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Hijacking Hydrogen
Will big oil, coal interests and the nuclear industry control the next energy revolution?
A Burning Dilemma
Aromatic Products May Pollute Indoor Air and Your Health The same health-conscious homeowner who would never dream of allowing cigarette smoke inside the house might be burning aromatherapy candles with the idea that they promote a healthy, relaxing atmosphere. But burning candles could actually have the opposite effect: Scientific testing has shown that candles can […]
Death and Taxes
Resisters Refuse to Pay for War and Its Environmental Fallout Like most working Americans, Connecticut resident Rosa Packard files her taxes every spring. But since 1981, she has omitted one thing: the check. Instead she substitutes a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) explaining that, as a Quaker, an environmentalist and a conscientious objector, […]
Tools for Green Living
Once you have the perfect environmentally friendly gift, why cover it in traditional throwaway wrapping? Instead, try reusable wrapping from Wrapsacks. These fun cotton gift bags are available in six sizes, including candle and wine shapes. All you have to do is slip your gift in and tie on a card.
Tracking the Bighorn
The thick chaparral of a remote region in the Sespe Wilderness, part of the Los Padres National Forest, in Ventura, California, has concealed a lost herd of desert bighorn sheep for more than five years. But now they’re out in the open. The desert bighorn sheep of the Sespe Wilderness in California had been given […]
Talking Trash
How would you like to be a worm for a day? Or have refuse dumped on your head? Such things happen when people visit garbage museums, interactive learning centers that teach kids why "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" is an important philosophy for the 1990s.
Gasping for Breath in California
In 1988, Kathy Elkins moved to Lompoc, a pleasant small town on the central Californian coast, with her husband and infant daughter. She thought she had found herself a little slice of paradise. That is, until she got sick. Within six months, she was finding it hard to breathe. Over time, her hair started falling […]
Using Dogs to Save Bears
Bears that threaten people or wreak havoc foraging for food are a little harder to deter than the average pest. In the usual scenario, they are trapped and relocated, and if the bear returns, it must be killed—not a popular solution. It took biologist Carrie Hunt and a team of Karelian Bear Dogs to teach […]
Portable Power: Rechargeable Batteries To The Rescue
A major problem with batteries is not so much the batteries themselves, but inefficient use and disposal by confused consumers.