Bush Continues to Press Drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Unsurprisingly, instead of using exorbitently high gas prices as a reason to advocate conservation, dear ol’ Dubya is once again urging congress to allow drilling for more oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
This month is the beginning of the birthing season for ANWR caribou, who depend on the area for the perpetuation of their [...]

Poverty-Stricken Children Are The Main Victims of Climate Change

A United Nations report released this morning states that the poorest children of the world are the most affected victims of climate change. Although the global climate crisis has no roots in the global south, poor children in underdeveloped countries are paying the highest price for the climatalogical consequences brought on by the rich developed [...]

New “We Can Solve It” Ad- Featuring Pelosi and Gingrich

In the next ad in Al Gore’s “We Can Solve It” Campaign, former and present Speakers of the House Newt Gingrich and Nancy Pelosi have teamed up in the same fashion as Al Sharpton and Pat Robertson a few weeks ago. It’s quite funny, if anything. Check out the new ad:

Happy Earth Day!

In light of our favorite day of the year, we encourage everyone to get outside! Stop reading stuff online and go play in the grass.

Today is a day not only to appreciate the planet, but more importantly to think about what we as individuals can do to put actions behind our appreciation. So get up, [...]

Experts on Flooding Fear for the East and Midwest This Summer

Global warming and the odd late-winter weather it has brought on much of the U.S. have made the outlook for this year’s spring flood season dire.

Flooding experts now believe that the heavy precipitation in the form of rain and snow this past winter has paved the way for a potentially disatrous flooding season.
Packed snow in [...]

Accolades! ‘We Can Solve It’ Campaign Transcends Party Lines

Before now, you wouldn’t catch Al Sharpton and Pat Robertson in the same city, much less on the same couch. But yet, in the new ad for Al Gore’s “We” campaign, there they are, sitting chummily together on a sofa on a beach. Sound crazy? It is, but damn it all if it won’t work.
Transcending [...]

You Know There’s Really A Problem When…

You know there’s really a problem when this idiot finally decides to admit that there is one.
As if the rest of the nation didn’t already know that global warming was a very real and important problem, today, President Bush is finally admitting that something is wrong.
Revising his stance on global warming, President Bush will propose [...]

No Chinook This Year: West Coast Salmon Fishing Season Cancelled

Further proof that being good to nature has good benefits for all, and that the opposite is certainly true as well. Thursday, in the Seattle-Tacoma area, West Coast fisheries managers voted to cancel all fishing off the California and Oregon coasts this year.
Why? Scientists and government officials are expecting this year’s West Coast salmon [...]

Plastic is Not the Answer- In Fact, It’s the Problem

New studies now show that regardless of growing concern over the use of plastic products, production has gone up and recycling rates have remained stagnant.
The biggest part of this problem are your everyday plastic grocery bags, of which only 1 percent are recycled globally each year. Plastic bottles are more readily recycled, yet in some [...]

$3 Billion Solar Power Deal in….. California!

We here at Borrowed Earth are seriously considering writing a weekly column entitled “Lets All Move to California.” Nothing against other states, and we like living in Minnesota just fine, but sure enough, Cali is at it again.
Pacific Gas & Electric announced a deal Friday to buy as much as [...]