EarthTalk Q&A

Dear EarthTalk: I understand the Environmental Protection Agency recently took steps to limit pollution from power plants. What are the details?

Dear EarthTalk: The term “sustainable communities” gets bantered around quite a bit today. Could you define it for me?

Dear EarthTalk: Diesel exhaust from trucks, buses, large ships and farm equipment is especially unhealthy. What progress has been made in curbing diesel pollution?

Dear EarthTalk: I own a small business and would like to do what I can to minimize its impact on the environment. Can you help me?

Dear EarthTalk: How do I learn about what pesticides may be on the food I eat?

Dear EarthTalk: A few years back a study found over 200 chemicals in the umbilical cord blood of newborns, particularly African American, Asian and Hispanic babies. What are the causes of this phenomenon and what can be done about it?

Dear EarthTalk: I understand there is good news about the recovery of bird species like the Peregrine Falcon, Bald Eagle and others owed to the 1972 ban on DDT. Can you explain?

Dear EarthTalk: Lead was long ago phased out of automobile gasoline, but it is still in aviation fuel and is now the largest source of lead emissions in the U.S. What’s being done? —L. Eber, Rye, NY Yes, aviation fuel emerged as the largest source of lead emissions in the U.S. once lead was phased […]

Dear EarthTalk: I’ve seen a lot of warm and fuzzy TV ads, some sponsored by BP Oil, urging me to vacation in the Gulf of Mexico. But are things really “back to normal?”

Dear EarthTalk: How do green groups feel about the new 2012 Farm Bill draft recently released by the Senate?