- Emily Pilloton Discusses the Hippo Roller and other Designs for Humanity (Part One)
- Janine Benyus on Biomimicry in Design (Part Two)
- Janine Benyus on Biomimicry in Design (Part One)
- Andy Revkin - Climate in the Obama Age
- Fred Pearce - Confessions of An Eco-Sinner (Part Two)
- Fred Pearce - Confessions of An Eco-Sinner (Part One)
- Chris Goodall - Ten Techs to Save Our Butts (Part Two)
- Chris Goodall - Ten Techs to Save Our Butts (Part One)
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Barry said: "Kofi Annan has about as much of a clue about electric cars and developing countries as Ann Ann the Panda. He underestimates the ingenuity o..." [read]
JJ said: "Very cool. I didn't thought that biodesel might be our future fuel...." [read]
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Brian is also a writer for Planet Green, where he focuses on technology, community greening guides, and eco-related politics, among other things.
The more environmentalism enters public discourse, the more the 'go green' mantra is able to positively impact big business and politics--and the more likely we are to see genuine change in environmental policy and developments in sustainable technologies.
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11.20.09
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Women and Minorities Getting Left Out of Green Job Market, New Study Finds
Giant Snail Pies to Feed the Malnourished in Africa
New TV Ad Shows Polar Bears Falling to Gruesome Deaths (Video)
11.19.09
Fox's News Corp. Begins Keeping Tabs of All Its CO2 Emissions
New Study: Climate Bill Would Boost Economy by $111 Billion, Create 1.9 Million Jobs
11.18.09
80 Year-Old Bookkeeping Error Causes First Species to be Fished to Extinction
From the Front Lines of Global Warming: California Firefighter Speaks (Video)
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Cash for Caulkers: The Next $23 Billion Stimulus Program?
11.17.09
New Report: Global Emissions Up 29% Since 2000
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GOP Ramps Up Attacks on Dems Who Support Clean Energy Reform for 2010 Elections
Massive New US-China Clean Energy Plans Announced
11.16.09
Scientists Create Bacteria that Lights Up Around Landmines
The Senate is 'Hobbling' Obama in His Climate Fight
Top 4 Energy & Environment Untruths in Sarah Palin's 'Going Rogue'
Now It's Super-Official: No Climate Treaty at Copenhagen
11.14.09
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11.13.09
Study Shows Investing in Nature More Valuable than Gold (Literally)
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Cap and Trade Works: Europe to Hit Kyoto Targets with Ease
11.12.09
Did Rock Music Peak Right Before Oil Did?
Obama's Trip to China: What's on the Green Agenda?
Cash for Clunkers is Ruining the Demolition Derby Industry (VIDEO)
US Temperatures: Yup, Still Rising
11.11.09
John Kerry Skewers Climate Change Denying 'Scholar' (VIDEO)
Marriott to Expand 'Green' Hotels by 1000%
New Recycling Plant to be Powered 100% by Dirty Diapers
11.10.09
Will the Climate Bill Grant Obama the Powers of a Dictator?
'Road Train' Autopilot Driving System Cuts Fuel Consumption, Travel Time
1,000,000 Energy Star Home Owners Can't Be Wrong
Sunlight-Propelled Spacecraft to Launch in 2010
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11. 9.09
PETA President Defends Her Gore-Bashing Glenn Beck Appearance
SuperFreakonomics is 'Horseshit': Elizabeth Kolbert
11. 6.09
The Modern Green Movement Explained in Diagrams (VIDEO)
PETA Teams Up With Glenn Beck
China's New Disneyland Will Force 5,000 Families of Farmers Out of Their Homes
Stephen Colbert Argues About Global Warming. With Himself. And Al Gore (VIDEO)
11. 5.09
Could Cap and Trade Cause the Next Subprime Mortgage Scale Financial Crisis?
"Should I Trust Al Gore, or My Rock Hard Nipples?" (VIDEO)
New York Times' Hit Job on Al Gore Sparks Controversy
11. 4.09
White House Debunks 7 Green Stimulus Bill Myths
Foresters Use GPS to Save Ants' Nests from Thousands of Falling Trees
Is Tackling Climate Change as Important as Fighting Crime?
Proposed 150 MW Solar Plant Would Store 7 Hours of Sun's Energy in Molten Salt
11. 3.09
Is Warren Buffett's Railway Buy a Billion Dollar Bet on Big Coal?
UnTreeHugger: Paris Hilton's $325,000 Dog Mansion
GOP Senators Boycott the Climate Bill
11. 2.09
US Senator Explains Why We Need to Green the Economy in 5 Minutes (VIDEO)
Is the US Government Going to Reward You For Eating Healthy?
