In his book Twelve by Twelve: A One Room Cabin Off the Grid and Beyond the American Dream (New World Library), author and aid worker William Powers recounts his life without modern entrapments. His solo adventure shines a revealing light on our busy lifestyles.
Coal ash hearings are underway across the U.S. related to more than three dozen unaccounted for coal-ash dump sites in 21 states that are contaminating drinking water.
States are taking the lead when it comes to chemical reform.
Cars that use diesel fuel get great mileage. Is it better for the environment to use diesel or unleaded gasoline? Dear EarthTalk: I’ve been hearing about the great gas mileage for Volkswagens that use diesel fuel. But is it better for the environment to use diesel or unleaded gasoline? —K. Cronk, Bay City, MI In […]
After a whole lot of hype and hope, California will not ban plastic shopping bags state-wide. After a whole lot of hype and hope on the part of environmentalists, it turns out that California will not ban plastic shopping bags state-wide. At least not now. The bag ban bill, which failed in the California Senate […]
Despite articles from Time magazine and others declaring that the dire environmental forecast for the Gulf following the massive BP oil spill was overblown, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) has returned from the region to report that all is not well.
At some point I realized that my obsession with petfinder.com’s dog listings was not unlike others’ obsessions with the bids and countdowns on eBay or fresh hands on online poker sites.
