The absurd procedural chokepoints in the US Senate are what is really killing climate legislation. A couple weeks ago I wrote a piece on what’s really killing climate legislation: the absurd procedural chokepoints in the U.S. Senate, coupled with an unprincipled minority devoted to obstruction. I’m happy to report there’s been an uptick lately in [...]

Washington — In the poor, but mineral-rich mountains of the eastern United States known as Appalachia, coal millionaire Don Blankenship hosts a rally for “Friends of America” to hear country music and “learn how environmental extremists and corporate America are both trying to destroy your jobs.” On the other side of the globe, with an [...]

Saturday, November 21, 2009 » 07:03am The hottest day in Victoria since Black Saturday has ended with wild storms hitting metropolitan Melbourne. The mercury soared to 38.3 degrees Celsius but dropped by more than 12 degrees within half an hour on Friday afternoon to 25.7C. High winds caused havoc on the roads, with 24 traffic [...]

Pinning down exact numbers is nearly impossible, but most experts agree that we are losing upwards of 80,000 acres of tropical rainforest daily, and significantly degrading another 80,000 acres every day on top of that. Along with this loss and degradation, we are losing some 135 plant, animal and insect species every day—or some 50,000 [...]

Well the news is out! Oprah and Sarah are going to team up and open a theme park to be called Never Never Again World. The decision was reached after they met with Mother Nature’s Super Salesmen from the book ZERO Greenhouse Emissions – The Day the Light Went out – Our Future World. His [...]