'Let's Save Our Environment': The Next Ridiculous Viral Video
10.30.09
Congress Gets a Zero Emissions Electric Bus
Is a Green Republican Movement Growing to Support the Climate Bill?
Did Clean Coal Exec Lie to Congress? Twice?
Toxic Shipwreck in Madagascar Kills Whales, Makes Locals Sick
10.29.09
Jon Stewart Endorses Geoengineering, Scares Audience (VIDEO)
Toyota Engineers New Flower Species to Absorb Emissions at Prius Factories
10.28.09
World's Longest Cave is Still Growing Even Longer (PICS)
Global Warming Could Create a Legion of 'Climate Terrorists'
The White House (Finally) Begins Major Push for Clean Energy Reform
Global Climate Treaty "Impossible" this December
10.27.09
The Best Climate Change Articles Written by Sitting US Senators
60% of Americans Now Support Cap and Trade
10.26.09
Power Socket SWITCH Would Cut 11% Off Electric Bills
The US Senate's Very Own Climate Week
Climate Change Impact World Map Unveiled
Dying Coral Reefs to be Frozen, Preserved for the Future
10.23.09
Swedes Put First Carbon Labels On Food
10 Best Condom Ads Banned in the US
Electric Wooden Buggy Hits the Streets of New York (VIDEO)
The Most Dangerous Global Warming Deniers in the World
10.22.09
The World's Deepest Trash Bin and Other Behavior-Changing Inventions (VIDEOS)
67 Senators Now "In Play" for Climate Bill
India and China Create Alternative Climate Treaty
10.21.09
Mandatory Composting Law Already a Success in San Francisco
Modern Two Seat Bike is like a Paddle Boat for the Land
Climate Change TV Ad Under Investigation for Scaring Kids (VIDEO)
GOP Rep: "We Hunt Liberal, Tree-Hugging Democrats"
10.20.09
CNBC Falls for Chamber of Commerce Climate Hoax (VIDEO)
When Conservative Values Achieve Liberal Green Goals
How the Media Takes Us All On a Climate Treaty Roller Coaster Ride
10.19.09
50 Arrested, Many Injured in Coal Plant Protest
SuperFreakonomics Screws Up Climate Change
Coal Plants Do $62 Billion of Damage a Year to US Environment
10.17.09
Congress Approves DOE Funding for Three-Wheeled Vehicles
10.16.09
Obama Plans Climate Bill Push, Supports Nuclear and Drilling Compromises
New Record: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Plane Flies 23 Hours With Zero Emissions
Dead Bunny Rabbits Burned for Bioenergy in Sweden
10.15.09
Tiny Robot Trash Harvesters to Clean Streets of the Future
EPA to Clamp Down on Water Polluters
Green Jobs: Now Better Paying than Non-Green Jobs
GOP Senator Called "Half-a-Sissy," "Wussypants," "Asshat" for Supporting Clean Energy Reform
10.14.09
California to Ban Power-Sucking Big Screen TVs Next Month
Cap and Trade a Success! 103 Million Americans Now Breathe Cleaner Air
Secret Report Revealed: Bush Admin Determined CO2 to be Public Threat in 2007
10.13.09
Captured Carbon from Coal Plants to Help Pump Oil 500 Miles Away?
US Coal Plants Dump Thousands of Gallons of Waste Into Drinking Water Supplies a Day
Remote-Controlled Cyborg Beetle Spies to Run on Solar Power?
10.12.09
California Now First State to Charge Polluters for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Senate Climate Bill Gets Bipartisan Support
Fight to Legalize Clotheslines Sweeps the US
10. 9.09
The Most Bizarre Green Cars of the Future (VIDEO)
Obama Spares 100,000 Acres from Bush-Approved Oil Drilling
Senator Merkley: Climate Bill Presents "a Choice Between Clean Air and Dirty Air"
10. 8.09
Northeast States Rush to Build Nation's First Offshore Wind Farm
Norway Pledges to Be Carbon Neutral by 2030
Thousands of Homeowners Sick from Toxic Chinese Drywall
10. 7.09
Could Nuclear Power and Offshore Drilling Get Republicans to Vote for Cap and Trade?
