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For years the environmental movement has been criticized by those who dismiss its efforts as bad for the economy and detrimental to job creation.   Since its inception twelve years ago, PennFuture has made it their mission to debunk this myth.  Founded with funds from the...

Evidence of climate change can now be found in your cup of tea. Tea growers in the Northeastern Indian state of Assam, a region known for its strong, breakfast brews, say climate change is responsible for subtle, yet gravely detrimental changes in tea leaves. Assam...

Philadelphia’s Energy Coordinating Agency (ECA), the non-profit dedicated to helping area residents conserve energy and live sustainably, is in the running to receive a $250,000 grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project. By offering energy audits and comprehensive home repairs, ECA has weatherized thousands of low...

The United Nations climate change conference in Cancun, Mexico concluded with an agreement on what is needed to avoid climate change in the future. Though it falls short of making some of the broader changes scientists say are necessary, the Cancun Agreement gives the 190 countries...

The Obama administration reversed a decision Wednesday and decided not to expand offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Floridians and Governor Charlie Christ hailed the decision which will protect their tourism industry.  The oil industry criticized the decision as a move that will stifle...

Google Earth has created a series of videos and tours to combat climate change and coincide with the United Nations Climate Change conference currently being held in Cancun, Mexico.  In one video, “Coping with Climate Change,” Kofi Annan narrates footage of people who are forced...

Leslie Kaufman wrote a fascinating piece in yesterday’s New York Times about the energy conservation efforts in the town of Salina, Kansas.  Despite their fierce conservatism and denial of climate change, Nancy Jackson of the Climate Change and Energy Project found that by simply changing the...

As part of 10/10/10, environmental activists and citizens of Philadelphia gathered in the shadow of William Penn to discuss the state of our climate.  To outsiders, (like those mumbling about the “weird hippies” by the Sorry pieces), it was just another rally, but to anyone...

The most famous home in the U.S. is going solar. White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairwoman Nancy Sutley and Energy Secretary Steven Chu are expected to announce later today that solar panels will be installed on the White House roof in spring 2011 to...

On Monday, President Obama announced the creation of the National Ocean Council and a 10-point policy to manage and protect our nation’s oceans and coastlines.  The council will be co-chaired by John Holdren and Nancy Sutley and will also include representatives from environmental and economic...