EarthTalk: Questions & Answers About Our Environment. A Weekly Column

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• Dear EarthTalk: how is it that antibiotics are being "overused," as I've read, and what are the potential consequences?
• Dear EarthTalk: what's the skinny on fat these days? I saw a major magazine cover image recently that was suggesting fat wasn't so bad for us after all?
• Dear EarthTalk: What is the 'Dirty Dozen Guide to Food Additives?'.
• Dear EarthTalk: Are there still outspoken global warming deniers in Congress or the mainstream media?
• Dear EarthTalk: what is biochar and how can it help reduce my carbon footprint?
• Do you have any tips for helping me get my kids involved in environmental protection advocacy?
• Dear Earthtalk: I've heard that the price of getting solar panels installed on a home is lower than ever, but has it gotten to the point anywhere in the U.S. where it's actually cheaper than traditional grid power yet?
• Dear EarthTalk: I know that some large buildings filter some of their wastewater to irrigate exterior landscaping.
• Dear Earthtalk: what are the potential health and environmental impacts of so many genetically engineered organisms in our food supply?
• Dear EarthTalk: is it true that global warming is causing our crops to be less nutritious?

Featured documents

• Dear EarthTalk: I thought Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown would have sealed nuclear power's fate, but I keep hearing otherwise. Can you enlighten?
• Dear EarthTalk: a recent study showed that Bisphenol A (BPA) was hardly the human health risk researchers once believed it to be.
• Dear EarthTalk: What are the big delivery companies like FedEx and UPS doing to green their truck fleets and operations in general?
• Dear EarthTalk: I was appalled by the pollution haze I saw on a recent visit to Acadia National Park in Maine, and was told by a ranger that it was from smokestacks and tailpipes hundreds of miles away.
• Dear EarthTalk: I understand that there are a number of bills before Congress right now that seek to turn over public lands to destructive commercial and recreational activity.
• Dear EarthTalk: I'm looking for the best places to search for green jobs but am having trouble locating them on traditional job search sites.
• Dear EarthTalk: could it really be true that we are in the midst of the worst drought in the United States since the 1930s?
• Dear Earthtalk: I've heard that the price of getting solar panels installed on a home is lower than ever, but has it gotten to the point anywhere in the U.S. where it's actually cheaper than traditional grid power yet?
• Dear EarthTalk: while working to protect public land from resource extraction and development seems to be the focus of many environmental groups, what is being done to preserve and protect private property--the majority of our land--across the country?
• Dear EarthTalk: Why was the Colorado River named the most endangered river of 2013?