Am I Eating Genetically Engineered Foods Every Day?
If you aren’t sure if your food contains genetically engineered ingredients, it probably does. Now the question is, what’s the harm?
EarthTalk Q&A Archive: Your Environmental Questions Answered
Earth Day Project Ideas for Elementary School Kids
I’m looking for projects for my son’s elementary school to do for Earth Day this year. Do you know of any that can teach children about taking care of our environment?
Is it feasible to put up my own wind turbine to provide electricity to my home?
Putting up your own wind turbine to provide electricity is technically feasible, but the costs for permitting, purchasing, installing and maintaining the technology remain prohibitive for all but the wealthiest, especially given the low costs of traditional power from the electricity grid across the United States.
As I understand it, “hybrid” cars make use of an electric motor that never needs to be plugged in
The mass-market gasoline-electric hybrids made by Toyota, Honda and others make use of an electric engine right under the hood next to the gas engine. That electric motor creates fuel economy by kicking into use during idling, backing up, slow traffic, and to maintain speed after the gas engine has been employed for acceleration.
Is it economical and environmentally friendly for me to recycle my empty inkjet printer
Analysts estimate that more than 300 million inkjet printer cartridges find their way into American landfills every year. Each of those new cartridges requires about three quarts of oil and other raw materials to produce, and also contributes its fair share of greenhouse gases
Did the car companies really conspire to kill the trolleys and streetcars
Indeed, in the 1920s automaker General Motors (GM) began a covert campaign to undermine the popular rail-based public transit systems that were ubiquitous in and around the country’s bustling urban areas. At the time, only one in 10 Americans owned cars and most people traveled by trolley and streetcar.
As warm weather approaches I know we’re going to have a problem
“Tick season” will be upon us sooner than we know it, as early as April if post-winter weather warms up fast. And ticks can pass on more diseases to humans than any other creepy crawly except the mosquito.
What are “El Niño” and “La Niña” and what relationship do they have with global climate change?
Simply put, El Niño and La Niña are different stages in a cyclical pattern of climate turbulence otherwise known by meteorologists as the Southern Oscillation. First noticed by 16th century fishermen on the Pacific coast of South America, these phenomena were not scientifically
Do government “Energy Star” ratings for major appliances take into account their “cradle-to-grave”
Do government “Energy Star” ratings for major appliances take into account their “cradle-to-grave”
Can you explain the tax credits I might be entitled to if I buy a hybrid car?
If you’ve been wanting a hybrid gasoline-electric vehicle but have been reticent to shell out the extra bucks, 2006 just might be your year. Beginning this past January, in accordance with the new Energy Policy Act, the federal government began awarding unprecedented tax credits to consumers who go hybrid.