-
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk The concept of a “Green New Deal” (GND), first called for in a 2007 New York Times op-ed by Thomas Friedman, has been in the news lately thanks to a protest outside of Nancy Pelosi’s office in mid-November a week after the 2018 mid-term elections...
-
EFE Miami – Los “extremadamente altos” niveles de contaminación en cuatro cruceros de la empresa Carnival pueden superar los de ciudades conocidas por su deteriorada calidad del aire como Pekín y Santiago de Chile, afirma una investigación encubierta divulgada por la Universidad Johns Hopkins. El estudio sobre “partículas ultrafinas”,...
-
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk No one is happy about the recent partial shutdown of the federal government in the U.S. as President Trump plays hardball with Congress on allocating funds for his “border wall.” While essential government services typically remain open in any government shutdown, it’s up...
-
How is it that bitcoin, a virtual currency that few of us have heard of and no one I know uses, is becoming a major contributor to carbon emissions? Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk It’s hard to believe that bitcoin, the best known of a group of...
-
Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Conservation groups are urging the state to better protect California’s wetlands in the face of imminent rollbacks by the Trump administration. The State Water Resources Control Board has been working on a new wetlands policy for more than a decade, but has not...
-
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Although some greener alternatives exist, most dry cleaners still use perchloroethylene (“perc” for short), a petroleum-based solvent that can be hazardous to the human central nervous system, with exposure causing headaches, nausea, dizziness and memory problems for some people. Perc’s constituent components—phosgene, vinyl...
-
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Carpeting is an oft-overlooked culprit when it comes to compromised indoor air quality, but the chemicals used to produce it are typically far from natural. According to the non-profit Environmental Working Group (EWG), most carpeting is made from synthetic fibers derived from non-renewable...
-
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...
-
Andrea Sears Public News Service ALBANY, N.Y. – Renewable-energy advocates are giving Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “Green New Deal” high marks. Cuomo outlined his legislative agenda for the first 100 days of 2019 on Monday, including a call for addressing climate change by achieving 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2040....
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk The concept of a “Green New Deal” (GND), first called for in a 2007 New York Times op-ed by Thomas Friedman, has been in the news lately thanks to a protest outside of Nancy Pelosi’s office in mid-November a week after the 2018 mid-term elections...
EFE Miami – Los “extremadamente altos” niveles de contaminación en cuatro cruceros de la empresa Carnival pueden superar los de ciudades conocidas por su deteriorada calidad del aire como Pekín y Santiago de Chile, afirma una investigación encubierta divulgada por la Universidad Johns Hopkins. El estudio sobre “partículas ultrafinas”,...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk No one is happy about the recent partial shutdown of the federal government in the U.S. as President Trump plays hardball with Congress on allocating funds for his “border wall.” While essential government services typically remain open in any government shutdown, it’s up...
How is it that bitcoin, a virtual currency that few of us have heard of and no one I know uses, is becoming a major contributor to carbon emissions? Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk It’s hard to believe that bitcoin, the best known of a group of...
Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Conservation groups are urging the state to better protect California’s wetlands in the face of imminent rollbacks by the Trump administration. The State Water Resources Control Board has been working on a new wetlands policy for more than a decade, but has not...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Although some greener alternatives exist, most dry cleaners still use perchloroethylene (“perc” for short), a petroleum-based solvent that can be hazardous to the human central nervous system, with exposure causing headaches, nausea, dizziness and memory problems for some people. Perc’s constituent components—phosgene, vinyl...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Carpeting is an oft-overlooked culprit when it comes to compromised indoor air quality, but the chemicals used to produce it are typically far from natural. According to the non-profit Environmental Working Group (EWG), most carpeting is made from synthetic fibers derived from non-renewable...
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...
Andrea Sears Public News Service ALBANY, N.Y. – Renewable-energy advocates are giving Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “Green New Deal” high marks. Cuomo outlined his legislative agenda for the first 100 days of 2019 on Monday, including a call for addressing climate change by achieving 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2040....