The Blue Squad
President Obama’s Ocean Task Force is underway.
Rating Cell Phone Radiation
As our cell phone use has gone up dramatically, so has our exposure to radiation.
Poisoned Wells
Residents in Morrison, Wisconsin, turned seriously ill when their drinking water was contaminated from farm runoff.
Re-Use Rainwater: How To Make Use Of Your Runoff
How can I make good use of the rainwater that runs down my roof and into my gutters?
Semana del 20/9/09
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Es verdad que los grupos ambientalistas han sido gravemente impactados por la recesión y que esto ha afectado su eficacia?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Estoy considerando actualizar algunos aparatos domésticos obsoletos en mi hogar. ¿Dónde puedo encontrar información acerca de qué modelos son los más eficientes?
Goats Against Wildfires
Goats are increasingly being used to keep down grasses and other tinder that can help start or exacerbate wildfires.
The Green Jobs Handyman Moves On
Following a dogged effort by conservative talk radio and TV host Glenn Beck to portray Van Jones as a 9/11 conspiracy theorist, racist and Communist, Jones resigned from his six-month stint as an advisor on the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).
Coal Clampdown
It looks as though the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is toughening its stance against the toxic practices associated with mountaintop removal mining.
Banning Pesticides
One of the world’s most dangerous pesticides is still responsible for severe health and environmental impacts, reports the Environmental Justice Foundation.
Is it true that environmental non-profits have been hit hard
Non-profits of every stripe have been suffering from the economic downturn. In a recent survey of 800 U.S.-based non-profits, 75 percent reported feeling the effects of the downturn, with more than half already experiencing significant cuts in funding from both government and private foundation sources.