Indonesia is not a small country; its population rivals that of the United States. But as an island country it is especially threatened by rising sea water. If the world’s nations do not take action to cut emissions of greenhouse gases, then scientists project Indonesian capital of Jakarta will fall under water. […]

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The actions of the Greenpeace protesters may have been a form of illegal trespassing, but they were by no means violent. In a free and peaceful society, however, people are not fired at with guns merely for engaging in acts of peaceful civil disobedience.

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No matter how cleanly future technology might make burning coal, the process of getting coal out of the ground will remain profoundly filthy. 1200 miles of Appalachian streams have been devastated by a kind of coal mining in which an entire mountaintop is removed in search of coal, and the remaining material is dumped. Every year that this kind of coal mining continues, miles more will be ruined.

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The program provides the pollution tracking information to countries free of charge. If we follow the Republican mode of thinking, that’s dangerous socialism. If we follow a progressive way of thinking, however, we can see that the Europeans are using their space technology to take care of business, instead of snooping into people’s business.

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I remember, about ten years ago, broaching the subject of environmentally-friendly products to a marketing consultant advising Fortune 500 corporations on how to design new generations of products for people to buy. He scoffed. “People just don’t care about the environment. They might say that they do, but they won’t buy that […]

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Close your eyes and try to picture what 11.6 million disposable lighters would look like, if all piled together on one airport runway. That’s the picture of just one aspect of the tremendous waste caused by the paranoid screening of Homeland Security.
At around one dollar a piece, the 11.6 million lighters that have been […]

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The National Climatic Data Center has announced that 2007 is the warmest year for the Northern Hemisphere of any year on record, even beating the record heat of 2005.
Yet, we still have people in denial, like John Coleman, the founder of The Weather Channel, who say that global warming is just a hoax.
Are we supposed […]

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If you need a reason why unregulated industry is bad for you, look to the report, “Is It In Us?” Every single individual taking part in the study was found to be contaminated with pthalates, bisphenol A and polybrominated diphenyl ethers. These families of chemicals are associated with the long term, often catastrophic […]

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When it comes to dealing with endangered species, there are two basic approaches:
First, there’s the progressive approach of supporting scientific research into the status of endangered species, coming up with fact-based plans for recovery, and working with local human populations to come up with a plan that is socially sustainable.
Second, there’s the laissez-faire plan that […]

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Why vote for a progressive Presidential candidate in 2008? Do it for the 11 million people living in cities in the Andes that are drying up because of global warming. Climate change droughts aren’t limited to the southern United States.
Cities like La Paz, Bogota, El Alto, and Quito get significant amounts of their […]

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