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Travel

USA Today Ranks Taos, NM #1 novel retirement destination

Taos, New Mexico was recently named by USA Today as both their #1 “Novel Retirement Destination” in the United States. One of the original art colonies in the U.S., Taos grabbed the top spot in an exclusive list of only four U.S. locations which Where to Retire Magazine, in partnership with USA Today, deemed a […]

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Environment

What are ‘ghost factories’

Dear EarthTalk: What are “ghost factories?” — Philip Walker, Hartford, CT In April 2012, USA TODAY published a series entitled “Ghost Factories,” a report on an investigation into lead contaminated soil in hundreds of neighborhoods around the U.S. where lead factories once operated. The investigation addressed the lack of action taken by the U.S. Environmental […]