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A Reporter’s Notebook from Forward on Climate Rally
Scenes from the largest climate change demonstration in the US to date
A more formally organized story on the Forward on Climate rally and the prospects for climate action in Obama’s second term will appear in the March?April? edition of The Progressive. Photos by Bora Chung/350.org"The fact that, finally, there is this national mobilization…
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by: Jason Mark – February 19, 2013
Environmental Leaders Stage Civil Disobedience Protest at White House
Sierra Club ED and former chair of NAACP among those arrested while calling on Obama to take strong action on climate (updated)
This article has been slightly modified for accuracy since its original posting. A version of this story also appeared at The Progressive. Determined to push President Obama to translate his inspiring inauguration address rhetoric on climate change into bold policy actions, dozens…
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by: Jason Mark – February 13, 2013
REI CEO Nominated to Become Next Interior Secretary
Sally Jewell combines business background with a passion for wilderness
Two weeks ago Sally Jewell, the longtime CEO of gear company REI, was working the room at the bi-annual Outdoor Retailers Trade Show in Salt Lake City. Today she’ll be working the State Dining Room at the White House when President Obama…
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by: Jason Mark – February 6, 2013
Sierra Club to Embrace Civil Disobedience
For the first time in its 120-year history, group’s board gives OK for breaking the law
When Mike Brune landed in the executive director’s chair at the Sierra Club just about three years ago exactly, I wondered whether he would be able to bring a new fighting spirit to the United States’ oldest environmental organization. The history of…
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by: Jason Mark – January 23, 2013
A Rebuttal to Mark Lynas’ GMO Reversal
GMO critic-turned-booster could be right — and still be wrong
If you want to get your name splattered all over the web, there’s nothing like recanting your once strongly held beliefs. Give a big mea culpa speech telling the world how wrong you have been, and you’ll get far more attention for…
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by: Jason Mark – January 11, 2013
The Top Ten Environmental Stories of 2012
From oil to agriculture to wilderness, a rundown of the most important headlines of the year
On the interwebs the year-end “Top Ten” lists and “Best Of” rundowns have become as ritualized a part of the winter solstice season as holiday shopping and putting lights on the house. I’ve been known to suffer from good case of FOMO…
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by: Jason Mark – December 25, 2012
Help Support Environmental Journalism
Dear Friend: Editing an environmental magazine comes with a few occupational hazards, foremost among them a hyper-awareness of how our political systems aren’t responding quickly enough to the steady breakdown of our ecological systems. So it’s always a thrill when I receive…
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by: Jason Mark – December 24, 2012
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