In a survey by the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, of 726 Republicans or Republican-leaning Independents, it was found that a slim majority of the participants (52%) believe that climate change is real. As a Conservative Republican, this statistic saddens me because it 

This cartoon by Isabella Bannerman won MCAF's partner, Union of Concerned Scientists 2012 cartoon contest. TELL PRESIDENT OBAMA: BREAK THE CLIMATE PARALYSIS

Feeling a little bullish about Earth Day? Me too. I'm full of questions… Do we still need Earth Day? I remember the first Earth Day. We were told, “Make every day Earth Day.” Did we? At the time, our cars slurped leaded gas, power plants belched out smoke and smog without recourse, and our rivers …

My pal Tina Beattie and I talk a lot about what it means to be a Republican who is deeply concerned about climate change. Tina is a founding member of the Moms Clean Air Force's Leadership Circle, and also the Chair of ConservAmerica; the president, Rob Sisson, is also a member of our leadership circle. Nothing makes Tina …

WATCH our own Michigan Moms Clean Air Force organizer, Wibke Heymach testify at the March 25th Energy Forum in Detroit. LEARN why we need to include healthcare costs, along with our children’s health, in the discussion about our energy future. HELP FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE

This past year, we upgraded the insulation in our home and added a new energy-efficient furnace. Although Ohio's winter wasn't that harsh, with temperatures similar to those in 2011 and 2012, I was interested to see what these changes would mean for our wallet. Since our home has a newly improved seal from outside weather, …

Do you associate songs with emotions, people, and times? Well, Raffi’s playful tunes were the soundtrack of my family’s early life. Long before my children discovered the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, the “power of song” was sung by Raffi. His music was part my children’s childhood — and part of my young parenting life. I …

These days, there is a great deal of controversy about fracking and natural gas production. Many of us are fighting to ban fracking from our communities. Many more of us are living in places where drilling for gas has been going on for decades, with or without horizontal fracturing. Banning isn't a remote possibility–and neither is …

Many political activists are familiar with the expression, “A rising tide lifts all boats.” In most contexts, it has a positive meaning, but when we are talking about climate change, those rising tides can be devastating. Here in Massachusetts, rising tides aren’t lifting just boats, they also threaten to flood densely populated areas and erode …

There are a plethora of ads put forth by oil companies to promote the "social good" they are doing. As a writer on environmental issues, I happen to be aware of the flip side of the story. So while British Petroleum pushes their “Voices from the Gulf” tourism travelogues about how great it is to …