There is a two-part series coming up June 2nd and 3rd on CNN called Toxic America that I think everyone needs to check out. The show will be hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta with the first night, dubbed Toxic Towns USA, focusing on a year-long investigation into the residents of Mossville, Louisiana, who for decades [...]
Dear EarthTalk: How effective have plastic bag bans and restrictions been on reducing plastic litter and other problems associated with their proliferation? And is it really better to use paper bags, which will just lead to more deforestation? Plastic bags, first introduced in the 1950s as a convenient way to store food, have since developed [...]
I don’t know how it happened, but today I turn 38 years old. Seems the last 10 years went by faster than the first 28 did. Is that what happens, the older you get the faster time flies? Bizarre. Anyway, I am going to go look for some old man comfort shoes while you enjoy [...]
A few weeks ago I saved a new friend of mine at least $600 a year. (And no, not from telling her to switch to that annoying insurance company!) I was talking to the people who work here in the leasing office of where I live, and we somehow got on the discussion of monthly [...]
The Louisiana Environmental Action Network has released their analysis of the air monitoring tests done by the EPA. Can you guess what they might have found? Their findings indicate that concentrations of Volatile Organic Chemicals in the air from the oil spill between April 30 through May 6 may have exceeded the Louisiana Ambient Air [...]
Care to see what quality of air you may be breathing? Maybe it’s time to check out the American Lung Association’s annual Most Polluted Cities rankings, assembled using data from the Environmental Protection Agency. Considered a yearly report card on air pollution in communities across the nation, they also offer information on how to protect [...]
This giveaway has ended. Today marks birthday number 4 for The Good Human. On May 19th of 2006 I launched the site as something as a hobby to keep me busy – and little did I know it was going to still be keeping me busy 4 years later! After almost 1,800 posts and 7,000 [...]
