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Clothesline Ban Leaves UAE Locals Hung Out to Dry

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

Laundry drying outside in Istanbul’s Tarlabaşı neighborhood. Photo by Jonathan Lewis ; used with permission. Residents of Sharjah can now add putting their clothes to dry on an outdoor line to the list of things that can get them into trouble in the conservative emirate, along with drinking alcohol, dressing immodestly, and mixing with members of the opposite sex. But many say they have no other choice but to hang their kanduras and abayas out for all to see…. 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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Ontario Blinks: Eco Fee Canned

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

That was fast! On July 1, 2010 the Ontario government introduced an eco fee on manufacturers and importers of goods that produce hazardous waste. The list of 8,700 items affected included cleaning products, asthma inhalers, laundry detergent, paints, antifreeze, fluorescent bulbs, sun screen, potting soil, windshield washers and fire extinguishers. It was expensive for some items: $26. on the new t.v., only ¢6 on sun screen. But it served an important purpose: the goal was to shift the cost of disposing hazardous waste from the taxpayer to the manufacturers and importers and … 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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BP Photoshopped Fake Crisis Command Center for Website (Pics)

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

Oh man, this keeps getting better and better — can’t BP do something without lying or deceiving the public about it? How about something as simple as posting actual photos of its command center in Houston on the company website? Evidently not. No, a sharp-eyed blogger over at Americablog has uncovered that the company has photoshopped its command center . He quips, “I guess if you’re doing fake crisis response, you might as well fake a photo of the crisis response center.” Indeed. See the bizarre Photoshop job revealed below:… 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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People Tree Kicks Off Humanity in Fashion Campaign, Support Fair Garment Workers Conditions Now!

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

Daily Mail’s Liz Jones and People Tree founder Safia Minney, left to right, in Bangladesh’s first organic cotton farm. Image via Daily Mail . The not so sweet reality of garment workers conditions in Bangladesh is, in short, very bad . Thanks to tipster Elliot for sending us this news bit: UK-based ethical fashion label People Tree has just launched a year-long campaign called Humanity in Fashion. The campaign… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Fatwa Against Female Cyclists

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

This oil painting by Vita Di Milano is from “Women and Wheels” dedicated, according to the artist, to “women’s freedom from the dogmas and the doctrines of religion.” Female cyclists have a hard enough time – we are generally a bit more safety-conscious and reticent when it comes to getting out on city streets , and the athletic among us who do fearlessly dive into bike racing and other cycling sports do so with less support or acknowledgment from the rest of the sporting world than men cyclists get. So … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Condo Sales Office Built Out of Shipping Containers And Looks It

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

There is no form of architecture more ephemeral than the condo sales office, where a lot of money is spent to construct a temporary building that tries to represent the image of the building. Rarely does it go against type. Another ephemeral and ubiquitous object is the shipping container. In Milwaukee, Rinka Chung Architecture has built a sales office for a slick modern condo out of shipping containers, and made no pretences about their rough and gritty character. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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