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Islands of Garbage Filling China’s Three Gorges Dam

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via China Daily Torrential rain in China has caused extreme flooding , affecting at least 134 million people in 28 provinces. But many more could be impacted due to another major issue caused by the rain. Massive islands of trash are threatening the Three Gorges Dam area, with some patches so thick people can actually walk on it. Nearly 3,000 tons of garbage is being collected daily from the dam, but it might prove to be too much for limited equipment and workers. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Five Penguin Species Added to Endangered List

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The Humboldt penguin, native to Peru and Chile, was one of the species to acquire Endangered Species Act protection. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons After years of review and consideration , five penguin species—one native to South America and four others native to New Zealand—will receive U.S. Endangered Species Act protections. Though the new designations will aid conservationists struggling to protect the penguins, the decision fell short of the petitioners’ ultimate goal…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Vera Jordanova Height Bio

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Biography for Vera Jordanova Date Of Birth August 28, 1975 Place Of Birth Helsinki, Finland Height 5′ 10″ Nationality Finland Celebrity Status Bulgarian-Finnish actress and model. Vera Jordanova (born 28 August 1975) is a Bulgarian-Finnish model and actress. Jordanova was born in Helsinki, Finland to Bulgarian musicians. She is fluent in Bulgarian, Finnish and English and speaks some Spanish, French and Russian.Jordanova#39;s parents relocated the family to Finland when Vera was 14.She st

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Local Food, Motherfu$k*r: 10 Awesome Ad Campaigns Addressing Food’s Carbon Footprint (Slideshow)

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Thomas Cheng A picture is worth a thousand words. How can we grab people’s attention, and get them to eat more local food? Yes, local food — because it is healthier, slashes food’s carbon footprint, and makes you savour the seasons again. Advertising agencies around the world have launched some truly smart marketing campaigns to educate people on local food and culinary traditions. But don’t take our word for it: See the Australians dress up crocodiles, the Italians… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Pledge to Plug Plastic Pollution with the Plastiki

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via My Plastiki The Plastiki is nearing the end of it’s voyage from San Francisco, California to Sydney, Australia after several months on the water. It’s been an incredible trip, and Graham Hill was even able to tag along for a good chunk of the trek. But the Plastiki has had an important goal from the very beginning, and now, the crew is asking you for support to meet that goal. As the Plastiki boat nears the end of its journey from San Francisco to Sydney, David de Rothschild and his crew are preparing for their next part of the mission,… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Ditching Ethanol Subsidy Not Only Will Save US $6 Billion, But Won’t Hurt Domestic Production

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: Kevin Dooley Two new pieces in NRDC ‘s Switchboard blog remind us that the debate over corn ethanol subsidies is alive and well; and illustrate, through two new reports, the benefits of ditching Federal support altogether. The first, from the Congressional Budget Office , details how much money eliminating the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit; the second, from

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9 Countries Have Recorded Hottest-Ever Temps This Year

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via Climate Progress/NOAA As we’ve been reporting, 2010 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record. So far, the globe has seen its hottest spring , hottest April, hottest June , hottest January-June , in addition to breaking other records. So… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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NASA Creates World’s First Global Forest Map Using Lasers

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Scientists, using three NASA satellites, have created a first-of-its-kind map that details the height of the world’s forests. The data was collected from NASA’s ICESat, Terra and Aqua satellites. The latter two satellites are responsible for most of NASA’s Gulf spill imagery. The data collected will help scientists understand how the world’s forests both store and process carbon. While there are many local and regional canopy maps, this is the very first global map using a uniform method for measure. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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When & When Not to Use Plastics Key to Kicking Oil Addiction – Plus Reducing Waste & Pollution

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: Geof Wilson Once we’ve gotten our priorities straight regarding reducing the massive amount of oil we use in transportation–largely because we’ve built our communities into places where most people need to drive rather than walk, bike or take public transit–there’s another conceptually big issue that needs to tackled: What to do with plastic? … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Fell in 2009, But Swift Action Is Still Necessary

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

China’s and India’s carbon dioxide emissions have grown, while others nations’ have dropped In 2009, carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions in China–the world’s leading emitter–grew by nearly 9 percent. At the same time, emissions in most industrial countries dropped, bringing global CO 2 emissi… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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