Ever since Barack Obama became president in 2008, he hasn’t been given much chance to drive a car, let alone own one. But when his presidency ends, Mr. Obama knows exactly what car he wants to buy as his post-presidential ride -- a plug-in Chevrolet Vo...
Unless you don’t drive a gasoline-powered car, the chances are you’ve noticed the spike in gasoline prices lately. But according to the U.S. Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu, the U.S. Department of Energy isn’t about to intervene with a knee-jerk rea...
Only two major plug-in car startups have made it to the point of building and selling cars globally, and lately, Fisker is the one that's been in the news. But Fisker's not the only company whose long-term survival may be at issue. As Bloomberg pointed...
Once every four years -- with a few odd exceptions -- February gets an extra day. That’s probably a good thing, because Californian automaker Coda promised earlier this year that it would deliver its first all-electric 2012 Sedan by the end of this mon...
Londoners taking the number 38 bus between Victoria and Hackney yesterday had the honor of being the first to ride the brand new Eco-Routemaster hybrid bus. The beautiful hybrid double-decker is sure to be a new icon for the city, and it gets more than ...
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Panasonic prides itself on providing “ideas for life”, and it seems like the company is living up to that promise with news that the Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Company will work with Renewable Social Benefit Funds (RSB Funds) to create a 115 KW sola...
Google Goggles may sound like a mouthful – but you might be wearing a pair before you know it. Word on the street is that the search engine giant is developing a set of high-tech specs that will stream information about the world around you onto the len...
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St. Petersburg, Russia’s anti-gay propaganda bill has passed its third and final reading in the city legislature and now heads to Governor Georgiy Poltavchenko, who has 14 days to sign the bill into effect, or send it back to be “reworked.” Under the bi...
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Nature's cycles seem as broken as our politics.
Let's debunk that piece of crap. Political disagreement is fine, but lying isn't, and this one goes too far.
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The wooded area around the UK town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire has fallen pray to some amazing guerrilla art as of late. For weeks, residents were stumped as to who carved these amazing pieces of work into near by trees.
It has nearly been a year since that horrifying magnitude-9 earthquake and resulting tsunami struck the coast of Japan, but the trouble is still far from over.
From being the winner of the 2010 Design Award, the Mu has finally hit the shops.
Shop at Whole Foods on March 1st to help fund a summer art project drawing attention to issues of water conservancy.
Should GMO foods be labeled? Californians are hoping to put the issue up for a vote in 2012.
These are the nice guy alternatives to poison and sticky traps.
The Made By Hanve video series returns with a stunning portrait of a Brooklyn beekeeping pioneer.
If the proverbial Chinese curse is true, Fisker Automotive has truly been living in interesting times. Its Karma range-extended electric luxury sport sedan struggled into the market in December, months late, and in January the DoE froze $336 million in...
Back in the mid 1990s, a motorcycle seat salesman by the name of Mike Corbin turned up at the San Francisco Auto Show with a single seat, three wheeled electric car that resembled a boot on wheels. But while Corbin experienced an initial spike of inter...
Startup plug-in vehicle maker Bright Automotive announced today that it is closing down. While General Motors had invested $5 million in the company, Bright had relied on the hope that the U.S. Department of Energy would grant it low-interest loans und...
According to researchers from the universities of Florida and Nebraska, humans — and other mammals — could start shrinking if the globe starts to grow warmer. The research is based upon study of Sifrhippus fossils (a horse-like creature) found in the Bi...
We’ve seen LEGO wizards create some pretty amazing projects lately by combining the iconic blocks with technology. One fourteen year old LEGO genius, Leon Overwheel, has used his skills to construct his very own LEGO printer! Dubbed the LEGO Mindstorms ...
Though Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) won’t sign the marriage equality legislation into law until Thursday at 5 P.M., opponents of the measure have already filed the necessary paperwork to start collecting signatures for a referendum to overturn the ...
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In November of 2010, Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA) joined the public outcry against the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) security precautions in airports by describing body scans and mandatory pat downs as crossing “the line” in regard “to peo...
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The Canadian government is pushing Northern Gateway, the "plan B" to Keystone XL, and attacking the country's environmental groups in the process.
This workstation is not only gorgeous, but also features tool-less repairability and upgradability.
The radical transportation bill would have scrapped funding for mass transit, axed bike and pedestrian programs, and opened up more drilling. It's down, but it's not dead yet ...
Generally speaking pet poop is considered a no no in composting. But some gardeners are experimenting anyway, with decidedly mixed results.
Last week, Volkswagen officially started its latest all-electric test program in the U.S., with the delivery of the first eGolf to its Californian test facility. Yesterday at the annual TED conference, sister company Audi followed suit with the announc...
John McDole is the kind of a guy you want to have as a neighbor. A software engineer by trade, John is used to finding solutions to problems that leave others scratching their heads. One such problem was the lack of an available gun rack for the Chevro...
A few months back, Christie’s Green Auction raised a whopping $1.4 million for four very worthy environmental charities — Oceana, NRDC, Central Park Conservancy and Conservation International. After the dough rolled in, the inaugural “Runway to Green” f...
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Hold up Marty McFly – you might think your hoverboard is cool, but can you control it with your brain? The crew over at Chaotic Moon Labs are about to blow your mind with their latest invention, The Board of Imagination, which uses your actual brainwave...
The first pictures of Infiniti’s racy new electric supercar were just leaked ahead of its official unveiling at the Geneva Motor Show, which takes place in a couple of weeks. Sexy, sophisticated, and effortlessly cool, the Emerg-E vehicle be a range-ext...
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Read the rest of Wang Shu’s Powerful Ningbo History Museum is Made of Rubble Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", 2012 pritzker prize, amateur architecture studio, china, chinese architect, eco design, eco museum,...
by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, reposted from NRDC’s Switchboard Bullying American landowners and stockpiling pipe for a rejected project show the arrogance of the Canadian pipeline company TransCanada as it tries to reanimate the Keystone XL tar sands pipeli...
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German artist Valérie Buess has taken the pages out of unloved books and turned them into something people might actually look at.
A secret process is used to make these lacey recycled pieces of furniture.
Sheds can be more than simply a place to work from; they can be a reflection of your identity
Mush! Dog sledding vacations are wilderness travel that’s part arctic nostalgia and part Inuit homage, resulting in a unique way to see snowy countryside.
If we’re going to take control of our energy future and can start avoiding these annual gas price spikes that happen every year — when the economy starts getting better, world demand starts increasing, turmoil in the Middle East or some other parts of t...
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New research reveals that tundra fires increase as the climate warms—and with the largest historically recorded tundra fire taking place in 2007, that's bad news.
We've been saying for a long time that one way carmakers will meet new, tougher gas-mileage rules is to make their engines smaller but more efficient. Ford's EcoBoost lineup of direct-injected, turbocharged engines is one example, from a 3.5-liter V-6 ...
Now that Fisker has managed to launch its 2012 Karma and start delivering cars to customers, the company is looking ahead toward expanding its model range. Reports today in the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf indicate that it will unveil the production ve...
On Friday last week, Volkswagen officially marked the start of its U.S. electric car test program by shipping an all-electric Golf to its Electronic Research Laboratory in Belmont, California. Called the eGolf in the U.S. the all-electric hatchback is ...
We’ve written about the Sahara Forest Project before, so we’re excited to report that the organization behind this ambitious endeavor has signed an agreement to build its first pilot plant in Doha, Qatar. The agreement for the project, which aims to rev...
The trial that will decide BP’s culpability in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was set to begin in the US District Court in New Orleans today, but has been postponed to allow the oil company to continue to discuss settlements with plaintiffs in the case...
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Undeterred by Obama’s rejection of permit applications for the Keystone XL pipeline earlier this month, TransCanada have announced that they will move forward with the southern section of the controversial project. The Canadian firm is to start work on ...
From spending five extra minutes in the shower to leaving the faucet running while you do the dishes, you most likely waste more water in your home than you think you do. While fresh water is a renewable resource, we consume clean, usable water at rates...
It seems that fracking’s ugly cousin, oil shale extraction, is roaring its ugly head in the Rockies this week as the Republican-led Congress passed a bill on the 16th to require the Bureau of Land Management to create at least five commercial lease sale...
A new Harris Poll out today finds that conservative shock jock Rush Limbaugh is America’s “least favorite” news personality, with 46 percent of respondents picking him for the dubious honor. Runners-up Bill O’Reilly and Nancy Grace come in a distant sec...
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GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney stopped by Daytona International Speedway Sunday for NASCAR’s season kickoff, the Daytona 500. (The race was postponed until tonight because of rain.) Romney made news when he stumbled into another car-related boas...
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The top civilian and uniformed Defense Department officials — Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Martin Dempsey — are sticking with the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. They “believe we have achieved significant progress in r...
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A pair of tech-savvy conservationists have developed an inexpensive drone to fly over the forests of Sumatra
It wasn't supposed to be revealed until the Geneva Motor Show in a couple of weeks, but pictures of Infiniti's new electric supercar were leaked ahead of the event.
One of the things you become aware of when you get interested in electric cars, is just how many examples of the breed have passed into history as silently as they once roamed the streets. A Fiat Panda Elettra for sale on eBay UK is one such example, a...
There are - believe it or not - advantages to living in England. Okay, so the weather is as depressing as the stereotypes suggest, and the average price of gas is currently around $8.17 per gallon, but we do occasionally get cars denied to those on U.S...
BMW’s 2014 i8 plug-in hybrid sports car might have been spotted wearing standard-issue "carmoflague" while cold-weather testing in Sweden, but now the German automaker wants to remind us how it really looks. The reminder comes courtesy of BMW’s latest ...
Here at GreenCarReports, we’re fans of all-electric cars, but even we have to admit that most electric cars on the market today suffer from the same problem: limited range. But according to battery firm Envia Systems, the days of limited-range electric...
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Wouldn’t it be great if you could prevent food poisoning before it happened? A new device developed by engineers at UCLA may be the answer. The compact prototype snaps right onto a smartphone, transforming it into an E.Coli scanner. The smart gadget wou...
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We can remember a time when even having one green gown grace the red carpet for the Oscars was quite a feat, so it’s our pleasure to report that six celebs donned eco-conscious threads at the Academy Awards last night. From Meryl’s glam gold number that...
Fresh off of touting that his wife drives not one, but two Cadillacs, Mitt Romney made another car-related boast that likely won’t help the GOP presidential hopeful connect with average voters. Romney headed to Florida this weekend to attend the Daytona...
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After Massachusetts v. EPA, where the Supreme Court held that greenhouse gases are air pollutants under the Clean Air Act, EPA has carried out its responsibility to control these harmful pollutants, with higher fuel economy standards that have rejuvenat...
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Today marks the launch of a massive day of action to reform our food supply. Here's why we all need to join in.
Umass Amherst students have been convertig a campus lawn into an edible food forest. Now the White House is taking notice.
This rather phenomenal statue crafted from wire and cell phones is interesting, but we'd love to have seen one major thing done differently.
An account of the events that led to the accident that killed 51 and injured 703 in Argentina and why its symbolism matters.
Fashion writer Jenni Avins made a splash at New York Fashion Week this year with her a red fox-fur vest. The shocking part of the piece was that she had trapped, skinned, and sewed the vest all herself. This got us thinking – is it more humane to wear ...
