D.R. Tucker: Confessions of a Climate Change Convert
Conservative blogger and free-lance writer D.R. Tucker talks about his column Confessions of a Climate Change Convert.
Author: Betsy Rosenberg
Bill Twist & Mari Margil: Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature
Bill Twist of the Pachamama Alliance talks about the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature along with Mari Margil of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund.
Betsy fights misinformation at the Sean Hannity Show
Betsy confronts Sean Hannity and Chris Horner then explains why she goes in the lion's den with MediaMatters Jocelyn Fong. Their blog County Fair reports about the misinformation process.
Elgie Holstein: Environmental Defense Fund
On this, the one year observance of the BP oil rig explosion, we look back on “the year of living recklessly” with Elgie Holstein, senior director of strategic planning for Environmental Defense Fund. Explosions, spills and meltdowns – oh my – where do we go from here?
Powershift 2011: Energy Action Summit – Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins and Bill McKibben
Here are excerpts of the speeches delivered by Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins (Green For All) and Bill McKibben at this weekend's Powershift 2011 conference in D.C. where thousands of young climate activists gathered to get engaged in the battle of their generation.
Mike Tidwell: A Climate Activist Prepares for the Worst
Author, climate activist and predictor of ecological catastrophes, Mike Tidwell explains what prompted a recent article about preparing for the worst. Tidwell is so concerned about energy shortages and coming climate chaos that he purchased an electric generator for his home, as well as new locks, a basement garden and is learning how to use a gun.Tidwell is no alarmist but he shares what he fears may be not so distant future scenarios.
Wilford Welch: The Tactics of Hope
The Tactics of Hope, by Wilford Welch is about social entrepreneurs and why they give this former diplomat hope that we can make the transition to sustainability.
David Whitfield and Bryan Walsh about the Fortune Brainstorm Green Conference
The Green Front goes remote for this show, reporting from the Fortune Brainstorm Green Conference in Laguna Niguel, California. This is the 4th annual Green gathering put on by Fortune with corporate executives and sustainability directors from Fortune 500 companies convening to learn and share best practices on climate, energy and water issues, to name a few.
We get a conference overview from Fortune Editor-at-large, David Whitfield and Time Magazine's Environmental Reporter, Bryan Walsh.
William McDonough
A chat with William McDonough, the Dean of Green Design and co-author of Cradle-to-Cradle.
Joseph Romm about President Obama’s Energy Speech
Within minutes of hearing President Obama's energy speech today, Climate Progress blogger Joseph Romm
weighs in with his impressions (not impressed!), and also to share his views on nuclear power's future
(dim) in the wake of the triple disaster in Japan.