In 2011, the U.S. exported more petroleum products than it imported for the first time in over six decades, according to the Petroleum Supply Monthly February report by the U.S Energy Information Administration (EIA). Petroleum products were ranked second in value, behind vehicles, of all U.S. exports during 2011 at $111.1 billion—up 60% from 2010—according […]
Overuse of Antibiotics on Hogs and Cows Could Pose a Serious Health Threat to Humans30.6 Million. That’s how many pounds of antibiotics were administered to livestock in the U.S. in 2010, according to an annual report released by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health estimate […]
What goes into the air goes into the oceans and the great watery expanse that covers some 71% of the Earth’s surface is beginning to turn corrosive to sea life…
Reviews of More by I.C. Springman and The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
U.S. Water Polo team goalie Betsey Armstrong is a committed environmentalist and uses her fame to speak up for environmental causes….
See all the subtleties of light through a series of amazing photographs captured over nearly two yearsWhen photographer, filmmaker and travel-enthusiast Shawn Reeder became fascinated with timelapse cinematography, he immediately knew that he wanted to create a piece on California’s Yosemite National Park and Sierra Nevada Mountains. After winning a trip to Yosemite at 18 […]
Chris Christie Prevents a New Train Tunnel to Make a Political PointWhen New Jersey governor Chris Christie first planted his foot in the way of a proposed train tunnel project designed to relieve traffic congestion along the Hudson River, much of the nation’s attention was focused on the platform of government austerity championed by the […]
John Wood, owner of Portsmouth, Rhode Island health food store Green Grocer, no longer felt comfortable selling Kashi cereals after reading the report Cereal Crimes from non-profit family farm advocacy group Cornucopia Institute (CI), which investigated whether cereals labeled “organic” or “natural” contained genetically-modified (GMO) ingredients and/or the same presence of pesticide residues found on […]
Querido DiálogoEcológico: He oído que muchos ambientadores contienen sustancias químicas tóxicas. ¿Hay algún ambientador no tóxico por allí, o qué puedo hacer para fabricarlos yo mismo?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿En qué consiste la “pesca compartida” como estrategia para rescatar poblaciones de peces que están al borde de la extinción?
Dear EarthTalk: I understand there is to be another Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012, 20 years since the last one was held in the same city. What’s on the agenda this time?
