The Real Cost of Gold
Dear EarthTalk: Most gold mining operations use cyanide to extract gold from surrounding rock. What are the environmental implications of this, and are there alternatives?
Dear EarthTalk: Most gold mining operations use cyanide to extract gold from surrounding rock. What are the environmental implications of this, and are there alternatives?
Dear EarthTalk: Why don’t more states mandate deposits on beverage bottles as incentives for people to return them? Most bottles I’ve seen only list a few states on them.
An app for would-be vegetable growers that helps you choose which veggies you can plant today in your region, how to go about it and how to cook them up once they’re ready to pick. Fresh vegetables never go out of season and growing your own ensures ultimate freshness and nutritional benefits, not to mention […]
Dolphins and whales have been washing up dead along the northern Gulf of Mexico in alarmingly high numbers.
Rising population numbers throw a harsh light on the global need for health care and the growing problem of resource depletion.
October is proving a busy month for the country’s old guard food industries. After a decade of books and documentaries exposing the more unsavory aspects of how our food is produced, Big Ag and consumer brand companies are striking back with campaigns aimed at quelling the country’s growing disaffection with CAFO-raised beef, fake “fruit” snacks […]
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Qué está pasando con respecto a poner límites a las emisiones de efecto gas invernadero en EEUU? ¿Hay alguna esperanza que Obama pueda hacer algo?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Son los pisitos de plástico en las vaporeras de alimento seguros para alimentos y para recalentarlos? Algunos indican que son hechos de plástico #7. Estoy muy interesado en comprar una cocedora al vapor, pero no si son peligrosas. ¿Cuál es la mejor manera de proceder?
Dear EarthTalk: What are the greenest light bulbs to use? I hear there has been a lot of backlash against compact fluorescents because they contain mercury.