Cleaning House without Sending It All to the LandfillIt’s that time of year when we start delving into overstuffed closets and pulling out miscellaneous goods to be separated into piles: storage, trash, donations. When I get into cleaning mode, I’m determined to clear out space and rid myself of clothes and old items I never […]
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Entiendo que se está tratando de permitir la entrada de vehículos tipo todo terreno, motonieves, motos, motonaves y otros vehículos motorizados en áreas vírgenes, lo que revocaría una prohibición antigua. ¿Qué está detrás de esto?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Qué opinan los grupos verdes acerca del nuevo proyecto de Ley Agrícola de 2012 recientemente dado a conocer por el Senado?
Dear EarthTalk: Lead was long ago phased out of automobile gasoline, but it is still in aviation fuel and is now the largest source of lead emissions in the U.S. What’s being done? —L. Eber, Rye, NY Yes, aviation fuel emerged as the largest source of lead emissions in the U.S. once lead was phased […]
Dear EarthTalk: I’ve seen a lot of warm and fuzzy TV ads, some sponsored by BP Oil, urging me to vacation in the Gulf of Mexico. But are things really “back to normal?”
A new study reveals that fracking chemicals can migrate upward to contaminate groundwater.
A new analysis finds that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has 100 times more plastic than it did in the 1970s.
Earlier this year, hikers and nature enthusiasts rejoiced at the Obama administration’s decision to protect one million acres of public land around Grand Canyon National Park from new uranium mining. Uranium mining involves extracting uranium from the ground, either by physically removing the rock ore through open-pit or underground mining or by chemically dissolving the […]
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Qué es la campaña “Comercio Justo Para Su Supermercado?”
Querido DiálogoEcológico: La industria del petróleo planea lo que algunos llaman una estrategia peligrosa de taladrar por petróleo en la Plataforma Continental Exterior del Océano Artico. ¿Qué está pasando?
Dear EarthTalk: How do green groups feel about the new 2012 Farm Bill draft recently released by the Senate?
Dear EarthTalk: I understand there is an effort underway to allow all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, motorbikes, motorboats and other motorized vehicles into wilderness areas, which would overturn a long-standing ban. What’s behind this?