Jon Stewart Takes on 'Crap and Trade' (VIDEO)
The White House Speaks Up for a Carbon Cap
The Most Compact Urban Folding Bike Ever
10. 6.09
How the World Can Cut 13 Billion Tons of CO2 Per Year and Save $14 Billion in the Process
New Clean Coal Hazards Revealed: Could Poison Plants, People
10. 5.09
Big Business Gets Behind the Climate Bill
48 Year-Old Blogger Has Gone 9 Years Without Spending Money
Soda Tax Could Raise $10 Billion Per Year for Cash-Strapped States
10. 2.09
Radical Green Groups Attack Al Gore and the Climate Bill
Cyclist to Attempt 3-Year, 38,000 Mile Zero Carbon Bike Ride Around the World
Adorable Polar Bear Cub Goes for a Piggyback Ride
10. 1.09
Solar Panel Importers to Face 70$ Million in Unexpected Fines
New Concrete Made From Coal Plant Waste Lasts 10 Times as Long
Obama Gives EPA the Go-Ahead to Regulate Greenhouse Gases
09.30.09
Indians Using Cow Dung to Cremate the Dead
Senate Climate Bill Revealed: A Quick Guide
GOP Proposes American Families Pay $500 a Year to Just Let Climate Change Happen
First Global Warming Lawsuit Against US Polluters a Success
09.29.09
The Climate Bill is Already Killing Coal Plants
Scientists Solve Wind Power's Mass Bat-Killing Problem
09.28.09
Futuristic Tractor Designed to Make Farming Sexy
CFL Sales Plummeting in the US--Right When they Could Help Most
Nasty Fanged Frog Eats Birds, Brawls With Other Frogs
09.25.09
The Clinton Global Initiative 2009: The Week's Green Highlights
Hillary Clinton Announces Obama's New Global Food Security Initiative (VIDEO)
How Brad Pitt Could Spark a Green Building Revolution
09.24.09
The Obama Adminstration's Sustainable Infrastructure Strategy
Why Kofi Annan is Skeptical About Electric Cars
GE CEO: "We Must Put a Price on Carbon" to Succeed
09.23.09
The Next Innovation Al Gore Most Wants to See--You May Be Surprised
Investing in Women and Girls to Fight Poverty, Climate Change
09.22.09
Clinton, Obama, and Rudd Talk Climate Action, Global "Spirit of Partnership"
TreeHugger Talks Climate with Bill Clinton
09.21.09
US Carbon Emissions Down 9% Over Last Two Years
US Reluctance Looms Large Over International Climate Events
09.18.09
First Living Building Successfully 'Grown'
Strange, Super-Rare Aye-Aye to be Wiped Out by Criminal Butchers
New Orleans Wetlands Now the Fastest-Disappearing Land Mass on Earth
09.17.09
Folding Electric Bike Rental at Bus Stops to Make Ultimate Commute
Obama Pushes Global Climate Treaty Talks Into 2010
$13 Trillion Says a Global Climate Treaty's a Good Bet
09.16.09
China Says Keeping World Temp from Rising 2C is Unrealistic
Climate Change to Cause 'Global Health Catastrophe'
California to Get 33% of its Power from Renewables by 2020
09.15.09
New Fuel Economy Details Revealed: Biggest Move to Cut CO2 by the US Gov Ever?
World Bank: Hundreds of Billions USD Needed Yearly to Fight Climate Change
As its Glaciers Melt, Greenland on Track to Emit 10 Million Tons of CO2 a Year
09.14.09
Report: Switching to Renewables Would Create 2.7 Million New Jobs
Bizarre Electric Taxi Designed to Go Off Road
Offshore Wind Farms to Power 1/5th of Europe by 2030
09.11.09
UK Faces Blackouts by 2016 Due to Lack of Clean Energy
Global Warming has Opened the World's Next Suez Canal
Obama to Give First Big Climate Change Speech
09.10.09
France to Impose a Nationwide Carbon Tax
Sen. Blanche Lincoln Takes Over Agriculture Committee: Bad News for Climate Bill, Good News for Big Ag?
600 Coal Ash Dump Sites Found in 35 States: Is There One Near You?
09. 9.09
Australia Now the World's Largest Per Capita Carbon Emitter
Bizarre Tongue-Eating Parasite Discovered Off the Jersey Coast
The 8 Dirtiest Tricks Played by Foes of Clean Energy Reform
09. 8.09
Economic Benefits of Climate Bill Outweigh Costs 9 to 1, Study Finds
World's Biggest Solar Plant will Power 3 Million Homes
'Global Cooling' Exhibit Still on Display at the Smithsonian
09. 7.09
Move Over Greenwashing - 'Localwashing' Has Arrived (PICS)
Natural Gas Getting Boxed Out of Climate Bill
Glenn Beck on the Warpath: Will We Lose More Good Green Men?
09. 4.09
Avoiding a Climate Bill Backlash
US State Dept. Sued Over Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
Arctic Now at Warmest Temperature in 2000 Years
09. 3.09
Maldive Islands Using Coconuts to Capture Carbon
Anti-Pollution Rioters Clash with Police in China
Will Swing Vote Senators Honor the Interests of Dirty Energy or their Constituents?
