If Palin is willing to ignore the catastrophic effects on our climate systems due to our ever-growing over-consumption of fossil fuels, what other scientific realities will a McCain administration be willing to ignore?
Last night was a reminder of just how much has changed in the past eight years. Obama himself devoted more time to the environment in one speech than the entire 2000 or 2004 campaigns saw.
Palin believes that we should drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which McCain has previously opposed. She also supports offshore drilling.
This morning, I spoke with my friend who has decided not to leave -- yet -- because her ailing mother is too frail to move. "There can't be two Katrinas in a lifetime," she says. I hope to God she's right.
Our great-grandparents would be flabbergasted to learn that grass-fed milk bearing the local dairy farm's logo is now a rare luxury item available to only the affluent few.
The next administration should implement a massive national program to innovate the next generation of carbon-emission-free energy based on hydrogen, fusion, or other technologies.
Going beyond the mantras "use mass transit," "shop local," and "use renewable energy sources," the student group Partly Sunny seeks to go beyond the basics and maximize the effectiveness of those efforts through design and resourcefulness.
Whether Democrats and Republicans make smart energy choices this election season depends not on t-shirts or billboards, but on a vigilant media and grassroots activists who won't give up.
So as opposed to targeting seemingly arbitrary employee expenses -- or worse, cutting jobs and benefits -- why not give a boost to the company's bottom line and the planet simultaneously?
In the mid-20th century global warming took a short vacation and temperatures cooled. But did the scientific community really warn of an imminent ice age?
In one of the creepiest displays of propaganda this week in Denver, Dirty Coal certainly thinks the Democratic convention is for sale.
No one seems more passionate about regulating the rhetoric of skincare than Jeremiah McElwee, who recently helped to launch the company's Premium Body Care standard for Whole Foods.
The bonus is that while sustainability and better serving women are each challenging in their own right, they can be effectively approached as complementary pursuits.
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