Looking for a sweet, nutritious and tasty snack to munch on? Instead of stocking up on store-bought goodies, try your hand at baking a batch of some easy-to-make and scrumptious baked apple chips. All you need are some organic apples and some cinnamon a...
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by Jonathan D. Moreno Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum has declared that: “(w)hen it comes to the management of the Earth, they [the Democrats] are the anti-science ones. We are the ones who stand for science, and technology, and using th...
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By Jessica Goad A new report by Stratus Consulting and commissioned by The Wilderness Society released this morning shows that 23 percent of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions come from oil, gas, and coal extracted from federal lands and waters. As th...
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Large parts of the arable and populated land of the world faces sharp increases in aridity and dust-bowlification thanks to human-caused climate change. “It is well established that the [Mayan] civilization collapse coincided with widespread episodes of...
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Rick Santorum took issue with President John F. Kennedy’s famous speech on the separation of church and state on Sunday, telling This Week’s George Stephanopoulos that he does not believe the separation is absolute: I don’t believe in an America where t...
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On Meet the Press this morning, Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ) endorsed Mitt Romney for President. Although Brewer offered little explanation for her decision, citing only Romney’s “pro-business background” and his “political history,” it is not the least bit s...
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To my mind, it’s Asghar Farhadi, who won the Best Foreign Language Film award for A Separation, and marked the occasion with by far the classiest, most meaningful speech of the evening, one that far surpassed much of the foreign policy discussions on ho...
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Designer Jeff Garner shows a Princess Grace-inspired men's and women's collection at London Fashion Week.
Once completed, the 30 turbine project will provide electricity to meet 5% of Oahu's needs.
From sharing terrarium necklace DIYs to making our own terrariums at home, we’ve caught a little bit of terrarium fever, if you haven’t noticed. So we were thrilled by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s exhibit filled with dozens of beautiful living terrariu...
Do you try to teach your baby words like “spirulina”? Do you host chicken pox parties and/or have an amber teething necklace for your kid? Sounds like you might be a Natural Mama. And what’s the fun in parenting if you can’t take a step back and laugh a...
No one can predict the price of gasoline at the pump with precision. Volatile prices will encourage individual responsibility in purchasing decisions.
As cellphone addicts, we all know the feeling of dread when you leave the house and realize your battery is low. What if instead of running to the nearest outlet, all you had to do was a quick set of jumping jacks? Wake Forest University scientists ha...
Ten cyberpennies for your thoughts. But I’d like some real pennies in return for our new cartoonist, Stephanie McMillan: Stephanie has kindly given me permission to reprint her cartoons. She notes that “cartoonists are struggling and economically collap...
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TUCSON, Arizona — Arizona congressional candidate Frank Antenori compared Barack Obama’s presidency to Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, telling a Tea Party crowd this week to “imagine…having your country taken from you and then having to fight ...
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MESA, Arizona — Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) refused to give President Obama any credit Wednesday for recent economic and business improvements in the country, arguing instead that “anyone who’s paying attention knows that this president has done irreparabl...
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The Ohio-based folk band Magnolia Mountain has just released a new music video documenting the environmental and human impact of mountaintop removal coal mining. The song, “The Hand of Man,” was released as part of a new 21-track album with bands from I...
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Women make up 50.7 percent of the U.S. population, but they only make up 15 percent of the Senate and 16.6 percent of the House, according to a Congressional Research Services report. This is an obvious increase from 1945, when no women served in the Se...
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Climate Change Worsens Many of These Disasters Figure 1. County-level map of federally-declared weather-related disasters between 2006 – 2011. Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in the Midwest, and heavy rains and snows from Nor’easters, hurricanes, and...
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Roundup damages DNA and can cause cancer.
Eileen Fisher's Spring 2012 Eco Collection boasts a balanced mix of wardrobe staples and colorful basics.
Bangkok-based artist Nino Sarabutra investigates what really makes people happy, and how much money is needed to live a good life.
It's Casual, a Los Angeles-based hardcore band, delivers a high-energy track that promotes mass transportation.
If Newt Gingrich is so wrong about putting gun racks in Chevy Volts, what is he right about?
Triton is an alternative warning and guidance buoy designed for use at sea. Conceived by Dr.Hakan Gürsu from Design Nobis, the system harnesses the sun and the wind to generate renewable energy for its built-in lights. The system can be quickly and easi...
Owning a car isn't easy these days, particularly if you're a student. That's why firms like Wheelz Inc, a peer-to-peer car-sharing company aimed at college students, has caught the attention of Bill Ford Jr.'s Fontinalis Partners LLC, and car-sharing c...
Earlier today,General Motors confirmed that it has restarted production of the 2012 Chevrolet Volt at its Detroit Hamtramck facility. In addition, the automaker has confirmed that is is now producing Californian-market Volts, complete with a low emissi...
Ask most 10-year old girls what they do in their spare time, and the chances are they’ll give you a list including various extra-curricular clubs, playing with weebos, and watching television. But a 10-year old girl from Michigan by the name of Allison...
GM has announced a new low emissions package for the 2012 Chevy Volt, which will provide a few extra green benefits for Volt owners in California. Volts with the special add-on, which is now standard in California, will qualify for a $1,500 state rebate...
Villa Al is WHIM Architecture‘s design for a green villa in Almere, the Netherlands. The concept was created for an open design a competition, and is a reaction to the growing desire to build as environment friendly as possible. The villa is constructed...
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In a country where the unemployment rate lingers at a lofty 8.3% after the worst economic disaster since the 1930s, it probably isn’t a good idea to whine about how much it costs to fill up the tank of your luxury car. Congressman Allen West (R-FL) rece...
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It’s no surprise we are big LEGO fans here at Inhabitat – the iconic building blocks can be used to create everything from cameras and furniture to apartments and massive cathedrals. Now the toy maker is making headlines again by investing $500 million ...
Each month Seattle-based Olson Kundig Architects’ studio gets a makeover and the latest installation to be unveiled is a tented experimental mushroom farm! Design team CityLab7 collaborated with the architects to create an educational and interactive sp...
Australia reportedly has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world, so why are many Aussies opting to ditch their sunscreen? According to a recent study, 17 percent of the respondents down-under said they would rather risk getting skin cancer...
As confirmed by researchers from the U.S. Forest Service, climate change is killing off the mighty yellow cedar — a valuable tree native to the Alaskan Panhandle. On average, the yellow cedar can live more than 1,000 years, resisting bugs, rot and prote...
Earlier this month, Wendy Long, a former law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas who has previously suggested that everything from child labor laws to the federal ban on whites-only lunch counters is unconstitutional, indicated that she might run for the s...
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In what one state Democrat has called “Robin Hood in reverse,” Kansas’ tax committee this week approved a bill that would cut taxes on the wealthiest Kansans to the tune of $1,500, while raising taxes on those residents making less that $25,000 per year...
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The Constitution provides that acts of Congress “shall be the supreme law of the land” which is why states do not have the power to ignore federal law. Nevertheless, five Georgia state senators — including Majority Leader Chip Rogers (R) and senate Pres...
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Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., and studies have showen that colonoscopies can help prevent people dying from colon cancer. But the recession of 2008/2009 forced Americans to cut back on health care costs and ...
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Angry at the Wall Street banks that were at the center of the financial meltdown, Americans have spent the last six months moving their money to credit unions and community banks in unprecedented numbers. More than 650,000 people moved to credit unions ...
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Republicans oppose the new rule ensuring that women’s insurance will cover birth control, so they’ve now done what Republicans seem to do whenever they disagree with President Obama — sue: Seven states sued the Obama administration Thursday over its req...
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The Washington Blade points out that WBFF-45, Baltimore’s local Fox affiliate, is already promoting a referendum to overturn Maryland’s marriage equality law, which Gov. Martin O’Malley won’t even sign until next Thursday. The website’s header links dir...
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Corey Husic, a 17-year-old high school student from Pennsylvania, is sending a message to Joseph Bast, President and CEO, Heartland Institute that he cease and desist his effort to bring climate change denial into our schools. Al Gore’s Climate Reality ...
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Center for Security Policy president Frank Gaffney finds himself increasingly isolated from the mainstream Republican party. Last year, Gaffney was barred from CPAC after accusing Suhail Kahn, who directed Muslim outreach efforts for the Bush White Hous...
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The annual event also included living walls, electric bikes, and familiar celebrity faces from the likes of "Mad Men" and "American Horror Story."
Is this the Architectural Record or The Onion? It's hard to tell, reading this story about the dangers of green building
This clean-cut transformer space hides everything in one wall -- and surprisingly tucks the bed underneath the balcony.
A number of conservative think tanks and economists are supporting the notion of putting a price on carbon to reduce the deficit.
A third major report has confirmed that Massey Energy didn't address the poor ventilation, coal dust buildup, and safety issues that led to the deaths of 29 miners.
Get any good e-mails lately? Maybe a chain letter that alleges how pathetically expensive the Chevy Volt is supposed to be? Well, there's one going around--it's called "Cost to operate a Chevy Volt"--and yesterday, the investigative site Snopes.com div...
The reviews of the Nissan Leaf electric car have already been posted, and one GreenCarReports writer even owns a Leaf, but this isn't going to be your standard review with driving impressions. It's no secret that I'm not exactly a green-car kind of guy...
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President Obama stepped to the stage at The University of Miami yesterday to deliver an impressive speech on energy policy. Though the President made mention of his efforts to expand oil and gas drilling in the United States, he also made clear that tho...
Forget chemical-smelling commercial perfumes. Make your own natural perfume instead.
"Step one is to drill and step two is to drill. And then step three is to keep drilling."
On Lanzarote, one of the Spanish Canary Islands, a restaurant has found an ingenious and dramatic source of sustainable cooking heat: they grill over a volcano. If this prompts images of a lava spewing disaster zone rather than a casual dining experienc...
Fast Company has long been a pioneer of strong green content, but its paper policies are ahead of the competition too.
In “The Great Dying” 250 million years ago, the devastation came with runaway greenhouse warming The geology of Griesbach Creek in the Arctic tells an ancient tale of slow extinction. Source NSF. A reposted National Science Foundation press release. Th...
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As it does every month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released U.S. weather stats for the month just ended, and the results will come as a huge shock -- if you've been hiding in a ...
There's nothing like a good sports metaphor to make the notoriously tricky relationship between global warming and extreme weather easier to comprehend.For awhile now, climate scientists have been using the gaming ...
Yesterday, we covered a story about several Tesla Roadster owners -- and one in particular -- who claim that Tesla caused them to turn their $109,000 cars into very expensive bricks. The owners in question claim that Tesla didn’t make them aware that l...
The impact of fuel costs on family budgets is a big topic of national discussion right now. A front-page article in my local paper said that an average family paid more than $4,000 per year for gasoline, whereas we paid only $450 total in fuel and serv...
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The IOU Project is a movement to rethink how goods are produced and sold in order to benefit people and the planet, not just big business. Recently, Summer Rayne Oakes, co-founder of Source4Style, spoke to IOU’s founder and creative director Kavita Parm...
In the industrial neighborhood of South Los Angeles, a 9-acre cement covered lot, which was once an MTA bus depot, has been transformed into vital storm water cleaning wetlands. The South Los Angeles Wetland Park recently opened at the completion of a 3...
