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The Week in Pictures: Angry Environmentalists Greet G20, New Gulf Oil Spill Time-Lapse Video, Cul de Sacs Make You Fat, and More (Slideshow)

This week, G20 leaders from around the world gathered in Canada to discuss issues of finance and they were met with protests from angry environmentalists, including kids covered in fake oil. NASA released a new Gulf oil spill time-lapse video that provides visualization of the spill; New research shows that by reducing the amount of meat and dairy eaten and changing farming practices, by 2055 we could reduce emissions of methane and nitrous oxide from agricultural sources by more than 80%(!); and Italy is installing more solar power in two months than California does in a year, and by the end of this year they are expected to hav… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Week in Pictures: Angry Environmentalists Greet G20, New Gulf Oil Spill Time-Lapse Video, Cul de Sacs Make You Fat, and More (Slideshow)

Google and Small Bookstores Forming an Alliance in E-Book Market

Photo via GypsyFae A giant like Google moving into the e-book market usually spells disaster for small stores. Independent outlets typically don’t stand much of a chance when a huge company decides it wants in on the market. However, when it comes to e-books, the typical story might just be turned on its head — small stores and Google could use one another as an ally when it comes to digital books, a rapidly growing segment of the book mar… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Google and Small Bookstores Forming an Alliance in E-Book Market