The classic literature book Love in the Time of Cholera is supposed to be a period piece set more than a century ago - so while love and romance is very much alive in the 21st century, the other part of the title - cholera - is not supposed to be.  Unfortunately, it looks like the water-borne disesase could make a comeback, thanks to heavier rainfalls associated with climate change.

The Wilderness Society helped kick off the two-day long Good Jobs Green Jobs Conference  that brought together labor representatives, environmentalists, and others interested in creating a green economy – hosting 2 panels on creating jobs and saving our natural landscapes. 

This January's launch of the New Year wasn’t like any other that came before it.

On Jan.2, while many people were just switching gears from holiday schedules back to their five-whole-days-of-work-every-week, no-more-Christmas-cookies-in-the-break-room, regular work schedule, something a bit more momentous was happening elsewhere - America began treating carbon pollution like what it is: pollution.
 

If you agree that climate change is a global problem that requires a global solution, then the recent agreement achieved in Cancun, Mexico is reason for hope – and succeeded in a few areas where the much more lauded conference in Copenhagen last year failed.

It is only human to feel a little “climate fatigue” after a year that has included several disappointing failures on the climate front.