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- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Apr 18, 2011
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Is U.S. air quality on the mend?
Air quality across the United States has improved dramatically since 1970 when Congress passed the Clean Air Act. Nonetheless, some 175 million Americans - 58 percent of the population - still live in places where pollution levels can cause breathing difficulties or worse.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Apr 11, 2011
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EarthTalk: Toxic ingredients in cleaning products
The government only requires companies to list "chemicals of known concern" on their labels. And the operative word is "known," because the government has no idea whether most of the chemicals used in everyday cleaning products are safe because it doesn't test them, and it doesn't require manufacturers to test them either.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Apr 10, 2011
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The Green Community week in review: Shrooms replacing Styrofoam, Apple & Intel go "conflict-free", health benefits of honey and more
Read what you might have missed last week in CL's Green Community.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Apr 8, 2011
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Earth Talk: The human right to clean and fresh water
A 2009 World Health Organization and UNICEF study found that 24,000 children in developing countries die each day (one every three-and-a-half seconds) from preventable causes like diarrhea resulting from polluted water.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Apr 7, 2011
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Glenn Beck's environmental greatest hits (video)
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Apr 6, 2011
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PETA's Dan Matthews takes on Jim Norman's bill that would ban animal videos
Matthews believes farms and slaughterhouses need mandatory video surveillance. Without the footage, animal cruelty and employee turnover rates will sky rocket. "We've gone in there not to just obtain an image, but to obtain evidence, " he told the crowd.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Apr 3, 2011
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The Green Community week in review: FL Green Party calls for shutdown of nuclear plants, harnessing "pee power", broken global food system and more
Read what you might have missed last week in CL's Green Community.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 31, 2011
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PETA's Senior VP to come to USF to denounce Jim Norman's bill on making it illegal to take photos or video footage of farms
This event is being sponsored by the University of South Florida student group Students Protecting the Environment and Animals through Knowledge. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 31, 2011
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Florida Green Party calls for state to shut down and phase out nuclear power plants
"The public and the government should not be guaranteeing profits for the companies building more nuclear reactors in the state," King added, "because there are plenty of safer and less expensive options for meeting the state's energy needs."
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 27, 2011
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The Green Community week in review: Solar PV screen for smart phones, Royal Wedding charity fund, breaking our oil addiction and more
Read what you might have missed last week in CL's Green Community.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 25, 2011
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EarthTalk: Mining and water pollution
Mine effluent is typically a stew of hazardous acid-generating sulphides, toxic heavy metals, waste rock impoundments and water. When this waste drains into local streams and aquifers, it can kill living organisms and render formerly pristine local waters unsafe to swim in or drink.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 22, 2011
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EarthTalk: What's being done to protect deep-sea habitats and species from ocean floor trawling?
Advances in so-called "bottom trawling" technology in recent years has meant that fishing boats now have unprecedented access to deep ocean habitats and the sea floor itself where untold numbers of unknown species have been making a living for eons.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 20, 2011
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The Green Community week in review: Slow Food Tampa Bay meeting, GM alfalfa controversy, Google maps lists EV charging stations and more
Read what you might have missed last week in CL's Green Community.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 18, 2011
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Instituting better policies and incentives for businesses to reduce their carbon emissions
Right now many business owners are looking for new opportunities to reduce carbon emissions and make more sustainable growth, but there is not a clear-cut method for them to achieve this.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 14, 2011
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Genetically modified alfalfa controversy in review
Alfalfa is commonly known to be the fourth most grown crop in the United States. Farmers use the millions of acres of alfalfa to produce forage seed and hay for cows and other livestock. The controversy surrounding United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved planting of genetically modified (GM) alfalfa has everyone in an uproar.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 13, 2011
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The Green Community week in review: The 'green' women leaders of Tampa Bay, new biofuel to replace gas, aquaponics and more
Read what you might have missed last week in CL's Green Community.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 9, 2011
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New study says high-speed rail would've had operating surplus
Upon hearing about the new study, Congresswoman Kathy Castor said, "because of the governor’s rigid ideology, these private companies will look to other states. The jobs and economic benefits will follow.”
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 7, 2011
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EarthTalk: Staving off global warming with land conservation
According to The Wilderness Society, American forests capture about one-tenth of the greenhouse gases put out by U.S. cars, factories and other sources.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 6, 2011
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The Green Community week in review: Florida high-speed rail funds nixed, jewelry from tarballs, wasteful bottled water and more
Read what you might have missed last week in CL's Green Community.
