CODE GREEN Articles & Commentary

From our atmosphere to wetlands under siege in the southern U.S. Scot Quaranda, Campaign Director for The Dogwood Alliance, weighs in on the widening practice of burning trees for energy and their newly released mini-doc, “Wetlands Up in Smoke”. LISTEN to SCOT QUARANDA

We are sawing off the limb we're sitting on". That quote from futurist Paul Erlich, just one of many dramatic comments in the new film, Call of Life. The 6th great extinction is upon us and yet most Americans remain in the dark about this and other challenges to our life support system on earth. Director,Monte […]

Professor Michael Kraft of the Department of Public & Environmental Affairs at the University of Wisconson Green Bay talks about what prompted him to go out on a limb demanding congress pass more comprehensive climate legislation. LISTEN to MICHAEL KRAFT  

As I write this, wall-to-wall coverage continues on the financial emergency brought on by our nation’s so-called Republican leaders. However, as damaging as the “fiscal cliff” is for hundreds of thousands of Americans, it pales in comparison to the human crisis we’ll all face if we go lemming-like over the climate cliff. We are heading […]

We get a first hand account of COP19 from Robert Stavins, Harvard's professor of Business and Government at the Kennedy School. As the Director of Environmental Economics, Dr. Robert Stavins has attended many of the UN climate conferences — he shares some optimism about what happened…and didn't…in Warsaw.  LISTEN to ROBERT STAVINS

Politico's Environment and Energy Reporter, Darren Goode, talks on his article about conservatives and green groups coming together for common causes, even if driven by different motivators.  LISTEN to DARREN GOODE

Matt Russell, Food Policy Project Coordinator at Drake University, explains why his state's extreme weather should be EVERYONE'S CONCERN! LISTEN to MATT RUSSELL

Richard Heede, of the Climate Accountability Institute, talks about the first-ever report quantifying where our emissions have come from over the past 100 years or so. Among the findings…just 90 companies are responsible for nearly two-thirds of our greenhouse gases! LISTEN to RICHARD HEEDE

Ralph Cavanagh, the NRDC's Co-director of Energy discusses CNN's recent documentary, "Pandora's Promise" on the benefits of nuclear power. We discuss what was omitted in that program and why. LISTEN to RALPH CAVANAGH