Dear EarthTalk: I was in Los Angeles recently and the smog was not nearly as bad as when I visited 15 years ago. Is it really better now, and if so, how did it get that way? Or did I just happen to visit on a good day?
Dear EarthTalk: What caused Solyndra, a leading American solar panel maker, to fail last fall and what are the implications for U.S. alternative energy industries?
Fewer People at the Top Means a Less Sustainable FutureNot everything about the cookie industry is sweet – in fact, the recent trials and tribulations of union workers at the Stella D’Oro and Archway & Mother’s cookie brands bring this stark reality into focus, and point to a necessary bridge to the future of business […]
Arsenic levels in everything from baby formula to cereal bars greatly exceed EPA limits.
A new report finds that extreme weather events are increasing and that climate change is making them worse.
Dear EarthTalk: There are many areas around the U.S. where “disease clusters” have occurred, whereby unusually large numbers of people have gotten sick, usually because of proximity to a polluter. What if anything is being done to remedy the situation?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Cuáles son las implicaciones ambientales para el futuro según el reciente discurso del Estado de la Unión del Presidente Obama?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Es verdad que se confirmó que el Bisfenol A (BPA)—que es perjudicial a la salud humana— está presente en recibos de caja registradora y que, dado que tales recibos son reciclados, tales sustancias químicas también pueden estar presente en el papel de baño y otros productos de papel?
Dear EarthTalk: I read that car makers had agreed to up fuel economy standards to an average of about 55 miles per gallon by the year 2025, and that specifics were due to be hammered out by the end of 2011. Did this happen and where do things stand now?
A new study finds a link between phthalate exposure and greater body mass and waist circumference in overweight children.
The nation’s first new nuclear reactors have been approved in Georgia with more approvals expected.
