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Adorable Tiger Cub Violates Carry-On Restrictions (Photos)

Image credit: TRAFFIC When security personal at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport scanned a woman’s over-sized carry-on last Sunday, they discovered something unexpected in the x-ray: A live tiger cub . The woman—who has not yet been linked to the UK’s cat-trasher —was carrying the sedated tiger in a suitcase filled with stuffed toy tigers…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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39 More Toxic Coal Ash Sites Found to Contaminate US Water Supply With Arsenic & Heavy Metals

Aerial photo of one of the sites discovered, in Uncasville, Connecticut. A new report by the Environmental Integrity Project , Earthjustice , and the Sierra Club has identified an additional 39 sites in 21 states where toxic coal ash is contaminating drinking and surface water with arsenic and heavy metals. These new sites added to those already identified by… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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39 More Toxic Coal Ash Sites Found to Contaminate US Water Supply With Arsenic & Heavy Metals

Men: Pee And Wash In The Same Fixture!

Lenny Bruce would have had such fun with this, but this just makes so much sense, a sink built on top of a urinal! And designer Yeongwoo Kim has made it look good, too. The theoretical sequence is that you use the urinal, then wash your hands and the washwater rinses the urinal, saving water. Since of course, everybody washes their hands after peeing, right?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Men: Pee And Wash In The Same Fixture!

Tobacco Plants Chemically Summon Insects to Defend Themselves Against Caterpillar Attack

photo: minnemom via flickr I admit there’s no direct connection between this next one and sustainability, but from a science perspective it’s just too interesting to pass by: New research shows that tobacco plants have evolved a “chemical SOS” signal that attracts insect predators when caterpillars are eating their leaves. Like TreeHugger said back in 2007, Plants, they’re smarter than you think …… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tobacco Plants Chemically Summon Insects to Defend Themselves Against Caterpillar Attack