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Floridians Want Dialogue on Clean Power Plan
Ninety-two percent of Floridians say the public should be involved in helping craft the Sunshine State’s plan to meet limits on carbon pollution from power plants proposed by the U.S. Environmental...
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The Complicated Environmental Alliances in the 2014 Midterms
The US midterms are right are around the corner, but an analysis of environmental alliances shows the situation is far more complicated in 2014 than it was in previous election cycles. As the political...
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North Dakota’s Measure 5: Conservation in the Oil Boom
Update: On Tuesday November 4 North Dakota voters rejected Measure 5 with a resounding 79.4 percent voting against the Clean Water, Wildlife and Parks Amendment. Oil prices on Tuesday slumped to a...
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Searching for Hope in the Wake of the Midterm Climate Fiasco
For all those who support climate action, it is hard to find a reason to hope in the wake of the 2014 midterms. The fact that most of the new slate of Republicans deny the scientific consensus on...
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Coalition Calls on White House to Institute Strong Coal Ash Disposal Regulations
The toxic effects of coal ash spills on human and environmental health and safety have become increasingly apparent and costly in recent years, with threats and risks lasting well beyond the retirement...
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EarthTalk: Who is Still in Denial about Climate Change?
EarthTalk® is a weekly environmental column made available to our readers from the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Are there still outspoken global warming deniers in Congress...
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Senate Passes Keystone XL Pipeline Bill
In a 62 to 36 vote, the U.S. Senate passed a bill approving construction of the trans-broder Keystone XL pipeline to carry tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada for refining in the Gulf of Mexico. Nine...
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Lofty Agricultural Ambitions Fall in Face of Political-Economic Realities
In the World Bank’s 2008 Global Report: Agriculture at a Crossroads, experts from 110 countries advocated, and the leaders of 58 nations agreed, to take “grass roots” approaches to crafting...
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Extreme Weather, Climate Controversy Set the Political Stage
A strong and steady flow of climate change news is crossing news sites and blogs this week. With the advent of fall in the Southern Hemisphere, Northern Australia is experiencing a record-setting heat...
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Climate Denial and the Erosion of U.S. Democracy
The average monthly concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii exceeded 400 parts per million for the first time in March – a sign that a postulated...
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Opposition to Science Invites a Climate Catastrophe
Our efforts must be informed by science if we are to seriously address the threat of climate change. However, there are a significant number of people, corporations and governments that are resistant...
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Council on Foreign Relations Addresses Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform
Those opposing the transition to clean, distributed renewable energy resources routinely point out that these alternative energy sources couldn’t survive without government subsidies. What they...
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Papal Encyclical Deprives the GOP of its Last Vestige of Legitimacy
Climate denying Republicans can no longer take refuge in religion. Those who eschew the virtues of science have been morally defrocked by the Pope’s recent rejection. In the process of calling for bold...
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EarthTalk: Should We Blame the California Drought on Environmentalists?
EarthTalk® is a weekly environmental column made available to our readers from the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Is California’s epic drought really the result of too much...
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Politics of a Warming Arctic
The front line of climate change and the politics of a warming Arctic – It was just a little over 100 years ago that Robert Peary’s expedition first reached the north pole – or at least very close. In...
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Obama to Release Final Version of America’s Clean Power Plan
Obama proposes steeper emissions cuts than expected On Monday the Obama administration will release its final version of the proposed Clean Power Plan, calling for a 32 percent reduction in carbon...
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The Clean Power Plan Protects Human Health
The Clean Power Plan is not only about reducing the impacts of one of the worst threats ever faced by humanity, it is also about addressing one of the foremost health issues of our times. The Clean...
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New IPCC Leaders Could Improve Effectiveness of Climate Change Policy Making
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the branch of the United Nations (UN) responsible for collecting, assessing and synthesizing all the research that goes into producing the UN...
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Bonn Climate Talks End: Next Stop Paris and COP21
The final round of climate talks before the COP21 summit in Paris finished up in Bonn last week. As crunch time descends upon negotiators, the issue of finance remains a core unresolved issue....
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Polls Suggest that US Climate Denial is Dying
Over the course of recent years, polls that examine American attitudes on global warming suggest that climate denial may be dying. It would appear that Americans have gone through the five stages in...
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