Recently added articles from E Magazine:
President Obama.(E Word)(Barack Obama)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Emotions ran high on the National Mall January 20 as 1.8 million people, yours truly among them, showed up to witness an historical inauguration and to commune over what Barack Obama--not only our first African-American president, but also a highly intelligent, analytical and seemingly ...
Hybrid SUVs: the other story.(ADVICE & DISSENT: Letters from our readers)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 01, 2009; ... In regards to "Hybrid Hype" (feature, November/December 2008), the author, Jim Motavalli, misses the big picture when it comes to improving gas hogs such as full-size hybrid SUVs and pickups. If one had been driving a conventional SUV, such as a Chevy 2WD Tahoe, the combined EPA gas ...
Trees are people, too!(ADVICE & DISSENT: Letters from our readers)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 01, 2009; ... I agree with the statement that artificial trees are bad ('How Green Is That ... Christmas Tree?," In Briefs, November/December 2008). But to read that you should not worry about cutting down trees because they are crops was very disturbing. Trees are NOT crops! They are living, ...
Waiting for cell phone effects.(ADVICE & DISSENT: Letters from our readers)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 01, 2009; ... In relation to your story on cell phones, "To Call or Not to Call?" (Your Health, November/December 2008), it's worth noting a point made on microwavenews.com. It reads: "The incidence of brain cancer has been increasing over the last 10 years, particularly among 20-29 year-olds. If the ...
About that trophy hunting ...(ADVICE & DISSENT: Letters from our readers)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 01, 2009; ... I feel compelled to write after reading the letter from the world s leading authority on the origin of trophy hunting" ("Hunting History," Advice & Dissent, January/February 2009). Once my nausea subsided, I thought if humans could legally hunt each other for impotent pleasure, I would ...
Behind the greens: filmmaker Josh Tickell: 5 questions of environmental leaders.(Interview)
Mar 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Josh Tickell is one of the nation's leading experts on clean energy, and his life's work has been a decade-long investigation into breaking America from a seemingly insurmountable addiction to oil. His latest documentary, Fuel, is already generating buzz ...
How green is that ... beer?(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] From New York to Ohio, eco-friendly breweries are offering an array of 100% organic ales--beers that leave behind a minimal environmental impact without sacrificing on taste. * New York's Brooklyn Brewery is entirely powered by wind, which ...
Spillover.(SLICE OF LIFE)(Photograph)
Mar 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: SPILLOVER: Wreckage left behind by the Tennessee Valley Authority coal ash breach in ...
Farmers for hire.(SLICE OF LIFE)(MyFarm and the Freelance Farmers)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2009; ... The distance from farm to table has just gotten much smaller. In fact, MyFarm and the Freelance Farmers, both based in San Francisco, have it down to a few feet. For a weekly or hourly fee, the two groups will establish a backyard (or even back deck) organic garden, while customers provide ...
Brighter building.(INNOVATION)(Bright Built Barn )(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Bright Built Barn gives new meaning to green living. Designed y Kaplan Thompson Architects, the 700-square-foot space can be used as a work studio or even a two-bedroom home, and includes 90% prefabricated wood, super insulation, energy- and ...
Announcing the green generation.(ACTIVISM)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Earth Day Network (EDN) is marking Earth Day 2009, April 22, with the kickoff of their Green Generation Campaign, a two-year project culminating on the 40th anniversary of Earth Day in 2010. Raquel Garcia, EDN communications manager, says the Green Generation's core principles are: a ...
Reel green doc-making.
Mar 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] American University professor Larry Engel was prompted to write the rules of green movie-making after yet another film class ended with a trail of disposable cups and plastic water bottles in its wake. In a first for the industry, the Code of Best ...
Cut down: clearcutting in California's Sierra Nevada forest leaves a Barren Wasteland behind.(CURRENTS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Like a giant red beetle, the machine grabs the pine tree with its claw, severs it from the ground in one, quick motion, shears off its branches, drops it to the ground and reaches out to devour the next tree. At a pace of under a tree a minute, one man and one machine rapidly ravage 20 ...
Solar to go: a mobile solar generator makes going off-grid a little easier.(CURRENTS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... John and Victoria McBride fell in love with their 100-acre California ranch the minute they set eyes on it. The property, located in the hills of northern San Luis Obispo County's wine country, had a stunning view overlooking Santa Margarita Lake. Signs of wildlife--eagles, mountain lions, ...
Here come the floods: as water levels rise, designers find sometimes counterintuitive solutions.(CURRENTS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... A warmer world means higher seas. Global warming not only accelerates glacial melt, but also causes ocean water to expand in volume. Projections vary widely, but seas will likely rise by at least seven inches by 2100--and possibly by as much as several meters, according to NASA climate ...
President for the planet: Obama's assembled the green team, but they can't solve this crisis alone.(Barack Obama)(Cover story)
Mar 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] President Obama's biggest hurdle in taking on environmental challenges may be widespread consumer denial. This doesn't just include global warming skeptics, although those have been increasingly vocal as the U.S. faced a particularly brutal winter season ....
The green roadmap: environmental groups present the president with a shared vision.(PRESIDENT FOR THE PLANET)(Barack Obama)
Mar 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the weeks before he took office, advocates for the environment and conservation lined up to give President Barack Obama their expert advice. The Society for Conservation Biology was among the groups at the December 2008 National Conference on Science ...
Forest watch: the future of the country's public forests is far from clear.(PRESIDENT FOR THE PLANET)
Mar 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Environmentalists girded for two contradictory possibilities in the first months of the Obama administration: the rapid rollback efforts by the Bush White House to open more of the country's public forests to logging, mining and drilling and new ...
Finally fighting emissions: California's battle to regulate greenhouse gases from cars goes national.(PRESIDENT FOR THE PLANET)
Mar 01, 2009; ... In his eight years in office, W. Bush was an exemplary ally of the Detroit auto companies-if encouraging them to produce gas-guzzling SUVs and trucks can be considered the act of a friend. One of the many acts committed by the Bush administration to keep auto state politicians happy was ...
Muddy waters: the push for better clean water protection.(PRESIDENT FOR THE PLANET)
Mar 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In these first months of the Obama administration, many issues loom large on the national radar. There's the economic crisis, the need for health care reform and concerns about energy and climate change, to name just three. But there's also the issue of ...