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This guest post is from RLMiller [Subscribe]who is becoming a strong and impassioned blogosphere voice on climate issues, serving the organizing role in the “Adopt a Senator” effort to track positions taken by Senators on climate issues and pressure them to adopt reality-based policy approaches.
The key take-way from this post: Do not lose sight of [...]

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A guest post from Deborah Phelan, providing a window on issues of Eco Justice in Uganda — a picture that most in the developing world never see and an issue that they rarely, if ever, consider.

“You know, right now we are standing on top of ten feet of plastic.” Overheard in Kampala, Uganda at a [...]

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Let’s face facts, to far too many, for far too long, “environmentalism” has seemed a lilly-white activity, something for people with enough resources to engage in caring about the environment. And, in some ways, there is some truth to this perspective. As Jerome Ringo put it in
I joined the Louisian WIldlife Federation in 1991. At [...]

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Too rarely, it seems, is the discussion of tackling global warming strengthened by an understanding and discussion of climate equity issues. The new Climate Equity Alliance should help to shift that discussion.
Recently, an acquaintance sent me a set of questions.
I’m no expert on the issue and I’m wondering what are other examples outside [...]

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E3 (economy, energy, environment) presents us all with very significant, even daunting challenges. Tackling these challenges right also represents great opportunity to come out, at the other end, stronger than we are today. Formed by more than two dozen organizations, the Climate Equity Alliance is a voice to see that we, collectively, pursue solutions [...]

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Energy and Global Warming are complex, multifaceted, deep subjects. They are beyond the ability of any single person to totally master. And, a great challenge to those focused on them is seeking how to communicate, in a meaningful way, to those who don’t have the ability to dedicate huge chunks of time to learning about [...]

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The world has changed. The only two faces, the only names of people of substance that seem to compete with Mickey Mouse or Ronald McDonald or a Pokemon figure for instant awareness among children are Black: Barack Obama and Martin Luther King. The world does change. And, it can change for the better.
I [...]

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For far too long, at their core, core approaches on ‘both’ sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have promoted and pursued tactics and strategies that, fundamentally, undermine the achievement of long-term improvements in the situation for the overall populace of either ‘party’.
Moving ahead, amid bombings and mounting casualties, requires leadership, leadership willing to stand [...]

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Bloomberg is reporting that Larry Summers is on a very short list for nomination as Secretary of the Treasury. One doesn’t need to look at the global financial meltdown to recognize that this is a truly critical post but the impact and import of this post cannot be underestimated. With the need [...]

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This Saturday, there is a nation-wide showdown between, quite literally, forces for light and forces for darkness. (Excellent video …)
This Saturday, September 27th, is a national action day for Green Jobs Now, with actions and events already planned for all 50 states (and DC and …). Green Jobs Now offers a positive vision [...]

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