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‘Comfortable Contemporary’: Upcycled Furniture from Think Contemporary

Images: Think Contemporary Surely you’ve gotten the urge at least once — passing by an anonymous pile of discarded furniture pieces curbside, you feel a compulsion to rescue some forlorn credenza from landfill purgatory and to make it something ‘new’ and beautiful again. Dublin-based interior design company Think Contemporary seems to have heeded the call, launching a line of upcycled furniture that appears to have found its own unique voice…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Gulf Spill Reservoir Still Worth $3.5 Billion, Will Likely be Tapped Again

Image via USA Today Relief Wells May be Later Used for Drilling While we were all quietly celebrating the news that the Macondo well that spewed nearly 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf was finally officially “dead” , there were nagging concerns that nevertheless refused to be silenced. For example, will US policy towards offshore drilling change in any meaningful way? Will the practice be safer? Or, more symbo… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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NY Senate Tells Frackers To Stop While The State Looks At Water Safety

A fracking tower (photo via flickr) The film ” Gas Land ” has woken people up to the dangers of fracking–the drilling technique that uses millions of gallons of pressurized and chemically treated water to fragment rock to get to natural gas. The New York State Senate obviously has questions about fracking after they voted 48 to 9 last Tuesday to issue a temporary moratorium on the practice. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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New Bill Would Ban Offshore Drilling and Increase Fuel Economy Standard

Photo via RV We learned yesterday that if the average American were to drive 5.4 miles less every day, we’d eliminate the need to drill in the Gulf — that would be enough to relieve the demand for the 1.75 million barrels that gets pumped out. But could saving gas really be enough incentive to cut out the drilling? Vermont senator Bernie Sanders thinks it could — he’s just introduced legislation that would ban offshore d… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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