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See-Through Car is Super Efficient (307 mpg!)

Photos from Bridgestone Americas Inc . This car turns heads. It’s clear. And clearly one of the most efficient in the world. It was built by students at the DeLaSalle Automotive Design Studio in Kansas City, Missouri, as a high school class project…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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China’s 45 Billion Disposable Chopsticks Require 100 Acres of Forests Every 24 Hours

Photo: Flickr , CC That’s a Lot of Chopsticks Apparently China’s Ministry of Commerce has had it with disposable chopsticks. It sent out a warning to chopstick makers in June to warn them that: “Production, circulation and recycling of disposable chopsticks should be more strictly supervised.” The reason? With about 45 billion disposable chopstick pairs made every year in the country, or about 130 million a day, a lot of wood is being wasted, and that in a country that is trying to increase its forest cover… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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China’s 45 Billion Disposable Chopsticks Require 100 Acres of Forests Every 24 Hours

India’s Farmers Injecting Veggies With "Love Hormone"

Images: Times of India (AFP) and Channel News Asia It’s a vegetal plot fit for a bad zombie flick: desperate to make their produce look fresher, bigger and mature faster, some Indian farmers are injecting their veggies with hormones on the sly. The most commonly-used substance: oxytocin, a reproductive hormone found in mammals. Oxytocin acts primarily as a neurotransmitter in the brai… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Hungry Bears in Yellowstone Coming into Conflict with People

Image credit: Aaron Villescas /Flickr Typically, warm winters make life easier for wildlife. In Yellowstone National Park, however, a string of unusually mild winters has allowed a beetle to strip the region of whitebark pine trees —which are an essential source of protein for the park’s bears. Now, as the undernourished bears struggle to prepare for hibernation, their search for food is increasingly leading them into contact with humans, often with devastating results…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Hungry Bears in Yellowstone Coming into Conflict with People