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A Penny Saved Is… 0
Posted 1 day ago
EMA, meet Uma

Happy birthday, EMA Awards ... and you other groups, too 0
Posted 4 weeks, 1 day ago This weekend marks the twentieth annual Environmental Media Association awards -- see who else is celebrating a milestone this year, and vote for which party you'd attend.
Acres of Apathy

Does anyone still care about “the land”? 25
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago The newest climate anthem features earnest stars bleating that it's time to take a stand -- "for our land." And literally billions of people turn a deaf ear.
Youth activism guy talks about the youth, the activism

MTV-approved advice on reaching those who aren’t paying attention 0
Posted 2 months ago
Pete Griffin talks about directing youth campaigns for Energy Action Coalition and the lessons he brings from MTV’s do-gooder division.
Bill McKibben talks climate on Colbert Report 1
Posted 3 months ago
Bill McKibben took a turn on The Colbert Report Monday night to talk climate change and spread the word about the International Day of Climate Action on Oct. 24.
Acid Trip

“Acid Test” documentary on ocean acidification premieres tonight 6
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Sigourney Weaver narrates this short film by the NRDC that explores the growing threat of ocean acidification, a problem scientists are just beginning to understand.
Warning: falling metaphors ahead

It’s no time for change, says ad from Gingrich’s group 3
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago
The people who brought you the “Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less” energy plan have launched a new TV ad opposing the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill, or, as the new 30-second spot calls it, the “national energy tax.”
Lazy Eye

Can a lazy environmentalist really change the world? 6
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Lazy Environmentalist Josh Dorfman is dedicated to cutting out the typical green-minded guilt-trip crap and helping people find eco-solutions that not only fit their lifestyles but improve them.
Same Batshit Channel

The digital TV conversion is here—are you e-ready? 2
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
All TV broadcasts have now gone digital. Here's how to green your transition.
Goode Will

George Will hates greens, cartoons ... and shopping 4
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Noted Post crank says Mike Judge's show is just the smack in the face our current "chorus" of planet-savers needs.
Must-see TV on ABC tonight — “Earth 2100: Is this the Final Century of our Civilization? 3
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Tonight at 9 pm Eastern on ABC, “Bob Woodruff explores what might be the worst case scenario for civilization.”
The Importance of Being Unearnest

Liberals aren’t laughing at Mike Judge’s new show, but not for the reason you think 15
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
The animated eco-satire The Goode Family premiered last night, and got blasted by the press. Is it because, as some are suggesting, the press is full of liberal elites who can't laugh at themselves? Or is it because the show just ain't funny?
America's other first family

Lessons in fast-food greenwashing from The Simpsons 1
Posted 6 months ago
Sunday's episode of the Simpsons begins with a wickedly good greenwashing story.
Ad-ing to the chorus

‘Jobs of the Future’ ad pressures GOP to support climate bill 0
Posted 6 months ago
The progressive group Americans United for Change unveiled a new TV ad today that seeks to put pressure on Republicans to support President Obama’s energy plan.
Michael Pollan defends food on Colbert Report 0
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Interior Sec. on Daily Show 0
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
A Moranic Idea

Memo: Climate change denier wants to give you instant on-air ‘balance’ 2
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Say you're a harried cable news producer with 24 gaping hours to fill with finished material every day of the week. Say you're constantly in need of articulate guests to offer a diversity of viewpoints. How do you do it? One way is to take up offers from climate denialist Marc Morano. Here's the invitation he recently sent out.
It's all goode

“The Goode Family,” a new cartoon, makes enviros cringe 19
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
"The Goode Family" is an animated caricature of every Whole-Foods-shopping, hybrid-driving, African-orphan-adopting, vegan-dog-having do-gooder you've ever met. Watch the trailer.
Auto-Tune the News: Katie Couric on arctic sea ice 0
Posted 7 months ago
Sound the alarm

Frontline explores “Poisoned Waters” of Puget Sound, Chesapeake Bay 2
Posted 7 months ago
PBS' Frontline tomorrow night reflects on the state of the nation's waterways some three decades after the Clean Water Act. "Poisoned Waters" airs April 21 at 9 p.m.