As the “energy sprawl” idea has been discussed and debated in the media, I (one of the paper’s co-authors) have  grown a thick skin against criticism. Perhaps the harshest piece of invective, however, still bothers me: the criticism by Matt Wasson in the Huffington Post.
The factual criticisms Matt makes aren’t that troublesome to me, and [...]

Things are looking up today — climate talks are reportedly going well, America beats the world in geothermal R&D, and great white sharks now have their very own singles bar. Ain’t life Cool?

How are things in Barcelona (aside from the shocking underperformance of its namesake soccer team this year)? For the climate talks now underway [...]

It’s Election Day in the United States — get out and vote! Then immediately get back on your smartphone and check out the hottest in online green this morning — including what might possibly be the best green name ever…

Mt. Kilimanjaro’s ice cap is disappearing — but is that climate change’s fault? Two research teams [...]

My husband returns to the same reefs every year in the Bahamas, where he has been teaching a coral reef ecology class for the last 14 years. On his 2008 trip, he noticed that the reef fish were missing. The culprits were quickly identified — and during his 2009 course, he and his students were [...]

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Volunteer photographer Rick McEwan just finished an assignment for The Nature Conservancy, shooting wetland restoration work in the Conservancy’s Williamson River Delta Preserve in Oregon. It’s a place he just can’t bring himself to leave.
Sure: [...]

You won’t see it in any headlines today, but let’s just give a quick shout-out to The Nature Conservancy for turning 58 today! Yep, that’s right, today is the day we were incorporated back in 1951. Times certainly have changed – greenhouse gas emissions, iPhone apps and wind farms are the topics du jour – but conservation is still as [...]

A UN climate negotiator tries to deflate our hope for Copenhagen.  The government of the Maldives holds a meeting underwater, practicing for the day when the archipelago nation might actually be underwater.  Oh, and remember air pollution?  Yeah, it’s still a huge problem, and it’s costing Americans a lot of money, and for some, their [...]

If you’re anything like me, you can’t get your day started without your daily serving of Cool Green Morning.  (Also, caffeine.  Lots and lots of caffeine.)  Read on to get your fix:

Big snakes are becoming a big problem, says the United States Geological Survey.  The group just issued a report concluding that, should the Burmese [...]

Lots of good news today, readers!  The fate of tuna:  not necessarily hopeless!  Global carbon emissions are down!  Drinking wine from a barrel is a totally green thing to do!  Who doesn’t love kicking off their Cool Green Morning on a positive note?:

Every cloud has a silver lining, right?  Yale Environment 360 reports that as [...]

After yesterday’s star-studded kickoff, today’s discussions at the Governor’s Global Climate Summit in California started on a more sobering note. The topic: adaptation to the inevitable impacts of climate change.
Let’s face it. Climate change hurts: 

Coastal flooding will continue to displace more and more people from their homes. 
Increasing droughts are going to make it even harder for the [...]