In August last year, Republican candidate Rick Perry said that he had been seeking divine intervention in order to curtail and eliminate EPA regulations. In a statement to CBN, Perry famously said he had been praying to God so that the Almighty would op...
Students at the Yestermorrow Design/Build School recently proved that small space living can be comfortable, beautiful and green by constructing this tiny 227 square foot mobile house. 12 students collaborated on the project, which demonstrates how home...
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Can you imagine taking a deep dive into the largest natural coral formation on Earth without leaving your desk? A joint effort between Google, the University of Queensland, and the Caitlin Group will soon allow you to explore into Australia‘s Great Barr...
Scientists have long considered the possibility of creating ultra-tall space elevators that stretch beyond the earth’s atmosphere to transport satellites and shuttles into outer space without the cost and environmental impact of rocket fuels. Now a Japa...
A group affiliated with Occupy Wall Street announced that it will host a national convention over the Fourth of July weekend in Philadelphia, bringing together 876 delegates from around the country, along the lines of the Democratic and Republican Natio...
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When the Obama administration announced in August that it would be conducting a case-by case review of active deportations, this seemed to ensure same-sex binational couples would have the opportunity to stay together, especially given that the working ...
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The BP spill's impact is still reverberating in the Gulf economy, with ruined businesses and unpaid settlement claims abound.
Breathing new meaning into the term 'hot air': A new design concept could charge your gadgets with your own breath.
Turns out nothing gets folks keen to reduce pollution like a mutated, multi-headed fish.
Does this look dirty to you? Seems pretty filthy to me ...
We have all sorts of words to describe animals' flesh, and for groups of animals, but none that recognize their individuality.
The Tesla Roadster 'Brick' saga continues, and more facts are coming to the surface, so let's take a closer look.
A system of floating solar trackers, designed for citing in disused quarries and artifical water bodies, costs 20% less than an equivalent land-based system.
In addition to hurting some already fragile marine ecosystems, overfishing also has huge economic impacts, according to a European report.
Unless you don’t own a car, or happen to drive an all-electric car, the chances are you’ll have noticed that gas prices have risen dramatically over the past few days. But as growing uncertainly in the Middle East -- not to mention the knock-on effects...
Now that the recent hoopla concerning gun racks in the Chevy Volt has had a few days to die down, I’ve got a confession to make. I’m a Republican, and I love the Chevy Volt. I’m also level-headed enough to separate my politics from my passions. In rega...
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Read the rest of Sonja Hinrichsen Walks in Circles to Create These Spectacular Snow Drawings in Colorado Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: eco-art, melting art, snow and ice art, snow art, snow crop circles, Snow Crystal exhibit, snow dra...
Read the rest of Maison Container Lille is a Bold Industrial Home Made of 8 Shipping Containers in France Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", 'Container House, Cargotecture, eco design, eco home, france, green ar...
In an effort to raise awareness about the environmental impact of its devices, technology giant AT&T will be putting eco-rating stickers on all of their branded mobile phones. The system will go into effect later this year and will set a standard in an ...
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Read the rest of Glass-Clad Mies van der Rohe Gas Station Converted into a Youth & Senior Activity Center Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", eco design, fabg, gas station, gas station renovation, geothermal heat...
An interesting interview in the New York Times with Christopher Deam explains how design happens
Two students won first prize at international design competition with this chair made from recycled newspapers, old flour and plastic bottle caps.
Read the rest of Diamond Genesis Room at Sweden’s Icehotel is a Crystalline Cavern of Frosty Luxury Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", Antoine Weygand, ice architecture, ice hotel, ice sculpture, icehotel sweden...
Soon it will be possible to explore the ocean's most scenic places, such as the Great Barrier Reef, all without having to leave the house -- or even put on pants.
Finally, a chance to see the controversial Olympic Aquatics Centre: some first hand shots.
Though you might think of staying far away from any volcano, these Spanish architects decided to build a restaurant on one.
Portland changed its laws to allow people to share cars. Now the new service is giving car owners 300 bucks to share the sharing expeerience.
NY Times Andrew Revkin Walks Back Some of His “Overstated” Phrases About Peter Gleick — Or Does He? The media loves he-said, she-said stories. Those have the most narrative drama and require the least amount of actual judgment on the part of reporters o...
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney released his latest tax reform plan today in Arizona and highlighted specifically the fact that it provided a 20-percent across-the-board cut in marginal tax rates for all Americans. Upon unveiling the plan,...
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Republicans in Arizona booed CNN moderator John King for asking a birth control question during Wednesday’s GOP presidential debate, adding another item to the long list of jeers and cheers in the 2012 campaign primary. Past Republican audiences booed a...
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A train that reportedly left a workshop yesterday failed to brake when entering a major station and crashed against the end-of-the-line barrier
Believe it or not, there are Republican climate scientists out there—but their elected leaders just won't listen to them.
GOP Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich may have jibed earlier this week that you can’t fit a gun rack in a 2012 Chevrolet Volt, but after he was proven wrong by a resourceful Volt owner, it got us thinking. What else can you fit in a Chevy Volt? Here’s...
Make a car desirable enough, and people will buy it whatever is powering the wheels. That's the theory anyway, but in a world of unease over the suitability of electric cars, the Henrik Fisker has taken the more comfortable, usable route to creating an...
For years, Police forces across the U.S. drove specially built Ford Interceptors based on the humble Ford Crown Victoria. Fitted with a powerful V-8 engine, they formed the backbone of many police fleets. In the past year however, Ford’s Interceptor ha...
Late last night, a sensational blog post circulated through Silicon Valley. It claimed that several $100,000-plus Tesla Roadsters were now useless as the result of a "devastating design problem," with their battery packs "bricked" from being left too l...
And now perhaps it all becomes clear. The Tesla battery 'bricking' post that was today's electric-car news story and generated reams of coverage may simply be an attempt by an unhappy owner to get Tesla Motors to replace the battery in his Roadster. At...
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If you like to unwind by soaking in the tub with a good book, how about bathing in literature instead with artist Vanessa Mancini’s ‘Bath of Knowledge’? This novel idea (excuse the pun) is made almost entirely out of books, each one cut and fitted by th...
Norwegian photographer Carl-Fredric Salicath yearned for the mechanical simplicity of traditional film photography. So when he set about building his own camera he used the most elemental construction tool of all: LEGOs! His fully-functional LEGO camera...
Meet Paris Shellton – a classy crustacean who recently received a colorful new 3D printed shell thanks to Markerbot’s Project Shellter! Last year, Makerbot called out to the 3D printing world for eco-friendly replacement shells that could be given to do...
Toyota is set to unveil a new super mini hybrid concept, the FT-Bh, at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show on March 6th. According to Toyota, the new hybrid concept has about the same interior room as the Toyota Yaris, but is smaller and lighter than the Toyota ...
We recently showed you Formafantasma’s crafty vessels made from flour, agricultural waste and limestone, but the design studio has developed another amazing set of archaic-looking objects. Commissioned by Plart, Formafantasma created ‘Botanica’, a colle...
Costello Tagliapietra’s Fall/Winter 2012 debut was one New York Fashion Week show not to be missed. The brazen yet feminine line was awash with abstract prints, bold solids, and plenty of sophistication. Check out our video above for a front-row view of...
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American reporter Marie Colvin of the London Sunday Times and French photojournalist Rémi Ochlik died early this morning in Syrian government shelling of the restive city of Homs. An advocacy group, the Committee to Protect Journalists, released a state...
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In a major victory for women’s health advocates, Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) has publicly backtracked from his support for a bill requiring women to undergo an invasive transvaginal ultrasound before having an abortion. In a statement released this afternoon...
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The following is the third of a multi-part series by Paul Waldman, Contributing Editor at The American Prospect, on the National Rifle Association’s exaggerated role in American politics. In the first two installments in this series (see the first and s...
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We’re at a moment when a cohort of actors who cut their teeth in hipster-friendly projects like Party Down and the Frat Pack movies are coming of age. Whether it’s Lizzy Caplan’s emergence as a viable romantic comedy star thanks to her wonderful turn on...
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Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) said he may be open to supporting the campaign to include marriage equality in the Democrat’s 2012 party platform, but stopped short of fully endorsing the effort during a radio interview this afternoon. “Perhaps, I hav...
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With Mitt Romney’s admission yesterday that — as progressives have been arguing — budget cuts depress economic growth, it’s worth looking at the effect austerity measures are having in Europe. As Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman charts out, th...
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TUCSON, Arizona – A Republican congressional candidate in southern Arizona declared this morning that her Democratic Latino opponent’s “allegiance is not to America.” Gabriela Saucedo Mercer, the favorite to win the Republican nomination in Arizona’s ne...
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Moments ago, Judge Jeffery White of the District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violates the Constitution’s equal protection clause in a case brought by Karen Golinski. Golinski, represented b...
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As the improving economy has robbed conservatives of their chief talking point against President Obama, they’ve turned to rising gas prices as the next problem to pin on the president. Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) “instructed fellow Republicans to embrac...
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When the House of Representatives voted on a transportation bill, H.R. 3408, that expands oil drilling into long-protected areas and forces construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, Republican lawmakers proved their complete allegiance is to Big Oil. Al...
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A U.N. body that regulates telecommunications ruled that Iran, among other nations, must stop jamming and interfering with international broadcasts. At the World Radiocommunications Conference, members of the U.N.’s International Telecommunications Unio...
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Usually kids spaces in art galleries are afterthoughts; this one is definitely not.
Haven't heard of Green Schools yet? You're about to.
The fast food giant's decision to move away from the 7-foot by 2-foot metal enclosure for breeding sows may mark the end of this cruel practice for all farms in the US.
Heard of "bricking" yet? No? You will shortly. It's the phenomenon in which the lithium-ion battery pack of an electric car that's left unplugged for a long period goes completely, utterly dead--to the point where it cannot be recharged, and becomes a ...
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Read the rest of Green Roofed Vancouver Residence is the First LEED Platinum Home in Western Canada Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", eco design, frits de vries, green roof, kerchum residence, modern eco home, ...
Researchers at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania have been hard at work on a mission to create 3D-printed dinosaur robots. It may sound crazy, but 3D printing will allow the researchers to cheaply and efficiently replicate bones that previ...
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President Obama’s tax plan has, in part, focused on making the wealthiest Americans pay more in taxes through a provision known as the Buffett Rule, which is named after famous investor Warren Buffett and would place a minimum tax on the income of milli...
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Former Clinton administration Defense Secretary William Cohen, a Republican, appeared last night on CNN warning about the consequences of a military strike against Iran. Cohen said bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities would not be a “surgical strike,” requ...
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by Michael Conathan This doesn’t qualify as much of a news flash, but just in case you were curious, hypocrisy is alive and well in the Koch family. And this time it’s going to cost one of them half a million dollars. After a lengthy series of lawsuits ...
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On Monday, Ryan McGee laid down a marker in the AV Club, arguing that HBO’s success with shows like The Sopranos deemphasized the need to make individual episodes of television compelling as long as they served a larger narrative, and urged episodic sho...
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This self-watering soda bottle planter is awfully cute...but it's also easy to make your own.
