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Critical List: Prius is world’s third most popular car; irradiated tuna hit the U.S.
Gas should only get cheaper as the summer begins. The Toyota Prius is now the world’s third best-selling car. Bluefin tuna caught off the coast of California have Fukushima radiation in them. (Not much though.) One expert says that those massive dolphin die-offs in Peru were caused by sonar from oil exploration. Where there’s fracking, […]
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Tell EPA You Support Carbon Pollution Protections
At public hearings in Chicago and Washington, D.C. today, supporters, public health officials, and scientists are testifying in favor of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Carbon Pollution Standard, the first-ever limit on life-threatening carbon pollution from power plants. Thousands of Americans have already spoken out via email in support of these standards to protect our health […]
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What lies ahead for international action on global warming for the rest of 2012? (Part 1)
With the haze of the Durban climate negotiations finally lifting, the climate negotiations in Germany at the midway point, and one month before Rio+20 it is time to reflect on the path that lies ahead for the rest of this year. While global negotiations have slowed since the high-intensity period over the last three years […]
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The Domino’s effect: The pizza giant refuses to phase out inhumane pork
A wave of change has hit the meat industry as most of the biggest food brands have pledged to do away with gestation crates for pigs. But Domino's Pizza is holding out -- and gaining applause from Big Ag.
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Check the math: Study touting ‘safer’ fracking reveals Big Oil’s ties to academia
A report from the University of Buffalo that called fracking "safer" was misleading and riddled with errors. But in failing to disclose the authors' connections to Big Oil, it showed how the fracking industry increasingly circulates misinformation under the guise of scholarship.
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Fukushima Meltdown Hastens Decline of Nuclear Power
By J. Matthew Roney On May 5, 2012, Japan shut down its Tomari 3 nuclear reactor on the northern island of Hokkaido for inspection, marking the first time in over 40 years that the country had not a single nuclear power plant generating electricity. The March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown […]
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Stanford nutrition guru on how to change our food system (without giving up pizza)
Stanford professor Christopher Gardner says all the nutrition studies in the world couldn’t convince Americans to change their diets. He knows what is finally doing the trick, though.
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T-bone steak with fennel-radicchio relish and olive oil flatbreads [RECIPE]
This recipe is from Pure Beef: An Essential Guide to Artisan Meat with Recipes for Every Cut (Running Press Book Publishers, 2012). Read an interview with the author here. A grilled steak adorned with a crunchy and shredded vegetable salad is one of my ultimate no-fuss summer meals. Toss sweet fennel and bitter radicchio with […]
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The way we farm now: Fruit and vegetables vs. commodity crops [INFOGRAPHIC]
Did you know that if everyone in the country wanted to eat their daily recommendations of fruit and vegetables we wouldn't have nearly enough? See the big picture of American farming in this infographic.
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Waste not, want not
is a zero-waste society plausible and profitable, or just a pipe dream? Examples from around the world suggest the former.
