Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
This Wednesday, President Obama will meet with Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the White House to talk about climate change and energy issues. The word "expansion" may not appear on the official, diplomatic schedule, but I am certain it...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
After I toured some of Alberta's tar sands oil operations last week, I traveled north to Fort Chipewyan, a small village in the Athabasca River Delta. The community is only 60 miles from tar sands central in Fort McMurray, but...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Most Americans recognize that our love affair with the automobile--and the oil addiction that comes with it--has implications for our foreign policy and military commitments in the Middle East. What is less well understood are the environmental and human consequences...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Reviving the World's Oceans , Solving Global Warming
In Washington, lawmakers often talk about global warming as something that will affect us sometime in the future. In the Arctic, people don't have that luxury any longer. Life is already changing rapidly for the First Nations people living around...continued→
