Semana del 24/7/11

Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Se puede explotar la energía de los terremotos para generar electricidad, especialmente en lugares como Japón? También, ¿cómo puede Japón, tan vulnerable a los terremotos, tener aún energía nuclear?

Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¡Tengo una alfombra hecha de botellas recicladas PET en el cuarto de mi bebé y empecé a advertir muchas fibras en nuestra ropa e incluso en mi boca! ¿Es peligroso para mí o mi bebé estar en contacto con o ingerir posiblemente estas fibras?

Synthetic Chemical Pesticides

Dear EarthTalk: I’ve been hearing more and more references to the need to clean up our agricultural practices for reasons pertaining to health, food quality, even global warming. What are the major environmental issues today associated with agriculture?

Why Sort Recycled Plastic?

Why can’t plastics of all types, instead of being initially sorted, simply be melted together to be separated later? It must be a monumental and error-prone task to separate truckloads of plastics.

Semana del 17/7/11

Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Por qué no reprocesamos nosotros y reutilizamos nuestros desechos nucleares como lo hace Francia? ¿Sería posible que empezaramos a hacer así?

Querido DiálogoEcológico: Entiendo que el gigante de comidas rápidas YUM! Brands, el propietario de KFC, está siendo criticado por Greenpeace y otros grupos por la destrucción de la selva húmeda. ¿Qué está pasando?

Can Earthquake Energy be Harnessed?

Dear EarthTalk: Can earthquake energy be harnessed for power, particularly in places like Japan? Also, how can Japan, so vulnerable to earthquakes, even have nuclear power?

Clean Water Act Under Fire

A bill dubbed the “Dirty Water Act” would let states decide to what extent they want to regulate water-polluting industries.

Detroit Bike City

A short documentary captures the biking renaissance happening in Detroit–from youth programs, to community rides to making use of all those unused car lanes. In a city plagued by socioeconomic hardship, a new movement is blooming. Brought together by a shared passion for bicycle riding, many Detroit residents are working to create a biking community […]

Gasping for Breath

Congressional Attacks on Clean Air Are Not What the Doctor OrderedWe all know that getting stuck on the freeway can drive anyone to experience a little road rage, but recent research suggests that freeway pollution can actually make mice go mental, which will most certainly give pause to anyone who uses or lives near these […]

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