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Meet the Oil Billionaire Shaping Donald Trump’s Energy Policy

Meet the Oil Billionaire Shaping Donald Trump’s Energy Policy

By Mark Floegel Fossil fuel billionaire and major fracking proponent Harold Hamm, who has Donald Trump‘s ear on energy and environmental issues, had a prime-time slot at the Republican National Convention (RNC) last tonight, also known as “Make America First Again” night. Left: Donald Trump, Photo credit: Gage Skidmore / Creative Commons. Right: Harold Hamm, […]

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    Watch the Climate Change Ad Fox News Refused to Run

    Watch the Climate Change Ad Fox News Refused to Run

    Fox News declined to run an ad that calls out the network for refusing to acknowledge human-caused climate change. The advertisement, sponsored by Friends of the Earth, shows a mock Fox News anchor reporting on extreme weather events while the newsroom slowly floods and then asks, “What will it take for Fox News to accept […]

    5 Reasons Clinton Should Not Pick Hickenlooper for VP

    5 Reasons Clinton Should Not Pick Hickenlooper for VP

    News reports over the weekend confirm what we Coloradans have been hearing for months, that our Governor, John Hickenlooper, is on the short list for vice president by presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Wikimedia Commons Having suffered through six long years of Gov. Hickenlooper here in Colorado, I offer these top five reasons why Clinton […]

    53 Arrested Protesting Gas Storage Near Seneca Lake

    53 Arrested Protesting Gas Storage Near Seneca Lake

    “We are ALL Seneca Lake” was the message delivered this morning by prominent environmental leaders Wes Gillingham, program director of Catskill Mountainkeeper, David Braun, co-founder of Americans Against Fracking, and Rachel Marco-Havens, youth engagement director of Earth Guardians during a protest at Stagecoach (formerly Crestwood) gas storage complex along Route 14 in the Town of […]

    Solving Lake Erie’s Toxic Algae Bloom Crisis

    Solving Lake Erie’s Toxic Algae Bloom Crisis

    By Codi Kozacek A year after the most intense bloom of toxic algae on record engulfed Lake Erie, the lake is set to get a reprieve this summer. Federal forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict this year’s bloom will register a 5.5 in severity, about half the level recorded last year and […]

    The Powerful Healing Benefits of Ginger

    The Powerful Healing Benefits of Ginger

    By Michelle Schoffro Cook Who doesn’t love ginger cookies or spice cake? The signature ginger flavor adds a delightful taste to almost anything to which it is added. But taste is not the only reason to love this amazing spice. Not only is ginger a delicious addition to food, it is also one of the […]

    How the Right Wing Denial Machine Distorts the Climate Change Discourse

    How the Right Wing Denial Machine Distorts the Climate Change Discourse

    Several weeks ago, on June 17, I provided testimony about the threat of human-caused climate change to the Democratic Party Platform drafting committee in Phoenix, Arizona. Fittingly, my testimony was just one day before record heat struck Phoenix. At the beginning of my testimony, I made the point, using slightly lofty language appropriate for the […]

    Coffee: Good or Bad?

    Coffee: Good or Bad?

    “Dr. Hyman, I’m so confused about coffee,” writes this week’s house call. “One day I read that it’s so bad for me and the next it’s good for me. Why all the conflicting information?” Let’s face it: Americans love their coffee, which is the number one source of antioxidants in our diet—which actually makes me […]

    Fracking Fight Continues in Colorado

    Fracking Fight Continues in Colorado

    In the escalating ballot battle between the drilling industry and Colorado communities, new records show that energy companies are spending millions of dollars to stop anti-fracking measures in the state. Environmental groups are currently gathering signatures on two statewide measures, 75 and 78, to appear on Colorado’s November ballot. The first initiative would amend the […]