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As the current U.S. Supreme Court term winds down–the justices’ final opinions are due next week–attention begins to turn to the Court’s next session, scheduled ...

Accept No Substitutes I’ve posted before on the competing systems of forest certification, in particular the fight between the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC), which is really ...

Near extinct Philippine Eagle found to be thriving elsewhere in the Philippines – queue the R. Kelly track, “I believe I can fly.” National bird of the Philippines ...

There’s happy news for chimps in today’s green news. Lab testing on chimps may be ending in the U.S. (Treehugger) Bloomberg unveiled a massive plan to protect the Big Apple ...

Hidden wildfires, ocean trash, and wolves are just some of the green news tidbits we’ve found for you this morning. The USFWS announced that wolves are losing their federal protection ...

Waterfront Park, Portland, OR The Trust for Public Land (TPL) recently released its annual ParkScore index, which ranks the park systems of the fifty largest U.S. cities.  As with ...

Today we’re talking weather, greenwashing, and fighting deforestation. Oklahoma has been pummeled by tornadoes — but why? (National Geographic) A complaint from environmental ...

Image from What’s Cookin’ Chicago? http://joelens.blogspot.com/ As with most holidays, Memorial Day is associated with a traditional food component — in this case, ...

Wendy Greuel: Nice Tomorrow, Los Angeles voters go to the polls to elect a new Mayor.  (At least a few of them, anyway: current estimates predict only 25% turnout, about which more ...

As the weather warms up, so too does the green news on climate change… If we carry on as usual, climate change will bring water shortages in major U.S. cities. (Bloomberg) By ...

In its most important land use decision since 2011, the California Supreme Court has upheld local governments’ power to ban marijuana dispensaries within their jurisdictions. ...

In its most important land use decision since 2011, the California Supreme Court has upheld local governments’ power to ban marijuana dispensaries within their jurisdictions. ...

Welcome back to All ’Bout Commodities (ABC), a recurring feature in which we explore how our lives are benefited by the resources that come from Asia-Pacific — and how our actions ...

This week the California Environmental Protection Agency issued a disturbing but worthwhile report on environmental justice issues in California. That report confirms what many environmental ...

Almost unnoticed in President Obama’s budget for 2014 is a strong commitment to the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and, with that investment, the hope that this remarkably ...