CODE GREEN Articles & Commentary

Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson leads one of the most environmentally progressive municipal governments in the world, and has gone global to show other mayors how to act locally. Two weeks ago he co-hosted with Robert Redford and ICLEI (the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives) the Sundance Summit, gathering 60 mayors from all […]

Renowned Journalist and former Boston Globe editor Ross Gelbspan specializes in practical, economically sound, macro-level ideas to confront climate change. In a special three-part interview, he lays out ideas he brainstormed with energy companies, economists, and policy wonks, and which formed the core of his 2004 book Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, […]

Aspen Skiing Company’s Director of Environmental Affairs Auden Schendler tells Betsy how climate change threatens winter skiing, the friend-of-the-court brief they’ve filed with the Supreme Court and the impressive steps they’ve taken to become the most eco-conscious ski resort in the industry.LISTEN (12 min)Also see Save Snow.

Elizabeth Kolbert of the New Yorker Magazine talks about The Darkening Sea: What Carbon Emissions Are Doing To The Ocean.PART 1 (11 min), PART 2 (7 min) Check out her book, Field Notes from a Catastrophe for more of her amazing work. Picture John Kleiner

Who’s afraid of the Plug-In Hybrid? Felix Kramer of Cal Cars and Plug-In America gets 100 miles/gallon, and thinks there are a few reasons why you might want to as well. LISTEN (12 min)

Author and Scholar Bill McKibben says that Pat Roberston’s green conversion is a sign that there is a god, and that while Americans are increasingly aware that climate change is a problem, they do not yet appreciate the severity and the threat posed by climate change. LISTEN (18 min)This is a rerun of our October […]

Clif Bar CEO Sheryl O’Loughlin‘s contagious enthusiasm embodies Clif Bar’s dedication to an active life, big-picture optimism and a sustainable footprint.LISTEN (12 min)This is a rerun of our October 12 program.

Our friends at Treehugger.com serve up an inimitable platter of the ever-popular George W. Bush and Switchgrass, a Trans-Fat Free New York, the effect of a wall along the US/Mexico border, an Aquarium that’s drawing the line on climate change, trailblazing company 7th Generation, and the sounds of Humpback Whales…with a chill beat on top. […]