Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) recently voted in favor of the Schatz amendment. The Schatz amendment (SA3176) would phase out tax preferences for fossil fuels on the same schedule as the phase out of the tax credits for wind facilities. We thank Senator McCaskill for putting...

There are many ways to help protect our planet: sign a petition; hold up a sign; call or visit members of congress; or even handcuff oneself to the White House fence. Citizen science is another way to protect our environment. This is the collection of...

Back in September, I wrote about my decision to join my town’s Neighborhood Energy Challenge. The challenge was set up to encourage homeowners to insulate and take other steps to less energy to heat, cool, and power their homes. Depending on how energy-efficient your home is,...

As a young child, I remember cross-country skiing with my father and aunt in the woods of Connecticut. Cold, often wet, days with toes attached to long thin waxless skis, one foot in front of the other. Tall, tall trees creaking in the wind with...

Oklahoma just had another record breaking year of earthquakes, with over 5,000 recorded. This is a 50% increase from record breaking 2014. We know now what’s causing the earthquakes — disposal wells used in fracking. And while wells are being shutdown in the earthquake swarm areas, the...