City Hall will encourage residents and businesses to replace natural gas appliances with electric heating and cooking equipment as it pursues its goal of reducing carbon emissions to 20% of
Dear EarthTalk: What are the ramifications of these horrendous fires taking place now in the Amazon Rainforest? What can be done to stop the madness? — Jane W., Waterbury, CT
Fire
From the Editors of E - The Environmental Magazine
Cell service in national parks has become a flashpoint in recent years as cellular providers compete to blanket the U.S.
The City of Malibu and the Harry Barovsky Memorial Youth Commission present the Malibu Surf Swap, where you can buy, sell, trade or donate surfboards, SUPs, boogie boards, wetsuits, and
The Trump administration has given California permission to oversee federal environmental reviews for a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and Los Angeles, even as the administration tries to cancel
Local restaurants and cafes have spent the last six months swapping out plastic takeout containers and utensils for products that can degrade in the nearby Pacific Ocean.
The Santa Monica
By Michael Feinstein, Inside/Outside. July 15, 2019
Today most people have some idea what ‘sustainability’ means. But it wasn’t always so — and even when people have an idea
Dear EarthTalk: Is there any way we could harness the light from bioluminescent organisms for everyday lighting and other practical purposes? — M. Wilson, Framingham, MA
Bioluminescence—defined by Merriam-Webster as
Southern California is warming up in the first significant heat wave of the season following an early summer marked by June Gloom that carried on into July.
The National Weather
After several weeks of relatively cool weather, forecasters are warning temperatures could spike in the coming days.
The National Weather Service said temperatures will increase throughout the region this week
The federal government is warning Americans to brace for a “floodier” future.
Government scientists predict 40 places in the U.S. will experience higher than normal rates of so-called sunny