Allen Hershkowitz, a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, blogs about environmental issues. http://www.motherearthnews.com/blogs/blog.aspx?blogid=2147484060 <p>The embrace of environmentalism by professional sports provides us all with a new and large opportunity to educate people worldwide about the need to do something, however small it might seem, to protect our biosphere.</p> http://www.motherearthnews.com/personal-ecology/pro-sports-leagues-embrace-solar-power.aspx By Allen Hershkowitz, Ph.D. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:53:01 CST <p>The United States stands virtually alone in the world in not ratifying treaty on electronic waste. The dumping of electronic waste is a huge hazardous waste problem in the developing world, contaminating water supplies and land with toxic heavy metals, dioxins, PCBs and acids, and putting some of the world's poorest populations at great risk.</p> http://www.motherearthnews.com/personal-ecology/end-the-dumping-of-e-waste-into-the-developing-world.aspx By Allen Hershkowitz, Ph.D. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:21:43 CST