09. 2.09
Beheaded Bald Eagle Traced Back to National Eagle Morgue
How the Climate Bill Will Clean Up Our Beaches
New Report: Developing Nations Need at Least $500 Billion a Year to Combat Climate Change
09. 1.09
300 Organizations Unite to Push for Stronger Climate Bill
Fleet of Wind-Powered Yachts Could Hold Off Climate Change for 25 Years
Dept. of Energy Debunks Anti-Green Jobs Study Once and For All
08.31.09
Will Climate Change be "Obama's Waterloo"?
Coal Ash from Tennessee Spill Shipped to Poor County in Alabama
First Gray Wolf Hunt in Decades Begins Tomorrow
08.28.09
Friday's Big Green Question: is Climate Change Hijacking the Environmental Agenda?
California Hosts Gigantic Garage Sale to Raise State Funds
Americans Support Obama's Energy Policy: New Poll
08.27.09
Robot Designed to Help Earth Plants Grow on Mars
The Next Nuclear Renaissance is Already Underway
Forest of 100,000 Artificial Carbon-Capturing Trees Proposed in UK
08.26.09
Was Cash for Clunkers Good for Anything?
Ted Kennedy (1932-2009) - Tribute to a Progressive Green Champion
Is the United States Ready for a Higher Gas Tax?
08.25.09
Newest Green Stimulus Program: Cash for . . . Refrigerators?
Shock: Ultra Rare Tiger Dismembered at Zoo and Sold on Chinese Black Market
Revealed: 5 "Grassroots" Groups Funded by Dirty Energy
08.24.09
Oil Industry Warns: "If Climate Bill Passes, US Refining Will Fall." Duh.
The Governor of Minnesota's Bizarre Climate Change 180
Ex-Enron Speechwriter Starts New Anti-Climate Action Group
08.21.09
Iraq War Veterans Unite to Fight for Climate Bill
Cash for Clunkers to Run Out of Gas By Next Monday
Obama to Set Up a Farmers' Market Outside White House?
08.20.09
Dubious "Grassroots" Groups Rising to Rally for Coal and Oil Interests
Obama's Grandma Gets a Solar Roof in Kenya
Carbon Traders Arrested for Tax Fraud in London
08.19.09
Green for All Launches Program to Help Green Businesses Secure Stimulus Funds
Introducing Big Coal's Coloring Book for Kids
Whole Foods CEO Causes Scandal Over Anti-'Obamacare' Article
08.18.09
Would the Human Race Survive a Zombie Attack? Scientists Say it's Unlikely
8 US Airlines to Use Synthetic Diesel Made from Plant Waste
Catastrophe at Russian Hydroelctric Plant Kills Dozens, Releases Huge Oil Slick
08.17.09
Exxon Calls for a Carbon Tax. Again. What Gives?
Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?
Massive 75,000 Acre California Wildfire Caused by Marijuana Farm
08.14.09
Democratic Senators Call to Cut Cap and Trade Out of Climate Bill
10 Lessons the US Can Learn From Europe's Cap and Trade
Bad News for Cap and Trade Foes: Europe's Emissions Trading System WORKS
08.13.09
Exxon Pleads Guilty to Killing Protected Birds
Wind Power Growing Faster in Missouri than Any Other State (By Far)
Australia's Cap and Trade Plans Crash and Burn
08.12.09
Oil Lobby Arranging Town Hall Style Protests to Attack Climate Bill
Egypt Bans Genetically Modified Food - Can it be Done?
