EarthTalk: Environmentally Friendly Car Wash
Dear EarthTalk: What is the most environmentally friendly way I can wash my car: doing it myself or going to the local car wash?
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EarthTalk: Underground Buildings
If we lived in underground buildings (and cities), would it be better for the environment overall?
EarthTalk: Can Solar Desalination Help A Thirsty World?
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 the resulting steam, which is in turn cooled and condensed into pristine freshwater. Salt and other impurities are left behind in the still...
EarthTalk: Do Animals Have Legal Rights?
Non-human rights is a term coined by animal welfare activist and lawyer Steven Wise, who has campaigned for three decades to achieve actual legal rights for members of species other than our own.
Earthtalk: Where Should Climate Refugees Go?
If temperatures around the globe continue to rise in the face of human-induced climate change as climatologists expect, some of the world’s most populous areas could become uninhabitable.
EarthTalk: The Great Green Wall of China
Unlike the Great Wall of China, a 5,000-mile fortification dating back to the 7th century BC that separates northern China from the Mongolian steppe, the Great Green Wall of China—otherwise known as the Three-North Shelter Forest Program—is the biggest tree planting project on the planet.
What Can I Do For Earth Day 2015?
April 22, 2015 is the 45th annual celebration of the first Earth Day in 1970, when 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks and auditoriums to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment in massive coast-to-coast rallies.
EarthTalk: The Skinny on Dietary Fat
Going “fat-free” might seem like an effective, safe way to lose weight when considering that fat contains nine calories per gram, compared to four calories per gram in carbohydrates and proteins.
Solar Energy Now Cost Competitive With The Grid
Dear EarthTalk: I’ve heard that the price of getting solar panels installed on a home is lower than ever, but has it gotten to the point anywhere in the U.S. where it’s actually cheaper than traditional grid power yet?
EarthTalk: Plastic Bag Bans
Dear EarthTalk: What’s the latest on efforts to ban plastic bags? How many U.S. locales have instituted some kind of ban, and have these initiatives made a dent in the amount of plastic litter?
EarthTalk: The Parabens-Breast Cancer Link
Health advocates are pressuring the FDA to ban parabens in products sold in the U.S.—like the European Union did in 2012—but concerned consumers must take matters into their own hands for now by reading product labels and avoiding products with parabens.
EarthTalk: Palm Oil Production and Rainforest Destruction
Dear EarthTalk: How is it that some food purveyors are contributing to the destruction of tropical rainforests by ditching unhealthy “trans fats?”
EarthTalk® Preventing Wildfires
Dear EarthTalk: Why are wildfires on the increase and what can be done to stop them from happening?
Safer and More Effective Sunscreens
Dear EarthTalk: With summer officially here now, what can you tell us about which sunscreens are safe and which are not?
Keeping Pollutors Out Of Our Neighborhoods
Dear EarthTalk: What can communities do to keep polluters out of their neighborhoods?
Fracking Boon Spurs Both Profits and Dangers
Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing, is a process whereby drillers blast millions of gallons of water, sand and hazardous chemicals at high-pressure into...
Regulation Loopholes Allow Killing Of Whales
Sadly for our world and its biodiversity, whales are still being killed despite an international ban on commercial whaling.
EarthTalk: Most Fuel Efficient Cars Today
Dear EarthTalk, Which are the most fuel-efficient hybrid and/or all-electric cars available to consumers today (just the affordable ones, please!)
EarthTalk: Pharmacy In Our Drinking Water
Dear EarthTalk: Pharmaceuticals were in the news again recently, how they are polluting water and raising a host of health issues because we dispose of them both unused and used through body waste elimination. What can be done? — Lucy Abbot, Macon, GA
East Coast States Join Together to Curb Greenhouse Gases
Given the lack of federal action to curb greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., several East Coast states joined together in 2008 to form the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)...
Avoid These Mercury Laden Fish
Mercury in the fish we like to eat is a big problem in the United States and increasingly around the world.
EarthTalk: Wet Cleaning
Dear EarthTalk: Some drycleaners I've seen offer "wet cleaning" as opposed to dry cleaning. What's the difference? Is it better for the environment? — Elizabeth Connelly, Tampa, FL
EarthTalk: Legalizing Green Bud
Dear EarthTalk: I heard someone say that legalizing pot — as Californians considered doing last year — would benefit the environment. How would that be? — William T., Portland, OR
EarthTalk: Is Fluoridated Water Safe?
The debate over whether we should add fluoride to public drinking water has raged since the 1940s when American cities...
Daily Astrology
March 21, 2023
The first full day of Spring begins tentatively. The waning Moon is at odds with Mars. Easy does it. Take your time getting up to speed this morning. By early afternoon the Moon is new...
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