Banks and Mountaintop Removal
Dear EarthTalk: I understand that mountaintop removal as a way of coal mining is incredibly destructive. Didn’t a report come out recently that named major banks that were funding this activity?
The Charlie Brown of Alternative Energy?
Why Geothermal Deserves More Support Among alternative energy, wind and solar get all the media attention, all the glamour. Yet both suffer from intermittency, from the problem that their power sources wax and wane. Solar disappears at night and weakens when clouds interrupt, while wind has its own unpredictable schedule. By contrast, geothermal draws on […]
Lowering Tuna Standards
Canned tuna has a mercury problem and its “dolphin safe” restrictions are under attack.
Moving the Planet Forward
On Sept. 24, thousands gathered in cities around the world to demand clean energy solutions.
Global Warming Effects on Wildlife
Dear EarthTalk: I know that polar bears are losing ice cover due to climate change, but what are other ways that global warming affects wildlife around the globe?
Semana del 25/9/11
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Algunos de mis amigos han estado hablando de un libro llamado “Plan B” que propone un esquema para rescatar el ambiente y terminar con la pobreza alrededor del mundo. ¿Se trata de un plan práctico o es sólo una quimera?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Qué es la “contaminación genética” en lo que respecta a la bioingeniería de animales, peces y plantas, y que sucede si se cruzan con sus primos salvajes?
Pollution From Freight Transport
Dear EarthTalk: Freight companies like FedEx, UPS and all those 18 wheelers on the highways probably generate a lot of pollution and global warming. Is anything being done to address this?
The Tar Sands Debate
Environmental activist and author Bill McKibben goes head-to-head with Robert Bryce of the Manhattan Project on PBS’ NewsHour over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline expansion that would carry 800,000 barrels of tar sands oil a day from Canada to Texas. TransCanada’s $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline, which is proposed to go through Montana, South Dakota, […]
MeterRead
Monitor electricity usage to maximize savings with this energy conservation app.Between air conditioning in the summer, heating in the winter, and the proliferating use of electronics—now smart phones, laptops, and flat screen TVs as much as refrigerators and microwaves—the average family’s electrical use is not only increasing, it’s getting more complicated. But Zerogate’s MeterRead app […]
Fridges Get an Energy Upgrade
New U.S Department of Energy efficiency standards will cut the energy use of most new refrigerators by 25%.