Greenpeace wrote to me today. They said: Greenpeace Senior Forest Campaigner Rolf Skar was on Fox’s America’s Newsroom yesterday morning to talk about Greenpeace’s new “Recycled Tissue and Toilet Paper Guide.” Megyn Kelly issued a challenge to her co-host Bill Hemmer: Could Bill, with his eyes closed, tell the difference between recycled toilet paper and Charmin brand toilet paper, […]
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On not putting a kid with cancer in my gas tank
Today, I went to see director Joe Berlinger’s new documentary Crude, about the toxic mess left behind when Texaco withdrew from the Ecuadorian Amazon in the 1990s. I listened to a man talk about how his little boy died 24 hours after a Texaco oil spill tainted the water supply. I watched mothers crying about […]
Some good news, some bad
Yesterday I watched a video of Harvard psychologist Daniel Goleman’s talk at the 2007 TED (you can watch it here). Goleman discussed brain research which says we are hardwired for empathy and compassion. If we see someone in pain, we automatically want to help. Unless we aren’t paying attention. Goleman said that we get so […]
Environmental resources for conservatives and evangelical Christians
I’m going to be on Laura Ingraham’s conservative talk show at about 11:15 AM EST today (listen by clicking here. Call in and participate in the show by calling 1-800-876-4123). I’m hoping we’ll have a lot of visitors here on the blog from conservatives and Christians who are concerned with the stewardship of this great […]
Can a renewed presidency alone make a renewed planet?
Andy Revkin over at the New York Times DotEarth puts his fingers on the important climate questions related to the new presidency: Can President Obama push climate and energy legislation or an approach to a new climate treaty that the atmosphere will someday notice? Can his plans on either front pass muster with the big […]
Not carbon offset but carbon penitence
Tomorrow I fly from New York City to Salt Lake City, Utah, leaving in my wake a big long contrail and a lot of carbon dioxide–both of which contribute to global warming. It’ll be the second flight I’ve taken in more than two years. What’s popular, when it comes to flying, is buying carbon offsets. […]
Just because we have Obama doesn’t mean we don’t need to take action on climate change
Back in December, when it became clear that President-elect Obama would name the physicist Steven Chu as his energy secretary, Climate Progress blogger Joseph Romm, a former energy official in the Clinton administration, applauded the move. Joe wrote that Chu was a great pick, most especially because Chu “isn’t fooled by clean coal claptrap. Earlier […]
Ridiculously conspicuous unconsumption
Thought I’d share with you the poster for the documentary of the No Impact Man project, which premieres at the Sundance Festival on Friday (click on the image to enlarge). In case you’re interested, here’s how the Sundance site pitches the film: GLOBAL WARMING! The headlines scream it; the thermometer confirms it; but few of us […]