Doesn’t Cold Weather Negate Global Warming Theory?
Doesn’t Cold Weather Negate Global Warming Theory?
EarthTalk Q&A
How Are Cheetah Populations Faring These Days?
What’s happening with wild populations of cheetahs, the fastest land animals on Earth?
What is “microfinance” and how does it help poor countries and preserve the environment?
The brainchild of Grameen Foundation founder Muhammad Yunus, microfinance is a form of banking whereby financial institutions offer small loans to the poor. The idea behind the concept, which originated in Bangladesh
What is the so-called “smart grid” I’ve been hearing about, and how can it save energy and money?
The smart grid concept is predicated on a two-way flow of energy —- and information —- between electricity generators and end users. The system not only delivers power to end users as needed, depending on demand;
I”ve heard that most of the big car rental companies have gone “green” lately. What”s the story?
No doubt, rental car companies large and small have responded to increased consumer demand for fuel efficiency in the last few years by stocking up on gasoline-electric hybrids and other vehicles with better mileage and lower emissions.
Are any major brands of disposable tissues, paper towels, napkins
Some 500,000 acres of boreal forest in Ontario and Alberta alone -— key habitat for caribou, lynx, wolves and scores of birds —- are felled each year to provide pulp for toilet paper, paper towels, paper tissues and other disposable household paper products.
Which Plastic Recycling Numbers Are Easiest To Recycle…
Given the different numbers on the bottom of each different type of plastic, which ones are the easiest to recycle and which should I avoid?
Are Volcanoes Worse Emitters Than Humans?
Is it true that a single large volcanic eruption launches more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than the amount generated by all of humanity over history?
A friend of mine in Connecticut raves about the “Green Drinks”
Every month green-minded people in 460-plus cities around the world meet up at informal social gatherings called Green Drinks. Started in 1989 in London by Edwin Datschefski and friends, the concept has spread like wildfire, with some 350 different Green Drinks chapters worldwide today. The events are designed to be low-key, unstructured and welcoming of all viewpoints on environmental topics.
Which parts of the United States are or will be hardest hit by global warming?
Washington, DCs famous cherry trees are now blossoming earlier due to global warming-related temperature increases. But this pales in comparison to the much more serious impacts of more and fiercer hurricanes in the Southeast,