Image credit: Sean O’Dell From bike races in business attire at the Brompton World Championships to a DIY electric assist kit for the classic folding bike , the Brompton seems to be a magnet for the unusual. But I’m really not sure what to make of this pimped-out 24-carat-gold-plated Brompton that’s just gone on sale on eBay. I do know it will take a brave soul to ride that thing in public…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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24-Carat Gold-Plated Folding Bike. Any Takers?
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Photo: sheppey cottage Each year in the EU nearly 12 million animals are experimented upon in the name of scientific research – but all that is set to change as stricter legislation on testing was passed today by the European Parliament . Among the sweeping reforms was an outright ban on the testing of our closest genetic cousins, great apes, as well as stronger restrictions on experiments involving all primates…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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EU Passes New Rules That Limit Animal Testing
Image via California High-Speed Rail Authority In his Labor Day speech two days ago, the president announced plans for a $50 billion stimulus package that would take aim at updating the country’s lagging transportation infrastructure. He called for Congress to approve an infusion of funds for highway, air traffic control, and, yes, high speed rail projects, that would lead to the “immediate” creation of jobs and give a boost to the economy. Obama said that the bill would be paid for by eli… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Obama Aims $50 Billion Stimulus at Nation’s Transit
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Photo Credit: ECORD/IODP via Live Science In an instance where drilling into the Great Barrier Reef is a good thing, scientists are pulling core samples of ancient coral to unravel how sea level changes have impacted corals in the past, and perhaps help predict what can happen to them in the future as they struggle with relatively rapid shifts in their marine environments. The corals they’re studying lived about 20,000 years ago when the planet was about 9 degrees F cooler than present temperatures, and their grow… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Scientists Drill into Ancient Coral Reefs To Find Secrets About Surviving Rising Seas
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photo via flickr Ever eaten live shrimp? Me neither, and I don’t want to. But while some consider the dish a delicacy, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals consider it cruel. That’s why PETA targeted a Sacramento restaurant that was serving “dancing shrimp,” which is shrimp with lemon juice squezzed onto their exposed flesh, creating pain…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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‘Dancing Shrimp’ Off The Menu At Sacramento Sushi Restaurant
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Image from oldphotosjapan : Mount Fuji in Clear Weather by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Mt. Fuji in Japan is one of the most famous and iconic mountains in the world; it has been the subject of endless photographs, poems and paintings over the centuries. It is also a spiritual symbol, sacred in the Shinto religion. But it has become a huge site of tourism, growing in popularity yearly. There were 200,000 visitors a decade ago and 430,000 in 2008. With that growth comes garbage, noise, tacky tourist shops, more garbage and a lack of toilet facilities…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Mystical Mt. Fuji is Tourist-Polluted
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Photo via MSNBC’s Cosmic Blog It’s an interesting question for followers of both politics and climate issues: How would things have turned out if Obama had thrown his weight behind clean energy legislation instead of health care reform? Would we now be looking at a freshly passed law designed to map out the future of the American energy economy and to stimulate job growth in sustainable sectors — while curbing greenhouse gas pollution and ramping up renewables? Would Democrats have benefited from focusing on the economy i… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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If Obama Had Chosen Energy Over Health Care …
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Photo: Flickr , CC Adding 3MW Turbines Europe’s largest onshore wind farm, which is located in East Renfrewshire in Scotland, is about to get even bigger. ScottishPower Renewables is planning to add 75 turbines to the existing 140, increasing the capacity of the wind farm from the current 322 megawatts to 539 megawatts. Read on for more details…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Europe’s Largest Onshore Wind Farm to Expand to 539 Megawatts
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Photo: Flickr , CC Might Expand to Other Countries Speaking of ” Reduce, Reuse, Recycle “, IKEA Sweden wants to make it easier for owners of old IKEA furniture to give it a second life. Against their own commercial interest, the company is offering a free online platform where sellers and buyers can find themselves, and they aren’t even taking a cut of the transactions. Read on for more details…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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IKEA Sells Used Furniture (Only in Sweden for Now)
photo: Teacher Traveler via flickr More than 80% of new farmland in the tropics cultivated over the last two decades of the 20th century was carved out of tropical forests, according to new research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . Between 1980 and 2000, globally the amount of
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80% of New Farmland in Tropics Carved From Forests Between 1980-2000 – Land the Size of Alaska Cleared
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