Gloria Steinem is an amazing journalist and political activist and it's too bad she has to field such awful questions from an interviewer at ABC News' Nature's Edge. Still, she's able to make it worth watching, talking about how climate is connected to women's rights…
“I was - enchanted—overwhelmed—with the beauty and grandeur of everything I saw. It lay just as nature had made it, with nothing to mar its virgin glory.” That was from James Glover in 1873, upon first seeing the Spokane River. Things are a bit different…
Like the 104th Congress when Republicans controlled the House of Representatives, the House today is swinging a sledgehammer at a cornerstone of contemporary American democracy and undermining the most extraordinary body of environmental law in the world. Chief among the attacks is HR 2018, known…
These pictures were shot by two photographers - Mike Olbinski and Blaine Coury - in Arizona. As you can see, a wall of dust is moving through the city of Phoenix in Arizona. According to the makers, "sandstorms like this happen during the region's monsoon…
Irony can be so ironic. A day after cancelling his keynote address at the Heartland climate denial conference because he felt “under the weather,” Republican Senator Jim Inhofe today insisted his sickness was due to a toxic algae bloom on the Grand Lake in Oklahoma…
You may have heard about the Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act that would slice and dice the Clean Water Act by giving the states, rather than the EPA, the ultimate decision-making authority over our nation’s water quality standards. Please ACT NOW and call your Congressperson…
David Roberts appeared yesterday on The Alonya Show to discuss a U.N. report that says $1.9 trillion a year in incremental investment in clean energy will be necessary to avoid serious climate damage and comparing that total with the amount spent on war.
One of the best films last year: The Oscar-nominated documentary Waste Land. The central figures are Brazilian-born, Brooklyn-based artist Vik Muniz and the crew of catadores — garbage pickers — at the world's largest landfill, Rio de Janeiro's Jardim Gramacho. Director Lucy Walker spent months…
An oldie but goodie: Jake the snake.
Did you know an average of twenty pedestrians and bicyclists are hit in Spokane County every month. Here's how you can help: Spread the word about Stickman Knows. The goal of this campaign is to reduce the number of crashes, injuries, and fatalities by educating…
You might've seen the "Slow the Flow" advertisement on the Spokesman-Review and thought, huh? What does that mean? With a new water rate structure in effect for 2011, Spokane water customers are encouraged to conserve- especially in dry months like July which is Smart Irrigation…
The Spokane Valley Planning Commission is inviting you to participate in a public hearing on the Bike & Pedestrian Master Program (BPMP). The BPMP will guide planning, development and management of existing and future bicycle, pedestrian and multi-modal connections throughout Spokane Valley. You can view…
I heart lists and I can't help it. I love a good argument and lists are always a fun reference point. When it comes to climate change, I read many lists about cities that feature the most prepared, sustainable, what have you. This list is…
Is wind power too dangerous for America? This video is proof. It shows a new advertisement from the American Coal Lobby warning that wind farms may blow the Earth off orbit. "We like this planet. Let's not blow it... away," the advertisement says. The video…
People who back the idea of a coal port in Whatcom County have added a sophisticated new argument to their arsenal: They're not just saying "jobs." And they're not just saying, "If we don't ship coal to China, someone else will." They're also saying, "If…
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