Greenpeace

E-Waste Nightmare: Cell Phones Getting Greener But Not There Yet

Georgina Guiney Apple, dump, e-Stewards, e-waste, electronic, ewaste, Fairphone, Greenpeace, landfill, ocean, sea, waste

We generate 50 million tons of e-waste around the world annually, much of which ends up improperly disposed of in landfills where toxins can leach out…

EarthTalk

How long have we known about human-caused global warming?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer anthropogenic, carbon dioxide, caused, climate, climate change, climate denial, CO2, denier, emissions, Exxon, ExxonMobil, Global Climate Coalition, global warming, greenhouse gas, Greenpeace, human, human-caused, Industrial Revolution, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, Mobil, Pew Research Center, scientists, Svante Arrhenius

ExxonMobil knew as early as 1977 that our enthusiastic burning of fossil fuels was leading to global warming — and since then has spent upwards of $30 million to promote so-called climate denial…

EarthTalk

Activist Redux: Carrying the Earth First! Torch

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer Dave Foreman, Earth First, Earthfirst, Edward Abbey, environmentalism, First!, gang, Greenpeace, monkeywrench, radical, Sea Shepherd

What ever happened to the radical environmental group Earth First!? Are they still out there and are there other radical environmental groups now doing similar work?

Kota Layar ships out of Singapore. Credit: Andrew Priest, FlickrCC

Warming World

With TPP, There Goes The Neighborhood

Ethan Goffman 350.org, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Chevron, China, CITES, climate change, Convention on International Trade and Endangered Species, Ecuador, global warming, Greenpeace, Keystone XL, NAFTA, oil, pipeline, Sierra Club, tar sands, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership

The Trans Pacific Partnership might be the worst news for the environment since NAFTA, and environmentalists are coming out against it…

Behind the Greens

Green Jobs

E The Environmental Magazine career, careers, Center for Biological Diversity, Earthjustice, EDF, employer, employment, Greenpeace, jobs, jobseeker, NRDC, openings, Sierra Club, staff

Do you have what it takes to do something you love for something you love for a living? Here are some recent job listings from a few favorite environmental groups… Center for Biological Diversity Staff Scientist, Climate Law Institute Oakland, CA More jobs at CBD… EarthJustice Senior Attorney, Fossil Fuels San Francisco, CA More jobs at […]

EarthTalk

Greens Cautiously Optimistic About Paris Climate Agreement

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer 350.org. Bill McKibben, climate, COP21, EDF, Environmental Defense Fund, Fred Krupp, Greenpeace, Paris

While many environmentalists wish the Paris agreement had more “teeth,” they are also glad to finally get something done and remain optimistic that participating nations will voluntarily ratchet up their commitments over time.

EarthTalk

Is off-shore oil drilling actually safer now than ever?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer BSEE, Deepwater Horizon, drilling, Greenpeace, Gulf of Mexico, offshore, oil, protest, Shell, U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

Dear EarthTalk: Is off-shore drilling any safer for the environment today given lessons learned from the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico? —Leslie Jackson, Bern, NC The Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in 2010 resulted in 11 lost lives and hundreds of […]

EarthTalk

Are We Past the Point of No Return on Climate Change?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer Greenpeace, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, NOAA, point of no return, World Bank

Are we almost to the dreaded “point of no return” on climate where our future efforts to curb emissions won’t be able to save us from cataclysmic change?