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Why Graham Hill Is a Weekday Vegetarian, and Why You Should Be Too! (Video)

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

Image via TED A weekday vegetarian is someone who only eats meat on the weekends, drastically cutting their food carbon footprint without totally giving up BBQs and beef stews. We can curb climate change by as much as 70%, just by returning to a diet light on meat like we once enjoyed. In February, Graham presented his idea to the audience at TED 2010 . Now you can check out his 3-minute tal… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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‘Revolting’ Levels of Bacteria Found in Canadian Bottled Water

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

Photo: Klearchos Kapoutsis on Flickr If the trace pharmaceuticals and the spectre of a near-indestructible gyre of swirling plastic the size of Texas weren’t enough to scare you off bottled water, then try this: Canadian researchers have discovered that some bottled brands contain more bacteria than water that comes out of the tap. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Patkau Arhitects Win Competition to Build Sustainable Cottages at Fallingwater

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Bustler Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic Fallingwater is now an institute, and needed lodging for participants in its educational programs. They recently held a design competition to build six units that was won by British Columbia’s Patkau Architects. Lynda Waggoner, director of Fallingwater says: “Fallingwater grew and still grows. We feel that the winning design by Patkau Architects will allow Fallingwater to grow by actively demonstrating the principles we espouse: good design in harmony with nature.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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President Bush Evidently Way Cooler, Greener When Not President

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

Photo via KHL If you met a guy who lived in house that has 25,000 gallons of rainwater storage , ran on geothermal power, and who made use of his high public profile to endorse wind power, you’d probably think he was pretty green. Of course, knowing that the guy also happens to be 43rd US President George W. Bush, your impression may get a tad more complicated. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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App Calculates Oil Spill Damage, Lets You Play "What If" Games

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

Image via NASA Goddard Photo and Video Yesterday I was perusing infographics on global oil spills over the years – a great way to feel disturbed and depressed in under an hour – and wondered how it is we even calculate the amount of oil lost in leaks. Turns out, the Oil Spill Training Company Limited has an app called The Slick Calculator And Reporter, which uses the Bonn Agreement Code — an internationally recognized system — to generate the calculations. By using the appearance of the overall … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Stop West Virginia’s Spruce Mountaintop Removal Coal Mine

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

Photo courtesy of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and SouthWings. While we watch the continuing BP oil disaster in the Gulf, there is another form of dirty, destructive, energy we need to break free from: Coal. A very important deadline is rapidly approaching —on June 1st the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will stop taking public comments on its proposed veto of the permit that would allow devastating mountaintop removal coal mining at the massive Spruce No. 1 mine in Logan County, West Virginia…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Western US Grid Can Handle More Renewable Energy Than Previously Predicted

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

Photo: Flickr , CC Solar and Wind Could Play a Much Bigger Role A new study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Colorado has found that the Western section of the U.S. power grid could handle up to about 35% renewables if properly integrated . That doesn’t mean it would be simple, but it’s a counter-arguments to those who think the grid can’t handle much intermittent sources, and the NREL is definitely a credible source…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Doodle 4 Google National Winner 2010 Wants to Save the Rainforest

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

The winning Doodle 4 Google drawing by Makenzie Melton, Age 9, Grade 3. A Green Doodle 4 Google Wins! Every year, Google holds a competition for kids. The winner gets to have its drawing of the Google logo seen by hundreds of millions of people on the search giant’s homepage. The Doodle 4 Google (aka Doodle4Google) competition is open to all students in U.S. schools from kindergarten to grade 12, including homeschoolers, and this year’s winner has been announced: It’s Makenzie Melton, age 9, from El Dorado Springs, Missouri. Her drawing shows the Google logo in the rainforest, a… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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US team creates first ’synthetic life’

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

US researchers have developed the first bacteria cell controlled by a synthetic genome, in a breakthrough which may pose philosophical and scientific questions about the bid to recreate life. “This is the first synthetic cell that's been made,” said lead researcher Craig Venter, as the discovery was unveiled. “We call it synthetic because the cell is totally derived from a synthetic chromosome, made with four bottles of chemicals on a chemical synthesizer, starting with information in a computer.” The team said it now hopes to use the method it has developed “to probe the basic machinery of life and to engineer bacteria specially designed to solve environmental or energy problems.” http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0520/team-creates-synthetic-life/ added by: unimatrix0

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Court Stops BP Forcing Oil Spill Clean-Up Volunteers to Sign Away Their Rights

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: US Coast Guard via flickr. A federal court in Louisiana has issued the first in what is bound to be many blows against BP: The US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has stopped BP from forcing fisherman volunteering to help with oil spill clean-up efforts from signing away their right to free speech, from holding BP harmless for any accidents that might occur, and requiring them to give the oil giant a month’s notice before filing any legal claims…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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