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Semana del 30/5/10

Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Qué se está haciendo para limpiar las operaciones industriales de crianza de cerdos en lugares como Iowa y Carolina del Norte y en otras partes donde la industria es bastante grande? He oído historias horribles acerca de "lagunas" artificiales de desecho animal que se derraman y contaminan los ríos y el agua subterránea, y otras cosas por el estilo.

Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Pueden usarse los aviones con combustibles más limpios o a base de electricidad? ¿Se ve cambios en el negocio de las aerolíneas para encontrar combustibles más limpios?

Dispersant Worries

At a press conference last Monday, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson announced that the dispersant that BP is using on the oil spill off of the Gulf Coast, called Corexit, is being used in unprecedented ways and unprecedented quantities—over 840,000 gallons and counting.

Consuming Chemicals

What do breast milk, food cans, microwave popcorn, and fast-food French fry boxes have in common with meat, fish and dairy products? They’re all avenues of human ingestion of potentially harmful chemicals associated with everyday plastics.

Semana del 23/5/10

Querido DiálogoEcológico: Oí que Walmart tiene un impacto positivo más grande sobre el ambiente que cualquier otra institución de EEUU. ¿Qué están haciendo esta firma en este campo?

Querido DiálogoEcológico: En una reunión de una asociación local de arte, un artista que pinta en acrílico declaró que usar este método es más ecológicamente apropiado que pintando con aceites. Yo lo dudo un poco. ¿No son los acrílicos derivados del petróleo? ¿Y no son algunos aceites para óleo extraidos de materias naturales?

Explaining the Spill

Friends of the Earth is providing detailed information about the Gulf oil spill, including the history of oil spills, the environmental repercussions and calls to move beyond fossil fuels.

Bad News BPA

More bad news is emerging about the chemical bisphenol-A (BPA), found in canned food linings and much plastic food and beverage packaging.

Cold Lessons

As I type this, having just returned from a two-week photography trip to the Arctic, my fingertips tingle, possibly from the lingering cold, or possibly from the trepidation that the tragedy of the Gulf oil spill will someday repeat itself in America’s Arctic Ocean.

Protecting Children’s Health

The relationship between children’s health and environmental toxins is finally getting the long-term look it deserves.

Setting Standards for Big Polluters

The Clean Air Act will be put to work as Lisa Jackson has finalized the first global warming pollution standards for large smokestack industries.

Spring Cleaning Goes Green

During the week of May 17, people across the country are hosting Green Cleaning parties where they"ll teach their friends and family how to mix their own safe and effective surface cleaners, laundry detergents and more.

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