Elliott Negin
Aug 18, 20176 min read
Energy Department Scientists Barred From Attending Nuclear Power Conference
Edwin Lyman, a physicist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, was one of 30 U.S.-based scientists scheduled to speak at the quadrennial...
Elliott Negin
Jul 12, 20178 min read
Trump Should Build A Wall, But Not On The Mexican Border
After President Trump met with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto last Friday at the G20 summit in Germany, a reporter asked him if...
Kenneth Brower
Jun 26, 201723 min read
The Starship or the Canoe: Where Will Our Future Adaptations Be?
IN 2015, an observatory high in the Atacama Desert of Chile detected three planets orbiting an M star, an ultra-cool dwarf, in the...
Elliott Negin
May 19, 20175 min read
Can Trump’s Koch-Funded Appointees Stall Clean Energy Momentum?
When The Washington Post reported earlier this month that President Trump appointed Daniel Simmons to run the Office of Energy Efficiency...
Glen Martin / California Magazine
May 8, 20177 min read
Tesla Is Breaking Records Galore. But Is the Eco Hype Overblown?
One of the best ways to flaunt your Earth-hugging bona fides these days is to buy an electric car. It shows you’re willing to put your...
Shelly Gehshan
May 2, 20174 min read
Signs of Our Times .... the People's Climate March
“It’s already hot enough in NC” “April is the new August” “91 degrees in April. SAD!” It was fitting that the temperature for the Climate...
Glen Martin
Mar 17, 20176 min read
The SF Bay-Delta Is Invaluable. What Will Happen to It Under Trump?
The Bay-Delta, comprised of San Francisco Bay and the shared delta of the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers, is the largest estuary on...
Jeffrey Nightbyrd Shero
Mar 16, 20174 min read
Fukushima: Dangerous to You
This week Fukushima Power plant has become the worst nuclear disaster in the history of the earth, a fact ignored by the establishment...
Elliott Negin
Mar 8, 20179 min read
Gutting EPA’s Budget And Staff Would Endanger The Health Of Millions Of Americans
During his nationally televised speech before Congress on Tuesday night, President Trump vowed to “promote clean air and clean water.” Is...
Elliott Negin
Jan 3, 20174 min read
EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt Would Trash Air And Water Safeguards
Nominating Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to run the Environmental Protection Agency gives lie to Donald Trump’s claim that he is...
Elliot Negin
Dec 12, 20169 min read
Donald Trump’s Science Fiction
President-elect Donald Trump has been twisting the facts in ways beyond what even George Orwell envisioned in his dystopian novel 1984....