Organic Tobacco
Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that organic tobacco production is booming in the U.S.? And are cigarettes made from organic tobacco any healthier for smokers?
Atlantic Bluefin in Trouble
Dear EarthTalk: Are Atlantic bluefin tuna really about to go extinct? What are the contributing factors and what is being done to try to head off this tragedy?
Little Village’s Teen Activists
Chicago teens discuss the ways they’ve challenged school pollution.
The Intersection of Wildlife and Health
The Wildlife Trust, founded in 1971, changed its name to EcoHealth Alliance last fall. With the switch came new opportunities to partner with scientific groups in other disciplines…
The Climate Change Shell Game
The multibillion-dollar climate change offset market is already providing huge sums to China and boosting the manufacture of a harmful refrigerant in the process.
EPA Gets Tough with Polluters
This week, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency‘s greenhouse gas regulations will begin taking effect—and big polluters aren‘t happy. These regulations, in keeping with the Clean Air Act, aim to require major polluters—particularly fossil fuel power plants and oil refineries—to get permits for emitting greenhouse gases. It would also compel these major emitters to seek out […]
Canada’s Boreal Forest Harvested for Toilet Paper
Dear EarthTalk: I saw a TV ad for toilet paper with no cardboard core to save paper. I understand that green groups recently struck a deal with Kimberly-Clark to protect eastern U.S. forests from decimation for, among other things, toilet paper. Can you tell me if any efforts are underway to protect Canada‘s boreal forest, also long used for making tissue paper?
Toxic Substances Control Act in Need of Reform
Dear EarthTalk: What is happening to update and reform the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, which I understand is considerably outdated and actually permits the use of thousands of chemicals that have never been adequately tested for safety?
Semana del 2/1/11
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Por qué regresaron 34 millones de salmones rojos salvajes al Río Fraser en la Columbia Británica este año? La carrera había estado disminuyendo por 20 años.
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Pueden explicar qué es el “fracking” con respecto a la exploración del gas natural y por qué es polémico?
Carpe Diem?
Experts are still trying to figure out how to keep the invasive Asian Carp from potentially decimating the Great Lakes fisheries. Fisheries, meanwhile, are trying to capitalize on the carp’s culinary promise.