Courtesy of NASA. What the Antarctic Ice Sheet Can Tell Us About Sea Rise to ComeDuring the last warm period on Earth, the world’s oceans were almost 20 feet higher than what they are today thanks to the melting ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica. Most of the scientific community assumed that the Greenland Ice […]
New fuel economy standards of 54.5 mpg by 2025 promise to cut oil consumption from vehicles by 40%.
Could Europe achieve emissions reductions of 30% of 1990 levels by 2020? Early data suggests ‘yes.’ Leaders of the European Union (EU) agreed in 2007 to commit their countries to a carbon emissions plan that would reduce emissions to 20% of 1990 levels by the year 2020. It was a bold move, and one that […]
A documentary about all the reasons why going green is good for the economy, national security and our health–whether you believe in climate change or not. Critically acclaimed documentary Carbon Nation, available on DVD and On Demand beginning Aug. 1, is a climate solutions movie that doesn’t care if you believe in climate change or […]
Querido DiálogoEcológico: He estado oyendo cada vez más alusiones a la necesidad de limpiar nuestras prácticas agrícolas por razones que pertenecen a la salud, la calidad de los alimentos, y aún el calentamiento climático. ¿Cuáles son los mayores problemas ambientales asociados hoy con la agricultura?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Por qué no pueden plásticos de todas clases, en vez de ser clasificados inicialmente, ser simplemente derretidos para ser separados después? Debe ser una tarea monumental y propensa al error separar carretadas de plásticos.
Dear EarthTalk: As I understand it, “Debt-for-Nature Swaps” are arrangements by which countries can erase debt by preserving land. Are any being done today?
Dear EarthTalk: I heard about something called the Green Café Network. What is it and what are they trying to accomplish for the environment?
Green Hip Hop Promises to Give the Environmental Movement Its “Heart and Soul”Around 2008, a small group of artists left behind the familiar themes that have dominated hip-hop for decades. Instead of rapping about the usual: drug culture, the nature of fame, relationships, or loyalty versus betrayal, these artists wanted to talk about the environment. […]
A new initiative would open U.S. federal waters to fish farming for the first time.
Last week, a BP pipeline ruptured in Alaska, spilling thousands of gallons of oily mess into the tundra.
