Captain Planet and I are packing up for the Mobilize the Earth™ rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Earth Day! I am so excited to be asked to speak at the National Mall on Earth Day 2012.

The rally on the National Mall, America’s premier national park, is the centerpiece of the global Earth Day and part of a vast network of Earth Day events around the world.  More than one billion people in 192 countries participate in Earth Day activities each year, making it the largest civic observance in the world. Earth Day Network, who organizes the global Earth Day, has set the theme for Earth Day 2012 as Mobilize the Earth.
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In 5 minutes this young girl sums up our environmental crisis. (more…)

This 60 Minutes on Clean Coal Technology is the most important piece I have seen recently on coal and climate change. (more…)

My Water’s on Fire Tonight is an enormously creative rap video about fracking. Time Magazine named it the No. 2 most creative video of 2011. Fracking is a natural-gas extraction process that is an alternative to oil, but can also be hard on the environment and local water safety.

Here are the top 5 takeaways from “My Water’s On Fire Tonight” (more…)

2011 was a big year with some really important accomplishments, one of the most recent being one of my favorites, the passage of the Clean Air Mercury Rule. With the beginning of the new year I wanted to share some of my predictions for what 2012 holds for the planet. (more…)