Global warming and decades of mismanagement means that wildfires are on the increase across the American West and other fire-prone areas. We can all do our part by learning how to be “fire-safe” as well as by reducing our carbon footprints.
Dear EarthTalk: A recent study showed that Bisphenol A (BPA) was hardly the human health risk researchers once believed it to be. Should I still try to avoid products that may contain it?
While the potential risks of unleashing so many genetically engineered crops into our food supply aren’t known, researchers do think these so-called “frankencrops’ are already wreaking havoc as a result of pesticide resistance.
While the estrogen mimicking chemical BPA is now banned nationwide from baby bottles, sippy cups and infant formula containers, pregnant mothers still need to be concerned about exposure from canned food and beverage containers, reusable plastic bottles and even thermal cash register receipts. Sarah Moscow thinks we need a new national chemical policy to protect Americans from BPA and other harsh synthetic substances.
While only small section of the Antarctic continent is melting quickly, the result could be somewhere between four and ten feet in global sea level rise over the next 200-1000 years.
While processed foods get a lot of bad press lately for their potential ill health effects, red meat remains a bigger evil than ever as researchers uncover new reasons to avoid it.
NRDC offers tips and suggestions on how to track and defend against new and existing polluters in local regions across the United States. Staying informed by attending public meetings, getting organized with likeminded neighbors, and finding experts to support your case are all important aspects of keeping polluters at bay.
While Henry David Thoreau, John Muir and Rachel Carson are widely credited for inspiring the modern environmental movement, another great environmental thinker, Aldo Leopold, is often overlooked.
Apparently U.S. ethanol producers have a long way to go before the biofuel they produce is actually carbon neutral, and environmentalists warn that we might be better off moving away from it completely.
Dear EarthTalk: What is the Obama administration’s America’s Great Outdoors initiative and what does it hope to accomplish?
