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Todd Woody

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Berkeley, CA, United States

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Recent:
  • Unknown
Past:
  • Grist
  • GreenBiz
  • TakePart
  • Quartz

Past articles by Todd:

To save our oceans, we have to change what we do on land

A new U.N. report finds oceans have reached a frightening tipping point. → Read More

Herman Miller, Humanscale join consortium to fight marine plastic

The NextWave consortium, which includes Dell, GM and others will use ocean-bound plastic in manufacturing by collecting it before it reaches the sea. → Read More

How Starbucks' hometown is tackling plastic pollution

Going "Strawless in Seattle" and other cities worldwide. → Read More

Seabed mining can decide the fate of the deep ocean

Calls grow for the disclosure about the environmental consequences of extracting valuable minerals from the ocean floor. → Read More

China's Marine Park Boom Is Driving the Capture of Whales and Dolphins

For the first time in decades, orcas are being hunted to supply the rapidly expanding industry's marine mammal shows. → Read More

Going to Pot

Humboldt County's marijuana boom is destroying a unique redwood forest ecosystem and killing some of California's rarest wildlife. Now veteran pot farmers are fighting the ‘green rush’ to make cannabis cultivation truly sustainable. → Read More

Up in Smoke

As a "green rush" devastates Humboldt County's redwood forests, local growers are trying to create a sustainable marijuana industry. → Read More

Court OKs the Destruction of Koala Habitat for a Giant Coal Mine

The Chinese-owned project could kill hundreds of the marsupials in one of Australia’s most fertile agricultural regions. → Read More

Video Makes Visible California's Unseen Natural Gas Disaster

A huge methane link near Los Angeles is spewing tens of thousands of pounds of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every hour. → Read More

The Koala in the Coal Mine

Australian farmers are fighting to stop an enormous coal mine from destroying their way of life and the habitat of an iconic animal that is disappearing as the climate grows hotter. → Read More

The Climate Generation Takes to the Streets: Enough Is Enough

As France cracks down on protests at the Paris climate change talks, activists find new ways to get their message out. → Read More

The U.S. Just Approved One of the World’s Biggest Solar Power Plants

Environmentalists have opposed many large renewable energy projects because of their impact on wildlife, but this one is critter-friendly. → Read More

Will the ‘Great Wall’ of New Orleans Save It From the Next Killer Hurricane?

The $14.5-billion flood-protection system enclosing the city is a marvel of engineering. But if Louisiana loses its remaining wetlands, it may not be enough. → Read More

Waving, Not Drowning: How Some Coral Reefs Will Survive Climate Change

A new study finds that coral reefs in the western Pacific are growing fast enough to beat sea-level rise. → Read More

Food Independence Could Be a Matter of Survival for the U.S.’ Most Isolated State

Hawaii imports 90 percent of what it eats at great environmental cost. Now ag activists seek to make ‘grown here, not flown here’ a reality. → Read More

Google’s Self-Driving Pod Cars Hit the Road

No steering wheel or gas pedal is required for the electric vehicles that could make a big dent in carbon pollution. → Read More

Californians Get Serious About Saving Water, but Aren't Sharing the Pain Equally

A report shows that water consumption fell 13.5 percent in April—rich communities, though, are still hogging an increasingly rare resource. → Read More

Apocalypse Soon: California's Snowpack Is Gone

Readings show that the snowpack that is a crucial water source for the drought-stricken state is 0 percent of normal. → Read More

Australians Survived a 13-Year-Drought by Going Low-Tech

A study finds residents of Melbourne cut their water consumption in half by capturing rainwater and storm-water runoff and using efficient toilets and washing machines. → Read More

The U.S. Could Get a Third of its Electricity From Wind Power—And Save Billions of Gallons of Water

A new report details the health and environmental benefits of ramping up wind energy. → Read More