Pests or Pets?
The marshlands on the Connecticut coast are alive with
parakeets? Yes, green monk parakeets from South America have found there way to more than a dozen states, and in some places they’ve run afoul of utility power lines.
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Surfing the Green Wave
Even if you have shunned the big, pricey Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in favor of a discounted competitor, you may not realize that you can have low prices and a greener Internet experience.
Semana del 23/04/2006
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Hoy se oye mucho acerca de los "viajes ecoturísticos" y del "turismo verde" en lugares exóticos remotos, pero, ¿es que no existen lugares "ecoturísticos" aquí mismo en los Estados Unidos y Canadá?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Parece que la selva húmeda del Amazonas no figura en las noticias como lo hacía anteriormente. ¿Es que por acaso se han resuelto sus problemas ecológicos?
The Media Gets a Piece of Earth Day
Earth Day is upon us, and that means it’s time for celebration and reflection, as well as a lot of hard work. Activists in the vast, diverse confederacy that is the modern environmental movement are mobilizing campaigns, hosting vegetarian potlucks, planning neighborhood cleanups and meeting the public.
Horsesenselessness
When you hear horse enthusiasts, racers and breeders arguing that slaughter is a better option than other "disposal" methods for when their equine charges are old and tired, it becomes evident that the horse trade is yet another human enterprise driven by profits and with no good answer for what to do when its "product" has outlived its usefulness.
Schwarzenegger Calls On Market to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
In a move that has irked many of his fellow Republicans, not to mention business leaders, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced last week that he is supporting a plan for his state to put market-based incentives in place to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions blamed for exacerbating global warming.
Army Tests Hybrids Fueled by Hydrogen
As part of a strategic effort to provide vehicles suitable for use in far-flung locales, the United States Army has begun to test hybrid automobiles fueled by hydrogen instead of gasoline. With fuel cells still cost prohibitive, Army researchers are jazzed by the possibility of combining existing electric drive assist technology with hydrogen fuel. They have started experimenting as such with converted Ford Escape Hybrid SUVs.
Semana del 16/04/2006
Querido DiálogoEcológico: El Presidente Bush acaba de reemplazar al Secretario del Interior Gale Norton, quien renunció, con el Gobernador de Idaho Dirk Kempthorne. ¿Cuál fue el legado de Norton y qué podemos esperar de parte de su sucesor?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Existen alternativas no dañinas al uso de sustancias químicas como Roundup para eliminar las malezas?
Thank You for Emitting
When I first met Frank Maisano he was the spokesperson for the Global Climate Coalition (GCC), which with big automakers as sponsors argued that the science wasn’t settled and that regulation was premature. SourceWatch says that GCC "was one of the most outspoken and confrontational industry groups in the United States battling reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Prior to its disbanding in early 2002, it collaborated extensively with a network that included industry trade associations, ‘property rights’ groups affiliated with the anti-environmental Wise Use movement.’"
Congress Trying To Kybosh Cape Wind Project
The controversial Cape Wind Project, which aims to install offshore power-generating windmills across 24 miles of the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket Sound off the coast of Massachusetts, may face its stiffest challenge yet in the form of recently proposed federal legislation that would allow state governments to nix any projects that could potentially interfere with navigation in shipping lanes.