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EarthTalk for Monday, June 29: Is there really such a thing as “clean coal?”

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EarthTalk for Monday, February 23:
1) Can global warming be “fixed” through geo-engineering?
2) What is the guitar industry doing to help the destruction of forests?

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Earthtalk is a weekly environmental column made available to our readers from the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine

Some 420 eco-villages exist in both urban and rural settings around the world today. Pictured here: the west end of Arcosanti, a self-described Dear EarthTalk: What are “eco-villages?” I’ve heard of one in New York near Ithaca and another one called Arcosanti being built in Arizona. - Jim Killian, Brookline, MA

Continue Reading Earth Talk: Eco Villages and Which Has the Biggest Environmental Impact: Flying vs. Driving

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Earthtalk is a weekly environmental column made available to our readers from the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk: I understand that Toyota is planning to sell a plug-in Prius that will greatly improve the car’s already impressive fuel efficiency.  Will I be able to convert my older (2006) Prius to make it a plug-in hybrid vehicle?
-Albert D. Rich, Kamuela, HI

Continue Reading Earth Talk: Plug-In Prius and Green Holiday and Green Holiday Gifts

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Last Child in the Woods by Richard LouvDear EarthTalk: I caught the tail end of a discussion about “ecopsychology” recently on the radio, something about the negative impacts of people not communing with nature enough, spending too much time watching TV, sitting at computers, etc… Can you enlighten? — Bridget W., Seattle, WA

Continue Reading EarthTalk: Ecopsychology and our Connection to Nature

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Earthtalk is a weekly environmental column made available to our readers from the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine

Today fully one-sixth of the world’s human population lacks access to clean drinking water, and more than two million people -­ mostly kids ­- die each year from water-borne diseases.Dear EarthTalk: I saw a cover line on a magazine that said, “The next world war will be over water.” Tell me we’re not really running out of water!Nell Fox, Seattle, WA

Continue Reading EarthTalk: Water Shortages and Recalled Lead-Tainted Toys

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This is our first installment of “EarthTalk”, a weekly environmental column from the editors of E/ The Environmental Magazine

So-called Dear EarthTalk: What are these “ocean deserts” I’ve been hearing about? Also, didn’t I read that there was a huge mass of plastic bottles floating around somewhere on the ocean surface?
— Wally Mattson, Eugene, OR

Continue Reading From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine: EarthTalk – Ocean Deserts and Eco-Homes