Chocolate chip cookies. Buttery popcorn. Chips and dip. Snacking is an American pastime. Indeed, Time.com has called us “a nation of committed Twinkie eaters,” while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have announced that the obesity rate is at an all-time high. Sixty-one percent of American adults are overweight or obese, a condition linked to heart attacks, strokes, diabetes and some cancers, which kill 300,000 a year.
A treasure trove of baby teeth are just what resaerchers were looking for to see how the human body stores radiation from nuclear tests.
Alternative Currency Promotes Fresh Thinking About Sustainable Economics The angry people crowding the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina last January were armed with casseroles and wooden spoons and making a hell of a ruckus. Unemployment was at historic highs, crime had skyrocketed, and the political system was on the verge of collapse. What was responsible […]
How to Make Your Property Wildlife-Friendly GET COZY WITH SOY Looking for a safer way to scent your home? Clark Valley Soy Company is a small Minnesota business that produces all-natural, hand-made candles. The candles contain 95 percent soybean wax in place of the conventional paraffin, which, according to the American Lung Association, releases harmful […]
To a java junkie, there is no such thing as too much coffee, but when it comes to the world’s coffee industry, the opposite is true. The massive overproduction of coffee presently glutting world markets is causing a crisis of historic proportions. Currently selling for approximately 45 cents per pound, the price of coffee beans […]
Since the time of the ancient Babylonians, maps have played pivotal roles in human history—they’ve been used to chart voyages of discovery, find buried treasure and fight wars. Now, maps are being used to chart a path toward a greener, more environmentally sustainable future. Green Map System Communities and regions around the world are using […]
The Messenger People make their quickest and often most lasting judgments based on what they see. In recognition of the iconic power of environmental photography, the Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA) has dubbed photographer Richard Misrach the 2001 Environmental Messenger of the Year. Misrach is best known for his Desert Cantos, a series of photos documenting […]
Przewalski horses or, to use their Mongolian name, Takhi, are the world’s only verifiably wild horses, a sub-species genetically distinct from any other equine. By 1945, only 12 survived, hunted nearly to extinction for their meat. Add to this Mongolia’s brutal winters, scorching summers, sandstorms, wolf predation and pursuit by collectors and their near-demise is […]
Ellen Miller interview: Show Me the Money, elections 2003-Ellen Miller is currently publisher of the online opinion journal TomPaine.com. She was the founder and former director of both the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks electoral spending, and Public Campaign, which pushes for campaign finance reform. She has given careful attention to the role of money in the political process—what she calls "the elephant in the living room"—for nearly 20 years. As she puts it, "Money is access. Money is political power. Those who give money get more than good government in return."
Because the American tank was equipped with armor-piercing shells made from depleted uranium (DU, a waste product of the process that produces enriched uranium for use in atomic weapons and nuclear power plants), it was able to destroy all three of its attackers.