Read the rest of Finland’s Beautiful Lilja Chapel is a Pop-Up Prefab Church Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Finnish design, green building design, lilja, plywood design, prefab structure, sustainable design, temporary meditation centrer...
On many an outing in the often treacherous terrain, a Forest Service worker's companion, a 2-year-old Husky named Bella, acted as an integral deterrent of predators -- that is, until she was mistaken for one
One artist does the unthinkable and recycles old Chinese ceramics into something else completely.
Hand-painted geometric pillows, pillows that are a nod to the bike, vintage safari pillows, and more make your space ooze personality and style -- without an overhaul.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) today formally announced his intention to implement a 10 percent cut in New Jersey’s income tax. “Lower tax rates will relieve over-burdened middle class families,” Christie said in his annual budget address. However, ...
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On Amazon.com, the world's largest online retailer, even shoppers with the most obscure tastes can find just about anything their heart desires -- including those with a hankering to eat beloved, ocean faring mammals.
After four years, an economic crisis, an industry meltdown, and plug-in cars becoming politically problematic, the 2012 Fisker Karma is on the streets at last. And it's a real car. We've driven it, shot video behind the wheel, and now we've formally re...
"The Ultimate Driving Machine" - It's one of the most well-known taglines of the motoring world, and each successful generation of BMW is designed to improve that driving experience further. However, in times of austerity and rising gas prices, it's no...
In the fourteen months since Nissan launched the all-electric Leaf, we’ve seen owners do just about everything with their green ride, from dressing them up for halloween to drag racing, giving them a tow hitch and even racing at Laguna Seca. But now we...
Get comfy on an elegant Cortiça chaise lounge and let your worries melt away. This brilliant piece of sustainable furniture comes from design studio DMFD, and uses cork waste taken from the bottle stopper industry. The Brooklyn-based design team created...
We had to do a double-take this morning when we heard that a lab team from the Russian Academy of Sciences research center in Pushchino successfully revived a 32,000 year old arctic plant. The scientists generated beautiful new plants from the narrow-le...
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Read the rest of Commuters Can Skate Through a Recycled Tree Forest in Winnipeg’s Winter Garden Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Assiniboine Credit Union River, canada, eco design, green design, ice skating, recycled trees, sustainable d...
Harvard researchers recently created a miniature mechanized bee called the Monolithic Bee or MoBee using a new technology that produces self-assembling three dimensional machines from flat sets of components. The bee robot is assembled using layers of d...
Read the rest of Buenos Aires’ Magnificently Restored Hippodromo Racing Venue Keeps the Old and the New in Harmony Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 17th French century style, Architecture, Argentina, Beaux Art, Buenos Aires, conservation...
Taking inspiration from the famous tale of ‘The Tortoise and the Hare‘, Japanese artist Natsumi Honda created these fantastical sculptures made from recycled watch parts. Dubbed “Time to Be Included”, the works are the product of hundreds of hours where...
Getting the whole family to eat their vegetables can be a challenge – but thanks to this super cool Sprout Table by Swedish student, Lena Louise Meyer, you can harvest and grow veggies right in the middle of your kitchen table! Unveiled at the recent St...
Make your living room the bomb with Stockpile Design’s upcycled furniture and lamps made from decommissioned missiles and ammo. Designed by ex-military brat Jake Wright, the furniture and housewares will fuse some hard edge into your interior design. Av...
The tiny Swiss ski town of Tenna recently put itself on the map with the world’s first solar wing-powered chair lift! While solar-powered lifts are popping up in ski resorts all over the world, this is the only one with a string of photovoltaic “wings” ...
Scientists just discovered an incredibly preserved 298-million-year-old forest buried deep beneath a coal mine in Wuda, China. The ancient forest in Inner Mongolia was preserved by volcanic ash, much like Pompeii. Both Chinese and American scientists ar...
Republicans often criticize President Obama for not hewing exactly to advice from top military leaders (a criticism those military leaders find “offensive“). But when it has suited their agendas, those very same Republicans have themselves not shied awa...
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Already, two states — Missouri and Wisconsin — have set out plans to use funds from the $26 billion foreclosure fraud settlement to balance their budgets, rather than their intended purpose of helping troubled homeowners avoid foreclosure or get out fro...
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During a 2008 “Press & People of Faith in Politics” forum, Rick Santorum described to the Democratic Party as “the party of Woodstock,” and accused lawmakers of “prey[ing] upon our most basic primal lusts.” Asked to name a couple of words he’d heard att...
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A report issued today by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) predicts that close to 75 percent of Americans will be considered overweight or obese by the end of the decade, the highest predicted rate of any country surveyed....
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The Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) recently began a major advertising and outreach campaign to advocate for various environmental regulations and has targeted Republican attempts to delay regulations on mercury emissions from coal-fired power p...
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A new report out of Britain’s Open University last week looks at the unique challenges facing the bisexual community and the compounding impact of homophobia and biphobia. A meta-analysis of various studies found that bisexual people face a higher risk ...
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While Rick Santorum is now known as a crusader against abortion and pornography, he wasn’t always so socially conservative. The Huffington Post reports today that in 1995 Santorum conceded that he “was basically pro-choice all my life, until I ran for C...
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It is, of course, a good thing for the American movie industry that China and America have resolved their dispute over market access, and the number of American movies released in China is set to rise from 20 to 14. That’s not huge overall compared to t...
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Conservative televangelist Pat Robertson called for prosecuting and jailing bankers who perpetuated mortgage fraud, predatory lending, and other potentially illegal practices before and during the financial crisis while hosting The 700 Club this weekend...
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For some time, Toyota has held the crown when it comes to bizarre -- and sometimes cute -- ad campaigns for its range of Prius hybrids. Now Mazda wants some of the cute green ad action. In its latest ad, Mazda proudly proclaims that its 2013 CX-5 compa...
Until recently, most electric car drivers haven’t been expected to pay an electric equivalent of gasoline taxes to help keep the roads and bridges of their state in good order. But earlier this month, the Washington state Senate passed a bill into law ...
The 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid is one of the more eagerly awaited green cars coming this year. With fuel economy projected at up to 48 mpg city, it improves considerably on the well-regarded current Ford Fusion Hybrid, which is rated by the EPA at 41 mpg ...
Rotterdam-based designer Rachel Griffin created her multi-functional “Sum of the Parts” furniture collection by questioning why our objects are designed to be static when almost everything else in our lives is dynamic. Her transforming furniture system ...
Inca Architectes designed this dome-shaped eco-tourism center that feels like a cozy living room in the woods. Commissioned by the Department Tourism Committee of Seine et Marne to protect the Gorges de Franchard biosphere reserve in Fontainebleau, the ...
As Apple’s social record undergoes continued scrutiny the company just released its 2012 environmental report, which unveils plans to build America’s largest end user-owned onsite solar array at its massive data center in Maiden, North Carolina. The bui...
It seems these days that everyone is glued to their smartphones – and thanks to a new concept design by Shikun Sun, an industrial design student at Sheffield Hallam University in England, the visually impaired could be included in this trend. The DrawBr...
Yesterday we brought you news that Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum was angry with President Obama for putting “Earth above man”, and today we’ve got more environmental jibber-jabber from another Republican contender, Newt Gingrich. At a re...
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The New York Times reported this weekend that U.S. defense officials and military analysts “close to the Pentagon” said an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, should it decide to do so, “would be a huge and highly complex operation.” Israeli je...
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Several hundred women locked arms in a silent protest outside of the Virginia State Capitol on Monday to register their opposition to bills that would “define embryos as humans and criminalize their destruction, require ‘transvaginal’ ultrasounds of wom...
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That’s the percentage of Virginians who oppose a bill that recently passed their state legislature repealing a state law limiting firearm purchases to one gun per month. The same poll also finds that Virginia voters oppose a mandatory ultrasound bill fo...
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There is a school of thought that’s been advanced by some commentators since Pat Buchanan was fired from MSNBC that his dismissal was a mistake because his ideas need to be vigorously debated and debunked. From Andrew Sullivan: However repellent some of...
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This Sunday, Republican presidential candidate and conspiracy theorist Rick Santorum argued that climate science is President Barack Obama’s “phony theology.” On CBS’s Face The Nation, Santorum was asked to justify his recent controversial claim that Pr...
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This elegant concept design inspired by the shapely mango leaf has the potential to beautify street lined with solar lights.
Whatever you want to call it - Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day or Fat Tuesday, it's all about the pancakes.
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From fierce flounces to slim silhouettes, slinky silk to handcrafted funky, here are some of the true green fashion standouts of the season.
Beverages and snacks packed with beneficial ingredients -- also known as "nutricosmetics" -- claim to provide skincare from within.
From hand-woven lingerie to Panama straw hats and upcycled clothing, the eclectic fashion event showcased unique items for the fashion-forward.
While the consumer message is “Sell your gold for cash, fast!”, the gold buying industry is essentially reusing or recycling this precious metal.
A developer envisions 160 square foot prefab apartments catering to single urban dwellers. He may be onto something.
“F.D.A. Restricts Use of Antibiotics in Livestock,” read the headlines earlier this week (specifically in the paper of record, the New York Times). At face value, that seems like terrific news -- a complete reversa...
U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue gave his annual “State of American Business” address this morning and -- as has come to be expected from the chamber -- played the role of cheerleader for the fossil f...
Carbon dioxide may sit atop the greenhouse gas villain heirarchy, but working to mitigate some other warming agents may present some of the easiest and cheapest climate change targets. A new study published in Scie...
How good of New York Times columnist Joe Nocera to let us know that BP has made amends and that all is well in the Gulf of Mexico. Last week the Times printed Nocera’s op-ed "BP Makes Amends," a piece of pure propa...
Just before the holidays, EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson went on the Dr. Oz show to talk about drinking-water safety. She concluded with her one wish for a cleaner, greener earth. To my surprise, she wished for ...
This report has been updated and expanded since it was originally posted.The Obama administration today rejected the controversial Keystone XL pipeline -- with the proviso that TransCanada can reapply with a differ...
Move over Al Gore. The PowerPoint charts in An Inconvenient Truth have nothing on seeing Arctic ice melt away with your own eyes.National Geographic photographer James Balog is the star of the documentary Chasing I...
Read the rest of PHOTOS: LivingHomes Debuts Affordable New C6 Prefab Home starting at $179,000 Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Bill McDonough, Brad Pitt, cradle to cradle certified homes, Eco Architecture, green architecture, green desi...
Mark Post’s test tube hamburger that we heard about last November is reportedly going to be ready for consumption by Autumn of 2012. Announced at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Vancouver this past Sunday, the scientist’s admi...
If you’ve ever coveted the privacy of your own hotel, head to Brighton’s posh The Harrington. You’ll be left utterly alone, as the hotel only has one room! The clandestine digs are also chock full of opulent upcycled designs – including this LEGO chande...
Read the rest of Mandy Barker’s SOUP Photographs Bring Awareness to Ocean Trash Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: eco-aware art, environmental destruction, environmental photography, garbage patch, mandy barker, North pacific Garbage Patc...
Designer Karin Ekwall created the clever Åsta stool, a portable seat that mixes the traditional Scandinavian furniture and history of joinery into a nostalgic and aesthetic piece of carpentry. The stool is made entirely of wood — absolutely no screws or...
