It’s a fact: Fossil fuels are driving a climate crisis and threatening our health. On December 3 – 4, Climate Reality and former Vice President Al Gore will be joined by an all-star line-up of artists, thought leaders, and scientists for 24 Hours of Reality: Protect Our Planet, Protect Ourselves. Tune in and learn how […]
Every year, we’re lucky to be joined by a long list of thought leaders, policymakers, business innovators, TV, film and music stars, scientists, and on-the-ground climate change activists for our annual global broadcast of 24 Hours of Reality. This year’s show will be no different. And we’re excited to announce that some of our absolute favorites are […]
Traditional media rarely shows the conservative view on the environment. Anna Sagatov, a film student at Montana State University in Bozeman wanted to capture that view outside of her university, starting with the conservatives in the Montana countryside who have their own stories, often bound by a closeness to the earth. The film expands to […]
It seems counter-intuitive that a conservative farming community in southeastern Iowa is home to some of the most expansive solar energy generation in the US. But that’s exactly what’s happening in the area served by Farmers Electric Cooperative, the rural utility whose enterprising leader, Warren McKenna, saw renewables as a gateway to economic vitality. By John […]
The folks over at EV Annex just can’t stop innovating. We usually find them with new products popping out of their shop in Florida, but this time they are going virtual with the release of their new Augmented Reality (AR) smartphone app. The app lets users put a (virtual) Tesla Model 3 on their very […]
Hillary has clinched the Democratic Nomination for President – the first woman to be nominated by a major party. Watch Hillary Clinton’s victory speech from Brooklyn: See our FULL ELECTION COVERAGE HERE.
Didn’t want to watch President Obama’s full State of the Union this week? Here’s the one-minute remix.
Would you vote just because Will Ferrell asked you nicely and offered you perks? Well, okay, the perks Ferrell offers are probably bullshit. But he does ask nicely. But you WILL get some pretty awesome perks that come along with voting for Obama and down-ballot Democrats, like: Clean air and water. More green jobs in […]
Sick of the current crop of campaign ads? Longing for the kinder, gentler days when the ads weren’t so high-tech and in-your-face? Or just looking for some contrast? Check out this video by Hugh Atkin, which gives you a 60-year smorgasbord of the best (and not-so-best) of campaign ads from Ike vs Stevenson up to […]
Are you craving the bloody clarity and cleansing that will come with Zombie Apocalypse ? Want to hasten things along? Joss Whedon has just the ticket: Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. In a very silly (but telling) new video, the meister of the supernatural who brought us The Avengers and The Cabin in the Woods – as […]
With Obama leading in all the polls (except for Rasmussen) and the GOP’s hope of taking the Senate dwindling like Arctic sea ice, there’s a danger that progressives and Democrats and environmentalists might get a bit complacent. And sit on their butts. And not work hard to elect people who care about the planet and […]
Tis the season of election, which means the airwaves are saturated with borderline fibbing and blatent dishonesty. After igniting a firestorm of criticism this week for attacking President Obama for “apologizing to America’s enemies” – something everyone on the planet (except for Rence Priebus) has pointed out just plain never ever happened – Romney went […]
Possibly the biggest issue this election – far beyond the environmental consequences – is how the flood of dirty energy money from the Koch Brothers is threatening American democracy (and our jobs, homes and families!). Next month, Robert Greenwald’s new expose docutmentary, Koch Brothers Exposed, will have its world premiere in New York City on […]
By David Brin Watch this segment of Neil deGrasse Tyson about America’s decline amid the changing landscape of modern science. I mean it. Watch this and make your uncles and cousins watch it. Half of our economic growth since WWII came from science and technology. This last decade was the first in 60 years in which the […]
This should be fun. Julianne Moore playing… Sarah Palin? I get sparkles… It’s Game Change from HBO films, and the trailer has just been released. Based on the book by journalists John Heilemann and Mark Halperin about the 2008 Presidential race, this should spice up the election season just as the primaries are winding down. Ed Harris also looks… […]