The Sierra Club, the nation’s largest and oldest environmental group, filed suit in federal court last week against Shell Oil over ongoing pollution at a refining and chemical plant complex along the Houston Ship Channel in Texas.
China’s government announced last week that it is banning the production of ultra-thin plastic bags and forbidding supermarkets and shops to give them away beginning in June.
With all we know today about synthetic chemicals and their effects on our health, going green in the bedroom—where we spend a third of our lives—makes more sense than ever.
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Cuál es la posición de los candidatos presidenciales con respecto al cambio del clima y otros asuntos ambientales?
b>Querido DiálogoEcológico: La mayoría de nosotros sabemos cómo reciclar papel, plásticos y vidrios, pero ¿cómo nos enteramos para reciclar los muchos otros artículos que utilizamos que finalmente se rompen o extinguen, tal como bombillas, pilas desechables, artículos electrónicos portátiles, etcétera?
California and 15 other states filed suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week for denying its proposal to enact strict statewide limits on greenhouse gas emissions from cars, trucks and SUVs.
Last week the federal Minerals Management Service (MMS) gave the green light to oil and natural gas development across 46,000 miles of the Chukchi Sea north of the Bering Strait in the Arctic Ocean. Environmentalists are opposed to the plan as the area contains one of only two American populations of polar bears.
During the dozen years that I have been involved in youth sports as a parent and coach, one of the main tasks I’ve performed after every practice and every game is cleaning up after the kids. What’s struck me during all these years is the number of plastic water and sports drink bottles we’ve had to throw away.
Where do the leading presidential candidates stand on the issue of climate change and other environmental issues?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Los grupos verdes no parecen discutir el crecimiento demográfico humano, pero pienso que el problema más grande que enfrenta el planeta es la demanda colectiva que ponemos sobre él. ¿Y cuál es la diferencia en impacto entre el crecimiento demográfico en los países del tercer mundo, que son pobres, contra ése que vemos en los E.E.U.U., donde nosotros consumimos y despilfarramos mucho más?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Cuánto efecto, si alguno, tiene el dióxido de carbono en bebidas gaseosas sobre el calentamiento global?
The best reason to care about our growing population is concern for future generations. People a generation or two from now will experience increasing effects of crowding and resource depletion. We should be concerned for our children and grandchildren, who will know a world very different from ours.
