Image credit: Particle Men From the 100mph “wind-powered” Nemesis through the record-breaking Tesla to the more affordable Nissan Leaf , electric cars are a popular feature here on TreeHugger. So I’m not sure how we missed this one (274,000 views on YouTube tells me it’s popular!), but They… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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They Might Be Giants Sing "Electric Car": an Anthem for EVs (Video)
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Nothing new about this; shopping mall parking in 1958. Library of Virginia. Alex recently asked Can Great Design Redeem the Parking Garage? He was talking about a new parking structure by Herzog and de Meuron on Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road, which is a pedestrian street designed by Morris Lapidus . The late architect was fond of over-the-top glitz and in reaction to Mies Van Der Rohe’s “less… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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There’s No Such Thing As Free Parking
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A few years ago, the state of California passed a landmark bill designed to reign in carbon pollution to 1990 levels by 2020, and Governor Schwarzenegger signed it into law. Now, the trailblazing law is beginning to take effect — but wouldn’t you know it? The fossil fuel industry and conservative politicians who ally themselves with it are attempting to shut it down. In particular, a number of Texas-based oil companies have begun funneling millions of dollars into misleading campaigns designed to overturn California’s law…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Texas Oil Companies Funding Campaign to Overturn CA Climate Law
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This Car Runs on Poop: The Bio Bug
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Image credit: Hyundai USA A US executive for Hyundai has pledged to have that firm’s new cars average 50 mpg by 2025, according to an article in Detroit News . Hyundai will do this with “15 percent to 20 percent of its fleet in 2025 as hybrids and plug-ins, as well as 5 percent as fuel cell or electric vehicles.” Analysis : This is a car maker that has successfully targeted the budget buyer. Since ‘ budget conscious ‘ is an ever-grow… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Hyundai Pledges Average 50 MPG Fleet In 15 Years – Others Complain About ‘Government Influence’
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Image via YouTube video Uganda has been the site of severe turmoil since civil war broke out in the early 1980s. For the last few years, people have been returning home to northern Uganda to find that their water infrastructure is in ruins. However, with organizational help from Action Against Hunger, ACF International and financial support from European and American governments, residents are being empowered … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Ugandans Struggle for Solutions to Fix War-Torn Water Infrastructure
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This oil painting by Vita Di Milano is from “Women and Wheels” dedicated, according to the artist, to “women’s freedom from the dogmas and the doctrines of religion.” Female cyclists have a hard enough time – we are generally a bit more safety-conscious and reticent when it comes to getting out on city streets , and the athletic among us who do fearlessly dive into bike racing and other cycling sports do so with less support or acknowledgment from the rest of the sporting world than men cyclists get. So … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The Fatwa Against Female Cyclists
Image credit: Huffington Post From Manhattan’s Summer Streets to Bogota’s Ciclovia , TreeHugger is a big fan of reclaiming asphalt in favor of human interaction. But I’m not sure we’ve ever seen anything on this scale. A town in Germany recently shut down an entire section of Autobahn—that’s right, the famous German highways with no speed limit—… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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German Autobahn Closed for Gigantic Party – 1 Million Cyclists Celebrate
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Images: London Science Museum From Ecouterre , here’s one way to upcycle your newspapers from the ordinary to instant couture: this upcycled dress made from one thousand newspaper cranes by Yuliya Kyrpo. This stunning outfit is part of the Trash Fashion show now on at London’s Science Museum, which have featured interesting experiments so far like
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Upcycled Origami Dress Made From 1,000 Paper Cranes
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Bridge closed. Image credit: Ivan Cockrum Scholars & Rogues blog has a nice overview of the crumbling US bridges issue. In a phrase, upgrades and repairs are not keeping up with wear and tear. Fixing the bad bridges is anticipated to cost “$650 billion over 50 years.” Not good news for the ‘less government, reduced taxes’ crowd. But let’s focus on the environmental dimensions. There is good news and bad…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Quarter Of American Bridges Declared Structurally Deficient or Functionally Obsolete
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