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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Indeed, on April 22, Earth Day celebrated its 50th anniversary. Back in 1970, some 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks and auditoriums to demonstrate against pollution and other environmental ills stemming from 150 years of industrial development. The idea for that...
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SACRAMENTO, California – General Motors está perdiendo terreno con los consumidores por su apoyo a los ataques de la administración Trump contra los estándares de automóviles limpios de California, según una nueva encuesta. Los encuestadores que trabajan con el Sindicato de Científicos Preocupados descubrieron que las calificaciones de favorabilidad...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — General Motors is losing ground with consumers over its support for the Trump administration’s attacks on California’s clean-car standards, a new poll finds. Pollsters working with the Union of Concerned Scientists found that GM’s favorability ratings dropped 53% once people realized that the company supports lower vehicle emission standards, compared...
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Roddy Scheer y Doug Moss EarthTalk Pocos temas son tan divisivos como la ingeniería genética. Las plantas y los animales que han tenido sus genomas alterados artificialmente ahora dominan el mundo de la agricultura. La gran mayoría del maíz y la soya cultivados en los Estados Unidos están diseñados...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Few topics are as divisive as genetic engineering. Plants and animals that have had their genomes artificially altered now dominate the world of agriculture. The vast majority of U.S.-grown corn and soybeans are genetically engineered. In grocery stores, over 60 percent of processed...
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Roddy Scheer y Doug Moss EarthTalk Dado que Covid-19 probablemente se originó en murciélagos, no sorprende que el temido virus pueda pasar entre animales y humanos. Pero cuando un tigre malayo de cuatro años en el zoológico del Bronx dio positivo recientemente por Coronavirus (y seis de sus compañeros...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Given that Covid-19 probably originated in bats means that it’s no surprise that the dreaded virus can pass between animals and humans. But when a four-year-old Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo tested positive for Coronavirus recently (and six of his peers showed...
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Roddy Scheer y Doug Moss; Translated by Arturo Hilario EarthTalk Aunque nuestra actividad en línea no utiliza papel, todavía consume mucha energía. Los centros de datos representan gran parte de este uso de energía. Estos edificios del tamaño de un almacén contienen matrices o “granjas” de servidores, que son...
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Dear EarthTalk: Internet data centers are fast becoming the largest power hogs in the world. What’s being done in this industry to make Internet usage more energy-efficient? — M. T., Reno, NV Though our online activity uses no paper, it still consumes quite a lot of energy. Data centers...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Indeed, on April 22, Earth Day celebrated its 50th anniversary. Back in 1970, some 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks and auditoriums to demonstrate against pollution and other environmental ills stemming from 150 years of industrial development. The idea for that...
SACRAMENTO, California – General Motors está perdiendo terreno con los consumidores por su apoyo a los ataques de la administración Trump contra los estándares de automóviles limpios de California, según una nueva encuesta. Los encuestadores que trabajan con el Sindicato de Científicos Preocupados descubrieron que las calificaciones de favorabilidad...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — General Motors is losing ground with consumers over its support for the Trump administration’s attacks on California’s clean-car standards, a new poll finds. Pollsters working with the Union of Concerned Scientists found that GM’s favorability ratings dropped 53% once people realized that the company supports lower vehicle emission standards, compared...
Roddy Scheer y Doug Moss EarthTalk Pocos temas son tan divisivos como la ingeniería genética. Las plantas y los animales que han tenido sus genomas alterados artificialmente ahora dominan el mundo de la agricultura. La gran mayoría del maíz y la soya cultivados en los Estados Unidos están diseñados...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Few topics are as divisive as genetic engineering. Plants and animals that have had their genomes artificially altered now dominate the world of agriculture. The vast majority of U.S.-grown corn and soybeans are genetically engineered. In grocery stores, over 60 percent of processed...
Roddy Scheer y Doug Moss EarthTalk Dado que Covid-19 probablemente se originó en murciélagos, no sorprende que el temido virus pueda pasar entre animales y humanos. Pero cuando un tigre malayo de cuatro años en el zoológico del Bronx dio positivo recientemente por Coronavirus (y seis de sus compañeros...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Given that Covid-19 probably originated in bats means that it’s no surprise that the dreaded virus can pass between animals and humans. But when a four-year-old Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo tested positive for Coronavirus recently (and six of his peers showed...
Roddy Scheer y Doug Moss; Translated by Arturo Hilario EarthTalk Aunque nuestra actividad en línea no utiliza papel, todavía consume mucha energía. Los centros de datos representan gran parte de este uso de energía. Estos edificios del tamaño de un almacén contienen matrices o “granjas” de servidores, que son...
Dear EarthTalk: Internet data centers are fast becoming the largest power hogs in the world. What’s being done in this industry to make Internet usage more energy-efficient? — M. T., Reno, NV Though our online activity uses no paper, it still consumes quite a lot of energy. Data centers...