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World Cup’s Soccer City Shows Scale of Mining Waste in South Africa

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit NASA via Our Amazing Planet All eyes were on Soccer City yesterday as the World Cup played out. However, few eyes were seeing it from above, which is the perspective that reveals the neighboring mountains of waste from gold mines. While Soccer City can hold 97,400 people — a sizable stadium by any standards — it is minuscule compared to the three piles shown in the NASA satellite image above. The big mining companies that make up the gold mining indus… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Rare 90-Year-Old Tree Flowers for the First Time Ever

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

Photo via UBC Botanical Gardens One rare tree specimen in Ireland is proving that it’s never too late to try something new. Some 90 years after being planted on an estate outside of Belfast, a Goat Horn Trees, native to China, is flowering its pale, aromatic blossoms for the very first time ever. Sadly though, it’s attempt to find another tree with which to reproduce will likely be in vain as there’s only one more like it in the whole country…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Bury Cardboard Boxes to Grow Trees

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

“This is what can happen when you order 8 plates, 4 large, 4 small.” Photos by Rev Dan Cat Recycling that does double duty. Ship a package and the recipient could plant 100 native trees from seeds embedded in The Life Box for a little woods of Hemlock, Sycamores and Birch trees. Created by mycologist Paul Stamets (one of Treehugger’s Top 5 TEDsters), the boxes are infused with seeds and spores. Instead of breaking… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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‘Psychic’ Octopus Picks Spain as World Cup Champ (Video)

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘Pulpo Paul’ sits on a box with decorated with a Spanish flag. AFP photo via Hürriyet Daily News While fans of Spain and the Netherlands wait with bated breath to see which team will come out on top in tomorrow’s World Cup championship match, the owners of a Ger… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Saudis Stop New Oil Exploration to Prolong Petroleum Supply for Future Generations: King Abdullah

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

For the radar: The Saudi Gazette reports King Abdullah has announced that the nation has stopped oil exploration on new fields to protect the petroleum supply for future generations…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Air-Purifying Road Surface Eats 45% of NOx Pollution

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo: Flickr , CC NOx, NOM NOM NOM Researchers at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands have tested pollution-eating concrete on about 1,000 square meters of roads in the town of Hengelo. We already knew it worked in the lab, but this was a real-world test and the results are pretty impressive: a 25 to 45% reduction in oxides of nitrogen (NOx) over the special roads. This could mean that someday our roads and other concrete structures could be used to clean up the air. How does it work? Read on for the details…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Scientists Discover New Fish, Unfortunately it’s Covered By the Gulf Spill

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The newly-described Halieutichthys intermedius batfish. Image credit: Ho, Chakrabarty & Sparks Though the Gulf of Mexico is one of the most intensely studied marine environments on the planet, there is still room for discovery. Scientists have managed to discover and describe three new species of fish—all of which live in areas partially or completely covered by the Gulf oil spill …. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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What’s Lurking in Your Shampoo Bottle?

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Good Most shampoo consists of about 50 percent water. What’s in the other 50 percent or so, however, might surprise you: surfactants, actives, preservatives, color, and fragrance all play a role. Knowing exactly what these ingredients are—and what they do to hair and health—is important when talking about a product most people use several times a week—if not every day…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Russia Creates Nature Reserves the Size of Switzerland!

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image: WWF 3% of Russian to be National Parks by 2020 Some good news out of Russia, a country that hasn’t always been very good at protecting its ecosystems. The Russian government is establishing 9 new nature reserves and 13 national parks covering a total area of over 3.8 million hectare by 2020. It’s also introducing marine buffer zones of over 1 million hectare. To get an idea of the scale, this is almost the size of Switzerland!… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Journalists Covering BP Spill Now Face Felonies, $40K Fines

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

There will certainly be no more of this — A journalist diving into the Gulf spill. Photo via AL There’s been much discussion over how BP has been obstructing media coverage of the Gulf spill, and rightly so. Thus far, impediments to coverage have involved the Coast Guard cooperating with BP to turn reporters away, and simply barring journalists’ access from certain impacted areas. But now, reports are surfacing that journalists are no longer just facing the prospect of being turned away — a new rule imposed by the US Coast Guard means that they’re now facing felony charges and fines of tens of… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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