Dear EarthTalk: Vice-President Joe Biden just announced a commitment by the Obama administration of $53 billion to high speed rail. Isn’t it about time? Why is the U.S. so far behind other nations in developing environmentally friendly public transportation?
There are many reasons why public transit hasn’t taken off in the U.S. as it has in [...]
Hey could you guys do me a favor? Let me know in the comments if you find this weekly roundup to be handy at all. When I first started this site almost 5 years ago, us “bloggers” did a lot of linking to promote each other’s writings and get the word out on different projects. [...]
Each of us is going to continue to buy stuff. We can buy less, but the fact is that we are going to keep buying, so there is no way we can tell everyone on the face of the planet to stop shopping — it’s just not going to happen. I am not one [...]
“A growing, more affluent population competing for ever scarcer resources could make for an “unrecognizable” world by 2050, researchers warned at a major US science conference Sunday.”
Do we as humans have innate, unstoppable desire to kill ourselves off? Do we really care more about material possessions like money, cars, and houses than we do about [...]
Dear EarthTalk: What’s the latest research on the question of whether cell phone use causes cancer?
Cell phones have only been in widespread use for a couple of decades, which is far too short a time for us to know conclusively whether or not using them could cause cancer. Research thus far appears to indicate that [...]
I always have about 4 or 5 books going at the same time at my house, and one of them right now is the book “Slow is Beautiful – New Visions of Community, Leisure and Joie De Vivre” by Cecile Andrews and I recommend it to anyone who thinks that the high-paced, fast-moving community of [...]
Still receiving the PennySaver circular in your mailbox every week? Still taking it straight from the mailbox to the recycling bin? You aren’t alone — millions of people get the PennySaver at their homes and never even look at the thing, instead just grumbling about spam being delivered to them in paper form and tossing [...]