Former Senator Rick Santorum said yesterday that he thinks President Obama “elevates the Earth above man,” and should rethink his dedication to “radical environmentalists.” Santorum has recently come into the political spotlight thanks to his steady ris...
Japan looks set to see a new floating wind farm built off the coast of Fukushima, according to a number of recent news reports. Trading company Marubeni plans to develop the wind farm, and the process is set to start next month. The development comes af...
Consumers in California apparently don’t have the right to know if they are buying genetically engineered foods. The California Assembly recently voted down the Consumer Right To Know Act, or AB 88, which was intro...
In asking developing world countries to clean up their act when it comes to reducing automobile emissions, it's easy to sound hypocritical. A new climate change initiative, led by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will sidestep this hypocricy by addr...
Pumpkin pie might be tried and true, but if you want to make a unique fall treat that will have your friends and family begging for the recipe, check out our scrumptious vegan pumpkin chocolate chip muffin cupcakes! Our resident pâtissier, the incredibl...
Read the rest of We Talk With Tracen Gardner of Reclaimed Space About Prefab Building & Salvaging Materials Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: artisan homes, artisan prefab building, artisan prefabs, hand made prefab homes, handmade prefab...
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World-renowned fashion photographer and filmmaker Jacob Sutton shot this incredible film of a ghostly snowboarder wrapped in glowing low-energy LED lights swooshing through snow and trees at night. Sutton told Nowness that he always dreamed about an ill...
Like our socks in the wash, some of the most important pieces in our board games seem to disappear without a trace. If you’ve experienced such a loss with your Scrabble set, you know there’s not much to play with when you’ve got more Qs than As. If you’...
Last Monday Apple announced that they were enlisting the Fair Labor Association to do independent audits of their manufacturing facilities in China at the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen where human rights issues have been a hot topic recently. Over the wee...
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These amazing Night Heron wind turbines made of locally-sourced scraps give rural Kenyans a whole new lease on life. Based on Hugh Piggot’s open source design, the turbines are built from recycled car parts and other scrap materials and cost just over $...
Read the rest of Perkins+Will’s Kuwait University Model School Will Be A Living Green Laboratory Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", eco design, eco school, green architecture, Green Building, green design, green...
Mind the Plant makes its garden planters from recycled plastic from local construction sites. The woven baskets are manufactured locally by the work integrating social co-op YallaTrappan in Malmo, Sweden. The planters are made for outdoor use and are pe...
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Perhaps no other animal on Earth is so synonymous with all things diminutive as the modestly framed shrimp -- but, as it turns out, not everything about those famed crustaceans is small.
There are believed to be as few as 130 endangered western gray whales left in the waters off of the North Pacific -- but for one youngster, it was evidently time to move on.
A proposed plan would create a rooftop garden that would double as a community gathering spot in downtown Toronto.
It can be a bit distressing to see fashion designer Samantha Pleet without a hat. But all of her models at New York Fashion Week were sporting wide, crown-less brims of burnished gold while strutting Pleet’s Fall/Winter 2012 collection on the runway. Pl...
Another Key Denier Tactic: Creation of “Front Groups” by Donald A. Brown, reposted from the Penn State Climate Ethics Blog I. Introduction. This is the second entry in a series looking at the climate change disinformation campaign through an ethical len...
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"Organic" means not full of chemicals; or does it?
The 2012 American International Toy Fair in New York City was filled with more than 1,200 exhibitors showing over 100,000 products. You might be thinking, how will I ever go through all of these new play things to find the coolest new toy for my little...
The founder of Conservation Hawks, an organization of sportsmen dedicated to fighting climate change, will give up his gun if global warming is a hoax. A Beretta Silver Pigeon 12 gauge shotgun “If you can convince Conservation Hawks chairman Todd Tanner...
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Fresh off of excommunicating 45 million American protestants in a speech that resurfaced this week, Santorum singled out President Obama for theological scrutiny yesterday, saying the commander in chief believes in “some phony theology.” ABC News report...
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Urgent economic need is driving a transformation of Tonga’s energy system by Zachary Rybarczyk Can you even imagine the United States setting a 50% target for renewable energy production by 2015? Perhaps the U.S. could look toward the Kingdom of Tonga f...
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During an appearance on Fox News Sunday this morning, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) couldn’t explain why the public rejects large parts of the Republican legislative agenda and instead blamed Democrats for opposing it. Asked why a recent New ...
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This week, a Virginia state House committee overwhelmingly approved a bill requiring women to receive an ultrasound before they can have an abortion. Because the majority of abortions happen in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, many women would have to u...
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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai confirmed this week that his government is now engaging in trilateral peace talks with the Taliban and the United States to end the 10-year war. GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, however, opposes any talks with t...
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey urged against an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear program, telling CNN’s Fareed Zakaria this morning that “It’s not prudent at this point to decide to attack Iran,” and such a strike would be “de...
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Tenderloin National Forest, is an urban oasis in one of San Francisco's Poorest Neighborhoods
California's largest agricultural producer to ban methyl iodide for use in agriculture.
Biomass-derived chemical raw materials which previously derived from petroleum could one day come from crop waste.
A crib from German furniture maker HOKIMÖ can be turned into a bed to match evolving needs.
Downtown From Behind gives the street style photograph a stylish spin with an intimate tour of the city streets by bike.
Fall/Winter 2012 New York Fashion Week has come to a close (don’t worry though; Fashion Week will of course be back in September). Take a look back at some of the most memorable designs on display in NYC and head over to our fashion-obsessed sister site...
Late last year, the Montana Supreme Court handed down a decision that was widely viewed as openly defying the U.S. Supreme Court’s election-buying decision in Citizens United. Last night, the U.S. Supremes issued an entirely unsurprising order staying t...
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This three-day weekend seems like an apropos time to reflect on all the many recent advances in legal recognition for same-sex couples. Here is a break-down of where things stand in each of the states we’ve been following this year: Legislation WASHINGT...
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Former Michigan congressman Pete Hoekstra, now campaigning for Senate against Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D), announced a state-wide bus tour yesterday dubbed Patriots For Pete, featuring former presidential candidate Herman Cain, who suspended his campaign a...
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The House Committee On Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing yesterday on the Obama administration’s now-revised ruling that all employers must cover contraception in their employee health insurance policies, including some religiously-affiliat...
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As the government moves to make Russia's traffic-clogged capital more bike-friendly, citizen cyclists are already creating and distributing their own bike maps to help other two-wheeled travelers find their way through the chaos.
Dryer exhaust vents need periodic cleanout to save money on energy.
Cities can be a lot of fun seems to be the message of awesome video from Argentinean creator.
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Are you having trouble getting your little ones to enjoy their veggies? Or maybe your kid is already a veggie monster, but you’re running out of ideas? Here’s our roundup of our favorite kid-friendly salad recipes filled with yummy, hearty ingredients...
Looking for some inspiration to renovation their 1,500-square-foot New York City apartment for them and their 10-year-old son, Melissa Marks and Vicente Caride, called in I-Beam Design for help, and with the help of LEGO master Sean Kenney they came up ...
In a 2008 speech at Ave Maria University, Rick Santorum, a devout Catholic, warned about the dangers of “the NBA” and “rock concerts,” but also said that while Protestants founded America, mainline Protestantism is in such “shambles” that “it is gone fr...
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Climate scientists like Michael Mann, Ben Santer, and Kevin Trenberth, whose emails were stolen by a hacker and then distorted by the Heartland Institute in the Climategate smear campaign, have written an open letter to the Heartland Institute following...
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In its latest transportation bill, the House of Representatives gave a big valentine gift to Big Oil by Jessica Goad, cross-posted from ThinkProgress Green This week, the House of Representatives passed part of the behemoth transportation bill it is con...
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The "Milo" table is the first in a line of furniture made from discarded wood.
John Patrick Organic reveals quirky and colorful digital prints, serious yet sporty silhouettes, and even jeans for fall 2012.
The winners were selected from 250 green wares featured in the "SustainAbility: Design for a Better World" exhibit.
When it comes to diesel cars, the choice in the U.S. is a little thin next to the selection of diesels on sale in Europe. After all, where else could you buy an example of the "Ultimate Driving Machine" that can average 60 miles per gallon? Just such a...
When it comes to reminiscing about old TV shows, we find they fall into one of two categories -- shows we really miss, or shows so bad they make us cringe to think about. Electra Woman and Dyna Girl -- a 16 week live action kids show from 1976 -- most ...
Read the rest of Brew Tavern and Cafe in Michigan Offers Local Produce Within a 100 Year Old Opera House Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Architecture, barn wood, beer, brew, Brew Tavern and Cafe, food, green renovation, Michigan, Reclai...
Read the rest of Trevor Williams’ Luminous Invading Forms are Actually Light Graffiti Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: eco design, Fiz-iks, green design, light graffiti, light painting, light painting photographs, light sculpture, sustai...
Star Wars geeks and guitar junkies will instantly fall in love with this amazing Millenium Falcon guitar that was handcrafted by enthusiast Brian Fisk. Working to create a functioning guitar in painstaking detail, Fisk must have spent hundreds of hours ...
Sustainable fashion designers like United Bamboo, Study NY by Tara St. James, H. Fredriksson and Luis Valenzuela found themselves right at home in the midst of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week on Friday. It was actually unclear if The GreenShows, which was es...
Less than a month ago, electric car infrastructure firm and battery swap specialist Better Place started deliveries of all-electric Renault Fluence Z.E. cars to customers in Israel. In the past, Better Place has explained the basics of how its rapid ba...
One of Toyota's more distinctive vehicles on display at last month's Detroit Auto Show was the FCV-R fuel-cell concept. Joining electric, plug-in hybrids and regular hybrids on Toyota's green car roster, the forward-thinking Japanese automaker is clear...
For years, the great and the good of Hollywood have helped encourage people to ditch gas guzzlers by turning up to red-carpet events and driving around Beverly Hills in an eclectic mix of trendy eco-cars. But when those cars are traded in for the lates...
Read the rest of 6 Easy-to-Carry Essentials That Will Keep Your Travels Green Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable development", BPA, carbon emissions, coffee, eco-tourism, eco-travel, Fair Trade, green design, green materials, ...
Washington State legislators just passed a bill that will require owners of electric vehicles to pay a $100 fee when they register their cars each year in order to make up for lost revenue on gas tax. We reported on the bill when it was proposed in the ...
If it’s icy cold where you are right now, why not treat yourself to a warm mental escape and feast your eyes on Louisa Dawson‘s awesome mini-pool made from a repurposed dumpster? We’ve reported on dumpster pools popping up in the past, but this quirky l...
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Read the rest of The Yusuhara Wooden Bridge Museum Complements Its Forested Mountain Surroundings Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Bridge Museum, Cantilever building, eco design, green design, Japan, Kengo Kuma, Kengo Kuma and Associates...
Read the rest of Kensington Creative and Performing Arts High School Encourages Green Change In Philadelphia Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: eco school, green school, KCAPA, Kensington Creative and Performing Arts HIgh School, philadelp...
Read the rest of PICS: Inhabitat’s Crazy, Colorful and Beautiful Eco-Art Picks From the Montreal Museum of Art Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Claude Cormier, eco design, eco-art, En Masse, Gilles Mihalcean, green art, green design, Los...
