AlterNet.org: Tara Lohan

Tara Lohan: The War on Soy: Why the 'Miracle Food' May Be a Health Risk and Environmental Nightmare

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST

Vegetarians aren't the only ones who should be concerned; there's soy in just about everything you eat these days -- including hamburgers, mac 'n cheese and salad dressing.

Tara Lohan: Could a High-Fat Diet Make You Healthy and Prevent Cavities?

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:01 PDT

A controversial organization promoting foods high in animal fats has some ecstatic. Others think they're whack jobs.

Tara Lohan: Confused About All the Climate Talk and the Copenhagen Summit? Here's the Skinny: Five Things You Should Know

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:01 PDT

The who, what, where, when and why about COP 15, which strangely means: the "Council of Parties."

Tara Lohan: What's the Big Hubbub Over a New Book Arguing NYC Is America's Greenest City?

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:01 PDT

New Yorker writer David Owen has environmentalists shooting broadsides at his new book; do we really want to replicate the Big Apple across America?

Tara Lohan: What If Being Fat Is Not Your Fault? America's Obesity Epidemic May Be Fueled by Chemicals in Everyday Products

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Chemicals called 'obesogens' are in our food, cars and homes, according to recent scientific studies -- and they may be making us fat.

Tara Lohan: Americans Are Still Buying Gas-Guzzlers, But Here Are 7 Signs That the Market for Green Transport Is Exploding

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:01 PDT

More and more Americans are finding other ways to get around in greener fashion, from Smart Cars to Vespas.

Tara Lohan: Can Condoms Save Us from Climate Change?

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:01 PDT

The greenest technology available to us may not be solar panels, but instead contraception, according to a new report.

Tara Lohan: Would You Know How to Survive After the Oil Crash?

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Could you get by without your car, food from outside your community, your job? There's a bunch of folks who want to show you how.

Tara Lohan: The Ultimate in Eating Local: My Adventures in Urban Foraging

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:01 PDT

As money has gotten tight and the local-foods movement more popular, urban foraging has become a hit. I spent a day with one forager in San Francisco.

Tara Lohan: How Farm-Raised Salmon Are Turning Our Oceans Into Dangerous and Polluted Feedlots

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:00:01 PDT

"Farm-raised salmon" sounds nice and sustainable, but they've become harbingers of disease, contaminating the oceans with antibiotics and toxic chemicals.

Tara Lohan: Lays Touting Their Potato Chips as Locally Grown -- Have They Gone Too Far?

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Frito-Lay is trying to co-opt a movement designed specifically to provide an alternative to industrial food.

Tara Lohan: 'The Cove:' Japan Has a Dark Secret It Hopes the World Will Never See

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Suspenseful and shocking film exposes the slaughter of tens of thousands of dolphins and the billion-dollar industry that profits from selling them.

Tara Lohan: Food Inc: Michael Pollan and Friends Reveal the Food Industry's Darkest Secrets

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:01 PDT

The new film Food Inc. is a shocking look at the health, human rights and the environmental nightmare that lands on our plate each meal.

Tara Lohan: Corporate Agriculture Is to Blame for the Hundreds of Thousands of Farmer Suicides in India

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:00:01 PDT

Vandana Shiva says industrial agriculture has left Indian farmers indebted and destitute, and explains how to stem the tide of suicides.

Tara Lohan: Will Congress Pass a Much-Needed Environmental Bill? The Future Is Looking Dicey

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:00:01 PDT

The Waxman-Markey bill, our best effort to fend off climate catastrophe, is in the hands of Congress, and prospects aren't good.

Tara Lohan: Are Policy Makers Exacerbating Drought Scares? That's What It Looks Like in California

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Like much of the West, the state has serious water issues, but Mother Nature is only partly to blame.

Tara Lohan: 1,500 Indian Farmers Commit Mass Suicide: Why We Are Complicit in These Deaths

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:00:01 PDT

Crop failure may have pushed farmers over the edge, but American companies have been leading them to the cliff for years.

Tara Lohan: America's Love Affair with Really Soft Toilet Paper Is Causing an Environmental Catastrophe

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:00:01 PST

Why the best use of 300-year-old trees might not be in the bathroom.

Tara Lohan: Peter Gleick: How We Can Avoid a World Without Water

Tara Lohan, The Nation — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:00:01 PST

With droughts from California to China threatening food production, one man has the solution we need to head off a global crisis.

Tara Lohan: Don't Get Duped Like Obama: Here're the Top 5 Myths About Coal

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:00:01 PST

The coal industry has spent millions trying to fool the American public, Congress and the president. Here's how to beat the hype.

Tara Lohan: Is the American Southwest Running Dry?

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:01 PST

Filmmaker Jim Thebaut talks about the precarious future of the Southwest and the call for a national water plan.

Tara Lohan: Obama on the Precipice: The Ten Worst Things He Could Do When He Takes Over

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:00:01 PST

What will Obama do, and how could he screw it up, given the fact that pretty much everything is riding on him getting things right the first time?

Tara Lohan: 9 Christmas Gifts You Can Give to Your Mother ... Earth

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:01 PST

"Green" gifts guides abound, but if you really want to do something good this holiday season, put Mother Earth at the top of your list.

Tara Lohan: Finding the Best, Local Food Near You Just Got Easier

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:01 PST

The Eat Well Guide is the best new online tool for foodies, farmers and anyone who cares about sustainable eating.

Tara Lohan: Van Jones: How We Can Lead Our Country Out of Crisis

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:01 PDT

Van Jones talks about a new vision for America in which progressives go from protest to governance.