Photo via likecool.com French researchers have created a fuel cell powered by rat blood that is more powerful and smaller than current pacemaker batteries. While this is not the first glucose-powered fuel cell, it is the first one to actually work inside a living body. The device was housed inside the rat for 11 days, and accessible via wires which stuck out the rat’s neck. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Researchers Create Fuel Cell Powered by Rat’s Blood
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Image credit: Victor Korniyenko The dog days of summer are over. For many, it was one of the hottest summers in recent memory . Arctic ice is thinning at an alarming rate. Environmental catastrophes from dirty energy continue to happen. And yet, climate skeptics and dirty-energy lobbyists have been working harder than ever to distort and delay . Needless to sa… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Don’t Just Simmer, Get Busy Getting to 350
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Photo via Free Nature Pictures Guest blogger Caroline Chisholm, head of marketing and communications globally for Earthwatch Institute , a non-profit organization dedicated to a sustainable environment, is swimming the English Channel in August to raise funds for Earthwatch initiatives. I wasn’t far off the mark when I described my swim as a labor of sorts. I’m more than three weeks overdue and practically bursting with anticipation. Tide and time may wait for no man, but they will hold you to an uncertain vigil, checking the
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Training to Swim the English Channel: The Waiting Game
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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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A Competition Looks for the Water-Energy Nexus
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Since 1970, the Clean Air Act has been the EPA’s most effective tool for combating air pollution. When it was first enacted, the Clean Air Act only covered five pollutants. But over the last 40 years it has been amended to protect the public from dozens of additional dangerous pollutants. But air pollution doesn’t stop at state lines, and as a result people throughout the country are forced to breathe unhealthy air. EPA’s proposed Good Neighbor Rule will help states be good neigh… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Like a Good Neighbor, the Clean Air Act is There
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Earlier this month, we told you about UncommonGoods’ open design contest, looking for the next great eco-friendly invention. This week, the judges of the YouGoods contest , including TreeHugger founder Graham Hill , chose three finalists, based on the criteria that they be “unique, economical, and eco-friendly.” Still in the running are: a reusable grocery bag with a built-in dry-erase shopping list, a double-wall t… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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YouGoods Eco-Invention Contest Draws to a Close: Cast Your Vote for the Winner Today!
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Image credit: Low Carbon Communities Challenge Even conservatives cheered when one Transition Town received a huge Government check , and with good reason. As part of the massive Low Carbon Communities Challenge the idea, for once, was to explore how grassroots groups could work together with Government, rather than the usual false choice between either top-down or bottom-up approaches to sustainability. I’ve just come acr… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Inspiring Film: Uniting Government Policy With Grassroots Action (Video)
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Image courtesy of 350.org We need help from artists—we need them to help with an artwork bigger than humans have ever built before, the first global-scale group show. It’s going to be slightly wild, and very beautiful. Details in a moment, but first the rationale: Sometimes the work of artists is to remind us of things we’ve forgotten , things we know in our bones but that slip our minds…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Join 350 EARTH: A Global Satellite Art Project
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Image Courtesy of NY Daily News We’ve seen some pretty crazy stuff from stand-up paddlers recently, but challenge extreme athlete Tom Jones has been taking on for the last three months puts all other stunts to shame. Since May 13, Jones has been paddling 1,500 miles from
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What’s New Paddleboard? Extreme Athlete Tom Jones Travels 1,500 Miles to Clean Up the Oceans
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The Sierra Club is excited to announce a new opportunity to participate in the growing youth-driven movement to engage in community service while also honoring those who defend our country every day. This week we launched Serve Outdoors , a call to participate in the September 11th National Day of Service and Remembr… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Honor and Serve Outdoors this September 11th
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