It's Sammy time — my annual awards for the good, bad and downright insegrevious in Santa Monica.
Both the Planning Commission and the City Council share the 2013 "
Dear EarthTalk: What are "dark factories" and are they good for the environment?
— Mitchell Pearson, Erie, Pa.
So-called dark factories-otherwise known as "lights out" or "
When holiday shoppers make a bad choice, the worst result may be an ugly sweater. But Congress recently made a bad choice that is ruining the holidays for over a
What if you were told there is a corrupt dictatorship on the other side of the world where government officials are using U.S. foreign aid to build palatial mansions
Willie Brown, elected mayor of San Francisco for eight years, recently apologized in his column to the residents of the city for the mistakes he made while mayor.
He wrote:
Dear EarthTalk: Do you have any tips for explaining global warming and other complex environmental problems to my kids?
— Peter Buckley, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Kids today may be more eco-savvy than
