Kate Catlin, a native of the Seattle area, has been selected as a member of the United States Youth Delegation to the United Nations climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa … Read more
Conservation
First Completed Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Project Means New Habitat for Wildlife, Fresh Hope for People
Last month, on a cold and windy fall afternoon in Michigan, people from across the Great Lakes region gathered for an exciting and unprecedented event: the dedication of the very … Read more
New Poll: Americans and Bears Once Again Oppose Pebble Mine
Last month, a voter’s initiative in Bristol Bay signalled that locals opposed placing what might be the largest gold and copper mine in North America in the headwaters of the streams and rivers supporting the world’s … Read more
KXL Threat is Very Alive and Well
[br] Big Oil Has Big Plans to Move Forward with KXL Delaying the Keystone XL pipeline project and the Canadian Northern Gateway pipeline, is a huge victory and a step toward ending … Read more
A New Danger for the Hawaiian Monk Seal
After Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring in 1962, people rallied against the use of DDT as an insecticide because of the threat it posed to Bald Eagles and other birds. … Read more
Guest Post: Eye on the Green Flag, Massachusetts Eco-School Holds a Trash Audit Party
Kate Crosby serves as the Energy Advisor for the Acton-Boxborough Regional School District and the Acton Public Schools in Acton, MA. She will be presenting at the National Green Schools … Read more
Subsidizing Danger and Killing Fish–It Ain’t Smart! Encouraging Building in Floodplains Is Dopey
Building in floodplains is very bad for salmon (and lots of other wildlife). It takes away the habitat they need to survive. And that is bad for people. It also … Read more
We Can’t Fillet Our Way Out of Mercury in Fish
Avid Sportsman Bob Garner explains that we “can’t fillet our way out” of the mercury problem. Listen as he talks about the impacts of mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants … Read more
