Whether you’re shopping for a t-shirt, bedsheets, or q-tips, you might have noticed that cotton products are more expensive if they’re organic. We wondered, is it worth it to pay the extra price?
Isha Chawla
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Possibly: How many trees do we need to breathe?
The truth is, we don’t need trees to breathe! You could get rid of all of the trees on the planet and we’d still have enough oxygen. That’s because a lot of the oxygen we breathe comes from tiny microorganisms in the ocean — many of which evolved billions of years before we even had land plants!
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Is it better to drink from a can or a bottle?
Drink from a can! It takes fewer emissions to make an aluminum can and fewer emissions to deliver beer that comes in cans. Cans are also more likely to be recycled, it takes less energy to recycle them, and they’re safer to pick up if they’ve been thrown on the ground.
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Possibly – Sea Level Rise
What’s causing sea level rise and how will it affect Rhode Island?
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Should Nuclear Power Play A Role In Addressing Climate Change?
Today we have a question from listener Alec Beckett. He asks: Should I be in favor of nuclear power? He says he knows about the risks, but he’s also heard that nuclear power is a clean source of energy.
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How Many Wind Turbines Would It Take To Power Rhode Island?
Since the wind isn’t always blowing, Rhode Island uses natural gas power plants as a backup, which means that the electricity from wind farms isn’t 100% renewable. The best solution would be to store the electricity generated by wind turbines in batteries, but so far these batteries haven’t been big enough or cheap enough to use.