Surprising New Poll Reveals: Vast Majority of Americans Support the Climate Bill
08.11.09
Shaking Off Palin's Shadow, Alaska Embraces Energy Efficiency
Congress Scraps Plan to Buy Itself New Jets
Giant Rat-Eating Plant Discovered in the Philippines
08.10.09
Time is Running Out for Global Climate Deal, UN Leader Says
Thieves Cashing in on Stolen Clunkers in Germany
North Carolina Senate Bans Mountaintop Wind Turbines
08. 7.09
What People Really Need to Fight Climate Change: A Good Psychologist
10 Senate Dems Send Obama Warning Letter about Climate Bill
Cash for Clunkers Gets Refueled with $2 Billion in Additional Funds
08. 6.09
Dear Harry Reid, Please Stop Protecting a Destructive 130-Year-Old Mining Law
Why the US Lags Behind the Entire World in Understanding Climate Change
Climate Change Closes the World's Highest Ski Run
08. 5.09
Scandal Erupts Over Forged Anti-Climate Bill Letters
How Climate Change Could Destroy America
Heath Ledger's Anti-Whaling Modest Mouse Music Video Finally Released (VIDEO)
08. 4.09
Cash for Clunkers Controversy Continues: Some Senators Won't Approve Unless It's Made Greener
98% of Scientists' Clean Energy Research Proposals Rejected by Obama Admin
New Study Predicts US Energy Future: 45 New Nuclear Reactors, 100 Million Plug in Electrics, and More
08. 3.09
Republicans Begin Campaign to Dismantle Super Popular 'Cash for Clunkers'
Hawaii Hits Coral-Wreckers with Massive Fines
"Wind Turbine Syndrome" Allegedly Causes Heart Disease and Panic Attacks
07.31.09
Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, and Michelle Bachman Sing Duet About Climate Bill (VIDEO)
Drug Cartels Turning US Forests into Marijuana Plantations, Toxic Messes
Exxon Spends More on Lobbying than Entire Clean Energy Industry Combined
07.30.09
Homeless Teens to Create 'Skyscraper Garden' Above New York City
Exxon Profits Down a Massive 66% - Power of Passing Up the Pump Revealed
07.29.09
Report Reveals: TVA was Warned of Ash Spill Danger 23 Years Ago
Frightening Forecast for US: Hot, Dry, and 3.66 Million Acres Will Burn Over Next 6 Months
Sen. Inhofe to Congress: Oil and Gas Don't Pollute (VIDEO)
07.28.09
China's Coal-Burning Cost the Environment $13 Billion Last Year
Playboy Bunny Twins Protect Wild Mustangs from Angry Politician
Shocking Report: California Climate Leaders' Trips Around the World Paid for by Big Oil, Utilities
07.27.09
US Military Seeks the "Zero Carbon" Camp
Tribal Hindus' Sacred Land Threatened by Mining Operation - And the Church of England?
It's Official: European Union Bans Trading of All Seal Products
07.24.09
US States to Harvest Clean Energy From Highways
How Much Did It Cost to Buy a Weak Climate Bill?
Carbon Prices Falling Fast in Northeast US Cap and Trade
07.23.09
Climate Change Will Drag the US Military into Conflict: John Kerry
Climate Action Vs. Health Care Reform: Is it One or the Other?
Securing Long Term Nuclear Waste Storage "Not an Urgent Problem"
07.22.09
Could North Carolina Ban Wind Turbines for Being Ugly?
Cutting the Fat from the US Defense Budget is Green: Obama Scraps the F-22
Jon Stewart Takes Down Climate Bill, Interviews Steven Chu
07.21.09
US Governors: We Want Carbon Neutral Buildings by 2030
Seal Hunters Turn their Clubs on Journalists in Namibia
Good News: 8.3 Million US Homes Now Have Smart Meters
07.20.09
74% of Australian Businesses Go Green to Comply with Cap and Trade - But 85% Don't Get How it Works
Angry Coal Miners Boycott Tennessee Vacations Over Mountaintop Removal Mining
Climate Change Puts a Damper on Hillary Clinton's Trip to India
07.17.09
Obama Reverses Bush's Oregon Logging Rule, Saves Millions of Acres of Forest
Breaking: Massive Explosion Rocks Chicago Biodiesel Plant
After Sabotaging Own Oil Wells, Exxon Faces $1 Billion in Fines
07.16.09
Obama Approves Logging in Biggest US Rainforest - Is the Green Honeymoon Over?
California Now Home to 50,000 Solar Panel Installations
Snipers to Take Out Foxes to Protect Endangered Australian Penguins
07.15.09
US and China to Create Cooperative Clean Energy Research Center
Buying Green Could be Ruining Your Credit
Bounty Hunters Stalk 100,000 Giant Pythons in the Everglades
07.14.09
Iraq Faces Yet Another Crisis - This Time It's Water
Wal-Mart's Sustainability Index: The Greenest Thing Ever to Happen to Retail?
Sarah Palin Slams Cap and Trade in Op-Ed, Completely Misses the Point
07.13.09
AIG's Latest Failure: Climate Change
Miso Soup Kelp is Consuming the California Coast
Shocker! World's Dirtiest Coastal Ecosystem Revealed...and It's in the USA
07.10.09
What's Your Country's Climate Target?
LA Vows to be Coal-Free by 2020 - Can it be Done?
Senate Puts Off Climate Bill Until Fall - Due to a "Firestorm of Opposition" from Americans?
07. 9.09
G8 Nations Agree to Cut Emissions 80% by 2050 - Developing Countries Still Skeptical
Biggest Dogfighting Raids in US History Saves 350 Dogs
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