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The Chevy Volt Goes to China (In 2011)

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo: GM Hopefully It’ll Have More Commercial Success than BYD EVs China will be one of the initial markets to get the Chevy Volt PHEV, and today GM is announcing that the first drivable Volt has landed in the Middle Kingdom. “GM has made a long-term commitment to bringing our industry-leading technology to China,” said Kevin Wale, President and Managing Director of the GM China Group. GM delivered two Chevrolet Volts to the Shanghai Expo for use as VIP transportation. The Volt will shuttle special guests to and from Shanghai’s 2010 Expo Park and demonstrate what the future of the automobile might look like… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Africa’s Agbogbloshie Market is a Computer Graveyard

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Images from flavorwire A good documentary photographer takes us to places that we never could imagine and teaches us something at the same time. The Canadian Ed Burtynsky has been photographing the impact of China’s massive industrial revolution and the environmental devastation it has left behind. The Brazilian Salvador Salgado depicts conditions endured by Brazilian coal miners and… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The 20’s Plenty for Us Campaign (Video)

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Roads in Residential Areas Should be Safe for All In residential areas, lowering the speed limit for cars not only reduces the number of accidents, injuries and deaths, but it also revitalises the neighborhood by encouraging more people to walk and bike. When people feel safe on the streets, they use greener forms of transportation more often. That’s the main argument of the 20’s Plenty for Us campaign in the UK, and looking at the results in areas where the 20 MPH speed limit was implemented, it looks like they a… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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So Why Can’t We Bother to Buy Carbon Offsets for Our Flights?

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: jon smith via flickr If you buy a carbon offset for the flights you take, you’re in a small minority–at least according to a new survey by the UK Civil Aviation Authority carried out at Stansted airport last September. As reported by The Guardian , only 7% of flyers surveyed bothered to buy at offs… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Top 15 Augmented Reality iPhone Apps

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via hollaa01 Augmented reality is here. If you’re unsure of what that is, think of the Terminator movies when they showed you what it was like to look at the world through the robot’s eyes, and all the data about whatever he was looking at popped up over the image. It’s a tool that we really love around here because it can be used for so many green purposes. Already becoming widely useful for navigating p… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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How Can the Green Movement Still Win? Leverage vs Footprint

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: OedipuSphinx (Creative Commons) A few years ago I got into a heated debate about Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth with a green-minded friend of mine. My hippy friend couldn’t stand the movie—not because of anything it said, but because of the ‘hypocrisy’ of flying around the world to preach about climate change. “Doesn’t he know this sends his carbon footprint through the roof?!” exclaimed my irate drinking buddy. “He probably doesn’t care.” replied I. “Nor should he.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Finance Site Lists Most Expensive Invasive Species

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Credit: Mike Baird Asian carp aren’t the only invasive species causing trouble in the United States. While the monster fish captures headlines as it inches toward the Great Lakes, other species have already colonized other parts of the country, and are costing plenty of money to control. A finance website has totaled up the toll, listing “10 Invasive Species That Cost the U.S. a Bundle.” See if you agree, disagree, or are just surprised by some of the choices. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Protesters Create "Oil Slick" on Major Roads, or Did They?

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Climate Camp From beautiful images of a climate camp protest in Wales , to skepticism over protesters’ targeting of offset companies —the ever growing Climate Camp movement never fails to get a reaction—both here on TreeHugger and elsewhere. But it seems the latest Climate Camp protests have garnered atten… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Is Hauling Your Own Trash Green?

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: RocketJim54 (Creative Commons) When I took up the rural green life (elitist or not) , there was an inevitable trade-off between bee keeping , large-scale composting , mushroom growing ,

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If We Can Attribute Natural Disasters to Climate Change, Who Could Victims Sue for Damages?

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: Samenwerkende Hulpoganisaties via flickr Though it’s de rigueur to say that any single weather event can’t be directly linked to climate change, and it’s true, what if we could determine how much of say massive flooding or a 1000-year heat wave were caused by human-caused warming? Could the victims hold anyone responsible and sue for damages? That’s the question asked in a recent

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