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Lessons From The UK Heat Pump Study: Insulate First And Know What You Are Getting

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

number of heat pumps vs coefficient of performance from Energy Saving Trust Sami recently wrote 80% of UK Heat Pumps Performing Badly and suggested that “Lloyd will no doubt be feeling more than a little validated by this study.” Indeed; I will never understand why people will shell out tens of thousands of dollars on heat pumps, new windows and solar panels before they will insulate or caulk. But the study makes some good recommendations about how to get the most bang for your buck when you buy a heat pump and how to ensure that it is done right…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Prince Charles is Partying and TreeHugger was There

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All Images by B. Alter: the Royal Vegetable Garden Prince Charles is having a great big green party and TreeHugger was there; along with a few thousand others, to be honest. HRH was holding it in the garden of his house, Clarence House and two neighbouring magnificent historic houses. It was a celebration and appreciation of all things green, done on a royal scale. A Garden Party To Make A Difference is part of the Prince’s START initiative to help people across the UK lead more sustainable lives. For 12 days, and the price of a ticket, the hoi polloi can check out the booths and… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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RAN Protests Spruce Mine at EPA HQ

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photo via RAN Rainforest Action Network is working to bring attention to largest ever proposed mountaintop removal site–the Spring mine in Blair, West Virginia. Activists showed up at EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C and promptly dumped 1,000 pounds of Appalachian dirt on the sidewalk. RAN’s message: “EPA: Don’t Let King Coal Dump On Appalachia.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Rare Kiwi Hatches from New Zealand Earthquake

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Allie_Caulfield /Flickr The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that shook Christchurch , New Zealand, earlier this month caused damage and threatened the life and livelihood of many of the city’s residents. Now, as the recovery begins, there is at least one small cause for celebration: A rare kiwi, whose incubator was rocked by the quake, has hatched…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Are Pennsylvania’s Fracking Opponents Really Environmental Extremists? Police Think So

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: Stevie Rocco via flickr Once again, law enforcement professionals seem to conflate activism and extremism: A new piece over at Pro Publica reveals that a confidential intelligence bulletin by the Pennsylvania Department of Homeland Security warns that “environmental extremists” are a threat to the energy sector and references opponents to

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Is Immigration a Green Issue? (Video)

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Image credit: Center for New Community TreeHugger is a blog about environmentalism, not racism, ethnicity or immigration. Yet from holocaust deniers at the Copenhagen climate talks to the sometimes xenophobic undertones of energy independence debate , there are times when these subjects collide. When David posted about a Yale essay that claimed

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India Cancels Third Hydropower Project on Ganges Tributary on Environmental & Religious Concerns

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The Bhagirathi (left) joins with the Alaknanda (right) in Devprayag and is known as the Ganga from this point onwards. Photo: Wikipedia Good news for the River Ganga! India has cancelled a 600 MW hydropower project on the Bhagirathi River, one of the main tributaries that come together to form the sacred river, citing environmental and religious concerns. Though the Loharinag Pala hydroelectric project would not have involved building… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Time to End Nuclear Socialism?

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Image credit: Exquisitur (Creative Commons) As I noted in my posts on soil versus dirt , and on skeptics, deniers and denialists , words matter. So when I received an email arguing that it was “time to end nuclear socialism”, my first reaction was to note the strategic brilliance with which the debate was framed. (Socialism clearly being such a dirty word here in North America.) The actual argument makes for prett… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Zaishu Stool: Eco-Friendly Flat-Pack Furniture As Social Art Project

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Images: Zaishu Design Studio Designed with economy of materials, transportation and assemblage in mind, we’re big fans of flat-pack furniture that’s done well, especially when it’s got a bit of pizzazz to it. The Zaishu Stool by Australian design duo Matthew Butler and Helen Punton scores on all these points, but goes even further: it’s conceived not only as an eco-friendly product but also as a wider, participatory social project and collaboration with artists and non-profits around the world. How can a simple stool do so… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A Competition Looks for the Water-Energy Nexus

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Hoover Dam. Image Credit: kyle simourd via Flickr Here at TreeHugger, we talk a lot about saving water , and reducing energy usage . But the two also intersect, since moving around all of the water we use takes up a ton of…you guessed, it: energy. This is called the water-energy nexus , and in its 2010 competition, non… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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