Our Ocean Acidification Nightmare
Our oceans are becoming more acidic as a result of the increasingly large load of human-generated CO2 entering our atmosphere.
Semana del 29/1/12
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Entiendo que algunas compañías ahora miran para cortar bosques y quemarlos como “biomasa” para engendrar electricidad. ¿Es sagrado?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Es verdad que el cuarto de baño es donde ocurre más de la mitad de nuestro uso de agua doméstico? ¿Y cómo se puede reducir eso?
Energy Drain From TV Cable Boxes
Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that cable and other pay TV boxes that sit atop television sets consume massive amounts of energy, in part because they are always on, even when the TV is off?
Semana del 22/1/12
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Hay enjuagues bucales sanos y no dañinos al ambiente? He oído que algunos contienen formaldehido y otras sustancias desagradables.
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Entiendo que algunos estados del Noreste y del Medio-Atlántico de EEUU se han juntado para reducir sus propias emisiones de gas invernadero. ¿Pueden aclarar?
Keystone XL and Green Messaging
Clayton Conn/Tar Sands Action The Tar Sands Pipeline Is Off the Table for Now, But False Promises Remain Talk in the politically active wings of the environmental movement is all about President Obama’s decision last week to reject a plan by TransCanada to build a massive oil pipeline from Canadia’s tar sands to refineries in […]
Losing Bats to White Nose Syndrome
A bat disease has killed off an estimated 5.7 million to 6.7 million bats, with no end in sight.
Republican Candidates Turn Hard Right on Environmental Issues
The Republican primary debate in Florida is likely to showcase candidates’ strong pro-drilling, anti-regulation positions.
Home Bathroom Water Use
Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that the bathroom is where over half of our household water usage takes place? What are some ways to take a bite out of that?
Destroying Forests For Biomass
Dear EarthTalk: I understand that some companies are now looking to cut down forests and burn them as “biomass” for generating electricity. Is nothing sacred?
Raised on Sunshine
benhewitt.net Small Farmer Ben Hewitt on Why We Should Keep Food Local I had the good fortune to attend the seventh annual Connecting for Change conference in late October in New Bedford, Massachusetts. This is the East Coast version of the Bioneers Conference that’s been held for many years in San Rafael, California. Each of […]