Posted March 21, 2011 by Scott Dodd in The Media and the Environment
We’re pleased to tell you that selected stories from NRDC's award-winning OnEarth magazine will now be available for the Kindle. The first offering is “Arctic Fever,” the cover story to our Spring 2011 issue. It’s by Bruce Barcott, a 2009...continued→
Posted June 3, 2010 by Scott Dodd in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil
Is BP CEO Tony Hayward cracking under the pressure? Photo illustration by Lance Page/truthout and Lulu-belle Ramsbottom/World Economic Forum via Creative Commons BP CEO Tony Hayward apologized on Facebook for a "hurtful and thoughtless comment" he made over the...continued→
Posted February 12, 2010 by Scott Dodd in Health and the Environment, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Federal officials want to assure the public that they're serious about stopping the dreaded Asian carp from infesting the Great Lakes and destroying its $7 billion fishing industry. So they're holding a public meeting this afternoon to brief the region...continued→
Posted December 23, 2009 by Scott Dodd in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment
The Associated Press is reporting this week that federal regulators under President Obama are taking the first steps toward regulating drugs in the nation's drinking water supply -- a problem first reported by science writer Elizabeth Royte in "Drugging Our...continued→
Posted December 21, 2009 by Scott Dodd in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
As of today, the Great Lakes are at war. For almost two decades, states that border the lakes and rely on them for drinking water, recreation, commerce and more have been watching an inexorable invasive force make its way toward...continued→
Posted December 4, 2009 by Scott Dodd in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
How are these buffalo not like the others? Unlike most buffalo that you've ever seen in your life, in roadside pens and on farms and ranches (or on your plate if you've ever ordered a bison burger), these are real...continued→
Posted July 14, 2009 by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
Last week, Time magazine asked, "Why Are Southerners So Fat?" There's no simple answer, of course. Poverty, culture and climate all play a role in the South's high obesity rates. But one factor that's increasingly blamed by everyone from medical...continued→
Posted June 24, 2009 by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
Reason No. 137 that I love commuting by bike in New York City: I get to watch baby hawks go to flight school. Last year, I was fascinated and then heartbroken by a pair of red-tail hawks that built a...continued→
Posted June 8, 2009 by Scott Dodd in Health and the Environment, Reviving the World's Oceans
When I was growing up, my family lived in New Orleans for several years, on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. One of my father's friends had a boat, and he liked to take it out shrimping. My dad and...continued→
Posted June 3, 2009 by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
New York magazine featured a great story last week on school overcrowding in Manhattan. What struck me -- aside from concerns about how my own kid might fare -- was this passage about the city's failure to anticipate that New...continued→
Posted May 14, 2009 by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
Tomorrow is National Bike to Work Day, which is part of National Bike Month, coinciding with Bike Month NYC here in the Big Apple, and I have to admit that it's all making me feel a bit guilty. Last summer,...continued→
Posted April 22, 2009 by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
Earlier this month, I asked readers in my blog, on NRDC's Facebook page and via our online newsletter to share what Earth Day means to them. And you did! Here are some of the responses that made me laugh, smile...continued→
Posted April 8, 2009 by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
Here's what it means to me: That's my new son, Henry. (Sorry, I can't help showing him off a little bit.) I've cared about the environment for a long time, but while my wife was pregnant with Henry here, I...continued→
Posted April 1, 2009 by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
My March Madness bracket is in shambles. This weekend's Final Four games will be a terrible reminder that -- for the first time I can remember -- I failed to pick even one team correctly. But at least I've got...continued→
Posted March 20, 2009 by Scott Dodd in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Last spring, I found myself entranced by a pair of red-tail hawks building a nest in Riverside Park, just a few blocks from my apartment in New York City. Unfortunately, despite the efforts of their parents and the best wishes...continued→
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