Standing Up to Tar Sands
Melinda Tuhus I Was One of More Than 1,000 People Arrested to Prevent the Expansion of the Keystone XL Pipeline It began raining in Lafayette Park just as 243 of us crossed Pennsylvania Avenue to sit in front of the White House fence and risk arrest. We were urging President Obama to veto the proposed […]
Pet Overpopulation
Dear EarthTalk: Are as many cats and dogs being euthanized these days as back in the 1970s and 1980s when indiscriminate breeding led to explosions in pet populations?
Semana del 11/9/11
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Cuál es la esencia del acuerdo reciente entre el Centro Para Diversidad Biológica y el gobierno federal con respecto a agregar muchas más plantas y animales a la Lista de Especies en Peligro de Extinción?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿De qué se trataba el proyecto de ley BULB relacionado con la eficiencia de energía de las bombillas que acaba de ser derrotado en la Cámara de Representantes?
Pharmaceutical Pollution
Dear EarthTalk: Pharmaceuticals were in the news again recently, how they are polluting water and raising a host of health issues because we dispose of them both unused and used through body waste elimination. What can be done?
Regulations Slow in Coming
Formaldehyde Should Have Been Regulated Ages Ago, But Political Interests PrevailIn June of this year the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) updated its list of “known carcinogens” to include formaldehyde, a chemical that has been linked to cancer for decades. The reclassification of formaldehyde follows the completion and subsequent release of a series […]
A Health Mystery in Texas
Breast cancer rates are highest in six Texas counties with the most natural gas drilling operations.
Toxic Laundry
If you are looking to avoid toxic products in your household, you should look more closely at your laundry detergent.
Semana del 4/9/11
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Recuerdo que los desechos médicos, que paraban en Nueva Jersey, si estoy en lo cierto, eran un problema grande al final de la década de los ochenta. ¿Es un problema todavía?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Qué es la “contaminación de fuentes difusas”? ¿Cuán grave es este problema y cómo puede ser controlado?
Adding to the Endangered Species List
Dear EarthTalk: What’s the gist of the recent agreement between the Center for Biological Diversity and the federal government regarding adding many more plants and animals to the Endangered Species List?