Worldwatch Institute

Carbon Pawprints: How Our Dogs & Cats Contribute to Global Warming

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Unfortunately, our beloved dogs and cats do produce shockingly high amounts of greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming…

Warming World

Interview: Alexander Ochs

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For the past 15 years, Alexander Ochs has been an important figure in international efforts to fight climate change and develop green energy, working with United Nations and other international agencies. Among many endeavors, he is President of theForum for Atlantic Climate and Energy Talks, is Founding Chair of the LEDS-GP Energy Working Group, and […]

Warming World

Interview: Earth Policy Institute’s Lester Brown

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For the last 40 years, Lester Brown has been one of the primary forces in the sustainability movement. Besides publishing some 45 books, he is the founder of the Worldwatch Institute and the Earth Policy Institute. EarthTalk’s Ethan Goffman recently caught up with him and two of his colleagues, Janet Larsen and J. Matthew Roney, to […]

Plastic Bag Ban Rally in LA. Credit: Heal the Bay

EarthTalk

Where did the plastic bags go?

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Dear EarthTalk: What’s the latest on efforts to ban plastic bags? How many U.S. locales have instituted some kind of ban, and have these initiatives made a dent in the amount of plastic litter? — Melinda Clarke, New York, NY California made big news recently when it announced the first statewide ban on plastic shopping bags […]