Photo via Reuters The Kerry-Lieberman clean energy and jobs bill was handicapped from the day it was introduced — co-drafter Lindsey Graham (R-SC) had inexplicably jumped ship , and expanded offshore drilling allowances were included in the bill, despite the ongoing BP oil… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Kerry-Lieberman Climate Bill to be Transformed Into "BP Spill Bill"

photo: tata_aka_T via flickr Being pretty much smack dab in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, it’s no great secret that Hawaii is utterly dependent on imported energy . But it’s also looking to change that , hoping to develop 400 MW of wind farms on the islands of Molokai and Lanai. The trouble is getting the electricity from these islands to where the majority o… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Hawaii Plans Billion Dollar Undersea Cable to Bring Wind Power to Oahu

Guest blogger Sara Snow is a green lifestyle expert and board member for Discovery’s 24/7 future-forward network Planet Green. I saw on my local news station’s website and recently in The Organic Center’s newsletter, The Scoop, warnings about The “June Effect.” The definition: Relatively high levels of the corn herbicide atrazine are present in Midwestern water supplies in June, following the spring spray season, triggering an increase in birth defects among children born nine months later. Source: “Atrazine Co… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Green Eyes On: Atrazine Higher in June – Watch Out Midwesterners!

Photo via IAN Thanks largely to the interminable gloom of the BP Gulf oil spill , it feels like we haven’t seen any good news on the green front for ages. But while all eyes have been on the Gulf, the California State Assembly passed a truly exciting bill : One that bans single-use plastic bags across the state. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Yes, It’s True: California is Banning Plastic Bags

MIT plans to cut their energy use by 15 percent in three years. Photo by Francisco Diez via Flickr. Guest bloggers Andrea Donsky and Randy Boyer are co-founders of NaturallySavvy.com . The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is partnering with NSTAR , a

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MIT Plan to Slash Energy Consumption on Campus Could Save $50 Million

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, Milan. Image: chairman moneko via Flickr In January, McDonald’s Italy announced the launch of its McItaly menu. The burger giant has always offered different menus throughout the world to cater to local tastes so it’s no real surprise that they’ve chosen Italy – a nation of proud culinary diversity – to go McLocal. So great, McDonald’s supports local food systems now, right? Well, not so fast. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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McDonald’s Goes A Little Bit McLocal

Photo via Wired California Senate hopeful Carly Fiorina is currently the front runner for securing the GOP nomination in the state primary. The former head of Hewlett-Packard is hoping to bolster her conservative cred by attacking longtime incumbent and Democrat Barbara Boxer — for acknowledging that climate change is a national security threat. According to Fiorina’s latest ad, recognizing that global warming is a security issue somehow means that Boxer is soft on terrorism. The ad also displays how poorly Fiorina understands climate change. Watch: … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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California Senate Hopeful Mocks Climate Change Threat (Video)

Image via Time You’ve likely heard a pretty diverse range of arguments from advocates of Arizona’s draconian anti-illegal immigration law, and of cracking down on immigration in general: immigrants are stealing American jobs, unduly siphoning off taxpayer money, causing crime rates to rise, and other, even more xenophobic claims. But here’s one I bet you haven’t heard before: illegal immigrants are causing global warming . And if we care about stopping climat… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Want to Stop Global Warming? Keep Out the Immigrants! (Video)

Image via ScrapeTV There’s been a lot of (mostly inane) discussion lately about whether Obama’s been mad enough in his reactions to the BP Gulf spill . This topic was deemed important enough to swallow up time in media across the spectrum: cable news shows, columns in the New York Times , and

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Obama is "Furious" About the BP Spill. Why Doesnt’ the Media Believe Him? (Video)

photo: Chany Crystal via flickr Though support, both political and financial, for the UN REDD forest protection scheme has been growing, there’s also a growing opposition voice expressing the concern that, though keeping forests standing is a good thing, the REDD program could well run roughshod over the rights of indigenous people as international financiers, corporations and timber companies get involved. Mongabay points out that an alte… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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REDD Forest Protection Program Could Threaten Rights of 350 Million People