Al Gore's New Presentation

Al Gore gave a persuasive, inspiring, and informative new presentation on climate change at the recent TED conference. Click below to watch the presentation now and then do something to help solve the climate crisis!

Mr President... TEAR DOWN THAT WALL!

The development of the border fence between the U.S. and Mexico continues. As was to be expected the Department of Homeland Security has decided they can't/won't/shouldn't abide by environmental laws. Consequently, this fence is going to fracture habitats, disrupt communities and disturb peoples homes and lives.

Instead of engaging in an open dialog and focusing on how to truly solve the immigration issues that the U.S. faces the Bush administration continues to proceed with their my solution trumps all attitude.

Write the president, your congressional representatives, and Senators, contact your state and local government and ask them to stop the U.S. government from putting up walls!

For more on the damage the wall is going to cause see this recent article and slideshow from the New York Times.

We Can Solve The Climate Crisis

The Alliance for Climate Protection launched the We campaign this week to raise awareness about climate change and to motivate the people of the U.S. to take action.

Sign up, learn more, and get involved!

Mountaintop Mining - Destroying Habitat

Mountaintop mining ruins forested habitat, and the streams and waters throughout West Virginia and Appalachia. Follow the links to read more...

http://www.ohvec.org/galleries/mountaintop_removal/007/

http://www.abcbirds.org/conservationissues/threats/energyproduction/mountaintop.html

http://ilovemountains.org/

Conservative? Not when it comes to energy!

One of the things that always infuriated me about Ronald Regan was that upon arriving at the White House he ordered the solar panels that Jimmy Carter had installed taken down. How short sighted was this so-called great American President? Apparently very short sighted! If the U.S. government had subsidized alternative energy to a fraction of the degree that we subsidized agriculture, the auto industry or defense contractors, to name a few, we would be light years ahead of the rest of the world today and a true leader in the stewardship of the planet.

58,000 Gallons of Heavy Crude Oil

We've been dealing with oil spills in the U.S. for more than 20 years. You would think we'd have figured out how to protect our rivers, bays, harbors and oceans from these environmental disasters that kill wildlife, destroy habitats, as well as damage local economies.

The San Jose Mercury News has published a story on how to help. You can also consider a gift to Audubon California who has a center on the bay and been involved in cleanup activities since the spill occurred.

The Earth from Afar

Edge contributer Steven Pinker has a nice short about this awesome picture of Saturn backlit by the Sun in a past issue of Edge. Far in the distance is the Earth, fantastic perspective. To see an additional image check out this link.