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Peter Neill: Operation Surf
The literature and the science are affirmed: the ocean provides both tangible and intangible qualities for our lives -- indeed it is an immersion that we cannot live without.
The Power Of The Sun Changes Lives In Africa (Video)
Solar Powered LED Lights change the way people live, work, and learn in Africa and around the world. Approximately 1.6 billion people in the world today have no access to electricity, something a lot of us take for granted. The folks at Philips are using the power of the sun to change this. Show More Summary
Mattias Wallander: Water at Risk: Stop Fracking in Illinois
Illinois' environmental groups conceded it was better to push for regulations than to go for an outright statewide ban of fracking. Will permits and disclosure of chemicals be enough to make fracking safe in Illinois?
Michael Brune: A Plateau Under Siege
From Moab, in Utah, we drove for about three hours along the Colorado River to the town of Rifle, Colorado. We came to see Colorado's...
Mary Ellen Harte: Climate Change This Week: Arctic Carbon Bomb, California Cleaning, and More!
NASA: The Arctic Methane Bomb Fuse Is Burning, reports Alan Buis at NASA (Natl Atmospheric & Space Admin). Field data show permafrost, vast frozen polar...
New Thermostat Helps Utilities And Their Customers Reduce Brownouts And Electric Bills
A new programmable Honeywell thermostat with Wi-Fi was designed to help power companies reduce brownouts and blackouts when electricity demand surges due to hot weather. The new programmable thermostat uses Honeywell’s Total Connect Comfort app. Show More Summary
Heather Taylor-Miesle: What America Can Learn from New Mexico
Today U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico) stood on the floor of the Senate and delivered his first speech as the newly elected Senator from...
Mike Casey: Richard Caperton: Leveling the Playing Field Between Dirty and Clean Energy
From a tactical standpoint, you have to give the fossil fuel lobby credit for driving message discipline to a serious advantage: not one dirty energy subsidy has been cut or removed to date. Not one.
Better Lithium-Ion Batteries Via “Popcorn Pathways”
This article was originally published on the website of Sandia National Laboratories on June 11, 2013 (minor changes incorporated). LIVERMORE, Calif.— Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have confirmed the particle-by-particle...Show More Summary
Frances Beinecke: Robert Redford Calls on President Obama to Show the Courage of His Climate Convictions
Weather forecasters are saying this summer could deliver above-average temperatures to much of America. If conditions are anything like last year, we could be facing...
Brook Meakins: Share the Road Movement in the Philippines
Led by a team of dedicated volunteers, local and international lawyers are now collating data and materials on road accidents, vehicle to road-space ratios, population to road use data in key cities, case law on abuse of rights, and procedural issues (among various other related issues) in order to hold the government responsible for their inaction.
Mary Ellen Harte: Climate Change This Week: Mothers Out Front, Baby Birds Imperiled, and More!
Global Price of Climate Change Going Up was the message delivered to an international global disaster conference recently, reports Paul Cox at Aljazeera. Think trillions....
Bill Chameides: JFK and the Environmentalists' Credo
Exactly 50 years ago today, President John F. Kennedy said it perhaps better than anyone else has before or since. "For, in the final analysis,...
Annie Spiegelman: Beekeepers Wanted
You may have recently heard the buzz about the world's bees disappearing but you're not quite sure what the big deal is all about. "What's up with the bees?" you ask your country bumpkin friends. Oh, you ignorant urbanite! I know your type.
Dr. Dave Randle: Celebrate World Oceans Day: Together we have the power to protect the oceans
On June 8, 1992 I was fortunate to be at the first World Oceans Day celebration on the beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil that...
Matthew Spiegl: World Oceans Day: Time to Stop the War on Our Oceans
Protecting the oceans isn't about political power; it's about empowering the people. Forget about Citizens United. We have our voices and we have our votes, and if we have the will to win, that's all we need. We will prevail in protecting the oceans.
Dr. Dave Randle: Malawi Partners with USF Patel College of Global Sustainability in Vision Toward Sustainable Tourism.
Malawi is a landlocked country in southeastern Africa bordering Zambia, Mozambique, and Tanzania. It is a densely populated with a little over 12 million people...
Emily VanCamp: Elephants, Bikes and Gardens: Why I Care About All Three - Especially Today
Today, on this World Environment Day, a day that celebrates all the courageous and positive environmental actions taking place around the world, I stop to reflect on what being an environmentalist means to me.
Sea to Table: The True Cost of Food
When we turn a blind eye to where our food comes from in the name of convenience and price, we allow others to make our choices about what kind of food system we want to have. Ignorance may be bliss, but we can no longer afford to ignore the impact of our food choices.
Steve Horn: FrackNation: The Koch Industries' Astroturf Ties That Bind
Who bankrolled it and are the screenings and is the tour really a grassroots endeavor? It might seem that way based on its marketing, but as Jean de La Fontaine once said, "Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance."
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