Image credit: Solarcentury (Creative Commons) Solar panel manufacturing has some toxic byproducts , yet more and more people are interested in solar as a clean(er) alternative to fossil fuel dependence. With renewable feed-in tariffs driving massive solar sales in the UK, one watchdog group has set out to find out which solar panels offer the consumer the cleanest conscience, al… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo via joiseyshowaa @ Flickr Tired of the same old trips — beach in the summer, mountains in the winter — and longing to put a little more green in your next big vacation? These seven new eco travel books are the best new resources on the market for the perfect eco-vacation, from volunteering on game reserves or tracking gorillas to staying in the poshest green hotels…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Sandblasting jeans to give them a faded look causes potentially fatal health problems for workers. The text above reads “For this we are dying.” Image via Taraf . The sad fate of workers in the denim industry has finally caught the attention of two of the world’s top global fashion brands, Levi Strauss & Co. and H&M . Both… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Fashion Heavyweights Levi’s, H&M Take a Stand on Dangerous Practice of Sandblasting Jeans
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Image credit: Climate Camp Climate Camp protesters may have denied accusations of dangerous vandalism —but like many other climate activists, they are not averse to breaking the law. From occupying runways to play golf to a rogue protester shutting down an entire power plant , illegal activity is often embraced by those wanting to cha… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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For Activists, Arrest and Trial Is As Important as Protest
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Photo via alextorrenegra While we know that deforestation means a loss of carbon storage , it’s difficult to quantify just how much carbon can still be stored in what is left of the Amazon rainforest. Standing in the way is both practicality issues (each tree trunk must be measured to estimate its stored carbon) and the cost of accurate accounting. But, ecologist Greg Asner and a team of scientists from the Carnegie Ins… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Laser and Satellite Technology Maps How Much Carbon the Amazon Rainforests Can Hold
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Image credit: Massey University When Dr. Karen Stockin, a marine ecologist at Massey University in New Zealand, was called in to perform an autopsy , she was expecting to find a carcass of the relatively common dusky dolphin. Instead, she was surprised to see that it was, in fact, an hourglass dolphin—the first to wash up on the shores of New Zealand in more than 150 years…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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First Hourglass Dolphin in 150 Years Found on New Zealand Shores
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Photo: Tony Tanoury While it’s often commendable when a passerby goes out of their way to help an animal in need — still, sometimes it’s best to let others handle it. Case in point, meet Alexander Alcantare. This South Florida man loves animals so much that when he offers them a helping hand, there’s a pretty good chance he won’t be getting it back, a lesson he’s learned once before. A while ago, he burned his arm so badly while trying to save a nest of
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Unlucky Animal Lover Nearly Loses Another Arm
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Image via SkyTruth We know that bottom trawling — the practice of dragging a net across the sea floor to collect anything and everything in… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Human Impacts on Deep Sea Floor Measured for First Time
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Photo via NOLA At first glance, you might not even notice the dead fish in the picture above — there are too many of them. But no, that’s not a gravely parking lot. It’s a section of the Mississippi River that has literally been clogged with thousands of dead fish in the wake of the BP Gulf spill . And while investigation as to the cause of the mass fish kill is still underway, there are fears that new toxins in the water from spilled oil or chemical dispersants have played a role. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Huge River of Dead Fish Clogs Mississippi Near the Gulf
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Photo via jkirkhart35 The blue pimpernel, cousin of the more famous (and common) scarlet pimpernel, was found growing on a farm in south Worcestershire in the UK. But where normally this might send a troop of conservationists hauling out to make sure no plows turn the plant under, this particular farm is actually the perfect places for a rare botanical species. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Rare Blue Flower Discovered Blooming on British Farm
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