Dear EarthTalk: Some time ago there were issues with Native American tribes storing nuclear waste on their land, something that was both unhealthy to the communities and caused considerable controversy among tribal leaders. Where is this issue today?
Native tribes across the American West have been and continue to be subjected to significant amounts of radioactive [...]
Coffee nerds, I need your help. I am looking to get a new french press, but I need one that holds a substantial amount of coffee – not a little one. I work from home and drink coffee all morning. I would also prefer it to be insulated, but I can always pick up [...]
This is part 1 of “Is Solar Right For Me?” from Neil Kaminar, author of Solar Basics. Part 2 will appear next week.
The answer may be no. There are many factors that determine if solar is right for your home, including your motivation, how much electricity you use, the cost of electricity in your area, [...]
Did you know that Goodwill will even take clothes with stains and rips? I didn’t, at least until I went looking for a local Goodwill here. Any clothes they can’t sell get sent to a facility that recycles fabrics and resells them, meaning it’s a win for you, them, and the environment! And when you [...]
Yet another bottled water company trying to greenwash go green by coming up with catchphrases – while leaving the plastic-encapsulated tap water inside their bottles. Dasani, made by Coca-Cola, is just filtered tap water sold in a plastic bottle priced at rates thousands of times higher than water at home costs. Bottled water can cost, [...]
In my continuing series “What is XYZ and Why Should You Avoid It?“, this time I want to look at Polyethylene, a plastic with an annual production of approximately 80 million metric tons. Yes, it’s a kind of plastic that mostly ends up in landfills and takes several centuries to degrade, but it is also [...]
Every once in a while I write a post that asks you guys, the important ones in this relationship, what you want to see from the site. What you want to get out of the site. What you don’t like about the site. After all, without you reading it every day, the site wouldn’t [...]
