A New Age Of Cloth Diapers
A growing number of green-minded parents are starting to recognize the health and ecological benefits of reusable cloth diapers over disposables.
COMMENTARY: Blue Is the New Green
President-Elect Obama’s initial choices for his environmental team look promising in terms of their commitment to climate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, fund green jobs and develop renewable energy systems.
At Loggerheads
Conservationists submitted an appeal to the U.S. Forest Service asking that it reconsider its recent decision to allow logging on some 300 acres of the Kilkenny Roadless Area in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.
Schwarzenegger Changes Green Tune
Environmentalists were outraged last week when word leaked that California’s normally pro-environment governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was seeking waivers on environmental reviews for a dozen major transportation infrastructure projects slated to begin soon around the state.
How Can I Reduce My Home Heating Bill This Winter?
Heating typically accounts for about 28 percent of the average American home’s energy use, but this year staying warm might occupy a larger slice of the household expenditure pie.
Semana del 11/1/2009
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Con toda la discusión sobre el crecimiento de los mares, ¿qué podría suceder con los ríos que fluyen a los océanos? ¿Cambiará la dirección de su corriente? Con el alza de nivel, ¿inundarán los mares los lagos de agua dulce? ¿Y qué sucede con nuestra agua subterránea si el agua salada fluye al revés y termina inundándola?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Es mejor conducir un coche más viejo, bien-mantenido que consiga cerca de 25 millas por galón, o comprar un nuevo coche que consiga cerca de 35 millas por galón?
Is it better to drive an older, well-maintained car
It definitely makes more sense from a green perspective to keep your old car running and well-maintained as long as you can - especially if it’s getting good mileage. There are significant environmental costs to both manufacturing a new automobile and adding your old car to the ever-growing collective junk heap.
COMMENTARY: Building without Carbon
The single most important factor in developing a low-carbon project is the early integration of sustainable strategies into the planning process.
Tiger Tangle in India
Upwards of 15,000 poverty-stricken Indian people took part in a protest last week against their government’s planned extension of a new wildlife sanctuary at Mudumalai created to protect the country’s dwindling population of tigers.
Navy Settles on Sonar Testing
A coalition of environmental groups announced last week that it had reached a settlement that forces the U.S. Navy to complete a full environmental review on major sonar training exercises it conducts around the world.