Jun. 28, 2012 / Posted by: Bill Waren / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Economics for the Earth, Oceans and Forests
Who will join the fight to save the dolphins? Consumer boycotts and “save the dolphin” demonstrations over the course of many years resulted in a U.S. program for dolphin safe labeling for tuna products. Most Mexican commercial fishing...
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Jun. 28, 2012 / Posted by: Ian Illuminato / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Food and Technology
Rio+20 and the People’s Summit (attended by more than 50,000 people) both came to a close over the weekend. Much effort from many individuals was poured into relatively few days of meetings. Both events required months of preparation, with s...
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Jun. 27, 2012 / Posted by: Prashanth Kamalakanthan / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy
A short piece appeared in the New York Times on Tuesday, quietly noting that one of the three regional Army Corps of Engineers offices reviewing TransCanada’s federal permit application to build the Keystone XL pipeline through Oklahoma and ...
Read More »Jun. 26, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Advocacy, Climate and Energy, News Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the Army Corps of Engineers began granting TransCanada fast-tracked approval to start building the southern leg of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline this week, people across the region and around the count...
Read More »Jun. 26, 2012 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: Economics for the Earth, News Releases
Congress could move a long way toward solving the nation’s twin problems of spiraling budget costs and environmental degradation simply by cutting hundreds of billions in environmentally harmful federal subsidies, according to a groundbreaki...
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Jun. 22, 2012 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth
Why is the Incredible Hulk smoothly whistling on YouTube as he takes a dollar and draws a Robin Hood mask on George Washington’s mug? Because Mark Ruffalo -- who plays the green superhero in the movie The Avengers -- stars in a video to kic...
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Jun. 20, 2012 / Posted by: Kim Huynh / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy
You’d think the State Department would’ve learned its lesson from the first round of review of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline, wouldn’t you? Especially after it took 1,253 people risking arrest on President...
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Jun. 18, 2012 / Posted by: Tim Freeman / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, San Onofre Updates
The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, located in San Clemente, Calif., between Los Angeles and San Diego, poses a threat to the health and safety of the people of southern California. The reactors have been shut down for nearly five months, f...
Read More »Jun. 18, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Climate and Energy, Legal, News Releases, Oceans and Forests
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The EPA announced that it would not take action to control global warming pollution from major mobile sources at this time. The agency’s decision not to regulate ships and other non-road engines, and its indefinite d...
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Jun. 18, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Food and Technology, Oceans and Forests
Politicians and industry folks have been arguing for years that the best way to transition away from petroleum-based fuels and save the world from climate doom is to use biomass for electricity and to run our cars. That is, burn our food and fores...
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