Dear EarthTalk: What does “carbon neutral” really mean? And is it really possible to live in such a manner without just resorting to buying carbon credits? Carbon neutral is a term that has sprouted many definitions, and how to achieve it has spawned numerous interpretations, too. According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, which made [...]
A soon-to-be-released study by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) finds that United States can reduce consumer and business energy bills and dramatically cut global warming emissions at the same time. California air regulators on Thursday were considering first-in-the-nation rules requiring low-carbon fuels, part of the state’s wider effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As [...]
The giveaway has ended, and it’s time to announce the winner of Revolution in a Bottle: How TerraCycle Is Redefining Green Business, one of the best books about a company going green that I have read in a very long time. Using Random.org to pick the winner, comment #18 was picked, which was from Beth [...]
Remember the movie “The Day After Tomorrow”, where the entire world collapses due to climate change? Well, today is “The Day After Earth Day”, where I hope we don’t all forget that we have to continue all the “green” things we did yesterday in order to ensure the entire world doesn’t collapse like in that [...]
This week’s Do One Thing is in honor of Earth Day, and it requires no effort at all. Just don’t buy anything “extra”. The amount of waste generated around the world because of consumer habits is astounding, and in the U.S. alone the typical American family throws out 2,460 pounds of paper, 540 pounds of [...]
In honor of Earth Day today, I wanted to show you what lengths some companies will go to in order to try to fool you into thinking they are actually concerned with the environment. As I may have mentioned here over the years, I get a lot of press releases every day, most of which [...]
