All About Owls
Stung by criticism, the Bush administration recently announced that it is asking independent scientists to review the science behind a federal plan to increase logging in northern spotted owl habitat throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Gulf Dead Zone Grows With Ethanol Demand
Scientists believe that an oxygen-depleted "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico is growing rapidly as a result of Americans" increasing appetite for ethanol, a carbon-neutral biofuel derived from corn that can be used as a gasoline additive or as E85, a gasoline alternative in automotive engines.
Green groups don’t seem to discuss human population growth
Human population is expected to exceed 9 billion by 2050, resulting in an ever increasing number of poor people suffering from malnutrition, disease and other maladies.
Semana del 30/12/2007
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Mi resolución de Año Nuevo es reducir mi "huella de hidrocarbón" para ayudar a luchar contra el calentamiento del planeta. ¿Tienen Uds. sugerencias para ayudarme a cumplir mi promesa?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: No puedo entender porqué no es obligatorio reciclar en los E.E.U.U. En mi hogar reciclamos el 80 por ciento y echamos a la basura solo un 20 por ciento y estoy intentando mejorar esos porcentajes. ¿Qué necesita pasar para que el reciclaje sea la ley de la nación?
How much of an effect, if any, does the carbon dioxide in carbonated beverages have on global warming?
Cans and bottles of sodas emit very little CO2 directly when opened, but the production and distribution of single-serving beverages of all kinds generate untold millions of tons of greenhouse gases and other pollutants every year, while also wasting billions of gallons of fresh water.
Semana del 23/12/07
<u.Querido DiálogoEcológico: Acabamos de comenzar un club ambiental en nuestra escuela secundaria. ¿En qué temas y actividades nos recomienda que nos involucremos para hacer la mayor diferencia?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: El piso de la cocina en mi condominio es de vinilo, instalado en 1979. Me dicen que el vinilo contiene asbesto. Ahora necesita reeemplazo. ¿Cómo quito con seguridad el vinilo y cuáles son algunas de las opciones "verdes" que tengo para un nuevo piso?
Why Isn’t There Mandatory Recycling Across The U.S.?
Lots of environmentalists and everyday people are wondering why recycling isn’t mandatory already across the United States.
Reefs in Peril: Can We Save These Beautiful Marine Ecosystems?
Scientist Nancy Knowlton says we can save these beautiful and unique marine ecosystems if we act quickly….
Bush to California: Drop Dead
After keeping the state in suspense for months, the Bush administration finally did what was expected and denied California the right to set its own rules for carbon dioxide emissions from cars and trucks.
Greens Unite in Rejecting Nukes as Climate Solution
More than 500 organizations from the U.S. and abroad, including some of the world’s largest and most influential environmental organizations, have signed a joint statement explicitly rejecting "the construction of new nuclear reactors as a means of addressing the climate crisis."