Is An Asteroid Strike Our Biggest Environmental Threat?
While astronomers can find and track most of the sizable space rocks in or near Earth’s orbit, preventing an asteroid strike on Earth is not yet possible…
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Minimizing Energy & Packaging Waste This Holiday Season
If you’re dreaming of a green holiday season this year, you’ll have to take care to shop and decorate with the planet in mind.
Food-Borne Illness & Climate Change: What’s The Connection?
Warming-exaggerated flooding, drought and other weather extremes can lead to contamination of crops and livestock that in turn could make us sick.
Is Skiing Dead Due To Global Warming?
Is skiing dead due to global warming? It depends on whether we can get our carbon emissions in check by the middle of this century….
Tube-Free Toilet Paper: Is It Really Greener?
Does the Scott brand’s “tube-free” toilet paper really save much paper or is it just another form of corporate greenwashing?
Greening Your Coffee Habit
Our coffee habit takes a toll on the environment in terms of deforestation and biodiversity loss in the tropics as well as raising our carbon footprint.
Avoiding PFAS And Other Synthetic Chemicals In Our Food
PFASs are synthetic chemicals of various formulations (PFCs, PFOA, PFOS and GenX, among others) that are used widely for moisture and stain resistance.
Plastic Waste: Are We Stuck With It Forever?
Getting rid of plastic waste across the board is unrealistic, but learning how to use less plastic overall — and recycle the rest — may be our best hope.
Is Fall Foliage Compromised Due To Climate Change?
Thanks to global warming, we can expect shorter and less intense fall foliage displays in the United States moving forward.
Leaf Blowers Getting Greener Per Neighbors’ Demands
Leaf blowers can be a noise and pollution nuisance, so 170 different U.S. cities and towns now have new rules on the books to regulate their use.