching. BrightSource Energy, a California solar developer, announced John E. Bryson as its new chair.