Dear EarthTalk: Were Japan to close all its nuclear plants following the recent damage and radiation leaks from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, what could its energy mix look like? Would it be able to provide all of its power in other ways?
Dear EarthTalk: Recently the UN voted to declare access to safe and clean water a “human right.” Isn’t that a no-brainer? What are the ramifications of this declaration?
Radiohead just released their latest album, The King of Limbs, and a special newspaper to go with it. The band is offsetting the resulting emissions through the program Carbon Retirement. This video explains how that offsetting works. Radiohead just released their eighth studio album, The King of Limbs. Accompanying the album at various locations across […]
Wieden + Kennedy for Levi’s. Crumbling Cities Have Never Been So CoolYou may have seen the ad online. Grainy black and white, backed by a plucky roots-flavored rendition of the classic Snow White tune “Heigh-Ho.” The scene: Braddock, Pennsylvania. We see, in succession, people climbing into well-fitted denim work clothes, busting up a wall with […]
Twenty percent of the world’s northern rockhopper penguins are now coated in oil.
Millions of tons of broken-down plastic waste particles are floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Noticias recientes han revelado el descubrimiento de especies anteriormente desconocidas que habitan las partes más profundas de nuestros océanos. ¿Se está haciendo algo para proteger este hábitat antes que los humanos tengan oportunidad de pescarlo hasta la saciedad o sencillamente destruirlo?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: El Banco Mundial a menudo se presenta en mala luz por grupos ecológicos y en la prensa. ¿Cuáles son sus eco-crímenes, y qué hay en materia de reformas?
Dear EarthTalk: So, what’s the story: Is it good that we have fluoride in our tap water or not? I’ve heard so many conflicting opinions over the years.
Dear EarthTalk: I understand a recent government report concluded that our global food system is in deep trouble, that roughly two billion people are hungry or undernourished while another billion are over consuming to the point of obesity. What’s going on?
Two stars of the HBO hit series Mad Men reprise their roles in an online video to make a pitch for high-speed rail. Two of the stars of HBO’s Mad Men–Vincent Kartheiser (who plays the aggressively earnest Pete Campbell on the show) & Rich Sommer (who plays the nerdy head of the ad agency’s TV […]
