May 22, 2009 Leave a Comment
Across most of Major League Baseball (MLB), teams are turning greener than the outfield grass, reports the June 2009 issue of E – The Environmental Magazine (now posted at www.emagazine.com/view/?4664). They’re reducing energy consumption, extending recycling efforts, and taking the first steps into renewable energy. So far, four parks, including Fenway Park in Boston, the [...]
March 4, 2009 1 Comment
President Obama has pledged to make green priorities his priorities — and thus far he appears to be keeping his word. Environmental groups are praising his initiatives — including support in the new stimulus package for energy efficiency and renewable energy research, greening federal buildings, weatherizing homes, and creating green jobs – but caution that [...]
Jan. 8, 2009 1 Comment
Using the wind to produce electricity has, for many decades, been little more than a footnote to energy production in the U.S. But, says the January/February 2009 issue of E – The Environmental Magazine (now posted at: www.emagazine.com), that’s all beginning to change. In 2007, 35% of all the new electricity generation installed in the [...]
Nov. 10, 2008 1 Comment
The November/December 2008 issue of E – The Environmental Magazine (now posted at: www.emagazine.com) takes a skeptical look into the world of high-class luxury green, where compost piles and recycling bins have been replaced with solar-powered yachts and sustainable caviar. A recent Yale study confirmed what the marketers have long known: Even Americans who describe [...]
Oct. 27, 2008 1 Comment
Dear EarthTalk: I saw a cover line on a magazine that said, “The next world war will be over water.” Tell me we’re not really running out of water!‚ – Nell Fox, Seattle, WA‚ Today fully one-sixth of the world’s human population lacks access to clean drinking water, and more than two million people-mostly kids-die each [...]
April 14, 2008 Leave a Comment
Dear EarthTalk: It is true that the carcasses of whales that wash up on shore are considered dangerous to humans because of the amount of toxins and chemicals in their blubber? – Michael O’Loughlin, Tigard, Ore. Whether wildlife officials in a given region consider a dead beached whale a biohazard or not is local decision, [...]
March 10, 2008 1 Comment
Dear EarthTalk: My pediatrician swears by those gel hand sanitizers for lowering the risk of my family getting sick during cold and flu season. But I’ve also heard that these products can be dangerous to kids if ingested. Are there any safer alternatives that work just as well? – Jason Blalock, Oakland, CA A 2005 study [...]
March 4, 2008 Leave a Comment
Major green initiatives are sweeping college campuses, says E – The Environmental Magazine [...]
Jan. 7, 2008 4 Comments
Janisse Ray, an outdoor recreation enthusiast in Danville, Vermont, got so frustrated when the West River hadn’t frozen by last January that she donned a wet suit and floated downstream in an inner tube, holding aloft a sign that said "Where’s winter?" Where indeed? The January/February 2008 issue of E — The Environmental Magazine (now [...]