Americans Rejected ‘Drill, Baby, Drill.’ Bush Should Respect Our Choice.

Part of the change Americans just voted for in overwhelming numbers was to move away from the failed energy philosophy of "drill, baby, drill" to a more farsighted strategy, emphasized by Barack Obama, based on clean, renewable energy and efficiency. Yet on the very day that we raised our voices for change, the Bush administration dragged us in the opposite direction.

The Bureau of Land Management cynically chose November 4 to announce a last-minute plan to lease huge swaths of majestic wild...

Canada's Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

In an effort to capitalize on the U.S.’s national yearning for energy security—and on Obama’s promise to deliver independence from Middle Eastern oil—Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper has made the busy president-elect an offer.  Framed as a joint climate change pact, many are interpreting his call for common pollution standards and a unified emissions trading scheme as little more than a shield to protect Alberta’s massive oil sands projects.  

As Andrew Nikiforuk reported ...

Guerrilla Fruit Tree Grafting

Guerrilla Fruit Tree Grafting from Fanny Rose on Vimeo.

Grafting, in this case specifically fruit tree grafting, is a method of fruit tree propagation where the fruit of one tree is encouraged to grow on the tissue of another tree.

I first learned of grafting from reading Michael Pollan's book The Botany of Desire. Apple trees are like humans in that the seeds of apples can create an apple of entirely different geneti...

350: A Global Cause Calls For Local Action

It is easy to question the real effectiveness or value of protest. A bunch of people holding signs in the cold, shouting awkward rhymes and marching seems to do little but re-enforce the stereotype of whiny liberals. Besides, the people in the passing cars are not in any position to accommodate your demands. So why bother? Why is community organizing and public protest such a crucial part of something as big as the fight on global warming? Wouldn’t it be better if we all stayed home, wrote ...

Comments (0)  |  November 20, 2008  |  By Gabe Derita

Obama asks What is Your vision for the country now?

[Ed note: We'd love to hear everyone's answer to this question.  What direction would you like to see America move?  What's your vision?  Share it with the Greenlight community, and then send it straight to the transitional team at Change.gov.]

Obama asks What is Your vision for the country now?  And I answer: I envision homes with solar paneled roofs, new electricity grids that retain energy more efficiently and spread that energy from wind farms, solar farms, tidal and geothermal source...

Comments (0)  |  November 19, 2008  |  By natasha bowens

Deer vs. the Environment

Deer vs. Nature

The biggest problem with the woods is the deer.  After being almost exterminated decades ago, white-tailed deer have rebounded in southern NY and in New England in general.  Every once in a while, some ambitious coyote will stalk a fawn, but the adults never feel anxious about the scrawny canines.  Their predators, wolves and pumas, have been gone for centuries, and aren't going to be back anytime soon.  The deer population has been exploding without bounds, simultaneous...

Comments (0)  |  November 18, 2008  |  By John Zeiger