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Climate Citizen: Mary Stuart Masterson 2
Posted 2 weeks 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.
Octopus(sy) Galore

James Bond calls for more marine protected areas 5
Posted 1 month ago The feds and the fishing industry aren't interested in new marine protected areas, but ocean advocates sure are. They get the message out with a new PSA starring Pierce Brosnan and a few other familiar faces.
Gwyn Some, Lose Some

Does being hot make your green website hot, too? 3
Posted 1 month ago We take a peek at a crop of eco-sites started by starlets. Ooh, say that five times fast.
Sting sends a Rainforests SOS 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Wait, there were highlights?

Umbra’s top ten Climate Week moments 1
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago Harrison Ford’s new earring, origami rainforests, flash mobs, crackdowns, Survivaball-wear, and so much more! Umbra Fisk does NYC’s Climate Week. Don’t miss her 10 Best Moments from the Big Apple’s climatic extravaganza.
Umbra’s top ten Climate Week moments 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
A Djimon in the rough

Actor Djimon Hounsou wants to show the human costs of climate change 1
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago Actor Djimon Hounsou is just as snacky in real life as he was on the big screen in Blood Diamond, The Island, and Gladiator. Better yet, he's also a climate activist and humanitarian. As a global ambassador for the aid and development group Oxfam, Hounsou has traveled in sub-Saharan Africa and seen the direct links between climate change and human suffering.
Hip-hop legend Russell Simmons gets the message right 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Hitting the Green Carpet

Umbra reports from the Age of Stupid premiere 0
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago Umbra Fisk talks with Heather Graham, Moby, Gillian Anderson, and others at the premiere of the year's hottest climate film.
Ask Umbra at the Age of Stupid premiere 0
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Leno's shocking conversion

Ford goes Hollywood to tout electric cred 3
Posted 2 months ago
As part of his new show on NBC, obsessive car collector Jay Leno aims to strike an eco chord in Hollywood ... and then on Main Street USA. Mr. Petrolhead is out to become Mr. Electric Car.
Ditto

With Patrick Swayze’s death, perhaps the year could take a rest 1
Posted 2 months ago
Actor, dancer, and some-time singer Patrick Swayze is the latest pop icon to fall in 2009. We look at his eco-ties, which are tenuous, so then we mostly just look at how studly he was.
Pulling out the Jay Game

Celebs to race Ford’s electric cars on Jay Leno’s new show 1
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago
On his new show Jay Leno will flaunt to the world something he knew ages ago: how much Jay Leno is crushin' on electric cars. To prove this point, he'll have his guests race electric autos for the best times, as well as what we imagine will be the title of "Celeb Most Likely to Crash a Really Expensive Electric Vehicle."
Act like you care

Hollywood’s next green generation 2
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Which hot young actors are on their way to becoming Hollywood's new green dream team?
From Miley to Marvin

JoBros, Miley Cyrus send on eco-message, and more 1
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Miley Cyrus, the JoBros, and other Disney tweensters want you to "send it on" -- your love for the earth, that is.
It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: Tween-pop edition 0
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Could Miley Cyrus be our climate salvation? The mind reels.
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.
The Grist List: From Heath to Health

Heath Ledger harpoons whaling, and more 3
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
He's no joker: Before his death, Heath Ledger created a grim music video about whaling for Modest Mouse.
Wherefore art thou?

Art in a changing climate 0
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
A special series on climate change art featuring essays, audio slideshows, video, and more.