EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: The term “sustainable communities” gets bantered around quite a bit today. Could you define it for me? — Holly Parker, Mechanicsburg, PA Kaid Benfield, Sustainable Communities program director at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), uses the term “sustainable communities” to describe places “where use of resources […]
EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: I own a small business and would like to do what I can to minimize its impact on the environment. Can you help me? — Jacob Levinson, New York, NY There are many ways to green up any business, large or small—and an added benefit might just […]
EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: How do I learn about what pesticides may be on the food I eat? — Beatrice Olson, Cleveland, OH Along with the rise in the popularity of organic food has come an increased awareness about the dangers lurking on so-called “conventionally produced” (that is, with chemical pesticides […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – Running an online news source means that life behind a keyboard, a camera lens or voice recorder is the normal. We take thousands and thousands of photos every year in the journey that is Osky News, and recently that massive undertaking became painfully obvious. The main computer we have used to produce […]
Today I wish to continue with old-fashioned pie recipes. Since there are several, I will get right to them. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy sharing them with you. One Hundred Year Old Pie 1 scant cup brown sugar 1 egg 1 1/2 Tbs flour 1 heaping Tbs butter pinch […]
Dear EarthTalk: I’ve seen a lot of warm and fuzzy TV ads, some sponsored by BP Oil, urging me to vacation in the Gulf of Mexico. But are things really “back to normal?” — Paul Shea, Dublin, OH The Gulf of Mexico may be open for business and eager to attract tourists, but it’s still […]
Editors Note: The views and opinions expressed in this editorial are not necessarily the views or opinions of Osky News. By: Richard Vogel Maybe traditional television deserves to die. “Traditional” used to just mean broadcast. But I am lumping basic cable nets in here too. Television has done so much to take the joy out […]
How many of us doesn’t enjoy a piece of fresh-baked pie warm from the oven? I know I do! We all have our favorite traditional ones; apple, peach, pumpkin, etc. But I want to give you some unusual pie recipes that were the favorites of past generations. The first one that I will share with […]
Dear EarthTalk: The oil industry is planning what some call a dangerous strategy of drilling for oil on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Arctic Ocean. What’s going on? — Vera Bailey, New Hope, PA In November 2011 the Obama administration began lifting the moratorium on off-shore drilling that had been imposed in the wake […]
EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Why is Greenpeace upset with some leading tech companies for so-called “dirty cloud computing?” Can you explain? — Jeremy Wilkins, Waco, TX Leading tech companies like Google, Apple and Microsoft are now offering unprecedented amounts of data storage and access to “apps” on huge Internet-connected servers, saving […]
