EarthTalk Q&A

Small Wind: Could Residential Turbines Help Us Wean Off Fossil Fuels?

Wind power will likely play a key role in the transition to a zero-emission economy—especially if we can start to distribute it more widely.

While the first XPRIZE competition focused on aerospace tech, several more recent ones have focused on environment and climate…

Clean-burning, emissions-free hydrogen fuel cells were poised to take over the automotive sector two decades ago, but then what happened?

Climate feminism recognizes that women are disproportionately affected by climate change and aims to get them into positions of leadership.

We’re getting from Point A to B faster than ever these days thanks to smart GPS nav apps, but at cost to our neighborhoods and ecosystems?

Some trees do off-gas natural yet nevertheless harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs), especially during the hottest months of the year.

Wind power provides a small fraction of electricity in Texas; frozen natural gas lines caused the state’s power grid to go down recently.

How do climate models work and do they paint an accurate picture of where we are headed in terms of environmental disruption moving forward?

A passive solar house keeps the inside air temp comfy without using conventional emissions-spewing HVAC appliances.

One-quarter of the world’s 20,000 bee species are in precipitous decline or have already gone extinct since 1990…