Dear EarthTalk: What are some of the leading proposed technological fixes for staving off global warming, and how feasible are they? While most of the world fixates on how to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases we emit into the atmosphere, scientists and engineers around the world are busy working [...]
Wish I had something exciting to report…but I cannot think of anything at all. I am hoping all of you are enjoying our approach to the end of winter; I know I am! When it comes to global warming, the canary in the coal mine isn’t a canary at all. It’s a purple finch. As [...]
This is an incredibly touchy subject, and to be honest, I don’t know the answer. In fact, I don’t even know how I feel about it either way. There are of course people on both sides of this argument, using arguments that I can both agree with and completely despise. On one hand, some say [...]
In case you did not know, the ACCCE stands for the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. These are the people who keep running ads about how great “clean coal” is, and how it’s going to create millions of “green” jobs. (Great video of the clean coal myth here) They are running ads (one of [...]
This week’s Do One Thing is about soap. In the last few months, we started buying our soap from a local small business here in town. They do everything right in their shop, from the mixing to the heating to the cutting, and you can watch them do if it you want to. Everything they [...]
A few weeks ago while flipping channels, I caught a few minutes of ABC’s Extreme Home Makeover TV show. I will admit that when the show first started years ago, I did watch a few episodes as it was kind of interesting and heart warming. But I quickly got bored and stopped watching – until [...]
If you have not been using Google Earth to take a new look at our home planet, you have been missing out. I use this app all the time to explore different places I have been or would like to go. But quite possibly the most useful things they have within the program are called [...]
