With the hottest decade in recorded history just behind us, President Obama didn’t hesitate to set aside $5.4 billion in his 2012 budget to fund research in solar and other renewal energies. “To lead the world in clean energy, we must act now. We can’t afford not to,” noted Energy Secretary Stephen Chu during the […]
Called the “Chubby” Volt by Hybrid Owners of America, the Chevy Volt was dealt a serious blow to its electric car ego last week.
Dear EarthTalk: December 2010 marked the 26th anniversary of the infamous Bhopal disaster in India when chemical company Union Carbide leaked deadly gases, killing thousands of people. What safeguards are in place today to prevent incidents like this?
This video from Climate XChange provides a visual depiction of how rising ocean temperatures have compromised coral reefsThis video from Climate XChange provides a visual depiction of how rising ocean temperatures have compromised coral reefs–leading corals to become stressed and the symbiotic algae they depend on to leave. The end result is coral bleaching–as described […]
The Fooducate app lets you scan hundreds of thousands of food products to get a real nutritional picture. The Fooducate app helps guide anyone at the grocery store who’s confused by ingredients, nutrition labels, marketing hype and health claims. The app enables shoppers, through their iPhone cameras, to scan the barcodes of over 200,000 unique […]
Some off-the-box uses for sodium bicarbonate (as long as it’s not Arm & Hammer)Is there anything baking soda can’t do? Seriously, it seems like every time I search the Internet with a home-related problem, sodium bicarbonate is part of the solution. We ran out of dishwasher detergent last night—Method Smarty Dish, the hardest-working dish stuff […]
Does using a cell phone increase my risk of getting cancer? Should I avoid getting a cell phone and keep my kids away from them?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: La Agencia de Protección del Medio Ambiente de EEUU tuvo su aniversario 40 en 2010. ¿Cuán efectiva ha sido la EPA y cuáles son sus desafíos más grandes hoy?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Ha contribuido el uso de E-ZPass y programas semejantes para facilitar el pago de peajes en las carreteras a la reducción de embotellamientos y por lo tanto la contaminación automovilística? ¿Y por qué necesitamos peajes del todo?
Dear EarthTalk: In his recent State of the Union Address, President Obama called for a million electric vehicles on American roads by 2015. How likely is it that we’ll attain that goal?
Perchlorate, a main component in making explosives, fireworks, air bags and rocket fuel, is contaminating our water and food supply due to improper disposal at rocket-testing sites, military bases and chemical plants.
