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80% of UK Farmers Want Solar Roofs by 2013

Image credit: Farming Futures Michael Eavis isn’t the only farmer building a massive solar roof on his cow shed . According to a new survey, more than 80% of UK farmers want to install solar on their roofs. And they want to do it by 2013…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Mistletoe Could Vanish Within 20 Years. Then again, it could not.

Image credit: designatednaphour , used under Creative Commons license. From the very rare Mexican walking fish to the most obnoxious bird in the world , there are so many species out there disappearing that it is easy to get a little numb to what we are losing. But news comes from the Guardian that one species many of us rely on at this time of year is likel… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Thriving Biosphere Found in Rocks Deep Underneath Seafloor

Photo credit: M. McCarthy via University of California, Santa Cruz There’s a reason for leaving “no stone unturned” when it comes to scientific exploration — there’s probably life underneath even the most unlikely rock. Even if that rock is well under the seafloor. Researchers from the University of California, Santa Cruz, have found evidence for a biological community of living organisms camped out in porous rock deep underneath the seabed. The microbes are “chemoautotrophic,” getting their energy from chemicals rather than sunlight or sunlight-dependent or… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Catholic Cemetery Launches Green Burial Offerings

Image credit: David Sim , used under Creative Commons license. When I penned a guide a few short years ago on how to green your funeral , it seemed like most of the options available for a more sustainable burial leaned, shall we say, toward the new agey side of things. But things are changing. Brian noted back in October that

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Two Years After the Tennessee Spill, Coal Ash Still Pollutes Nationwide

A pond in Meigs County contaminated with coal ash Image: Elisa Young/Meigs Citizens Action Now! Elisa Young became active against coal when she started wondering what was making people in her town so sick. She lives in Racine, a town in Meigs County, Ohio, which is not near any major cities, but is near several major power plants. Four plants are located within 12 miles from her farm—although there is a push to open more—and there’s coal ash everywhere. So she started to put two and two together. We’re approaching the two-year anniversary of the

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FoodTubes: Totally Tubular Idea For Delivering Food Pneumatically

FHA Report via Dvice For decades, the pneumatic tube was the fastest way to move the printed word; huge networks existed in Paris, Prague and Pneu York . But as the need for moving paper was replaced by fax and then email, the networks were mostly closed down. But Matthew Lasar of Ars Technica writes that in the UK, on… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Turning More Heads Than a Tesla? The Beautiful Miluira Retro Electric Roadster from Japan

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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Detroit House Goes from Arson to Art

Detroit , Michigan, the Motor City, has struggled with arson fires for years, most notably on Devil’s Night . Things have gotten better in recent years. There’s also development and residents here . But vacant and burned-out buildings are still a problem — and in the case of the

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Carbon Emissions From Deforestation Revised Down

photo: Wakx / Creative Commons Initially estimated at about 20% of total CO2 emissions, then revised downwards to about 15% last year, new research claims that the carbon emissions from deforestation may be just half of that lower estimate. There’s a whole array of good, bad, and muddled news here…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Teva Stilettos. Fashion Over Function? (Photos)

When fashion trumps function: The Teva Stiletto. Photo: Mi-Zo Teva ‘s Stilettos have been making the rounds on the style blogs, from The Huffington Post to Refinery 29 , this week. In collaboration with Grey Ant , a NY-based fashion designer, and online retailer New High Mart , the collection has re… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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