Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Some Florida residents are learning the true dangers of book burning this week. On Wednesday, a man in Nassau County, Florida, accidentally started a huge fire while burning trash, which was mostly in the form...
How many more catastrophic tipping points are we going to surpass? How much worse does the weather have to get before we wake up to the destruction we are inflicting on the environment? Even a half-degree temperature...
water crisis
People of Flint, Michigan have had insult added to injury. Not only has their water been poisoned with high levels of lead, they now face financial ruin because they have not paid their water bills. Some...
Elon Musk
I confess, I get overwhelmed when considering the real changes needed on our planet. There are so many greedy Neanderthals running the world that I lose sight of all of the amazing, inspirational stories out...
As we steel ourselves to get through the turkey and trimmings without strangling anyone at the table, we might want to do a little planning. Essentially, we'll all be playing a national game of "Taboo," where certain words...
Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe may not be a scientist, but he doesn't mind playing one on TV. And on the floor of the Senate Thursday, Inhofe once again proved just how ignorant he really is...
There are 265 power plants monitoring groundwater in the United States. 242 of them report unsafe levels of pollutants from coal ash waste disposal. According to an analysis from the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), nine out of every 10 coal plants,...
Bill Nye is the science guy. Every kid in the America knows that. He's geeky, he's appealing, he's kid friendly. He is the host of the eternally popular PBS show 'Bill Nye the Science Guy.' He's also...
Nessa Coppinger is a lawyer who does many cases of protecting corporations who are being sued in the case of producing toxic pollution. She is now suing her neighbor for smoking in the privacy of...
Gov Snyder And Mayor of Flint
Michigan’s embattled – and possibly criminally liable – Governor Rick Snyder will finally make an appearance in front of Congress to answer questions about the Flint water crisis - a scandal he helped cause –...
obama tony abbot awkward handshake
This may be the most awkward handshake between world leaders in the history of handshakes. At the G20 in Australia this week, Prime Minister Tony Abbot initiated a handshake between himself and Japanese Prime Minister...
We've likely all heard the cliche, "Every cloud has a silver lining." Triteness aside, like most hackneyed phrases, it bears some truth. Sometimes it takes a little effort to put a positive spin on unfortunate events, but...
President Donald Trump is no stranger to naming bizarre picks to serve in his administration. Betsy DeVos, his Secretary of Education, made a name for herself trying to destroy Michigan's public education system. Scott Pruitt, his head...
“I have seen many scientific reports in my time, but nothing like this." This is what United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said after reading a new report from the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...
As if scientists across the country could be heard in a collective sigh when President-elect Donald Trump appointed climate denier Scott Pruitt as head of the EPA, Leonardo DiCaprio quickly swooped in and, joined by...
Climate change is the only place a person needs to look to see that there is pretty much no hope for the Republican Party. It offers us the most representative microcosm of our completely broken...
Flint residents show Governor Rick Snyder samples of contaminated water (image courtesy NBC News)
We've seen some pretty callous and tone-deaf behavior from Michigan state officials since we learned that the water in Flint is so contaminated, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, even filters aren't enough to make...
Rising sea levels and unpredictable weather are not the only consequences of climate change. Another consequence most don't consider is the effect rising temperatures have on invasive species. According to the study, "Threats to North American forests from southern...
Perhaps people thought it was "fake news." Two years ago, an article appeared in the Miami Herald about Florida Department of Environmental Protection officials being barred from using the terms "climate change" or "global warming" in official communications, emails,...
In a bold move Cenk Uygur of YouTube regulars The Young Turks has announced he is forming a new political organization. He is calling it the 'Justice Democrats' and explains he wants to take money out...