This past week, Q-line asked: As if times weren’t hard enough, the county sales tax recently increased making big purchases all the more difficult while putting more pressure on families looking to save money.
Dear EarthTalk: Aren’t orangutans seriously threatened by the cutting down of forests? — Nick Chermayeff, Greenwich, CT Deforestation is indeed the primary threat to the orangutan, a species of great ape known for its keen intelligence and the fact that it’s the largest animal to live primarily in t
In last week’s article you learned some facts about flax, but you only learned half of the omega-3 fat story. As a child I remember listening to a guy named Paul Harvey who did a radio news segment called “The Rest of the Story” where he elaborated on popular news pieces.
This past week, Q-line asked: After hearing a flood of complaints from residents, the City Council has decided to look for an alternative location for the Expo Light Rail maintenance yard.
The University of Oklahoma’s Courtney Paris recently became the first four-time All-American in women’s college basketball history. That’s right, she played for four years, and she was an All-American every year.
Modern feminism is a joke without a punch line. It propounds the idiot-ology that women are just as equal as men in all aspects of life except within their chromosomal confines of cooking, cleaning and complaining.
Dear EarthTalk Are elephant populations stable these days? Reuben Perrin Hartford, CT Far from it. The double whammy of poaching (illegal hunting) and habitat loss has led to a dramatic decline in populations of both African and Asian elephants in recent decades.
Dear EarthTalk: I am looking at possibly buying a house that is very close to a gasoline station. Is it safe to live so close to a gas station? What concerns should I have? I have toddler and infant babies.
Last Tuesday, City Council took a first look at a conceptual plan to “integrate planning, urban design and circulation improvements" Downtown.
Dear EarthTalk I want to start an organic vegetable garden in my yard and I would like to know how to combine crops to make better use of time and space.
This past week, Q-line asked: City Councilman Bobby Shriver has recently said he is mulling a run for state attorney general next year. Would you vote for Shriver as the state’s top cop? Here are your responses: “I doubt it.
Dear EarthTalk There’s a lot of talk today about solar and wind power, but what about biomass? How big a role might this renewable energy source play in our future? Couldn’t everyday people burn their own lawn and leaf clippings to generate power? Deborah Welch Niagara Falls, NY The oldest and most
