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Canada NOT PREPARED for Major Oil Spill, Environment Commissioner Warns

Image: NASA , Public domain. An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Barrel of Cure… Canada has the longest coastline in the world (well, unless you want to be clever and get into the coastline paradox ), touching three different oceans, and one of them (the Arctic) is seeing rapid increases in shipping and oil exploration because of the melting ice. But despite these facts, the country is badly prepared to deal with a major oil spill, according to a report by Scott Vaughan, Can… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The True Cost of Powering a Light Bulb for a Year (Infographic)

Image: GOOD Ever wonder how much electricity it takes to keep a single light bulb running for the year? The folks over at GOOD did, and they produced this great infographic to make the answer (alarmingly) clear. The short of it? It takes way more than you’d think. Here are a few of the more surprising revelations from the piece:… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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