How Our National Parks Are Thr...

May 14, 2013 by

A booming and unregulated energy industry is quietly but quickly encroaching on some of our most cherished national parks..

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Green Building fights back aga...

May 8, 2013 by

[Translate]   Lloyd Alter Design / Green Architecture May 3, 2013 Canadian WWII poster/Public Domain Green building has been...

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How can I convince my alma mat...

May 6, 2013 by

Don’t look now, but I think that meme is spreading as we speak.

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On ‘Unburnable Carbon’ and the...

May 6, 2013 by

A new buzz phrase in the push to limit greenhouse gas emissions is “unburnable carbon” —

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Fuel barges explode, burn thro...

Apr 25, 2013 by

A fire chief initially said the two barges were loaded with a type of gasoline,…

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James Hansen on Climate Change

Apr 25, 2013 by

The country’s leading climatologist talks about what our future looks like…

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The Geopolitics of Climate

Apr 25, 2013 by

It’s time to re-imagine the global climate conversation.

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Fracking waste too radioactive...

Apr 24, 2013 by

A truck carrying fracking waste was quarantined ..

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The smart money is on renewabl...

Apr 23, 2013 by

Fossil fuel cheerleaders take note: Renewable energy ain’t going nowhere ..

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Pipelines, Pulitzers and Indep...

Apr 19, 2013 by

I encourage you to take a few minutes to watch and weigh in on the illuminating online chat I had yesterday ..

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13 Oil Spills in the last 30 D...

Apr 12, 2013 by

Moving oil is a dirty business, and never has that been more clear than this past month.

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The Fossil Fuel Resistance

Apr 11, 2013 by

It got so hot in Australia in January that the weather service had to add two new colors to its charts.

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There’s Only One Real Op...

Apr 10, 2013 by

The world will face limits to energy production in the decades ahead regardless….

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Breaking the Chains of Authori...

Apr 8, 2013 by

“We are at the very beginning of time for the human race….

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Nevada utility to stop burning...

Apr 4, 2013 by

More good news on America’s shift away from coal: …

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Coos Bay Coal Port’s Las...

Apr 2, 2013 by

The last partner has dropped out of a proposal to ship coal from Montana and Wyoming to Asia through Oregon’s Port of Coos Bay….

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Doubling Down on Our Faustian ...

Apr 1, 2013 by

Humanity’s Faustian climate bargain is well known.

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How a New Study Seriously Chal...

Mar 27, 2013 by

Leakages of gas in production and distribution systems can lead to higher greenhouse gas levels..

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How Vernal, Utah, Learned to L...

Mar 18, 2013 by

Every new oil and gas boom comes with an elaborate courtship ritual aimed at winning the hearts of local people.

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‘Dash for Gas’ Hit...

Mar 6, 2013 by

Many there are pointing to the U.S. to demonstrate what could go terribly wrong.

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Dirty fossil fuel exports will...

Feb 22, 2013 by

Australian coal and gas is being shipped and burned around Asia at record rates –

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Supply, demand, and activism: ...

Feb 22, 2013 by

I’ve been writing a lot about the activist campaign to block the Keystone XL pipeline.

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Keystone Protests Resume, But ...

Feb 18, 2013 by

..persuade President Obama not to let the Keystone XL pipeline move forward…

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Alec Baldwin, Morgan Freeman p...

Feb 12, 2013 by

Actors Alec Baldwin and Morgan Freeman are among the stars warning President Obama that his legacy will rest on what he does to stop climate change.

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The Biggest No-Brainer for Con...

Feb 8, 2013 by

It’s time to place a moratorium on new mountaintop removal mining operations…

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Of By For: The New Politics of...

Feb 5, 2013 by

History does not predict the future.

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5 Power Brokers Who’ll D...

Jan 31, 2013 by

These are the people who may be holding our future in their hands.

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Obama’s Inaugural Invita...

Jan 30, 2013 by

President Obama surprised a lot of people by elevating the climate threat into the top tier of his second-term priorities during his recent inaugural address:

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The cost of not using renewabl...

Jan 30, 2013 by

The idea is pretty simple.

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The Keystone XL Pipeline: The ...

Jan 25, 2013 by

When he delayed a decision on permitting the contentious Keystone XL oil pipeline in November of 2011..

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