• EarthTalk Q&A: Update On Yukon To Yellowstone Wildlife Corridor

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Conservationists’ dreams of a wildlife corridor stretching from the Yukon to Yellowstone (Y2Y) where “charismatic megafauna” like bears, wolves and caribou can roam freely and have enough continuous undisturbed habitat to thrive is slowly becoming a reality thanks to the dogged determination of...
  • Earthtalk Q&A: Environmental Implications Of Current Drought

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk La base de datos del Monitor de Sequía de EE. UU. (USDM) de la Asociación Nacional Oceánica y Atmosférica, que se encuentra en Drought.gov, dice que a partir del 31 de agosto del 2021, el 39 por ciento de EE. UU. Está en...
  • Earthtalk Q&A: Environmental Implications Of Current Drought

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) database, found on Drought.gov, reports that as of August 31, 2021, 39 percent of the U.S. is in drought, with 30 states experiencing Moderate Drought or worse. The USDM uses a five-category system...
  • Earthtalk Q&A: Ecologizar el Proceso de Lavado

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Es verdad que los americanos usan grandes cantidades de agua y energía para mantener su ropa limpia, seca y suave. De hecho, el hogar promedio de EE.UU. gasta alrededor de 12.000 galones de agua en unas 300 cargas de ropa al año. El...
  • Earthtalk Q&A: Greening The Laundry Process

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk It’s true that Americans use huge amounts of water and energy to keep their clothes clean, dry and soft. Indeed, the average U.S. home expends about 12,000 gallons of water on some 300 loads of laundry per year. The non-profit Natural Resources Defense...
  • Earthtalk Q&A: ¿Qué es la “Slow Fashion”?

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk En los EE.UU., millones de compradores llenan las tiendas de ropa, emocionados por descubrir las últimas tendencias y pagar precios bajos. Del otro lado del mundo, trabajadores de bajos salarios – muchos de ellos chicas jóvenes – están aplastados debajo del martillo del...
  • Earthtalk Q&A: What is “Slow Fashion”?

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk In the U.S., millions of shoppers pack clothing stores, excited to key into the newest trends while paying low prices. On the other side of the world, low-wage workers—many of them young girls— are crushed under the hammer of “fast fashion” (the mass...
  • Climate Scientists: Window Closing to Stabilize Global Temperatures

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — According to a new United Nations report, it has never been more important to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, but it probably will not be enough to prevent a hotter future for planet Earth. Scientists with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said Monday Earth could exceed 1.5 degrees...
  • Científicos climáticos: Se agota el tiempo para estabilizar temperaturas globales

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Nunca antes había sido más importante reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero, según un nuevo informe, aunque probablemente no será suficiente para evitar un futuro más cálido para el planeta Tierra. Científicos del Panel Intergubernamental sobre Cambio Climático dijeron el lunes que la Tierra podría superar...
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