Big win for nation’s first offshore wind farm; big loss for a Koch Brother by Michael Conathan and Kiley Kroh In a huge step toward making the nation’s first offshore wind farm a reality, Massachusetts officials announced Wednesday that energy companies...
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Damien Hirst is perhaps best known as an extraordinarily provocative, sometimes playful artist who makes an incredible amount of money from his conceptual art — in a surprising shift, he now aims to channel some of that wealth into a new role as a pione...
You thought you were a horder? This Chinese artist, exhibiting in London, doesn't think you can top his mom.
Hog farmers in Minnesota are struggling with exploding barns. But this is a symptom of a bigger problem.
Texas Comptroller water-planning report also fails to brings up the growing role of natural gas fracking Ironically, the cover of a major Texas report on drought and water planning points out that it’s been “dry” and “hot” and implies humans have some c...
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Anthony Shadid, who won Pulitzer Prizes for his reporting on the American invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2004 and 2007, died earlier today after a fatal asthma attack he suffered while reporting in Syria. The photographer who was working on him on h...
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It's no secret that most human-animal conflicts don't end well for wildlife -- but in a rare show of interspecies hospitality, an entire community in India has decided to relocate in order to make room for big cats in need of some extra space.
It turns out that behind the Golden Gate there lies much more than meets the eye.
Over the past few years, Toyota has run some pretty unusual ad campaigns for its range of Prius Hybrids, from the cute Harmony TV spot through to the mildly disturbing People Person creation and the downright hilarious Cleaner Than-A-Sheep print ad. No...
It’s now been well over a year since the first 2011 Nissan Leafs were delivered to customers in California, Oregon, Washington and Arizona. But after one year, how are early Nissan Leafs performing? Are their battery packs still healthy, or have they s...
You have just two weeks left to vote for the Diesel Car of the Year award, which is organized by The Diesel Driver website. Every year, that site asks green-car advocates, diesel fans, and its readers to chose from its list of nominees. That list (belo...
The U.S. Department of Energy hasn't made any new loans under its Advanced Technology Vehicle Program in well over a year. At its current rate, it may never do so. The latest company to walk away from applications for low-interest loans from the $25 bi...
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Read the rest of Hong Yi Paints an Incredible Portrait Using Coffee Stains Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Coffee Art, Coffee Painting, Coffee Stains, Hong Yi, I See Red, Jay Chou, Malaysian Art, Painting with Coffee, Unusual art materi...
Hold on to your office chairs, research-loving infographic fans – we’ve got a doozy for you here. Researchers at the University of Twente in the Netherlands have compiled a report on the “water footprint of humanity” (from 1996 to 2005) that comes compl...
Wood wool is a material made from leftover slivers cut from logs – it’s mainly used in packaging, filling, or bonded to form boards. As a celebration of this wonderful eco-friendly material, Italian designer Valerio Romondia created a simple eco-friendl...
Pandas, horses, cows and plenty of birds are recreated as amazing paper sculptures by the hands of Sydney-based artist Anna-Wili Highfield. The daughter of a puppeteer, Anna spent her childhood exposed to people making amazing creations. She now transla...
StyleVISA is a new online shop of carefully curated design goodies from around the world. Bringing together furniture, home accessories, beauty and even fashion, the site is a treasure trove of design, with many eco-offerings for the sustainable design ...
Read the rest of Sean Avery Turns Shattered CDs Into Astounding Animal Sculptures Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: animal sculptures, cd sculptures, cd sulptures, cds, eco-art, green art, old cds, recycled art, Recycled Materials, sean a...
As ThinkProgress explained on Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) invoked one of the Senate’s many, many broken rules to force it to waste more than a full day debating whether to confirm Judge Adalberto Jose Jordan to a federal appellate court. Yesterday, P...
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The future still isn't what it used to be, with jetpacks and replicators. It is just more of the same, with jazzy electronics.
An artist creates a beautiful studio from reclaimed redwood fences.
We already know that appropriately-equipped electric cars can be used to provide emergency backup power to homes cut off from the electricity grid in a natural disaster, but can they also be used to help a city run as normal? Could they, for example, b...
Let's say you're in the market for a small car, and you want the most economical one around in your budget. What are the options? Quite varied ones, actually - everything from electric cars, through hybrids, range-extended vehicles, gasoline and diesel...
Sixteen months ago, General Electric announced it would place the "largest order in history" for electric cars, to be used by its employees who are issued company cars. Now, those cars are starting to arrive and be placed with employees. And where chan...
If you choose to run your car on an alternative fuel or electricity, it's not always as easy to find somewhere to refuel or recharge as it might be with a normal gasoline vehicle. Luckily, you have technology on your side in the modern age. So below yo...
This is the week when driving impressions of the 2012 Fisker Karma have started to appear, as Fisker invites in waves of automotive journalists for a half-day of driving in and around Los Angeles. (We'll have our report early next week, but we had a br...
With Fashion Week now in full swing, we thought it would be fun to revisit the exclusive video we shot of one of our favorite New York Designers, Samantha Pleet. Our very own Jill Fehrenbacher chatted with the eco-designer in her Brooklyn studio about e...
Many car buyers love that “new car smell” that comes with their brand new rides, but the chemicals that give off that “pleasant” scent are actually quite toxic. According to a new study by the Ecology Center, many of the chemicals that are used for part...
Calling all iPhone lovers! Snow Lizard just launched their uber-rugged iPhone 4/4S AQUA TEK S. case and it’s the first waterproof, solar-charged, battery-powered case of its kind. Unveiling via Kickstarter today, the case combines battery and solar tech...
Read the rest of EXCLUSIVE PICS: Mutual Tower is Namibia’s Tallest, Greenest Skyscraper Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "energy efficiency", eco design, Green Building, green design, Greenest Tower, groundwater, heat recovery, Leon Barn...
Read the rest of Artist Anja Markiewicz Folds Amazingly Tiny Origami Out of Inch-Long Pieces of Paper Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Anja Markiewicz, Art, biodegradable paper, ephemeral art, german art, green materials, Nano-Origami, o...
Read the rest of Pablo Curutchet’s Monstrous Recycled Cardboard Box Man Emerges from the Water Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Animals, argentine art, Art, cardboard box dog, cardboard box man, cardboard boxes, ephemeral art, green mate...
In four short years in the U.S. House of Representatives, congressman Allen West has earned a reputation for making the most irresponsible statements which are clearly intended to attract media attention, spark debate, and fire up his most fervent right...
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IBM is building what will be Asia's largest data center for Tulip Telecom with an eye on energy efficiency.
Which would you rather have- a closet or a solar panel? A builder in California makes some interesting choices.
A new water bottle from CamelBak uses UV-C light to effectively purify water in just 60 seconds.
Without a more comprehensive vision of economic health and better ways to measure it, we are flying blind on a path to economic decline and collapse.
The Mounties and the Intelligence Service are eyeing Greenpeace and PETA, and everyone who uses the internet
Brooklyn-based designer Samantha Pleet uses organic fibers and heritage wool to create simple and striking designs, from cropped jackets and capes to golden silk dresses.
Every summer New York’s MoMA PS1 gallery blossoms with an amazing new pavilion by an up-and-coming architecture studio, and the museum just announced that the winner of this year’s Young Architects Program is HWKN’s stellar star-shaped “Wendy” pavilion!...
In space, no one can hear you clean.
Ever felt a bit cranky in the morning? Chances are, it's not for quite the same reason as it would have been for your great grandfather. Because originally, "cranky" was what people called you if you'd become flustered from trying to hand crank your re...
If you're thinking about applying to lease a BMW ActiveE--or of buying one of several other electric cars now on the market--you may be eligible for a nice freebie. Coulomb Technologies, the company behind the ChargePoint network of public charging sta...
Well, here's a bit of good news. The sales-weighted average gas mileage for all vehicles sold in the U.S. was the highest it's ever been, reaching 22.9 miles per gallon. That's almost 1 mpg higher than the 22.0 mpg figure for January 2011, according to...
Read the rest of NL Architects’ Sanya Block 5 is a Lush Garden Hotel for China Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", china, eco design, eco hotel, green architecture, Green Building, green design, green hotel, livi...
President Obama’s has pledged to make companies using hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas disclose a list of chemicals used in their operations, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar just announced today that those wells will also be subject to i...
Last month we kicked off our Green Guide to Prefab series with an article exploring the history of prefabricated housing. Now we’re back with another installation in this series to take a look at mobile homes and their influence on the development of pr...
Read the rest of CASE and SOM’s AMPS Living Green Wall Promises to Reduce Air Pollution and Energy Costs Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "green wall", Active Modular Phytoremediation Wall System, Ashra 62.1, Ashrea 62.2, case, green des...
Last week Tesla officially unveiled its latest model, the Model X crossover. Four days after the automaker started taking reservations for the new electric crossover, Tesla has already received over 500 reservations (which translates into $40 million in...
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PEGA Design and Engineering‘s latest award-winning material might just put more paper on your desk — in the form of a laptop computer! The material, Paper PP Alloy, is said to be a strong, sturdy, affordable, environmentally friendly alternative to the ...
If thoughts of a gorgeous summer evening spent around a campfire are keeping you warm this winter, you’ll be glad to hear that Biolite is working to make camping a little bit greener. The company just launched an ingenious multi-tasking camp stove that ...
During his presidential run, Mitt Romney has tried to distance himself from the universal healthcare plan he passed as governor of Massachusetts because of its similarities to President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, but Romney’s law has been highly succe...
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Director Chris Weitz didn’t just make one of the best movies of 2011 with his tender exploration of the lives of undocumented immigrants, A Better Life. The process of making the film turned him into a dedicated advocate for immigration reform, reconnec...
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US Energy Secretary Steven Chu has outlined what the fiscal year 2013 proposed budget has in store for his department. Here are the clean energy higlights.
Back in November, we reported that Ford was planning on starting deliveries of its 2012 Ford Focus Electric to customers in New York and California before the end of 2011, with sales in other areas due to follow some time this year. In reality, while F...
Two days ago, President Barack Obama released his proposed U.S. government budget for the fiscal year starting in October. And in it, he followed through on a promise from his State of the Union address last month, by proposing to cut up to $4 billion ...
When it comes to gas mileage figures, we're always told "your mileage may vary". It's when that mileage varies outside of reasonable expectations that people start to take issue, and that's exactly what happened when 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid owner Heath...
When Clayton Tugonon set about creating his classy Una Cebu Car from locally sourced natural and recycled materials, he wanted to demonstrate to other Filipino designers the potential beauty and utility of their local resources. Modeled after a 1959 Por...
Read the rest of The ZAP’ ADOS Skatepark is a Former Peanut Factory Wrapped in Bright Orange Mesh Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: adaptive reuse, Bang, Bang Architects, Calais, Daylighting, france, glazing, graffiti, green design, green...
Refrigerators are currently the most popular (and in many cases, only) way to keep our food fresh, but since they run 24/7, they’re hardly the most eco-friendly. Wondering what kinds of alternatives we might be able to come up with, Korean designer Jihy...
If you’re a drummer and a green enthusiast, you’ll love this awesome drum set that’s been built from repurposed wine barrels. With a complete kit that comes with a bass drum, toms, a snare, and a high hat and cymbal — courtesy of what appears to be Zild...
