Conservation

Economic Message of the Week: Report: Vice President Biden Releases Clean Energy Recovery Report

 |  Oct 22, 2009

Vice President Biden joined the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal departments to release a report, Recovery Through Retrofit, detailing efforts to increase clean energy job opportunities and make homes more energy efficient. … Read more

EPA Releases Suppressed Bush-Era Global Warming Findings

 |  Oct 22, 2009

An Environmental Protection Agency document buried by the Bush administration because of its corroboration of global warming science surfaced, casting doubts on White House environmental efforts between 2000 and 2008.   … Read more

Global Warming Migration May Create 'Climate Exiles'

 |  Oct 22, 2009

The Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD) says the effects of unchecked global warming may create groups of "climate exiles" – migrant communities left homeless by turbulent environmental conditions and unprotected by … Read more

Expert Forecasts Ice-Free Arctic

 |  Oct 22, 2009

A leading polar scientist says global warming will leave the Arctic Ocean virtually devoid of ice within 20 years, posing a severe threat to resident wildlife such as seals and polar bears … Read more

Be Part of the (350ppm) Action!

 |  Oct 22, 2009

This Saturday, October 24, thousands of communities around the world will be participating in the International Day of Climate Action. Organized by 350.org, the day of action aims to unite … Read more

New Report: Failed Energy Policies Cost Americans $120 Billion a Year

 |  Oct 22, 2009

“Energy and climate-change legislation winding through Congress might make economic sense even if you don’t believe for a second in climate change.” The words of some treehugging liberal? Not exactly. … Read more

Power Shifts in Michigan

 |  Oct 20, 2009

Over 300 young people and students showed up at Lansing last weekend for Power Shift Michigan, an event intended to give activists, students, and community members a chance to take … Read more

Protecting America’s Wild Places from Climate Change

 |  Oct 20, 2009

A surprising constituency continues crossing party lines to support climate legislation — sportsmen: One of their worries, for example, is that the fowl they hunt might not migrate as far … Read more

Is The End of the Carbon Age In View?

 |  Oct 19, 2009

World Wildlife Fund released a report today that says we have until 2014 – five years – to initiate a low carbon economy before dangerous climate change tipping points and … Read more

October 19 at Seattle Aquarium – Be There

 |  Oct 17, 2009

I’m looking forward to talking with guests at the Seattle Aquarium about my new book Last Chance: Preserving Life on Earth on Monday October 19 at 6:45 pm. The Seattle … Read more