While we try to buy the most eco-friendly this, that, and the other thing that we can, do we ever stop to consider if those “good” products are ever tested on animals? Or if some parent companies tell the world at large that they are “sustainable” while they abuse animals in locked-down laboratories? Something [...]
Dear EarthTalk: What are the differences between farmed versus wild salmon when it comes to human and environmental health?
Salmon farming, which involves raising salmon in containers placed under water near shore, began in Norway about 50 years ago and has since caught on in the U.S., Ireland, Canada, Chile and the United Kingdom. Due to [...]
In 2005, the City of San Francisco instituted strict purchasing standards requiring municipal departments to buy products that met certain environmental, health and toxicity guidelines, and have now released their list of more than 1,000 products, like bathroom disinfectants and computer keyboard cleaners, that do not emit greenhouse gases.
April Dávila wondered what it [...]
The following is a guest post by Tom Rooney of SPG Solar, whose commentaries have been in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and the Miami Herald, and who has made recent appearances on CSPAN and Fox Business News talking about the real costs of energy.
Conservatives, let’s talk about energy. And why so [...]
This past weekend I had a friend visiting from out of town, and as such we ended up playing tourist here in downtown Denver. One thing I noticed, however, is that there are not any recycling bins around the tourist areas – only trash cans full to the brim with both trash and recyclables alike. [...]
“That’s Green Done Right” is the amazing greenwash slogan that Scott, AKA Kimberly-Clark, has chosen to trademark to describe their paper products – bath tissue, paper towels, napkins, etc. Their paper towels have, wait for it, a whopping 60% recycled paper fiber. Wow, how green of them! That leaves 40% virgin paper pulp in a [...]
Dear EarthTalk: Should I fear radiation exposure associated with medical scans such as CT scans, mammograms and the like?
The short answer is – maybe. Critics of the health care industry postulate that our society’s quickness to test for disease may in fact be causing more of it, especially in the case of medical scans. To [...]
