The American Party

May 30, 2013 Subscribe · Forward The American Party My remarks when receiving the Ridenhour Courage Award were written in Union Station on my way to the event. But my concluding comment -- that we are near a point when the American people should contemplate a centrist third party -- was not an idle spur-of-the-moment reflection.  Continue reading... Climate Activists Target Missouri Congresswoman The Best And Worst Supermarkets For Sustainable Seafood Hurricane Season Could Be Exceptionally Bad This Year Beaver Kills Fisherman In Belarus States And Groups Meet Over Future Of Drought-Plagued River WATCH: Someone Tell This Dog He Can't Eat All The Hail WATCH: Hundreds Of Sloths Rescued After Home Destroyed Beaver Kills Fisherman In Belarus Beaver Kills Fisherman In Belarus WATCH: Dolphins And Birds Working Together WATCH: Hundreds Of Sloths Rescued After Home Destroyed CRAIG LEWIS It's Time to Invest in a 21st-century Power System To even maintain our antiquated power system, massive investments estimated at $673 billion are needed by 2020. Why not invest this money into the creation of a modern power system that is actually capable of meeting the full set of America's energy needs? Continue reading... BILL MCKIBBEN The Video President Obama Hopes You Won't Notice You need to see this: Former Obama administration green jobs advisor Van Jones just came out swinging against Keystone XL. Van doesn't just raise the stakes, he debunks the outright myths that are leading our nation down a road to disaster. Continue reading... DR. CRISTIáN SAMPER Gabon and Central African Republic Achieve Agreement to Protect Critical Elephant Population The wave of poaching devastating central Africa's forest elephant population may see some relief with a new agreement forged by the governments of Gabon and the Central African Republic (CAR) to improve management of CAR's wildlife resources. Continue reading... LARRY GARMEZY Orogenesis Mountains, once formed, are constantly and continuously transformed by ice and snow, wind and rain. A unique fusion of these forces of creation and destructiongeologic imprints each landscape. Continue reading... JEFF BIGGERS Live at Historic Vote in Illinois: Steingraber and Citizens Bust Fracking Bill (Video) Since the Governor and the bill negotiators have refused to visit a fracking operation, citizens delivered letters from impacted fracking and frac sand mining residents from Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Iowa to Gov. Quinn and Attorney General Madigan. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003