What We Know About Sandy, One Month Later

Thursday, November 29, 2012 What We Know About Sandy, One Month Later Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on parts of the U.S. East Coast a month ago Thursday after tearing through the Caribbean. In the weeks since, the storm's scope has come into sharper focus. Secretary Of State Candidate Reportedly Has Financial Stake In Canadian Tar Sands No End In Sight For Midwest Drought Senators Push Obama To Propose Cleaner Gasoline Rules Landowner Sues State Over Keystone Pipeline Congress Examines Storm 'Reality' BLOG POSTS Jacob Devaney: Environmental Education Initiative in California and Beyond If we are lucky enough to see this emerge as a cultural revolution that honors nature, raises eco-literate children, and embraces the whole human community as one global family, then we can enjoy the comforts of our cozy modern life without the threats associated with a warming planet. Nina Wegner: Ecuadorian Indigenous Elders Make Plea to Developed World on 11th Oil Round In the southern Amazon basin of Ecuador, the air is filled with the sound of macaws and the distant sound of thunder. But as soon as next year, the metallic hammering of oil drills may join the chorus. Local indigenous leaders are dead-set on not letting that happen. Molly Rauch: Breathing Queasy: My Carcinogenic Couch Today, a team of scientists from Duke and UC Berkeley told me what's actually inside those cushions I so carefully selected. Despite the clean lines and comfy factor, it turns out that what's inside those cushions is not so pretty. Nick Hayes: The Rime of the Modern Mariner (PHOTOS) I first had the idea for the Modern Mariner as I sat in an office block eating lunch at my computer, rifling through ecological blogs. I came across a certain picture, a penny dropped, and I ran round the corner to the park with a pen and paper to write the first few verses. Julie Brothers: Farm to Fork Across America: Soulful in Seattle On this list was world-renowned chef Jerry Traunfeld, formerly of The Herbfarm just outside of Seattle. The venue was a converted cottage seating just 32, literally the nucleus of an herb farm on 17 acres near the Cascade mountain range.

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