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OP-ED: Where Is the Place for Me in Donald Trump’s America?
In high school, most of my friends were second- generation Vietnamese-Americans. That was in Irvine, California. My freshman year of college I attended UCI, referred to by the locals as...

Imagining a Different World
Can you imagine a world where we don't kill animals for sport, for fun, for trophies, or for greed? Can you imagine a world where we treat each other with respect...

Rest in Peace: Great Barrier Reef
To hear that the Great Barrier Reef is on life-support, and may officially be "dead" is not only sad, but also disturbing. The Great Barrier Reef, the largest living organism...

Can Taiji Re-Brand Itself?
As of this writing, Taiji, Japan remains ground zero for the capture and distribution of wild dolphins to amusement parks, dolphinariums, and swim-with-dolphin programs worldwide, fetching as much as $200,000...

Elections Are a Bore, but the Planet's Fate Hinges on This One
Thank You, Mr. Trump, for Showing Us the Dark Side The pending presidential election has become more than just a distraction to many of us. History has shown that who...

A View of Earth From the Milky Way
As a child I was always fascinated with astronomy, the stars, planets and galaxies. I can still remember my parents taking me to stargazing events on those clear somewhat-cool Florida...

Humans' Hubris Against Nature
Earlier this week, an article came out in the New York Times, entitled "against sustainability." This article was viscerally upsetting and compelled me to write this piece in response: In a...

Face Facts: Electric Vehicles Are Better Vehicles
From Joel Levin, Executive Director, Plug In America I have just returned from the EV Roadmap Conference in Portland, now in its 9th year. There was one word that I heard...

Why the 2016 Election Is About Climate Change
The Risk of Moving Too Slowly The thumbnail definition of risk is probability combined with potential consequences. Americans understand a lot about risk. Taking calculated risks built this country. We...

An Open Letter To Our Politicians. Please Protect Our Oceans (and Planet) Now!
Dear Politicians and Elected Officials, Our oceans are in peril. There is too much plastic in them. Plastic suffocates and strangles marine wildlife who consume it, thinking it is food....

Why the Bernie Sanders Platform Still Matters in November 2016
Economists around the world believe energy choices are vital to future economic, environmental and social prosperity. A rally at the Victorian parliament house steps to Save...

Why Voting Green This November Will Imperil Our Planet
I am an environmental attorney and I was for Bernie. I also support the Occupy Movement and wrote about that movement from an environmental perspective in an essay called Occupy The...

3 Reasons Why Donald Trump Is the Best Thing to Happen to America. Ever.
I love Donald Trump. I really do. You’re probably expecting some sort of sardonic followup, a wink and a nod and a tongue firmly planted in cheek. I’ve got nothing...

Trump & His Republicans Gravely Threaten Environmental & Climate Policy
You could practically taste the looming threat of ecocide leaching through the air at the Republican National Convention. The foundational document of the party’s forward-looking agenda, the 2016 Republican Platform,...

3 Ways Deep Sea Mining Will Endanger Humanity
In the not too distant future, our children’s children will wonder how their grandfathers could ever have submitted to something so dangerous and deadly as coal mining. For centuries, coal...

Chevron’s Ted Boutrous Thoroughly Embarrassed Himself Last Week
Ted Boutrous embarrassed himself in Huffington Post last week in an apparent attempt to “up the crazy” as the trial to seize Chevron’s assets in Canada looms. It appears the...

4 Ways Politicians Failed the Planet in June 2016
Look, upending an entire energy infrastructure is tough, no one’s denying that. Human beings have been burning fossil fuels to power their inventions for over a century now, and making...

Another Oil Pipeline Leaks in California, Because That’s What They Do
Are you surprised? I’m not surprised. Yes, look at me being smug and flippant about our most recent environmental screwup. You can throw whatever scathing liberal epithets my way you...