<B><U>Querido DiálogoEcológico:</U> Ahora que comienza el año escolar, ¿cómo podría empacar los almuerzos de los niños para no desperdiciar materiales?</B>
<B><U>Querido DiálogoEcológico:</U> ¿Es que existe una conexión entre el mal de las vacas locas y la enfermedad de Alzheimer?</B>
MTV launches A Major New Campaign to Organize Campuses to Fight Climate Change…
After years of budget cuts and neglect at national parks, environmentalists are optimistic that the White House decision to replace outgoing National Park Service Director Fran Mainella with career NPS officer Mary Bomar is a step in the right direction. Bomar is credited with managing several major revitalization projects that led to surges in park attendance in previous posts.
For the first time in history, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to take up a case on global warming. This latest version of the lawsuit (<I>Massachusetts v. EPA</I>) was filed by a coalition of states, cities and environmental groups in an effort to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set mandatory limits for greenhouse gases emitted from automobiles.
Researchers are looking into the possibility that Alzheimer’s and Mad Cow Disease are somehow related manifestations of the same type of infection.
<B><U>Dear EarthTalk:</U> Now that the school year is starting, how can I pack lunches for my kids that are less wasteful of packaging?</B>
Dear EarthTalk: Is there a connection between Mad Cow Disease and Alzheimer"s?
<B><U>Querido DiálogoEcológico:</U> Sé que el calentamiento global causa extremos climáticos y derrite los glaciares los que hacen aumentar el nivel del mar. Pero, ¿cómo extiende el alcance de las enfermedades?<B>
<B><U>Querido DiálogoEcológico:</U> Luego voy a entrar a remodelar mi casa. ¿Es que existen pisos o materiales para empapelar una habitación que no agraven los problemas respiratorios de mi niño?</B>
Federal involvement in soil conservation began with a very passionate and motivated soil scientist by the name of Hugh Hammond Bennett, whose career as an agronomist began in 1903 when he joined the Bureau of Soils in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
A number of recent scientific studies suggest that nighttime exposure to light is one factor in the increased incidence of breast cancer. With light pollution invading bedrooms at night, as well as more nocturnal lifestyles that keep people awake in artificial light during prime hours of darkness, it may be that people are simply not getting enough of a critical hormone.
According to Project Laundry List, a pro-line drying website, 6-10 percent of residential energy use goes towards the electric dryer. If Americans, or even just New Englanders, would use the clothesline or wooden drying racks, the savings would be enough to close several power plants." E investigates the alternative methods for drying clothes.
