Our blogging energies are still focused on Worldchanging NYC, where of late the main topics are the various parts of NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg's ambitious PlaNYC. This is the administration's 127-point proposal for keeping New York City on top of its' game as both a livable and workable city [...]

Activists from the Argentinean town of Gualeguaychu have been blocking the route to the Libertador General San Martín Bridge, to demand that construction of a huge pulp mill on the Uraguay side of the Uruguay River be stopped, and the plant torn down. While the Uruguay government
The Ayles Ice Shelf is now an anachronism on maps of Canada. The ancient ice shelf broke free of
New York City's population topped 8.2 million last year; by 2030 or so it's expected to hit nine million. Where are all these people going to live and work; what's going to power their lights and appliances and elevators? This is the hot topic for Mayor Bloomberg's
It's tough being a dairy farmer in the mid-Hudson River Valley in these times. Land prices and taxes are bulging as New York City's suburban footprint grows larger, bringing with it pressure to sell out to development; feed and energy costs are rising even as wholesale milk
Curbing human impacts on corals and mangroves is the key to helping them survive climate disruption, according to two new reports from the 
Will an aggressive fall hunt quota help cut the "Northern Kingdom's"
Once ubiquitous local town dumps have largely disappeared in Vermont, but Bristol and Salisbury hang on -- they're the only two towns left in the state that have their own working dumps. The weekly ritual of gathering at the dump to exchange gossip while throwing out the