COMMENTARY: Our Flat Earth
Always there have been hot days, so I can’t vouch for global warming but I’d lay money on the fact the world is getting flat.
Just Drill It
In light of rising gas prices, more Americans view drilling for oil and the development of new power plants as a higher priority than energy conservation.
The Prius Problem
Toyota can’t keep up with demand for its gas-sipping Prius hybrid.
Are There Any Cat-Friendly Lawn & Garden Pesticides?
What green-friendly lawn and garden pesticides are available today? I’m particularly interested in options that won’t harm my cats.
Semana del 6/07/2008
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Cuáles son los pros y contras ambientales del plástico a base de maíz como alternativa al plástico convencional a base de petróleo?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Cómo es así que el hidrógeno pueda reemplazar al petróleo como combustible para nuestros coches? Parece haber mucha controversia acerca de si el hidrógeno se puede generar y almacenar realmente de tal manera de resultar práctico.
Is Hydrogen Feasible To Power Our Cars?
There seems to be a lot of controversy over whether hydrogen can really be generated and stored in such a way to be practical?
Summer Dreams
From summer brews to kid-friendly sunscreen to recycled beach totes and a fresh take on the T-shirt. In the book aisle, China’s impact, cheeky birds, compassionate carnivores and our chemical world.
COMMENTARY: New Power Generation
The technology already exists to radically reduce CO2 emissions, without building new power plants, and without asking consumers to make significant changes in their usage behavior. So why does the power system operate largely the same way it did 60 years ago?
ExxonMobil Spills, Scores
The U.S. Supreme Court invoked the ire of 33,000 Alaskans who were hoping to score $75,000 each in belated compensation for the losses incurred by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound.
Saving the Glades
In what is being billed as one of the largest conservation deals in American history, U.S. Sugar Corp., the nation’s largest producer of cane sugar, has agreed to sell 300 square miles of private inholdings within the Everglades to the state of Florida in order to help bring the famed "river of grass" back to life.