And he should know. Bangladesh is one of the nation that stands to be most devastated by the impacts of climate change — and it’s already being hit. The low-lying nation is extremely vulnerable to flooding, and the rising sea levels, increasing rainfall, and inland desertification are making global warming something of a perpetual perfect storm for the nation. Climate… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Bangladesh Minister to GOP: Climate Change is a Reality (Video)
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An ingenious piece of artwork created by Chinese pedestrians as they crossed the streets of Shanghai won the Grand Prix at the Green Awards in London last week. The awards, which also honoured Sir David Attenborough with a Life Time Achievement Award and
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China’s Walk More Drive Less Road Graffiti Campaign Wins Green Award Grand Prix (Video)
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Photo: Takayanagi Will Ship Next Spring Some electric cars try to be as practical and mass-market as possible, while others aim for uniqueness and beautiful design (maybe someday we’ll have a combination of both). The Takayanagi Miluira Retro EV definitely falls in the second category. The electric 1-seater looks kind of like a car from the 1920s with a bit of steampunk aes… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Turning More Heads Than a Tesla? The Beautiful Miluira Retro Electric Roadster from Japan
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Image credit University of Maryland College Park One of the first known viruses, the Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), spelled disaster for tobacco crops, but it could be the secret to success for more efficient batteries and fuel cells, according to research from University of Maryland. Researchers are learning how to exploit the virus’s amazing ability to self-renew and self-assemble to improve on today’s lithium ion batteries. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Tobacco Virus Could Be Secret to Better Batteries (Video)
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Photo: Jungbim , Wikimedia, CC Not all of the cables aired in the latest Wikileaks focus on the tense, high-stakes diplomacy with China, Afghanistan, or the Middle East, though that stuff certainly grabs the headlines. Yet there are quiet revelations about other important diplomatic subjects as well — like Canada, for instance. And no, the news is not that our northern neighbor is boring ; it’s about concern over tar sands…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Wikileaks Reveals Hushed Concern Over Tar Sands Oil in US State Dept.
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Olin Studio ARC Competition; PDF here Designboom reminds us of the ARC International Wildlife Crossing Infrastructure Design Competition, , to promote “innovation in feasible, buildable context-sensitive and compelling design solutions for safe, efficient, cost-effective, and ecologically responsive wildlife crossings.” It is proposed for Vail, Colorado,… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Wildlife Crossing Competition Finalists Propose Amazing Bridges
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photo: Bernard Pollack / Creative Commons I’ve asked before why so many people hate environmentalists . But, to be fair, the hate runs both ways. There are plenty of greens who like nothing more than to point the finger at eco-villains —you know, those planet marauding evil doers who hate t… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Anti-Environmentalists Don’t All Hate the Environment
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Image Credit Mikael Colville-Andersen We have not had much snow here in much of North America yet, but in Europe they have been socked with it; Copenhagen has had 18 inches so far. But where we don’t get our bike lanes ploughed first (that would be considered a war on the car), if at all. But Mikael Colville-Andersen writes in The Ultimate Bike Lane Snow Clearance Blogpost! :” During snowstorms I’ve seen these bike lane sweepers roll back and forth past my f… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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A Picture Is Worth: Snow Removal In Copenhagen
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photo: Steve Jurvetson / Creative Commons Though the US Fish & Wildlife Service is tasked with placing animals on the Endangered Species List based on “the best scientific and commercial data available” when it comes to the gray wolf in the northern Rockies, important social science data on how human activity and values wasn’t consulted, and it… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Should Societal Values Be Considered When Placing Animals on the Endangered Species List?
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Photo: Michael Graham Richard A Set Back, But the Future is Still Promising BYD, the enormous Chinese battery-maker which has been branching out into automobile manufacturing, has decided to stop production of its F3e electric car for now. Apparently, the company “changed its mind after a market investigation and consultation with the dealers for everyone thought there were still problems with the supporting infrastructure and market environment at the moment and what the company needed were transitional products.” What they mean is that they’ll be sticking with their plug-in hybrids for the time be… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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BYD Stops Production of F3e Electric Car (At Least for Now)
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