If you care about the air you breathe, the water you drink, stopping climate change, and reducing your family’s exposure to toxic chemicals, it is absolutely essential that you vote in the 2020 election. But with Coronavirus raging, the U.S. Postal Service under assault, and record turnout expected, many of us wonder what is the […]
Stupid. Short-sighted. Ignorant. And just plain wrong. Those were the words going through my head as I watched Pres. Trump announce he wanted to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord. The Accord is a voluntary agreement by every country on earth but two – Syria, and Nicaragua – to commit to reducing […]
On November 8, you can vote to stop climate change. Will you? On Friday, November 4, the Paris Agreement on climate change is set to formally go into effect. It aims to stop climate change in its tracks by significantly reducing the emissions that cause global warming while increasing the amount of energy we get from […]
When it comes to protecting the environment and promoting a clean renewable energy future, where do Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stand? Yale Environment 360* pulled together this very useful comparison, which shows a sharp divide between the two candidates, especially when it comes to climate change, renewable energy, and the value placed on scientific […]
Tuesday, November 6, ELECTION DAY, is the most important day of this year, and maybe of this century. That may sound extreme – until you consider the utter devastation Super Storm Sandy has caused in New Jersey, New York, and in many communities along America’s East Coast, including in my own backyard. Storms like Sandy, […]
Are we “greener” than we were four years ago? Yes, we are, and Barack Obama deserves a lot of the credit. Despite strident anti-environmental opponents on Capitol Hill, President Obama has managed to use the power of his office – deployed primarily through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the U.S. Department of […]
Before women get too excited about the nomination of Sarah Palin to the GOP Presidential ticket, they should pause long enough to take a look at her record. Political pundits have focused on her cred as a social conservative. But where does she stand on the environment? This summary compiled by Grist.org tells all: * […]
It may be sacrilege to say so, but there’s more to protecting the environment than stopping global warming, especially where women are concerned. I admit this acknowledging that climate change is probably the pre-eminent environmental issue of our time. Melting ice caps, catastrophic hurricanes and droughts, rising sea level, and changing weather patterns are altering […]
