Let’s face it — we all need to buy shoes from time to time. Some more than others of course, but even if you wear a single pair of shoes for years you will eventually need to buy another pair, right? And while I always check out the local Goodwill or used clothing store to [...]
Dear EarthTalk: Recent news reports have revealed the discovery of previously unknown species inhabiting the deepest parts of our oceans. Is anything being done to protect this habitat before humans have a chance to fish it to death or otherwise destroy it?
Unfortunately it may already be too late for some of the deep sea’s undiscovered [...]
Whither Earth Hour? The now annual global “action” that tries to get people to turn off their lights for 60 minutes as a stand against climate change. Not in my home. (Not mine either. I think it’s silly.)
Spawned by strangely cold temperatures, “beautiful” clouds helped strip the Arctic atmosphere of most of its protective ozone [...]
Leave it up to young students to transform a traffic intersection into an energy source. It’s too bad our politicians cannot think this far out of the box! Piezoelectric plates (the word piezoelectricity means electricity resulting from pressure) laid under walkways and the road capture the movement and vibrations of pedestrians and cars passing [...]
It is becoming more and more popular to live green, and there are a lot of valid reasons for doing it. Beyond the fact that some people consider it a mere craze that will eventually fade away, while others insist it’s necessary in order preserve our environment for future generations, living green actually can save [...]
Dear EarthTalk: I understand that, among mining’s other problems, like providing climate-warming coal and endangering miners’ lives, it is also a serious water polluter. Can you enlighten?
Mining disasters have grabbed a lot of headlines of late, but mines pose another insidious threat that tends to get little press attention: pollution of the nearby environment [...]
While it would be ideal if we could all immediately switch to renewable energy sources in our homes, for many of us it is simply not realistic at the present time. However, that doesn’t mean we can’t all be responsible consumers of electricity.
Nikki Cooley is a Colorado River guide for Arizona Raft Adventures who also [...]
