The folks at 1SKy, whose mission is to focus the power of millions of Americans on the goal of federal action to reduce global warming, is coordinating a special, nationwide Mothers’ Day action to bring lawmakers’ attention to out concern about government inaction. 1Sky asked me if I might write a special, Mothers’ Day post […]
Environment
Is there a U.S. candidate with the backbone to do something about climate?
Back in February, I wrote about about what the U.S. presidential candidates’ said about mitigating climate change. At that time, McCain’s proposals were the weakest while there wasn’t much air between what Clinton and Obama proposed. The question remained, however, about what each of the candidates, if they won the presidency, would actually do about […]
LV GRN: Keeping our drinking water fresh
Yesterday, I wrote about “peak water,” and how we could eventually pay out our noses for drinking water if we continue to allow water sources to be privatized while letting our municipal water systems degrade. To help preserver our water systems, one of the things we did during the No Impact project, and continue to […]
What I’d say if I was wrong about climate change
Yesterday, a reader calling himself “Richard Miller” left behind a critical comment about my meeting with Congressman Nadler in which I will ask him to sponsor a “Sense of the House” resolution calling for climate change policy based on what is scientifically necessary rather than just politically possible. Richard asked, “How are you going to […]
When what’s happening to gas happens to drinking water
Let’s start with the fairy tale that came true for the gasoline magnates: Once upon a time, a number of companies bought up drilling rights here and oil refineries there and eventually gained control over the USA’s gasoline. For a while, gasoline hovered under $2 a gallon, and the companies and magnates had to console […]
Living in gratitude instead of desire
Click the image above for a larger version This could be totally wrong, but I’m guessing that the decline of religious life in our culture has brought with it a decline in gratitude. Not that I am laying some sort of a religious trip on everyone—I am the first to cop to not maintaining an attitude […]
If it’s hurting other species, it’s hurting us
One of the things I regret not posting more about is biodiversity and the crisis in the huge number of extinctions occurring on the planet. I think that is because one of the things I have been trying to do is get away from the environmentalists-care-more-about-animals that people stereotype. Personally, I care a lot about […]
Dear Clorox, Please reuse your Brita Filters
You probably didn’t know that Brita, America’s number one pour-through water filter, was owned by Clorox. Now, the great news about Clorox’s Brita filters is that they help make Americans feel good about tap water from our excellent municipal water systems, move off the throwaway plastic bottles (wanna try my ultra-cool reusable water bottle, by […]