A two-year moratorium on the purchase of soybeans in newly deforested parts of the Amazon rainforest put in place by Greenpeace, working with the Brazilian Vegetable Oils Industry Association, seems to be working: no new soybean plantations were detected in any of the 193 areas in the region.
Several decades ago a fish-centric diet was considered to be not only healthy but also environmentally friendly. But today those of us who eat a lot of fish may not be doing ourselves or the environment any favor. The two major concerns are overfishing and pollution.
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Cuán dañinos son los retardadores de fuego que se utilizan para calmar los incendios forestales a través del oeste norteamericano? — Barbara, Minneapolis, MN
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Hay muchas bebidas "revitalizadoras" en el mercado, pero todas parecen ser muy altas en azúcar, colorante y preservativos. ¿Hay versiones naturales que ofrezcan una opción más sana?
Some 500 new varieties of so-called energy drinks have been introduced in recent years. Most contain excessive amounts of sugar and caffeine and are far from healthy.© aquarelle, courtesy Flickr
We didn’t see anything that bothered us until we began heading west. An enormous cattle feedlot in Greeley, Colorado. My girlfriend and I were in the midst of a 9-week cross-country road trip, visiting 32 national parks and four weddings—a pair of environmental majors out to connect with the land.
The nonprofit group WildEarth Guardians filed suit in federal court alleging that the Bush administration has been too slow to grant Endangered Species Act protection for some 681 "critically imperiled" plant and animal species.
Last week the University of Maryland’s Center for Excellence in Service and technology research firm Rockbridge Associates released the results of a survey showing that Americans are willing to spend as much as $104 billion in 2008 for environmentally friendly consumer products and technologies. But finding the products to satiate surging demand might be the hard part.
So-called long-term fire retardants—those usually dropped from airplanes over forest fires—are comprised of water mixed with a slurry of chemicals, thickeners and corrosion inhibitors designed to prevent plants on the ground from igniting,
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Cómo o dónde puedo reciclar ropa que es demasiado vieja o usada para Goodwill?
b>Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Cuáles son las implicaciones para la conservación de todas las colonias salvajes de loros mascotas escapados que han aparecido en algunas de las ciudades más importantes de los E.E.U.U.?
Today’s environmentally aware students are organizing effectively, passing campus climate initiatives, fighting Big Coal and putting legislators on notice.
