CODE GREEN Articles & Commentary

Greenpeace Ocean Policy Expert Karen Sack says that the final UN agreement on the destructive practice of bottom-trawling "has more loopholes in it than a fisherman’s sweater." Find out more about this brutal method here. LISTEN (10 min)

Clean Air Watch Correspondent Frank O’Donnell continues his extensive chronicling of the Bush Administration’s outright disrespect of the EPA‘s dedicated scientists, and their undying fealty to Big Oil. LISTEN (10 min)

After a keynote address by GM CEO Rick Wagoner, and lots of eco-chatter, Mike Hudema, Global Exchange‘s Independence from Oil Director, separates the rhetoric from reality at the Los Angeles Auto Show: "We don’t want concepts, we want commitments." LISTEN (8 min)

Phil Bernstein talks about the Sustainable Design movement, how new softwares like the ones developed by Autodesk help to build green buildings. Another initiative of Autodesk is the PBS e2 series, narrated by Brad Pitt.  LISTEN (11 min)This is a rerun of our July 7 program

NRDC‘s Daniel Hinerfeld interviews two Los Angeles bikers: Slate’s writer Andy Bauer and Scott Sing. They bike to work and "it’s not a longer commute. it’s a faster workout". LISTENYou can hear longer versions of the interviews on the recently launched OnEarth podcast. Vicious Cycling is another article about biking in LA. This is a […]

Who killed the electric car? It was among the fastest, most efficient production car ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did General Motors crush its fleet of […]

Jordan Fisher talks about Nature Noir. LISTEN (7:50 min) This is a rerun of our July 7 program.

Patrick McCully of the International Rivers Network gives us his report from Nairobi, site of the latest round of UN Climate Talks, or as McCully tells us, "Talks about Talks." LISTEN (11 min) picture Climate Talks

Daniel Hinerfeld explains how Green Day and NRDC have joined forces to engage more people in one of the most important issues of our time: our addiction to oil. LISTEN (7 min)