The Mortgage and Fracking Minefield
Should an environmental review be required before the USDA can finance properties with drilling leases?
Semana del 25/3/12
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Los granjeros norteamericanos son una población entrada en años. ¿Se está haciendo algo para asegurarse que personas más jóvenes sigan esta profesión en número suficiente como para mantener por lo menos algo de nuestra producción doméstica de alimentos?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Parece que no puedo encontrar repelentes naturales de insectos que trabajen realmente, de modo que termino utilizando variedades químicas. ¿Existen repelentes de insectos realmente efectivos que no estén basados en sustancias químicas, u otras estrategias que podamos utilizar para controlar los bichos?
Banning Mining in the Grand Canyon
Dear EarthTalk: I understand that mining was just banned in the Grand Canyon and environs. Why is that an important victory for the environment?
Commercial Messages to Kids
Dear EarthTalk: Are all the commercial messages kids are bombarded with today having any noticeable negative effects? And if so what can a concerned parent like me do to limit my own kids’ exposure to so much advertising and marketing?
Warning Signs
A new report suggests dire consequences by 2050 if we don’t take immediate action to combat climate change.
Acorns Low, Lyme Disease High
Low acorns this past fall means less rodents for predators and more Lyme Disease for people.
Airing Your Clean Laundry
Will Right-to-Dry Laws Convince People to Bring Back Clotheslines?During the Leave-It-to Beaver era of the late 1950s, most homes certainly had a clothesline and probably no one thought much about whether it offended their neighbors. It’s a safe assumption that June Cleaver, the perfect homemaker, would have taken issue with anyone even hinting her clothesline […]
Ocean Acidification
A new study by Columbia University is calling attention to what has been deemed “the other carbon dioxide problem”–ocean acidification.Global warming has long been making headlines, but a new study by Columbia University is calling attention to what has been deemed “the other carbon dioxide problem”–ocean acidification. The phenomenon of ocean acidification occurs when too […]
Semana del 18/3/12
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Podrían explicarme de qué se trata esta campaña “Just Label It” (“Sencillamente Póngale Etiqueta”) y qué trata de lograr?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Cuba empezó recientemente a explorar por petróleo bastante cerca de las costas de EEUU y espera llegar a ser un exportador mayor. ¿Qué ramificaciones tiene esto para el ambiente?
Wanted: Young Farmers
Dear EarthTalk: American farmers are an aging population. Is anyone doing anything to make sure younger people are taking up this profession in large enough numbers to keep at least some of our food production domestic?