CODE GREEN Articles & Commentary

Betsy and her producer Will Craven chat about EcoTalk’s uncertain future, its value to them, and the letters from listeners that make it so worthwhile, if not exactly sustainable. LISTEN (8 min) How you can help 🙂 Image Folon

NFL Director of Environmental Programs (take a moment to let that sink in) Jack Groh tells Betsy how the league of grunts and gridiron are going to offset the carbon emissions of one of the biggest consumer spectacles in the world. Betsy wonders if mentioning that fact during the game might make a bigger difference […]

Over a tasty reggae beat Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi breaks down the new US Climate Action Partnership between some of America’s biggest businesses, chats with  "Winds of Change" author Eugene Linden about President G(lobal) W(arming) Bush, and shares the criteria for getting on the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations. Is it on the level? LISTEN […]

Scott Bruce of the Nautilus Institute tells Betsy of the literal and symbolic impact of building a windfarm in North Korea, and how renewable energy can help build a lasting peace in East Asia. LISTEN (12 min) picture Andreas Reinhold

From TreeHugger 🙂

EarthJustice VP of Policy and Legislation Marty Hayden muses on Bush’s big speech this week: "I think he sought to avoid Katrina, both in the context of climate change and social justice." LISTEN (11 min)

Executive Director of EcoEquity Tom Athanasiou has accompanied EcoEquity’s new project Global Climate Justice for Americans with a searing new essay titled "An Inconvenient Truth II": "The problem is inexorably a global problem, and you cannot really get your arms around it without dealing with the problem of global inequality." LISTEN (7 min)

Royal Dutch Shell’s oil development project on Sakhalin Island in Russia’s Far East is the largest such project in the world, and has wrecked havoc on the fragile marine biodiversity of the region and damaged the way of life of Sakhalin’s citizens. The Russian government has recently revoked Shell’s permit to work on the project, […]

Bob Feinbaum tells Betsy about the HydroNova water program. The assumption that sewer water is garbage is wrong. It is possible to use ‘living machines’ that mimic the cleansing properties of natural wetlands. Wastewater should not be wasted water. LISTEN (8 min) If you have questions about the water treatment methods of your city, email […]