Photo: Ford LG Chem Inside Ford has picked Compact Power, Inc. (CPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of South-Korea’s LG Chem, as the main supplier of lithium-ion battery packs for the 2011 Ford Focus Electric for the U.S. market. In this, Ford are following in GM’s footsteps, who also selected LG Chem to supply batteries for the Chevy Volt . … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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photo: Rameez Sadikot via flickr An new study led by scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder shows that rising sea levels in parts of the Indian Ocean appear to be, at least in part, amplified by rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. That is, they’re creating more sea level rise there than the global average…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Rising Greenhouse Gases Amplify Sea Level Rise in Indian Ocean
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Photo via the Guardian 2,090 frozen pangolins headed for trade on the black market were just intercepted by the Chinese authorities, in what may be evidence of a burgeoning effort to scale back such activity. The pangolin is an endangered species of anteater that’s considered a delicacy in China, and its scales are believed in Chinese folklore to aid breastfeeding mothers. In all, 8,000 tons of dead pangolin were seized from poachers, the gruesome event reflecting both the severity of the illegal animal trade and the authorities increa… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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8,000 Tons of Dead Endangered Anteater Seized from Poachers
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Image via NRDC For those planning to visit beaches along the gulf coast during their summer vacation, NRDC’s newest map will be a must-view resource. It shows all the beach closings caused by the Gulf oil spill. Updated on a regular basis, this map is quickly filling up with little tags showing which beaches are off limits if you want to avoid the health impacts caused by oil on our shores. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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New NRDC Map Shows Gulf Beaches Closed Due to BP Oil Spill
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Photo: Youtube screen grab. See video below. Steel’s Melting Point is Approx. 1,370 °C (2,500 °F) Melting steel in a solar oven (aka solar concentrator) isn’t new or unique, but it’s always cool to see and a good reminder of just how much energy is hitting the sunny side of the planet at any moment. The video below shows a short exerpt of James May’s ” Big Ideas ” series (James is better known for the Top Gear show), and they start by cooking, er, burning a sausage, and then they melt a steel plate. Impressive to see how q… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Melting Steel With Only the Sun (Video)
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Image credit: treyevan /Flickr In Western folklore, the dragonfly has been classified—if not vilified—as a sinister, mysterious, creature, a good friend of serpents and the devil, and even a thief. Today, however, entomological research shows that dragonflies are, in fact, beneficial insects that play vital roles in the ecosystem. Indeed, after surviving on the planet for an estimated 325 million years, these incredible insects are now facing a real devil: The threat… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Beautiful Dragonflies Hover Near Extinction (Slideshow)
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Image credit: Luke Montgomery and Nate Guidas As evidenced when BP failed f***ing booming school , an unmitigated disaster like the oil spill occurring in the Gulf of Mexico can provoke some pretty strong language. (Not to mention some idiotic remarks from BP CEO Tony Hayward .) Now a group of activists wants to turn all this loose talk into powerful action—they are holding what they claim to be the world’s first ever F-Bomb… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Charity F-Bomb-A-Thon Aids Gulf Clean Up – Very NSFW (Video)
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Photos vía A-Seis.com . Mexican designer Emiliano Godoy, a regular here at TreeHugger , is back with another project, this time with colleagues Jimena Acosta, Andrés Altesor, Antonio Gurrola and Rodolfo Samperio. The group has presented Piloto: a system to manufacture surfaces with wood offcuts from the furniture industry. P… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Images by Sabine of Mocoloco Mocoloco introduces Swedish designers Sanna Lindström and Sigrid Strömgren , who collaborated on the Grand Central Table. It is composed of 22 pieces that unfold like a map and sit on a folding base. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Folding Table is Inspired By Pop-Up Map of New York
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“You’re looking for the cafe? Yeah, turn left at the sunken car, and right at the seaweed grove. If you’ve hit fresh air, you’ve gone too far.” We jest, but the issue of climate change refugees is indeed a worrying and immediate subject. Photo via elbragon Some of the earliest climate change refugees are those that must relocate due to rising sea levels . A threat to people living around the world, from northern Canada to the
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