Fact-Checking in Environmental Reporting
I have to laugh when I read some of these guest blog posts. Apparently some are good and helpful; in other cases, that really can’t be the case. I just cut ties with one blogger whose list of “facts” about the environment includes: “Americans throw away 25 trillion Styrofoam cups per day.” As I pointed out to her in my email parting ways: that’s over 80,000 per person per day or approximately one per second. Does that seem like a reasonable number?
Of course, “60 Minutes” didn’t demonstrate too great a command of fact-checking either.
Are you concerned with resource sustainability? Are you a firm believer in the need for renewable and alternative energy for the improvement and continued existence of life on earth? You wouldn’t be alone; this is an issue important to millions, even if policy in many areas fails to reflect it. Online, you can find groups of people who are looking to get involved in the renewable energy movement on various different levels. 
If someone could explain this to me, I would be most appreciative: Apparently, two Ph.D.-carrying 
I’m making some calls to the top microbreweries in the U.S., trying to get a read on the industry’s appetite (thirst?) for solar thermal heating, considering the enormous amount of energy needed to heat all that water, grain, hops, etc. The only problem I’m experiencing is that they then need to cool that hot liquid (called “wort”) down before they add their yeast, and forward-thinking companies use heat recovery systems — in this case, heat exchangers. 
Last week I reported that I had gotten an email from Lisa Hoyos, who was quite ticked off with Disney, as news had recently broken to the effect that 
