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EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine: The Importance of the Wetlands
Dear EarthTalk: Why are wetlands so important to preserve? – Patricia Mancuso, Erie, PA Wetlands include swamps, marshes, bogs, riverbanks, mangroves, floodplains, rice fields—and anywhere else,...
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EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine: The 3 Year Anniversary of the BP...
Dear EarthTalk: The three-year anniversary of the 2010 BP oil spill just passed. What do green groups think of the progress since in restoring the region? – Mary Johannson, New York, NY When...
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EarthTalk: E – The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: Hurricane Sandy brought more sea water onto shorelines than I’d ever witnessed before and many communities near where I live are now being required to raise their homes up. What is the...
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EarthTalk E – The Environmental Magazine: Sharing is Caring
Dear EarthTalk: Some green groups are promoting the simple notion of sharing as a way to green communities and combat waste. Can you explain? – Becky Lipscomb, Centereach, NY The...
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EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine: Environmental Internships
Dear EarthTalk: I understand that there are many internships available at environmental organizations, some involving working outdoors, some year-round with expenses paid. Where do I find these? –...
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EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine: Solar Geo-Engineering
Dear EarthTalk: What is solar geo-engineering and how can it help stave off global warming? – Jamie Renquist, Salem, OR Solar geo-engineering is a term describing any of various techniques for reducing...
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EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine: Sugar vs. Artificial Sweeteners
Dear EarthTalk: I saw an article on sugar’s effects on the environment. Has anyone compared different sweeteners (artificial or natural) for their environmental impacts? — Terri Oelrich, via...
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EarthTalk E – The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: Can you discuss pollutants in car interior materials, and also pollution inside cars originating from gasoline and diesel exhausts outside the car? – Mervyn Kline, Philadelphia, PA The...
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EarthTalk – E – The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: I understand the Navy is doing sonar testing and training in the oceans and that their activities will likely kill hundreds if not thousands of whales and other marine mammals. What can...
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EarthTalk E – The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: If “cap and trade” has worked so well in Europe for reducing greenhouse gas emissions there, why haven’t we tried something similar here in the U.S.? – Sandra M., Bern, NC...
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EarthTalk E – The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: How is it that global warming could cause an increase in health problems and disease epidemics? Do we have any evidence that it is already happening? – Jim Merrill, Provo, UT Global...
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EarthTalk E – The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: What is the environmental impact of those “K-Cups” everyone seems to be using nowadays to make coffee at both home and office?– Chris B., Stamford, CT K-Cups—those little one-serving...
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EarthTalk E – The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: What’s going on with Earth Day this year and how can I get involved?...
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EarthTalk E – The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: What’s behind the rise in public transit in the U.S. in the last few years, and how does our transit use compare with that of other developed countries? – Angie Whitby, New Bern, NC...
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Dear EarthTalk: Is the gray wolf still endangered in the United States and how successful have re-intoduction efforts been?– Loren Renquist, Salem, OR The gray wolf is still...
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EarthTalk E – The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: Apple just put out a big PR campaign about its sustainability initiatives. Has the company made real progress in this regard or is this just more corporate “greenwashing?” And how are...
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EarthTalk E – The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: What would you consider to be the key areas we need to improve to make our food safer for our health and easier on our environment? – Billy A., Oakland, CA Although we have come a long...
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EarthTalk E – The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: I recently became vegetarian for ethical reasons, but I am missing the taste of meat. Are there any tasty veggie options out there that can satisfy my desire for steak and chicken? –...
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EarthTalk E – The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: A recent study showed that Bisphenol A (BPA) was hardly the human health risk researchers once believed it to be. Should I still try to avoid products that may contain it?– Carolyn...
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EarthTalk E – The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: What are the environmental implications of the so-called driverless car that Google and others are working on right now? – April Jackman, Barre, MA Just a decade ago most of us...
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