Articles tagged “Environmental Policy”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Why the Failed Trade Agreement with South Korea is Good News By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Nov 11 2010 Despite the problems that animal agriculture in the U.S. has caused for the environment and human health, Obama's Asia tour this week has had an uncomfortably large focus on exporting beef, chicken and dairy. + READ MORE

Use Project Vote Smart to Cast an Informed Ballot! By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect Nov 2 2010 Is it just me, or is there something really gratifying about casting a vote on Election Day\? Maybe my sense of satisfaction feels even greater this morning because I actually, like, studied each candidate running and picked my favorites. I avoided the temptation to vote down party lines as I have done in years past. (I know, I know -- what a novel idea!) + READ MORE

If Farming Turns Toxic, What's a Government To Do? By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 2 2010 Selenium pollution in northern California soil has been wreaking havoc on the environment for decades, but the government has just never come up with a good solution. + READ MORE

How Effective Are Smoking Bans, and How Popular Are They? By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Nov 1 2010 Smoking bans are nothing if not controversial, at least as they're being proposed and implemented. But are they effective? + READ MORE

How to Save the Planet: Are Geoengineering and Market Fixes the Way to Go? By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Oct 30 2010 While environmental advocates are rooting the loudest for solutions to climate change, their voices are often ignored as to what those solutions should be. + READ MORE

Six Department of Energy Projects You've Never Heard of, But Should By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Oct 19 2010 DOE may be slow to act in some areas but for all its weaknesses, it is doing some great stuff to encourage a clean energy future. + READ MORE

Illegal Fishing & Fishermen Threatening World's Most Isolated Tribe By Mat McDermott IN Work & Connect Sep 20 2010 Fish and marine animals aren't the only victims of illegal fishing and poaching, as indigenous rights group Survival International is highlighting. In fact remote tribal groups on Indian Ocean islands are coming under threat from Burmese poachers, more than one hundred of whom have been arrested in recent weeks off North Sentinel Island, in the Bay of Bengal. + READ MORE

How Many Cities Have a Ban on Plastic Bags? By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Aug 17 2010 Cities around the world that have banned plastic bags, or at least placed a tax on their use. + READ MORE

Moon Bears Tortured for Medicine Have an Unexpected Savior: Alice Ng (Interview) By Leah Lamb IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 14 2010 Taking bile from bears is a cruel process. When Jill Robinson first visited a Moon Bear Farm, she felt an unexpected tap on her shoulder to find a paw reaching through the bars of the cage. Although in retrospect she thought it was a stupid move, her first reaction was to take the bear's paw in her hand, and the bear squeezed her fingers rhythmically in return. + READ MORE

Why Fighting Corruption & Bribery Needs to be Placed Higher on Green Agenda By Mat McDermott IN Work & Connect Aug 13 2010 "Bribery and corruption shrink the time-scales over which decision-makers think--pushing their decisions towards personal, family, or tribal outcomes. And this is exactly contrary to what we will need if we are to have any chance of achieving economic, social, and environmental sustainability." + READ MORE

San Francisco Moves to Expand the Plastic Bag Ban - California May Follow By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Aug 10 2010 San Francisco is considering expanding its ban on plastic bags beyond supermarkets and pharmacies. + READ MORE

EPA Employees: Climate Bill Flawed, Greenhouse Gas Offsets Unenforceable By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Jul 23 2010 Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel say the climate bill would have been ineffective and deceptive. + READ MORE

The Most Unexpected of Mashups? Glee + Oil Spill Footage By Virginia Sole-Smith IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 18 2010 A YouTube video from the Environmental Defense Fund features Glee's "Somewhere Over The Rainbow." Will the sweet vocal stylings of Matthew Morrison cure our oil addiction? + READ MORE

Prince Charles Says Environmental & Financial Crises Are Really Crises of the Soul By Mat McDermott IN Work & Connect Jun 16 2010 Prince Charles recently gave a speech at Oxford University on Islam and the Environment wherein he called our ongoing environmental and financial crises the external manifestations of a crisis of the soul. To change that we have to break gree from the currently dominant materialist, reductionist and modernist worldview. We have to look backwards to progress. + READ MORE

Cap and Trade Definition: It's All Easier To Understand Than You Think By Mat McDermott IN Work & Connect Jun 16 2010 Setting up a working cap and trade program for carbon emissions may be a complex and politically contentious thing, but at the most basic level the definition of cap and trade is pretty straightforward. If you're one of the majority of American's still in the dark about cap and trade, keep reading. + READ MORE

Women in Argentina Create a Path Out of Poverty By Dehydrating Fruit By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect May 22 2010 Instead of leaving surplus fruit crops to rot, as people in rural areas around the world often do, more than 200 women in Argentina have started dehydrating and preserving fruit and then selling it at nearby markets. + READ MORE

What is Ecocide and Should It Be Considered an International Crime Against Peace? By Mat McDermott IN Work & Connect Apr 12 2010 Back in December I had a chance to sit down with British lawyer-turned-activist Polly Higgins to talk about a Universal Declaration of Planetary Rights--basically a legal recognition that the planet itself and all of existence, rather than just humans, have intrinsic right to existence.Under an ecocide law, which would... + READ MORE

Can Three Dollar Cook Stoves Stop Climate Change? By Mat McDermott IN Tech & Transport Mar 31 2010 Cheap biomass cookstoves can be an effective solution to slowing climate change and addressing indoor air pollution at the same time. + READ MORE

Deepa Gupta Talks Climate Change Activism, Youth in India, and More (Interview) By Mat McDermott IN Work & Connect Mar 8 2010 One of the stand-out speakers of the activist community during COP15 was Deepa Gupta, co-founder of the Indian Youth Climate Network. Founded in the spring of 2008 with three members, the IYCN has since grown to having thousands of members in 15 of India's 28 states. I recently had a chance to talk with Gupta about how she got involved in climate change activism, what the IYCN has been up to, and where does the climate movement go after the disappointment of the Copenhagen Accord. + READ MORE

Last Speaker of Ancient Andaman Island Language Dies By Mat McDermott IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 10 2010 We often speak about preserving biodiversity, but preserving human diversity is just as important. It's high time we link the two together. + READ MORE