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Idiocracy in the New York Times: John Tierney on recycling

"Cities have been burying garbage for thousands of years"- so lets keep doing it!




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Coastal property values take a hit due to climate change

Why can't the Wall Street Journal call it what it is?




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Listen to 133 years of climate change in one evocative song

An undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota has created a unique way of connecting people with climate data through music.




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Celebrate the eclipse with moon music

While the sun may be stealing the show, the solar eclipse would be nothing without Earth's own heavenly satellite.




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Patti Smith, rising above and fighting climate change with art

In a press conference for an upcoming Carnegie Hall concert, Smith and the founders of Pathway to Paris talk about art, community, and keeping the spirit up for climate action.




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Dhaka, Manila & Jakarta Worst Climate-Affected Asian Mega-Cities - Hits Closer to Home Than You Might Think

Want to know which cities in Asia are going to get really whacked by climate change, and which ones have the greatest ability to adapt to it? Well, WWF has just released a new report that ranks 11 of them




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Mayon Volcano Ready to Erupt, May Cause a Little Climate Cooling

Mayon is the largest of the Philippines' 22 active volcanoes, at 8,070 feet. The plumes of smoke and flows of lava make it seem like it is already erupting, yet scientists say the big fireworks could be still to come, and more than 40,000 people have




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Biking Through Amish Country for Climate Ride

There is a certain irony in the fact that some of the best biking in the U.S. is in an area where people have rejected the modern world -- including bikes (for those of the Old Order).




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Passivhaus is Climate Action

Architects and builders take to the streets for the Extinction Rebellion, get arrested.




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Everywhere you look, the urban-rural divide is changing politics and stopping climate action

Populist leaders are more interested in cutting the price of gas than they are in stopping climate change.




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Here's what you need to know about the climate meetings in Lima

Nations met in Peru this month to discuss solutions to climate change




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Stair of the week tells you how many calories you are burning while climbing

A good, if not very accurate, idea.




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Friday's blood moon will be the longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century

This month's Full Buck blood moon will star in the longest total lunar eclipse of the century.




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Natural Disasters in Latin America Blamed in Part on Climate Change

2007 has been a brutal year for natural disasters in Latin America, keeping the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs busy. The agency said in a recent statement that a record nine missions were dispatched to Latin America




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U.S. Nuclear Power in Decline

Nuclear power generation in the United States is falling. It plateaued between 2007 and 2010—before falling more than 4 percent over the last two years. Projections for 2013 show a further 1 percent drop.




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Is nuclear power "the only proven climate solution"?

Instead of building giant concrete buildings filled with uranium, why not build smaller energy-efficient buildings filled with people.




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Is Elon Musk's SolarCity circling the drain?

He says it is all part of the grand plan and we shouldn't worry.




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Cycling Across Scandinavia: Gothenburg to Boras, Sweden Doesn't Strip

Sarah and I have spent the better




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Cycling Across Scandinavia: Rudolf Steiner Found, Thanks to James Turell

Leaving Boras takes us past a




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Cycling Across Scandinavia: Stockholm's Vision for Urban Life

We are at the end of our LostGen2 quest for the world's best city




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Tree Ring Study Heats Up Battle of Climate Change Skeptics Against Scientists

Can't we all stop fencing for political position and start talking about using the overwhelming amount of data to solve problems?




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What should you do with your eclipse glasses?

Do not mail them to the President.




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How much energy is used to heat, cool, and light our homes in different U.S. climate regions?

Michael Sivak shows us the numbers.




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Coffee is severely threatened by climate change

Don't take your morning cup of coffee for granted. It may not be around in a few decades, according to a new report.




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Islamic Cycling, Space Tourism, Norway by Bike & Ski? Wend Magazine Has It All

Wend magazine continues to bring together intriguing stories about human powered adventures from around the world. In the current issue, they inform us that in 2010 officials in Isfahan,




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Clever concave roof design harvests rainwater in hot climates

This bowl-like, double-roof design helps to collect rainwater before it evaporates, and also provides more shade for buildings in arid regions.




