Wall Street Journal Sinks to New Anti-Green Low

David Sassoon, 02.06.2009

Denial of climate science will no longer work, and so the fossil and free market guns are focused on fear-mongering over pocketbook issues.

Shirt of Change

Michael DeJong, 02.01.2009

Obama's brilliant photo of him in a crisp white shirt sans jacket will come to symbolize a new presidential power.

England: a Dusting of Snow, a Climate of Chaos

Ben Carmichael, 02.02.2009

Today was much the same; to me, it was simply the weather, and beautiful weather at that. But to England, it was enormously disruptive.

Iceland Is Burning

Iris Erlingsdottir, 01.20.2009

Icelandic journalist and writer

While Americans were watching Obama's inauguration, thousands of Iceland's citizens were fighting riot police around the Icelandic parliament building Althingi to try to prevent the world's oldest parliament from meeting.

Time of Crisis and Opportunity

Kofi Annan, 01.27.2009

At Davos, our business and political leaders must show they understand that our world has shifted for good and that we have to change with it or perish.

How to Kill a Green Job

Glenn Hurowitz, 02.05.2009

The State of Virginia could be poised to take significant action to bolster the economy and help the climate by passing an energy efficiency bill.

New Report: We're Heading for "Water Bankruptcy"

Tara Lohan, 02.02.2009

Tara Lohan is a senior editor at AlterNet.org and editor of the book "Water Consciousness."

It takes lots energy to move, use and treat water. And it takes lots of water to cool power plants. With that thinking, things like desalination and ethanol make less and less sense.

Can You Spare a Drop of Water?

Sarah Newman, 02.04.2009

Sarah Newman is a researcher and blogger at Takepart

Although I live in Los Angeles, warnings of droughts seem to be a mere blip on most people's radar screens. Global warming doesn't know boundaries and California is next in line.

Letter from Chile

Carl Pope, 02.05.2009

Executive Director of the Sierra Club

Fresh assaults on the ozone layer may have been suspended, but here the impact of its wounds are severely felt. A new kind of environmentalism is needed.

Biggest Ever Civil Disobedience on Climate at Congressional Power Plant

Daniel Kessler, 02.03.2009

Of all the fossil fuels, coal is the single biggest contributor to global warming; Burning it cuts short at least 24,000 lives in the U.S. annually.

Join the National Teach-in on Global Warming, Feb 4-5!

Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte, 01.28.2009

Get a group of people together, find a room, and let the National Teach-in know that you want to talk to your congressional representatives about their plans for dealing with carbon emissions.

A Day Without a Carbon Footprint

Seth Bauer, 01.26.2009

Seth Bauer directs East Coast operations for Cooler, Inc., online at climatecooler.com. He was the founding editor of National Geographic Green Guide.

PepsiCo made a big, vitamin-C-filled p.r. splash this week when it released its calculations for the carbon footprint of a half-gallon of orange juice.

What a Week for the Environment!

Carl Pope, 01.26.2009

Executive Director of the Sierra Club

Less than a week into the new administration, we can already see the Bush legacy unraveling.

Thinking CAP? Curse Jar? Let X Decide...

A. Siegel, 02.06.2009

The EDAF opened voting for 'the people's choice' as to the best 30-second video to explain how a Cap & Trade program to control carbon dioxide would help cut the nation's dependence on oil.

What Obama Can Learn from "Old Europe"

Steven Hill, 01.28.2009

For three of President Obama's top priorities -- energy and climate change, health care, and jumpstarting the economy -- he would do well to look toward "old Europe" for guidance.

Davos and Global Warming

Frances Beinecke, 01.30.2009

President of the Natural Resources Defense Council

The cynical rule of thumb is that the will to strengthen environmental protections dissolves as soon as the economy hits a downturn. The conversations at Davos reveal a far more complex reality.