Two solar power giants in the US are embroiled in a legal face off which has industrial espionage and intrigue written all over it. Commercial solar supplier Sunpower is hitting solar installer SolarCity with a lawsuit claiming it stole confidential inf...
Read the rest of BIG Unveils Plans for Its New Twisting Residential Skyscraper in Vancouver Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", beach & howe, beach & howe tower, big, bjarke ingels, Bjarke Ingels Group, eco desig...
New Zealand-based design studio BGWorld recently released their latest collection of recycled lamps dubbed ‘Kamikarze Lamps’. The quirky lamps are handcrafted from discarded toys in need of a new home, and each piece has been intricately detailed and we...
Are desert dwellers in denial about the fragility of urban society in the Southwest? by Greg Hanscom, reposted from Grist What was the most surprising thing that came out of Andrew Ross’s two-year research stint in Phoenix, Ariz.? For my money, it’s thi...
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Congress passed the Violence Against Women Act in 1994, and it’s been reauthorized without a hitch twice since then. Now that it’s up for reauthorization again, however, Senate Republicans have suddenly decided to use it as part of an anti-gay and anti-...
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Our guest blogger is Annie-Rose Strasser of the Center for Community Change. Roseanne Barr, best known for her role on the eponymous 1990s television sitcom, has in recent years taken up a slightly less glamorous job: running a 46-acre macadamia nut far...
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the stimulus, became law three years ago this week, signed by President Obama less than a month into his presidency. At the time, financial and housing crises had plunged the American economy i...
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Baca Architects was recently granted approval to build the UK’s first amphibious house on the banks of the Thames River in England! The test home will respond to the issue of rising floodwaters – a pressing world-wide problem caused by climate change. W...
From a vacuum cleaner the size of a soccer ball to the most fashionable bike helmet ever, this year's selections cover a mish-mash of categories.
"Zina has been known to take care of all living things, from birds falling out of nests to relocating a snake; she's that type of human being."
Sharks have garnered a reputation as mean, cold-blooded aquatic killers, striking fear into the hearts of many would-be ocean goers -- but it turns out that in an increasing number of shark attack cases, it may actually be humans that are to blame.
Let's imagine for a second that you have a family, and you need a vehicle to transport them around in. However, you're also looking to get a good mix of practicality and gas mileage, as gas prices aren't making those long vacation trips any easier. You...
The e-mail pitch from BMW said, "Electronauts Wanted". The goal was to get several hundred drivers to lease a new electric car, the BMW ActiveE, for two years to give BMW more real-world data on how people use these cars in the real world. A total of 7...
For some time now in a variety of motorsport disciplines, the engine and transmission has acted as a stressed member of the car's structure. What that means, is that rather than mount the engine and gearbox in a chassis, the drivetrain becomes part of ...
Read the rest of 8 Green Valentines for the Architects and Designers We Love! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: architect crush, dan barasch, design crush, designer crush, eco valentine’s day, green crush, green valentines, green valentin...
Read the rest of Artist Valerie Buess Twists and Turns Paper Into Magical Underwater Creatures Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Art, biodegradable paper, Decorative Objects, Faux Nature, folding paper, marine creatures, recycled books, R...
Read the rest of Takanori Aiba’s Amazing Bonsai Tree Castles are Miniature Living Worlds Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Bonsai castles, bonsai diorama, bonsai tree, eco design, green design, house plant, sustainable design, Takanori Ai...
I think Bill O’Reilly is correct that Whitney Houston is perhaps not the best example to deploy if you want to make the case that legalizing narcotics would decrease violence related to the drug trade and make it easier for addicts to get help (I happen...
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Our guest bloggers are Rebecca Friendly and Araceli Ruano from the Center for American Progress’ California office. At all levels of government there has been a serious push for increasing access to food among low income households and fostering more nu...
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A new report shows the European Union is continuing to make rapid progress in clean energy—the sector now employs more than 1 million workers as well.
So, first, a little history. Our family car was a 2008 Audi A6 Avant S Line, silver with a black interior. My husband Michael had a 2005 Mini Cooper S John Cooper Works. Both were very nice cars. In February 2008, Michael discovered the Tesla Roadster,...
A woman in Finland wanted to convert an abandoned boathouse into a sauna for 12 years, but she couldn’t get municipal approval – so Denizen Works traveled from London to her home in Åland and came up with a viable solution. Responding to stories about a...
Sen. Scott Brown’s (R-MA) entire re-election campaign messaging is centered around his alleged independence — trying to sell him to Massachusetts voters as being for them and not a creature of his party. Given that Democrats enjoy about a 20-point advan...
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A plan for a data center energy park in Colorado includes energy-efficient data centers and on-site renewable energy generation that could operate as a microgrid, separate from the main grid.
The outlook for African penguins in the wild may not be positive but—in at least one breeding program—a budding love is offering hope for the species.
Expected losses on the program are just about one-third that anticipated by Congress when establishing it. Maybe now, finally, we can put the politically motivated Solyndra saga behind us.
Read the rest of Infinity Mirror Room: Yayoi Kusama Unveils Dazzling Space Lit by Hundreds of LED Lights Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Infinity Mirrored Room, LED lights artwork, retrospective, sparkling installation, Tate Modern, Yay...
Artist Franck de Las Mercedes has been sending these motivational boxes of ideas around the world since 2007.
The latest from this green fashion label is all about electric colors, leather, mesh, and even a dash of school girl charm.
Three years ago I thought it was just vaporware, but something is being built in Sweden.
What's Better, A Lifetime of Phone Books or a Lifetime of iPhones?
Less than seven hours after progressives launched a campaign to mobilize opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline, the 24-hour goal of 500,000 signatures has been reached. “Um, I don’t quite believe it,” tweeted 350.org founder Bill McKibben, who is appea...
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Due to climate change's effects on weather systems, powerful storms like Hurricane Irene, once considered rare, could occur every 3 to 20 years.
The Lexus RX 450h, on sale since 2009, is set to gain a facelift this year and a sporty new trim line, to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The 2013 RX will gain some of the styling cues found on the 2013 Lexus GS range, giving the front e...
It’s no secret that the NYPD has a fleet of twenty 2011 Chevrolet Volts which help civilian traffic enforcement agents carry out duties throughout the city of New York, but now the Chevrolet Volt’s European sibling is proving popular with law enforceme...
We may already be familiar with the Mazda Takeri concept car, but it's set to spearhead Mazda's assault on the Geneva Motor Show at the beginning of March. That assault includes showcasing Mazda's i-ELOOP regenerative braking technology, and its SKYACT...
Tesla is a company charting a very logical path to its future. While some may call the electric-car builder’s plans ambitious, each model is carefully orchestrated to build on the success of the model preceding it. Tesla’s now-familiar Roadster helped ...
Read the rest of Airlight Concentrating Solar Power Troughs Combine Concrete With Super Light Pneumatic Mirrors Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "solar energy", air pillow mirror, air pillows, airlight, airlight energy, concentrating sol...
Electric cars and hybrids have generally been thought of as being more environmentally friendly than their gasoline powered counterparts, but new findings are proving otherwise. There have been countless studies showing that the environmental impact of ...
Read the rest of Luzinterruptus’ Luminous Recycled Bottles Cascade From Dismantled Drinking Fountains in Madrid Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: art collective, artistic intervention, luzinterruptus, public art installation, recycled art...
No matter how small your urban outdoor space is, it can offer a lot of unused space above your head. Skypots let you use that space to its full potential by offering a variety of simple white spheres with white bases and transparent tops that can be att...
A newly released study from the Breakthrough Institute shows a clear indication on how dependent Japan has been on nuclear power. First the good news: after the devastating earthquake and resulting destruction of the Fukushima Nuclear Plant in Japan las...
People do a lot of interesting things in order to raise money for charity, however this has to rank among the most “eggscellent” – Sculptor Stuart Murdoch has created a life-size replica of a Challenger II tank out of 5,016 egg cartons to raise money fo...
In Star Trek: The Next Generation, the Enterprise’s Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge was blind but was able to see with the aid of a VISOR (Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement). Now a team led by Dr. Amir Amedi at the Hebrew University of Jeru...
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While we write a lot about a sustainable built environment, we often overlook the contribution of engineers. We recently talked at length with Greg Bentley, CEO of Bentley Systems, about the upcoming Future City design competition for aspiring middle-sc...
Utrecht-based SEMdesign created this low-impact faceted bowl that is made entirely from cardboard so it can be easily recycled or composted at the end of its life. Named “Fruit Bowl 128 Cardboard”, this stripey bowl was made by laser-cutting and affixin...
Work has begun on efforts to extract over 500,000 gallons of fuel which remain on the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner. The ship ran aground off the Tuscan island of Giglio on January 13th in a tragedy which claimed 32 lives – rescue efforts ceased ...
Bio Hotel, a sustainable construction inspired by the LEED methodology, will be a 7-storey hotel located in Bogotá D.C. – Colombia. LEED is a certification program for sustainable buildings and construction projects administered by the U.S. Green Buildi...
Sprout Space is a prefabricated modular classroom designed by Allen Post, an architect in the Atlanta office of Perkins+Will, that offers a high-performance learning environment in a sustainably designed structure. In addition to winning an internationa...
Conspiracy theorist Rick Santorum was called out by the Mitt Romney campaign — not for claiming that global warming is a hoax, but implying that Romney rigged the CPAC straw poll. “I don’t try to rig straw polls,” Santorum said on CNN’s State of the Uni...
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Georgia’s controversial plan to mandate drug testing for all welfare recipients and other beneficiaries of government assistance got a big endorsement on Friday from Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney. On a local NBC affiliate in Georgia, Rom...
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Everyone is worried about population growth, but in fact it may well be going the other way.
A lot of progress can be made by taking the tools of one field and using them in another. Here we see how a criminology tool can be used to better fight invasive species.
We are relying on technology that is better as a kitchen appliance than a life saver
If you think that the Chevrolet Volt Bullfrog Power Edition sounds like a rather odd limited edition model, we can understand the confusion. It's nothing to do with the green, hopping creature though, nor is Bullfrog Power an aesthetically-challenged s...
In June last year, Norwegian electric automaker Think filed for bankruptcy for the third time in its 20-year life. Since then, Think’s misfortunes have caused battery maker Ener1 to also declare bankruptcy while its own future is now in the automotive ...
With Wall Street profits and bonuses falling and big banks cutting jobs right and left, it seems that the financial services sector would be scaling back its free-spending ways. But, according to a Center for Responsive Politics analysis, they likely to...
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The Obama administration’s 2013 budget promises to “build a fair and stable economy for the LGBT community, while continuing to defend their rights.” Below are seven investments for reducing anti-gay bullying, hate crimes, and HIV/AIDS infections: – 4 p...
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As climate science continues to be attacked and politicized, it’s time for us to shower some much-needed affection on the scientists who are helping us understand the changing world around us. As a reader of this blog, we know you love climate scientist...
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A broad coalition of the grassroots progressive movement is launching a 24-hour effort to mobilize 500,000 people opposing Republican efforts to approve the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. GOP senators “plan to file an amendment mandating the project to...
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It was nice to see this anti-factory farming message reach a national audience during the 2012 Grammy's!
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From a "five star gas station" to a leading music venue, some old cotton mills in rural NC are becoming a hub of a new economy.
