Low-Water Usage Landscaping Ideas for Wildfire-Prone Areas
Leaving bare dirt isn’t actually the best landscaping choice if you are concerned about wild fires harming your property…
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Can solar desalination help an increasingly thirsty world? Using the sun to cure Central Valley water woes
Dear EarthTalk: What exactly is solar desalination and how can it help an increasingly thirsty world? —Maryann Dell’Amore, Howard, MN Solar desalination is a technique used to remove salt from water via a specially designed still that uses solar energy to boil seawater and capture […]
Is California’s drought the result of too much meddling by enviros? Carly Fiorina and other conservatives think so
Dear EarthTalk: Is California’s epic drought really the result of too much meddling by environmentalists like some conservatives have suggested? —Betsy Martin, Butte, MT While no one questions that California is in the midst of one of the worst droughts in recent history, the […]