Monthly Archives: April 2010

I’ve always been surprised, probably like many of you, to see cage-free and organic eggs offered at the grocery store packaged in cumbersome plastic containers with a double flap out over the top. Double means more materials, and it seems … Continue reading →

Officials in New York have reportedly taken a stand against Marcellus shale gas drilling in certain watersheds, like the one for New York City’s drinking water, but action in Pennsylvania to slow the spread of gas drilling until more is … Continue reading →

A colleague across the cubicles asked me a question today, and I’m looking for the answer. What are you supposed to do to recycle used VHS tapes? I’m guessing a lot of people today might be in the same boat: … Continue reading →

The top three schools in the EPA’s national College and University Green Power Challenge for 2009 and 2010 were from Pennsylvania, according to numbers released from the agency. The University of Pennsylvania took the top spot, with Carnegie Mellon University … Continue reading →

I got a press release the other day about the EPA’s new blog, mentioning a post about acid rain. I figured I’d take a look. Now, this might be the news reporter in me, but after reading a series of … Continue reading →

The state Department of Environmental Protection said something interesting in a recent call for more to be done about total dissolved solids in waste water produced from Marcellus Shale drilling processes, among other sources. They admitted that an industry that … Continue reading →

When I saw The New York Times editorial this morning on President Obama’s decision to open drilling in some, but not all, coastal waters around the country, I saw a lot of possible parallels with the gas drilling policies in … Continue reading →