Finally some movement in the right direction after years, even decades, of stagnation.
Made from recycled washing machine drums and combined with surprising materials like tweed, cork and orange netting, these lamps stand out from the rest.
While it is true that what is conventionally called "green" construction is increasing, is it really sustainable?
If you’ve been trying to incorporate more fruits and veggies into your diet but find washing them to be a chore, Vege Aqua is a new product that might make it feel like less cumbersome. Unlike other produce washes that contain a long list of ingredients...
The auto world is buzzing today about Tesla‘s highly-anticipated Model X family-sized vehicle, which was unveiled just last night. Built for parents with a need for speed, this car breaks the mold for crossover vehicles with “falcon wing” doors, a compl...
Almost five years ago, San Francisco became the first American city to ban plastic shopping bags from supermarkets and chain pharmacies. Now the city is poised to expand that ban to all retail stores and restaurants within the city limits. Only certain ...
In his escalating war on President Obama’s fake war on religion, Rick Santorum warned yesterday that America is headed towards a French Revolution-style guillotining spree thanks to “President Obama and his overt hostility to faith in America.” The GOP ...
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Is the Chevrolet Volt being outshone by its own little brother? The Wall Street Journal suggests that - just like millions of Americans - the Volt is a victim of some good, old-fashioned sibling rivalry - at the hands of the Chevrolet Cruze. On the fac...
Greenpeace just released their fifth annual Cool IT Leaderboard, which rates huge IT companies for their green initiatives – and this year Google pulled ahead of the pack. The internet giant got the most cred for its green policy initiatives, but it was...
Google leads the pack in Greenpeace's annual ranking of IT companies based on their efforts to use clean energy and reduce their environmental impact.
What would it be like to swim through the estimated 100 million tons of trash swirling around in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? These photographs bring viewers as close as they'd probably ever want to come to finding out.
"The stakes are very high and scientists are not the best people to deal with the social, ethical or political issues that geoengineering raises."
Times Square pulses with energy no matter when you’re there, but for the month of February, the center of New York City will be glowing a brilliant pink thanks to a 10-foot tall LED heart sculpture by the Bjarke Ingels Group. Unveiled on February 6, the...
Without sugar-coating, the white stuff we inhaled as kids, in excess, takes a toll far more toxic than cavities.
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With a bevy of hidden compartments that you can stash your stuff in, the Kai table is an urban apartment dweller’s dream. Built by Naoki Hirakoso and Takamitsu Kitahara, the coffee table is made of wood and has a deceptively smooth surface that those in...
Nowhere in America has the housing crisis hit harder than Nevada, the site of the next step in the Republican Party’s 2012 presidential nomination contest. While the issue of housing might be foremost in the minds of Nevadans, they have heard strikingly...
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Jim Burroway at Box Turtle Bulletin has just passed on word that the Business Committee of Uganda’s Parliament will discuss the proposed “Kill The Gays” bill next week. Despite rumors to the contrary, the bill did not die at the end of the last session ...
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If you start your own plants from seed, you've likely noticed that many packaged soil-less mixes are peat-based. Wondering if there's a more sustainable choice?
HOK’s San Francisco office received a jury recognition award for their net-zero “Battery Park” design, which features a remarkable algae facade designed by Charles Lee. A combination of load reduction, waste heat recovery, and waste-to-energy strategies...
Though the matchup between the Patriots and the Giants might be drawing a lot of football fans, many people will be tuning into the Super Bowl just for the commercials! GM knows this too and this year, they’ve decided to enlist some alien actors for the...
During an interview last night with Nevada reporter Jon Ralston, Mitt Romney attempted to walk back his statement that he is “not concerned with the very poor.” “It was a mistake. I misspoke,” Romney said: ROMNEY: It was a mistake. I misspoke. I’ve said...
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An investigation by the Corporate Crime Reporter blog forced the Sierra Club to admit that it secretly had taken millions of dollars from the Chesapeake Energy natural gas company to fund its Beyond Coal campaign from 2007 to 2010 under the leadership o...
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Insurance companies operating in three states must disclose climate change response plans.
The UK company reVend has teamed up with IKEA to make household hazardous waste recycling simple with "reverse vending machines" for spent bulbs and batteries.
These designs made by Rodrigo Alonso Schramm are an interesting way to keep e-waste out of landfills and in your livingroom.
Solar power growth was particularly impressive, with investment increasing 700% over 2010 levels last year.
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It's bomb-proof and it tells you the weather: what more could you want?
A once lauded scheme to label all produce with its carbon footprint looks set for the scrap heap. What does that mean for corporate carbon footprinting?
Just when it started to seem like we had mapped out pretty much all lifeforms on Earth, biologists say they have now found yet another ark-full -- and all in just one small region of South America.
The brilliant folks at Portlandia remind us how history repeats itself. Now, where did I put my beard suspenders?
Some artists are prone to being a bit aloof, but in nature there's a sculptor that may be crabbiest of all.
California, New York, and Washington state will require insurance companies to disclose their plans for dealing with climate change risks.
Brad Pitt is right. Cars are ridiculous.
Back in 1955, French carmaker Citroën launched one of the most dramatic-looking cars ever made. It was named the DS, in French pronounced Déesse, meaning "goddess". Many thought that appropriate given the striking, avante-garde looks, and today it's of...
With last month's sales of the 2012 Chevy Volt less than half what they were in December, Chevrolet has stepped up its efforts to sell its innovative but pricey range-extended electric car. And it's doing it the old-fashioned way, by "putting money on ...
Rocker Lane Workshop is a new Irish company that produces hand crafted contemporary furniture made entirely from reclaimed maple floorboards. The workshop is the result of a collaboration between Seán Fogarty, a young architect with a passion for sustai...
McDonald’s and other fast food chains have quietly announced that they will stop selling “Pink Slime” beef – a form of second-grade meat that is treated with a nasty ammonia process to eliminate bacteria. Thanks to national headlines and attention from ...
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America’s largest breast cancer organization the Susan G. Komen Foundation is sustaining serious blowback from its decision to sever ties with Planned Parenthood. Though the foundation insists its a non-partisan non-profit, its new rule only targets Pla...
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Temmie Breslauer is suing the New York Police Department for allegedly mistreating her while she was in custody for a minor infraction (misusing a discount subway fare card). She claims she was chained to a fence with her hand over her head where she wa...
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"The public should be aware of what mining companies pay to the government and what the government receives from mining and exploration companies."
If you buy a new car but can’t get anywhere near the gas mileage the automaker says you should, can you sue them for misleading you? For Heather Peters -- former attorney and owner of a 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid -- the answer is a resounding yes. At the ...
Have you ever felt like the objects you own actually own you? If so, maybe you should join Joinless, the world’s first open source brand. Joinless is based on the idea that we shouldn’t allow our obsession with possessions rule us and that we can actual...
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A vintage book of bird illustrations by John James Audobon was the third most expensive printed book purchased at an auction.
A local TV show gives home, car makeover and branding help to Brazilian 61-year-old Dona Eunice, who has 27 children, feeds around 60, and created a sewing cooperative.
A quick and easy-to-use design that takes up no space, at a reasonable price.
Finally some serious promotion to the dangers of cycling and the responsibility of drivers.
When it comes to clean transportation, London is charging ahead at maximum speed – not only is the city’s mayor a cycling enthusiast, but he helped to push the introduction of London’s first hydrogen fuel cell taxis just in time for the 2012 Olympics! T...
Exhibition"Send to Print/Print to Send" highlights the amazing range of 3D-printing.
ORBEA has devolved the GROW system that lets kids' bikes be adjusted in size for better ergonomic, economic and ecologic performance. It just hot the Spanish market, see what you think!
Range extenders, small gasoline engines that produce electricity to run electric cars after their battery packs discharge, will likely see huge innovation in the coming years. While the Chevy Volt and Fisker Karma both use off-the-shelf GM engines as r...
One scientist believes he's stumbled upon an idea so crazy that it just might work -- calling for the unleashing of a host of other non-native species that could make short work of the ones already there.
Last year, U.S. car buyers drove home in roughly 17,000 plug-in cars, the bulk of them Nissan Leafs and Chevrolet Volts. As several more plug-in cars enter the market this year, analysts will watch sales carefully to see whether retail and fleet buyers...
President Obama might see a bright future for electric cars in the United States, but not everyone shares his positive outlook. Unsurprisingly, oil giants BP and Exxon are among them. In a report released last month, BP outlined data which suggests tha...
The compact crossover segment is one of the hottest segments right now, and every automaker wants its share of the sales pie, including Nissan. The 2012 Rogue is Nissan's entry into this segment, and it has the options you would expect from a crossover...
Young & Battaglia‘s latest creation for Mineheart is a cool new collection featuring wallpaper designed to transform your dull walls into everything from book-lined shelves to a stone interior reminiscent of Renaissance sculptures and cathedrals. Perfec...
Matthias Pliessnig‘s beautiful organic benches strike a perfect balance between the the subjects he studied: sculpture, furniture design, and wood & art. The Philadelphia-based designer creates these astonishing sculptural seats by shaping ash and white...
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Dan Baer hosted an international web chat with embassies around the world yesterday to discuss and expand upon Hillary Clinton’s landmark commitment to advancing LGBT equality as part of America’s foreign policy objec...
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After years of disagreement, NOAA's Fisheries Service has decided to list the Atlantic sturgeon as an endangered species. The listing will include five distinct populations of the fish -- four are endangered, and o...
Fox and crew, reportedly filming a follow-up to their hit documentary on hydraulic fracturing, were ejected from the public hearing. An ABC News crew was also kicked out.
The space under a staircase is used as an unconventional chest of drawers in this Rhode Island house.
If you've been following over the last few weeks, you'll have seen us pitch two cars from particular manufacturers against each other. While there are often clear differences between the models, the exercise highlights what someone in the market at a p...
How researchers determined the sticky leaves of this plant were actually eating worms, out of sight and below ground.
Kyocera is introducing a new home energy management system that couples solar power panels with a lithium-ion battery for power storage that allows Japanese homes to operate off-grid if necessary.
One of our favorite electricity-free iPhone speakers is adding a new recycled plastic version to the line-up. Is it as green?
The market for gasoline-electric hybrids and electric cars is expected to grow over the next few years, but they aren't the only energy-efficient vehicles expected to become more popular. Also looking at an increase in popularity are micro-hybrids and ...
While cycling is undoubtedly fun and a great way to keep fit, we all know dangerous it can be if you don’t take safety precautions — yet so many cyclists still don’t wear their helmets! A common excuse is that they are such a pain to carry around, but p...
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and it’s time to start planning your oh-so-special evening. May we suggest adding a little eco spice to your heart-filled holiday? Roses may be nice and chocolates may be tasty, but these 14 sexy sustainable sk...
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In what would make a great movie, an organism is found that digests plastic. Oh wait, it's been done.
Dear Pablo: I have been seeing a lot of advertisements claiming that soda makers are better for the environment. Are these claims really true?
Even multi-millionaire pro-basketball players can ride bikes to commute to work!
The Humane Society of the United States has just released video from undercover investigations at the nation's third and fifth largest pork producers, one of which is a Walmart supplier. The picture is graphic, ugly, and unfortunately usual.
Authorities say that this is the first case they've seen involving hot ice.