Navy Sonar Testing in Oceans Impacting Marine Mammals
Is sonar testing conducted off-shore by the U.S. Navy really harming, or even worse, killing whales and other marine wildlife?
Cheaper Natural Gas Lowering Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Dear EarthTalk: How can it be that carbon dioxide emissions are the lowest they have been in the United States in 20 years despite the fact that we have no binding federal legislation limiting them?
California’s Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Law
Dear EarthTalk: Three regions in California recently implemented transportation plans as part of a statewide strategy for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Can you explain?
Concerns over Essential Oils
Dear EarthTalk: What’s the skinny on essential oils? I love them, but a friend told me they are no good for the environment.
Is Private Land Conservation More Important Than Saving Our Parks?
Private property makes up about 60 percent of the total land base across the United States, and landowners are starting to do their part to protect the environment there.
Sharing is Caring
Dear EarthTalk: Some green groups are promoting the simple notion of sharing as a way to green communities and combat waste. Can you explain?
Mountaintop Removal in Appalachia
Across the nation, people of faith are standing up for the environment. Evangelical Christians are fighting mountaintop removal, a coal mining process that is decimating Appalachia. Muslims are supporting sustainable farming. Jews are helping children experience the bond between nature and spirituality. Interfaith Power and Light is mobilizing people of all faiths in a religious response to global warming. For the first time, the combined energy of these diverse activists is the driving force behind a feature-length documentary, entitled RENEWAL. Veteran film producers Marty Ostrow and Terry Kay Rockefeller have crisscrossed the country to capture these exciting stories of people whose passion and deep moral commitment are making a difference in a time of grave ecological threats. The RENEWAL Project has been designed to make the documentary and its inspiring stories available to people and organizations who want to be a part of this growing movement to protect life on our planet and reverse the damage that humans have done to the environment. On this website, www.renewalproject.net, you can learn about how RENEWAL is being used by communities across America to help build the religious-environmental movement. It is also a place for you to connect with others who are doing this important work and for you to share stories about your own experience.
A Greener Blue Lagoon
Turtle Island Resort in Fiji — where Brooke Shields and company filmed the movie Blue Lagoon — goes green with solar power & hydroponic gardens…
Food Is the New TobaccoCopy
It’s no coincidence that we’re ingesting twice the recommended amount of salt and 70 pounds of sugar per year.
Protecting Private Lands
Dear EarthTalk: While working to protect public land from resource extraction and development seems to be the focus of many environmental groups, what is being done to preserve and protect private property—the majority of our land—across the country?