EarthTalk is a weekly installment from E/The Environmental Magazine. Dear EarthTalk: How is wind power faring in the U.S. now? Is more of it coming on line and becoming a larger percent of the grid? And what about some of the highly publicized efforts to build wind farms, such as in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Has [...]
I have a favor to ask, and it will only take you about 3 minutes at most… My friend Colin over at No Impact Man is meeting with his Congressional Representative next Friday to discuss a non-binding resolution for the House of Representatives, asserting that we need a climate change mitigation policy, and prior to [...]
Thanks to my friend Emily who sent along this video thinking I would find it funny…and I sure did. If you are reading this in a newsreader, click through to see the video! Someone please give that kid his own show before the November election! Oh, and SNL – please somehow get Will Ferrell back!
Congratulations to Stephanie from Poorer Than You for winning A Global Warning, and to Audra for winning How The Earth Was Made. You will be receiving an email from me regarding this, so please reply with your mailing address so I can get these DVD’s out to you. And thanks to The History Channel for [...]
Last night I was watching the season premiere of The Green on the Sundance Channel and after it was over I was thinking about one of the stories that was in the episode. The entire episode was about the future of power and covered things like wind power, solar power and poop power. OK, not [...]
Let’s face it…there are a lot of people on this earth and there are not enough natural resources available for every person to have an equal lifestyle. If everyone around the globe lived like an average American, we would require multiple earths to sustain them all. But why should people in countries like Africa and [...]
The main environmental motivator these days seems to be one of fear. The press is jumping on every alarming article relating to the environment. Additionally, authors like James Kunstler, promote fear and despair through his best-selling books. In my opinion this is turning many against the environment and sustainable living. This leads me to think [...]
