Traditional commercial carpet-cleaning solutions contain a cocktail of noxious synthetic chemicals. One, perchloroethylene, commonly called “perc” in the industry, is a notorious dry cleaning additive known to cause dizziness
Querido DiálogoEcológico: La mayoría de las organizaciones ambientalistas parecen estar lideradas por hombres. Pero ¿cuáles son las mujeres que están al frente en este campo? Me encantaría saber algo de ellas.
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Estoy cansada de tener que mantener mi césped, y estoy segura que todas las sustancias químicas que uso no son buenas para el ambiente. ¿Qué alternativas puedo explorar que me ahorren tiempo y dinero y que ayuden a mantener linda la propiedad?
Five percent of new commercial construction meets standards set by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program (LEED). Ten percent of new homes satisfy the federal government’s Energy Star guidelines, meaning they’re nearly one-third more energy-efficient than regulations require. But U.S. buildings put out about a third of the country’s greenhouse gasses, and at the rate green building is penetrating the market today, it will be many years before we save the 70 percent of emissions thought necessary to stabilize the climate.
Exploring health and environmentally friendly alternatives to toxic lawn chemicals
The West Nile virus, which was first discovered in New York City in 1999, has infected 26,000 people in North America and killed 962. It has become a very virulent scourge. Why do you think we are seeing an outbreak of West Nile now, and what is its potential in human hosts?
Last week the non-profit Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) issued a report detailing how the world’s largest oil company, ExxonMobil, has donated $16 million since 1998 to 43 ideological groups working to discredit the science of human-induced climate change. The group joins a growing chorus of voices asking the oil giant and world’s most profitable company to turn the corner on global warming and start embracing a transition from fossil fuels.
Esteemed environmental policy analyst Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute told reporters last week that Americans and the rest of the world are likely to see sharp increases in the price of corn, let alone the popular biofuel ethanol, due to errors in projections made by federal agriculture planners.
Most environmental organizations appear to be run by men. But who are the women leaders in this field? I’d love to know about them.
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Entiendo que se puede hacer funcionar coches diesel a base de aceite de cocina. ¿Qué ventaja sacaría en hacerlo y cómo se podría convertir el vehículo?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Es verdad que algunas redes comerciales de pesca tienen más de 65 km de largo? Oí un periodista de tele acusar a las flotas de pesca de estar haciendo "minería de desmonte" en los océanos. Si sus redes son en efecto tan grandes, ciertamente suena como que la acusación es verdad.
Lindsay Suter, a green architect in Connecticut, made a vow. He wasn’t going to design mega mansions or outsized additions. Instead, he was going to devote 100 percent of his practice to environmentally themed designs. It’s a promise he kept.
