My friend Hugh Kaufman, who’s worked for the EPA since its inception in 1970, sent a chilling email yesterday: “When does oil drilling off the Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, & Nantucket shores begin? ‘In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration has ordered the local commission that advises the Cape Cod National Seashore to suspend its […]
Month: May 2017
The banks to contact about the Keystone XL pipeline funding
This article, with contact information, appeared in Yes! Magazine and the Nation of Change website today. I felt it important enough to share here, in its entirety. [NationofChange is reader-supported. Donate or give monthly.] Of the more than 60 banks helping to finance the expansion of tar sands infrastructure, the indigenous-led environmental campaign Mazaska Talks […]
FIGHT-BACK: GOING LOCAL
It turns out that the Trump EPA’s purge of climate data from its website includes a 50-page “A Student’s Guide to Global Climate Change,” which once displayed educational videos and taught how to calculate your personal climate footprint. Well, it’s not been removed entirely, but buried deep enough that even a Google search won’t help in […]
THE END OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE?
I read two articles on a plane yesterday. Both had the same message about the same place. One, a cover story in Discover Magazine, was headlined: “What You Need to Know about our Melting Planet.” The other, featured in Rolling Stone, was a special report: “Doomsday Glacier: How Fast Will the Oceans Rise?” The […]
“HORSEMEN of the APOCALYPSE” Making Waves
After only one week of sales, Horsemen of the Apocalypse is the number one nature conservation book selling on Amazon. An eye opening perspective on climate and energy issues, Dick Russell’s newest book is already making waves. Leonardo DiCaprio, Oscar winning actor (finally) and outspoken environmentalist, has tweeted that the book is “a must read […]
IN WAKE OF CLIMATE MARCH, TRUMP DEVASTATION CONTINUES
Tens of thousands gathered in front of the White House last Saturday, and thousands more came to rallies and marches all across the country for the People’s Climate March. I was part of a large L.A. contingent that walked several miles to protest the Tesoro oil refinery’s merger with BP and plan to vastly increase […]