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By Nancy Myers I’ve been reading Stewart Brand’s latest book, Whole Earth Discipline. Before I even got to the controversial parts—he endorses nuclear energy and genetic engineering among other urgent fixes to address climate change—I ran into a snag. On page 11 Brand reports a 2007 phone conversation with James Lovelock, originator of the Gaia hypothesis, in [...] By Carolyn Raffensperger Over the years I’ve had many young people come up to me and ask how I do this environmental work without collapsing in despair. They are acutely aware of how desperate the situation is. They doubt that the rain forest or ocean or jaguar will be salvageable by the time they are able [...] By Ted Schettler MD MPH Bisphenol A, a chemical used in many consumer products, is much in the news and the topic of considerable debate. BPA has estrogenic properties and has been linked with a number of health effects, primarily in animal studies. Some adverse impacts in people are suggested by preliminary investigations. Concerns are justified [...] |
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