Michael Graham Richard
Michael has been with TreeHugger since 2005. He started out as a part-time writer, but after about a year (circa February 2006) he made the transition to full-time editor-in-chief. He held that role until January 2008 (the highlight of this period was of course the acquisition of TreeHugger.com by the Discovery Channel), and he's now editor of the Science & Technology and the Cars & Transportation categories (his two main loves).
It was reading The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken and Good News For A Change by David Suzuki and Holly Dressel that changed his life. Before that, he knew about the problems, but didn't think too much about them. After, he knew there were solutions, and he couldn't think about anything else.
Michael's personal blog can be found at MichaelGR.com. You can also follow him on Google+.
Latest Stories from Michael Graham Richard
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Breakthrough clean gold mining technique replaces cyanide with... cornstarch!
Mining gold's a dirty business. To extract gold from raw ore, a lot of cyanide is required, and wherever a lot of cyanide is found, there are also big environmental risks.
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UK driver knocks cyclist off bike, brags about it on Twitter...
This one will go into the "no comments" and "speaks for itself" category.
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What are the world's top 10 favorite animal species?
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, ARKive asked its users to vote for their favorite species. Over 14,000 votes from 162 countries have been cast, and now the results are in.
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See what it's like to be eaten by a Grizzly bear in Alaska (video from GoPro camera)
Ever wondered what it's like to be eaten by a grizzly bear? Probably not... Except maybe in a nightmare. In any case, it's now possible to see (if not feel) what it's like from the safety of your home.
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Milestone: U.S reaches 100,000 plug-in vehicles sold
In 2011, the first full year with the current crop of plug-ins on the market, fewer than 20,000 were sold.
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2013 Ford Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid gets 5-star safety rating from NHTSA
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has decided to test plug-in vehicles separately from gas and gas-electric hybrid versions of the same models.
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Maps: Growth of cycling and bike infrastructure in Portland since 1990
We often forget that great bike cities were not always so. They all had to start somewhere, work hard at it, and build up the infrastructure and bike culture, sometimes from a very low base.
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America's first hemp crop in 60 years was planted this week in Colorado
Hemp, the THC-free cousin of cannabis, has recently been made legal in Colorado, but the feds still don't approve.
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Honda extracts rare earth metals from used hybrid batteries, turns them into new batteries
Despite their name, rare earth metals aren't actually that rare, but they are important for a variety of green technologies.
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Nanoscale artificial leaf can extract hydrogen from water with just sunlight
Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has shown what they call the "first fully integrated nanosystem for artificial photosynthesis".
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Out of 11,944 peer-reviewed climate papers, 97.2% agree on man-made global warming
Like in Groundhog Day, we have to relive the same day over and over again, not to become a better person and get the girl, but to break through the public perception that somehow there's still a scientific debate on global warming.
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May 17 is Bike to Work Day! No excuses this year!
If you already commute to work on your bike, that's great, just keep doing what you do. But if you don't, it's a great time to give it a try and see why so many swear by it.
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North Carolina tries to ban Tesla from selling its electric cars directly
North Carolina's legislators have proposed a bill that would make it illegal for automakers to sell their cars directly in the state. Of course the bill is supported by the Automobile Dealers Association, and aimed directly at Tesla Motors.
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Epic debate: Amory Lovins vs. Charles C. Mann on the future of oil
Over the past few weeks, The Atlantic has been host to a public debate between Charles C. Mann and Amory B. Lovins about the future of oil and renewable energy and whether we'll see a decline in petroleum use any time soon.
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Amtrak replaces 30-year old locomotives with high-efficiency 8,600 hp electric models
A bit late for National Train Day, Amtrak is getting some nice new high-efficiency toys.
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Sea levels could rise 27 inches by 2100 because of melting ice
If it's hard to stop rising water from causing massive damage during a temporary storm surge in a single location, think of how hard it would be to prevent rising sea levels from wreaking havoc all around the world at the same time.
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Need some perspective on time? Here is Today
It's very hard for our puny human brains to understand the vastness of space and the immensity of time that has passed since the formation of the Earth or the universe.
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South-Korea's largest rooftop solar installation (10 MW) to be built on a Hyundai factory
Hyundai has announced that it will build what will be South-Korea's largest solar rooftop solar installation on its Asan factory, near the West coast of the country.
