Weather Extremes Linked to Climate Change
A new report finds that extreme weather events are increasing and that climate change is making them worse.
February 2012
Disease Clusters
Dear EarthTalk: There are many areas around the U.S. where “disease clusters” have occurred, whereby unusually large numbers of people have gotten sick, usually because of proximity to a polluter. What if anything is being done to remedy the situation?
Semana del 19/2/12
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Cuáles son las implicaciones ambientales para el futuro según el reciente discurso del Estado de la Unión del Presidente Obama?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Es verdad que se confirmó que el Bisfenol A (BPA)—que es perjudicial a la salud humana— está presente en recibos de caja registradora y que, dado que tales recibos son reciclados, tales sustancias químicas también pueden estar presente en el papel de baño y otros productos de papel?
New Fuel Economy Standards for Car Makers
Dear EarthTalk: I read that car makers had agreed to up fuel economy standards to an average of about 55 miles per gallon by the year 2025, and that specifics were due to be hammered out by the end of 2011. Did this happen and where do things stand now?
Childhood Obesity and Phthalates
A new study finds a link between phthalate exposure and greater body mass and waist circumference in overweight children.
New U.S. Nuclear Plants Ahead
The nation’s first new nuclear reactors have been approved in Georgia with more approvals expected.
Builder in Chief
mittromney.com Republican Presidential Hopefuls Seem Intent on Ignoring the Need for New InfrastructureWhat a shift in rhetoric this 2012 campaign has brought. Back in 2008, the presidential hopefuls tackled major environmental issues at every debate. Republicans and Democrats alike proposed green-job and renewable energy programs, then argued about whose was better. Now, the major candidates–especially […]
Semana del 12/2/12
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Sé que hay muchos problemas con los productos de cuidado personales, que se dicen ser peligrosos para nuestra salud, pero donde averiguo lo que es sano y lo que no es?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Cómo es que las comunidades latinas son las más duramente azotadas por la contaminación aérea.
BPA and Cash Register Receipts
Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that Bisphenol A (BPA)—which is harmful to human health—was found to be present in retail cash register receipts and that, since those receipts get recycled, the chemical may also be present in toilet paper and other paper products?
How Green is the State of our Union?
Dear EarthTalk: What are the environmental implications for the road ahead as laid out by President Obama in his recent State of the Union?