Keeping Earth Day Clean
The focus of EarthDay has transitioned over the years from focusing less on celebrations and more on actually cleaning up the planet….
pollution
Climate Change and Rivers
How is it that climate change is negatively affecting the health of rivers and, by extension, the quality and availability of fresh water?
Genetic Pollution
Genetic pollution is the release into the environment of genetically-modified genes, risking they might breed with wild species & spread uncontrollably.
The Seaweed and Shellfish Solution
When runoff from fertilized lawns, farms & sewage treatment plants reaches our rivers & coasts, it causes water pollution known as eutrophication.
Nonpoint Source Pollution: Scourge Of Our Waterways
Unlike pollution from specific factories and other easily discernible ‘points’, nonpoint source pollution comes from many diffuse sources.
Dirty Secrets Under the Schoolyard
Across the country, parents are demanding new curbs on so-called “polluted schools’ that are built on contaminated land…
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark: Is That Light Pollution Killing You?
Reconsider all those electronic sources of night light, for health’s sake. The light pollution could be harmful to your health…
Green Olympic Dreams
China is giving itself a green makeover for the 2008 Summer Olympics to be held in Beijing…
Is Light Pollution Really A Risk Factor In Breast Cancer?
It’s hard to believe but light pollution may actually be a risk factor for breast cancer.
Poisoning Our Kids With School Buses?
Dear EarthTalk: Are my kids breathing in dangerous exhaust fumes by riding the school bus?
Dear EarthTalk: What is "light pollution?" Is it really a factor in breast cancer?