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Only Public Grassroots Activism Will Force Governments to Act on Climate: Dr James Hansen

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

In case you haven’t seen it yet, world renowned climatologist Dr James Hansen of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies has an excellent new piece in The Guardian wherein he talks at length about his journey from straight science to self-imposed media silence to seemingly reluctant and outspoken (not to mention arrested) climate activist. There’s lots of good stuff in in so I highly enco… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tobacco Plants Chemically Summon Insects to Defend Themselves Against Caterpillar Attack

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: minnemom via flickr I admit there’s no direct connection between this next one and sustainability, but from a science perspective it’s just too interesting to pass by: New research shows that tobacco plants have evolved a “chemical SOS” signal that attracts insect predators when caterpillars are eating their leaves. Like TreeHugger said back in 2007, Plants, they’re smarter than you think …… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Better Place is Testing Battery-Swapping in Tokyo

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo: Better Place 59 Seconds Average Swapping Time Better Place , in collaboration with the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Nihon Kotsu Co., Tokyo’s largest taxi operator, has been doing real-world testing of a battery-swapping station in Tokyo. The trial, which started last April and has just been extended until November, aims to determine the “feasibility of battery switch as means for taxis to have instant, zero emission, range extension.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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CertainTeed introduces Sustainable Insulation TM NOT

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

I was surprised to see a full page ad on the back of Wood Design and Building for Sustainable Insulation TM that looked suspiciously like fibre glass batts. I wondered, a) how do you trademark the words “sustainable insulation” and b) under any definition, how do you call glass fibre insulation sustainable?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Brad Pitt — Dancing with Ridiculous Questions

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Filed under: Brad Pitt Brad Pitt was in New Orleans on Friday to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina — and did so by visiting houses in the Ninth Ward that were built by his charity — and we asked him if he thought Octomom should do ” Dancing with the Stars .”… Read more

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‘Dancing’ Star Tony Dovolani — Shave My Back, Bitch

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Filed under: Tony Dovolani , Octomom , DWTS , Dancing with the Stars , ABC The only thing smoother than Tony Dovolani ‘s dance moves … his freshly shaved back. TMZ ran into the ” Dancing with the Stars ” dancer yesterday at the B2V Salon in Beverly Hills — where the super nice two-stepper talked about his man grooming… Read more

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Judge: Hands Off Pam Anderson’s Web Goodies

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Filed under: Pamela Anderson , Celebrity Justice Pamela Anderson just got a non-stalker-related restraining order — against a company Pam claims screwed up her website, PamelaAnderson.com. In documents filed in Indiana and obtained by TMZ, Pamela claims she hired a company called CMAEON back in 2009… Read more

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Car Crash 911 — Gary Busey Yells in the Background

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

TMZ has obtained the 911 call made while Gary Busey was assisting a car crash victim on Tuesday … and in the call you can clearly hear Gary barking orders in the background. The person who dialed 911 never talks — but Gary can be heard in the… Read more

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Joey Lawrence — Painful Script Ripped My Cornea

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Filed under: Joey Lawrence Joey Lawrence is a sight for sore eyes — according to source on the set of his new show, the actor “ripped his cornea” during rehearsal yesterday … when someone jabbed him in the eye with a script. Here’s how it all went down … Joey was standing… Read more

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Canada’s Lost Salmon Return in Droves

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Hemera/Thinkstock Every year, sockeye salmon return to the rivers of western Canada to make their arduous upstream journey to calmer spawning grounds. It is a seasonal touchstone that signifies the approaching end of summer, one that has been observed for centuries. The only problem is that some years, like in 2009, the salmon don’t return…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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