My Earth Hero: Neil DeGrasse Tyson Listen Up!
One of the world’s smartest and most popular scientists — check him out (below) on Twitter — Neil DeGrasse Tyson has issued a four-minute video to Americans about the future […]
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Climate Change: An Inconvenient Sequel
A sequel to An Inconvenient Truth – the 2006 documentary produced by former VP Al Gore and seen by a worldwide audience – premieres July 28 worldwide as An Inconvenient […]
Florence Reborn: 50th Anniversary after the Flood
It’s been 50 years since the Arno River’s banks overflowed, bringing a raging torrent of water, mud, abandoned vehicles, and dead animals rushing through the narrow streets of Florence’s […]
DiCaprio’s Before the Flood: See It Nov 5
The National Geographic has released Before the Flood, a documentary by Oscar Award-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio for free on You Tube and other venues. See it now — it will […]
Books Summer ’16: Ten You’ll Like
Welcome Summer –– and the books that beckon us to sit in a comfortable chair, dream, explore other places and other worlds. This month’s selection is the first of several […]
Friday Roundup: Feb 26
WELCOME TO FRIDAY ROUNDUP on Green News Update. In our inaugural news roundup, we’re offering a batch of “ups and downs” – sea level rising, Detroit’s Shinola winning hearts and minds, bicycle […]
Birds: Count ’em Feb 12-15
A worldwide bird census takes place Feb 12-15 – and you can be part of it! The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC)— made up of Audubon, Cornell (University) Lab of […]
Students Build Solar Houses: Stevens Wins!
Students at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken NJ are crowing about their October 18 win at the 2015 US Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon – they won first place […]
Open Letter to Leaders of the World
What’s the goal of COP21? For world leaders to create the strongest global agreement possible to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That’s why people from many countries are speaking out to […]
Hot, Hot, Hot: A Climate Editorial
Unrelenting heat, drought, and lack of potable water are more likely than insurgents and militant attacks to bring down civil society in the Middle East. So says New York Times […]
