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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk The kerfuffle over Factory Butte, a 6,300-foot peak in Wayne County, Utah about 25 miles east of Capitol Reef National Park, stems from the on-again, off-again nature of federal rules about whether Off-Road Vehicles (ORVs) should be allowed to roam the 5,400 acres...
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Roddy Scheer y Doug Moss EarthTalk El calentamiento global ya ha comenzado a cambiar la faz del planeta, y los negociadores internacionales están haciendo todo lo posible para reunir los recursos del mundo para mantenerse estable contra la aceleración de la producción de emisiones de carbono mientras hacemos la...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Global warming has already started to change the face of the planet, and international negotiators are doing all they can to marshal the world’s resources to hold steady against accelerating the output of carbon emissions while we transition to renewable forms of energy....
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Roddy Scheer y Doug Moss EarthTalk El servicio celular en los parques nacionales se ha convertido en un punto de inflexión en los últimos años a medida que los proveedores celulares compiten para cubrir los EE. UU. Con cobertura, incluso en áreas remotas, tradicionalmente fuera de la red. A...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Cell service in national parks has become a flashpoint in recent years as cellular providers compete to blanket the U.S. with coverage—even in remote, traditionally off-grid areas. On one side of this most modern of environmental debates stand wilderness buffs, who liken letting...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Unfortunately for the 40 percent of Americans (and 90 percent of the inhabitants of the rest of the world) who live in regions with air quality below healthy standards, it is true that air pollution can take a toll on our cognitive abilities....
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It seems to me the single biggest potential “environmental” problem we could face is a comet or asteroid striking the Earth. Do we currently track these space rocks? And do we have any hope of deflecting them if they are headed right for us? Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Yes, the new federal climate report (the “Fourth National Climate Assessment”) paints a dire picture of our future—including compromised food safety—if we don’t rein in greenhouse gas emissions. According to the non-profit Stop Foodborne Illness (SFI), climate change is already starting to affect...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Hybrid-electric cars have become more and more common on American roads since the Prius launched here in 2001. Now fully electric vehicles (EVs) are finally coming of age thanks to innovations by Tesla, Nissan, BMW, General Motors and others. It is not uncommon...