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Maine student rejects scholarship from bottled water company

Despite needing to pay a hefty tuition bill this fall, Hannah Rousey refused to take money from Poland Spring Bottling Co., a subsidiary of Nestlé.




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Good luck finding Maine's Katahdin Woods and Waters; The governor has banned signs and directions.

It's another national monument established by Obama and threatened by Trump.




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Amazing Lamp Powered by Algae, Water, and Your Breath

Treehugger has noted before how one can generate electricity from algae; Now Designboom shows a lamp designed by Mike Thompson that uses the principle. Place the lamp outside and the algae generates electricity during




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Stunning underwater plants and sea life on the ocean floor

These stunning underwater organisms offer an ethereal beauty hard to reproduce on land.




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Stunning Underwater Plants and Sea Life on the Ocean Floor (Slideshow)

The ocean is full of uncharted territory -- and of breathtaking natural wonders that look like they'd be more at home on Pandora than in the blue depths just off the beach where you spent your summer vacation. These stunning underwater plants offer an




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What if we could turn wastewater and algae into carbon-negative fuels and clean water?

Is this company getting closer to the dream of making truly sustainable carbon-negative fuel?




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Streets are for people (and water slides)

A slippery art installation in Bristol, England, reminds us that streets are not just for cars.




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Jargon Watch: Plasticarian

A new term for those who try to live without plastic, that might just catch on.




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eBay's Desert Data Center Gets Into Hot Water

Cooling a data center in one of the hottest parts of the USA can be done by using hot water, as eBay's Phoenix facility finds.




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Clever rainwater garden grows squash and corn in Arizona desert

When you've got a lot of driveway runoff, some careful landscaping can put it to good use.




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Tour a Brooklyn treehouse built from an old water tower

A charming treehouse is made from recycled wood and glass.




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Australian School Ditches Bottled Water, While Another Becomes First Carbon Neutral School

While no longer breaking news, the endeavours of students and staff at two different Australian schools still merits attention. One school went bottled water free, whilst




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A Waterloop is a Hyperloop from Waterloo

Engineering students come up with a hyperloop pod that floats on air.




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12 storey tall wood tower to be built on Toronto waterfront

Moriyama & Teshima Architects + Acton Ostry Architects win design competition.




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Alaska SeaLife Center replaces fossil fuels with sea water power

The aquarium and wildlife rescue center uses a unique heat pump system to cover 98% of its heating needs.




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Bottled & Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession With Bottled Water (Book Review)

Dr. Peter Gleick uncovers the complex truth to the bottled water industry, and makes a strong case for being realistic about our addiction.




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Join Author Peter Gleick for a Discussion of Our Obsession With Bottled Water

Author Peter Gleick joins TreeHugger for a live chat about the story behind bottled water and what it means for our culture and environment.




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Would Paul Watson Really Voluntarily Go to Costa Rica for Trial? And Collaborate on Ocean Conservation?

Has the Costa Rica Foreign Minister really just suggested that the Sea Shepherd founder might voluntarily go to Costa Rica to face trial?




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Paul Watson's Arrest Bringing New Focus to Costa Rica's Anti-Shark Finning Efforts

Two ships of shark fin poachers have been stopped in the past two weeks, influenced by renewed government focus on the issue due to Paul Watson's case in Germany.




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Ice Watch is Olafur Eliasson's visual reminder of climate change

"Come touch the Greenland ice sheet and be touched by it."




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Greenwash Watch: HDPE Chairs

He must have seen my TreeHugger media badge, because the salesman from Element Square called out and said "No trees were harmed in the production of these chairs!" I replied that a lot of fossil fuels were burned and a lot of CO2 released, and he said




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The Week in Pictures: Volvo's Pedestrian Airbag, Paris Underwater, and More

An airbag on the hood of the car to protect pedestrians? We also have a video of Paris flooded by rising seas, a sliding library creates an extra room, and more.




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DIY wood mold for BioSand water filter system is a low-tech clean water solution

This water filtration solution requires no electricity, has no moving parts, and can be built affordably with locally available materials.




