He won this week without the support of the Republican National Campaign Committee, but with the backing of the Tea Party Express. Therein lies a subplot.

Read more: House of Representatives, Climate Change, Republicans, Mark Sanford House, Mark Sanford Climate Change, Republicans Climate Change, Climate Change Deniers, Politics News

Listen to Culture Gabfest No. 242 with Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and June Thomas with the audio player below.

I watched my sons carefully to see if they were buying into mom's passionate ode to nature. The boys seemed to be warming up to the cicadas swarming around them when several flew up and landed on Connor. "Dad!" he yelled. "Get them off me!"

Read more: Outdoor Education, Cicadas, Children, Periodical Cicadas, The Outdoors, Insects, Dads, Parenting, Entomology, Environment, Nature, Parenthood, Wildlife, Summer Camps, Brood II Cicadas, Daddy Bloggers, Parents, Teaching Children About Nature, Parents News, Parents News

How did you lose your virginity? Maybe it was in a romantic garden under a full moon with the scent of roses all around, in the arms of your one true love? Maybe it was at the drunken party after prom night, with your underwear around your ankles, hoping no one could see you to take pictures? Maybe it was on your wedding night, maybe it was long before. Maybe it was even long after. Regardless, I hope you enjoyed it, because a recent study has shown that your sexual well-being today has a lot to do with how much you enjoyed it then. But there’s a major problem (one of several, really) with this study: This study is WEIRD.

Problems that play out over decades and centuries, that involve predictions about the year 2100, are just not relevant to most people. But the truth is that climate change is starting to touch those everyday, boring things that people do care about -- like insurance rates and taxes and property values.

Read more: Hurricane Sandy, Climate Change, Insurance, Insurance Rate Hikes, Superstorm Sandy, 401k, Green News

When we fail to realize the beauty of people like us fighting to make the lives of others better, we fundamentally diminish the humanism of our work.

Read more: Environment, Immigration, Progressive Movement, fwd.us, Keystone XL Pipeline, Politics News

In this week's video, Prudie counsels a woman who wears colored contacts and worries about revealing her true eye color to her boyfriend.

It has become clear that Keystone pipeline is a threat to jobs, health and safety, energy security, food and water security, smart growth, and the climate -- but that's not all it threatens: Now, Keystone XL is becoming toxic for politicians who support it.

Read more: Arkansas, Congress, Youth, Youth Vote, President Obama, Energy Security, Renewable Energy, Obama Administration, Keystone XL, Mayflower Arkansas Oil Spill, Barack Obama, Stephen Lynch, Climate Vote, Ed Markey, Politics, Senate, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Water, John Kerry, Keystone XL Pipeline, Missouri, Oil, Food, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Senate Race, Food Security, Voting, Green News

It has become clear that Keystone pipeline is a threat to jobs, health and safety, energy security, food and water security, smart growth, and the climate -- but that's not all it threatens: Now, Keystone XL is becoming toxic for politicians who support it.

Read more: Arkansas, Congress, Youth, Youth Vote, President Obama, Energy Security, Renewable Energy, Obama Administration, Keystone XL, Mayflower Arkansas Oil Spill, Barack Obama, Stephen Lynch, Climate Vote, Ed Markey, Politics, Senate, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Water, John Kerry, Keystone XL Pipeline, Missouri, Oil, Food, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Senate Race, Food Security, Voting, Green News

Tuesday was National Teacher Day, and in honor of the occasion, the National Education Association and other groups encouraged people to thank educators. They suggested you update your Facebook profile to express your appreciation and use the hashtag #ThankATeacher on Twitter.

This weekend, Forbes reported the successful test-firing of the world’s first 3-D–printed handgun. The weapon, a plastic handgun that fires .380-caliber bullets, has been long in the making. For more than a year, Cody Wilson, a law student and self-described “crypto-anarchist,” has been trying to create what he and his allies call a “wiki weapon.”

The process of growing your own food can transform lives.

Read more: Whole Foods, Local Food, Urban Farming, Buffalo, Dark Rye, Growing Green, Green Living, Massachusetts, New York, Food Deserts, Gardens, Gardening, Taste News

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — In a story May 7 about a 2008 fuel spill near Flathead Lake, The Associated Press reported erroneously on the volume spilled ...

Read more: Flathead Lake, Flathead Lake Fuel Spill, Fuel Spill, Flathead Lake Gasoline Spill, Oil Spill, Environment, Flathead Lake Spill, Gasoline Spill, Flathead Lake Oil Spill, Ap, Green News

Mark Sanford's long walk has ended. From the South Carolina governor's office to the Appalachian Trail to Argentina and back, he has returned to win a seat in the House of Representatives. Political victory has redemptive powers and so Sanford now has a chance to write a new chapter in his personal history. Whatever may become of him in Washington, he has already changed the shape of Republican politics in South Carolina. The state that is home to Bob Jones University and where residents still resist removing the Confederate flag from over the state house is now defining the new standard for forgiving personal indiscretions. 

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport
FACEBOOK: Green News Report
The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!

IN TODAY'...

Read more: Wind Power, Green Jobs, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Green Energy, Pipeline, Drought, Video, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, World Meteorological Organization, California, Environmental Health, Climate, Exxon Mobil, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Arctic, Toxic Chemicals, JPMorgan Chase, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Jerry Brown, Green News, Ocean Acidification, Wildfires, Fox News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Lightbulbs, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport
FACEBOOK: Green News Report
The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!

IN TODAY'...

Read more: Wind Power, Green Jobs, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Green Energy, Pipeline, Drought, Video, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, World Meteorological Organization, California, Environmental Health, Climate, Exxon Mobil, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Arctic, Toxic Chemicals, JPMorgan Chase, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Jerry Brown, Green News, Ocean Acidification, Wildfires, Fox News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Lightbulbs, Green News

Let's face it, President Obama is struggling to get anything through Congress right now, never mind a national energy policy, so Granholm plans to create policy... from the bottom up.

Read more: The Amazing Race, Freshdialogues, Clean Energy, Jennifer Granholm, Alison Van Diggelen, TED Talks, Race to the Top, Video, San Francisco News

Fresh Dialogues recently sat down with Berkeley's Jennifer Granholm to find out about her big idea: An Amazing Race for clean energy and clean jobs. L...

Read more: The Amazing Race, Freshdialogues, Clean Energy, Jennifer Granholm, Alison Van Diggelen, TED Talks, Race to the Top, Video, San Francisco News

It’s a terrible time for advocates of market-driven reform in public education. For more than a decade, their strategy—which makes teachers’ careers turn on student gains in reading and math tests, and promotes competition through charter schools and vouchers—has been the dominant policy mantra. But now the cracks are showing. That’s a good thing because this isn’t a proven—or even a promising—way to make schools better.