Day: January 16, 2015

Gas prices may be plunging right now, but that hasn’t stopped the carmakers at the 2015 North American International Auto Show from competing to show off their new hybrid and all-electric cars. The auto show expects more than one million people to come to Detroit, Michigan to see the 45 new vehicles on display from Jan. 12-25. The […]

Climate scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced the 2014 global temperatures today, and the news they delivered is a blow to climate deniers who argue that climate change-driven global warming isn’t happening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibek2yIqWOc&feature=youtu.be expand=1] The scientists revealed that 2014 was the hottest year in 134 years of record keeping, with […]

I’m going to D.C. soon to share ideas for a better food system. And that system needs a good bit of tweaking: many have been working on that for decades admirably, and I try to be on all their email lists. One relative newcomer to the scene is Food Tank: The Food Think Tank, which […]

The acquisition of Chiquita Brands International by two Brazilian firms not only increases the consolidation of our food supply, but could have devastating consequences for the state of North Carolina and its residents. The Brazilian juice giant Cutrale Group and investment firm the Safra Group have completed their acquisition of Chiquita Brands International, whose headquarters […]

Maybe it’s the idea of saving money on home heating. Maybe it’s about being environmentally friendly. Or maybe it’s just that the object in question is sleek, spare and a bit mysterious-looking. The Egloo is lightweight and requires no connection to a power source so it can be taken anywhere. Photo credit: Egloo Whatever the […]