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It's World Water Day, and the Great Lakes are at risk thanks to proposed EPA cutbacks

And it's not just lefty TreeHuggers who are outraged; Everybody is in on this war of words




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These 100 popsicles are made with trash- and sewage-filled water

The Polluted Water Popsicles project is meant to shock viewers into realizing how serious water contamination is in Taiwan.




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New solar technology promises safe drinking water in a compact off-grid footprint

When the oft-predicted water wars start, we're going to want this technology on our side. Let's hope it survives the budget wars.




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Water 3.0 solves problem of microplastics and pharmaceuticals in wastewater

Current water treatment can't remove these wastes that are increasingly implicated in serious environmental effects




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This new craze for "raw water" will not end well

They say it has minerals and probiotics, but what else could be swimming around in it?




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Reefill wants to get New Yorkers off bottled water. What's wrong with this picture?

New York City water doesn't need to be filtered and citizens have already paid for it, that's what.




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36 eye-opening facts about water

In which we gush about all things H2O in celebration of World Water Day.




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What is in our water? Known unknowns, and unknown unknowns

What is in your drinking water? It turns out there may be more than we know.




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Miracle moss removes arsenic from drinking water

The aquatic moss clears 80 percent of arsenic from a container of water in less than an hour.




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Flushing water pipes can increase lead exposure

Is your child's school flushing water pipes to reduce lead exposures? Do you flush at home? Then you should read this to learn a better solution to lead exposure risks.




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Water gets weirder as new properties come to light

This ubiquitous liquid, water, continues to amaze us with its just plain weirdness




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Vegetarians save so much water

Scientists looking at water consumption in different countries came to a not so shocking conclusion.




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Even groundwater is contaminated with microplastics

This could mean we're drinking our plastic waste.




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New Zealand bemoans water pollution, but won't limit dairy

It's uncomfortable to face the source of the pollution.




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A pretty stream in Belgium is so polluted its water could be used as pesticide

The idyllic waterway meandering through the Flemish countryside has been called the most polluted stream in Europe.




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'The Story of Water: Who Controls the Way We Drink?'

The latest video from The Story of Stuff dives into the world of privatized water systems and why this impinges on a basic human right.




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Calgary city councillors discuss returning fluoride to water supply

One study and a pile of anecdotal evidence has shown that perhaps the decision to remove fluoride in 2011 wasn't such a great idea.




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Discover Waterton Lakes National Park, jewel of the Rockies

This stunning park isn't as famous as Banff and Jasper, but it has every reason to be.




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Emma Watson Plays it Again with Alberta Ferretti's Organic Line

She gets around, little Miss Hermione Granger from Harry Potter. First she was the face of super trendy and super expensive Burberry. Then she launched her own line for People Tree.




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Fashion firm Marimekko turns to birch tree based alternative to water-intensive cotton

With demand for natural textiles spiking, sustainable companies need to look beyond pesticide- and water-intensive cotton




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Red Cross Uses Solar-Powered Pumps to Increase Water Access in Sudan

However the referendum in South Sudan turns out, one thing will not go away quickly: the lack of water in the region. The International Committee of the Red Cross, however, is at work on a project that will mitigate that




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Amazing waterproof and oilproof coating (video)

No wonder the video went viral -- it looks like magic. But Ultra Ever Dry appears to be the real thing.




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Repurposed parachutes become low-cost portable rainwater harvesters

Decommisioned parachutes are being transformed into lightweight rain harvesting systems to provide drinking water in semi-arid regions.




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What's the best water filter for removing toxic PFAS?

Many in-home drinking water filters may not remove the most concerning contaminants.




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If you have soap and water, don't fret about hand sanitizer

Coronavirus has led to a shortage of hand sanitizers, but worry not: The CDC generally recommends hand-washing over hand sanitizers.




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Industries And Power Plants Downstream From Atlanta Also Need Water: Not Just For Endangered Species After All

When Governor Sonny Perdue of the US State of Georgia filed a legal complaint and then formally asked for the support of the Bush Administration to force the US Army Corps of Engineers to stop releasing water from Atlanta's Lake Lanier, perhaps he did




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Much Of US South Experiencing Extreme Drought - Let The Water Wars Begin

Large swaths of US southern states are experiencing severe drought