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Turkish Photographers Capture Climate Change

Traveling exhibit in Turkey prompts audiences to put on their 'climate glasses' and see how floods, fires, and drought in the country are all connected.




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Climate Change Crisis Loses Some Urgency in Touring Museum Exhibit

The touring museum show 'Climate Change: The Threat to Life and A New Energy Future,' which wraps up its Istanbul run this weekend, is professionally put-together and well-intentioned, but flawed.




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Insect Sushi and Copper Recycling Machines at the Royal College of Art Graduate Show

The Royal College of Art graduate students show their (environmental) stuff at the year-end show.




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Maldives' Ousted Climate-Activist President to be Tried on Sunday

Mohamed Nasheed says his conviction is a foregone conclusion.




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Children win right to sue US government on actions causing climate change (Video)

A landmark constitutional climate change lawsuit, filed by a group of kids against the US government, gets the go-ahead.




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On Canada's Birthday, a call for a Union of Climate Action

Those crazy radicals at 475 demand High Performance Building across the Dominion.




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China and India years early on climate goals, meanwhile...

The unexpectedly fast progress of other countries may even "cancel out" American rollbacks.




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How GM earns $1 billion recycling

Forbes reports on how General Motors is recycling or reusing "90 percent of its manufacturing waste."




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Facebook now lets you donate to charities with just a couple clicks

Non-profit organizations can now use the site to run fundraising campaigns and the simplicity could make a big impact.




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Is LEED tough enough to stop climate change? Is it even the right question?

What do we really want from a building certification system?




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Christians Aren't Behind America's Climate Problem, But They May Be the Solution

Religious communities may be wide open to fighting climate change, new evidence reveals.




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Interfaith Preach In On Climate Change Will Pressure Obama To Act

Religious communities across the country will gather to reflect on the moral implications of climate change and our imperative to act. One man, in particular, should pay heed.




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Church of England to fight "great demon" climate change, mulls divestment from fossil fuels

Inspired by massive flooding in the UK, the Church of England is renewing its commitment to fighting climate change. And that's sending a signal to the markets.




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Could climate change be any worse? Yes. BEARS!

Just when you think climate change couldn't get any worse... BEARS!




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Recycling is hard. That's why we have to eliminate single use packaging and not get distracted.

StackitNOW is a great idea but also demonstrates how intractable the problem is.




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Sakura is a luxurious modern tiny house for cold climates (Video)

Built on a gooseneck trailer, this big tiny home features a lot of clever small-space design ideas.




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Cold-climate tiny house built for mother and daughter (Video)

This micro-home is a customized, winter-proofed dwelling for two.




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EcoZoic: Cycling Clothing Made From Bamboo Charcoal

Images via: Zoic.com San Diego based cycling clothing company Zoic just released their spring line, which now includes EcoZoic - an organic and bamboo charcoal blend of clothing that is both functional as well as eco-friendly. But while Zoic wants to




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Pediatricians warn that climate change is harming children's health

A new study shows that children bear 88 percent of the burden of diseases linked to climate change.




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Is It Time to Consider 'Energy Sprawl' When Discussing Future Energy & Climate Policy?

A new article published in the online journal PLoS ONE takes on the issue of energy sprawl -- namely how much land is required to produce energy from different sources -- under different potential US energy and climate policies in 2030.




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In Defense of the Cow: How Eating Meat Could Help Slow Climate Change

Should we be eating more beef in order to slow global warming? It sounds counterintuitive, but it may be so: Cattle could be part of the whole ecological equation to solving climate change and restoring healthy,




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Republican Presidential Hopefuls Out Of Step With Their Religions On Climate Change

Here at TreeHugger we've long documented how every major religious group has come out supporting strong action on climate change, so the following irony, pointed out by Climate Progress shouldn't come as a shock: Even




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200 evangelical scientists ask Congress to pass climate legislation

Two hundred evangelical scientists recently wrote a letter to Congress making the religious case for passing climate change legislation.




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Crisis for electronics recycling as glass market collapses

Ian Urbina reports at The New York Times on the negative side effects the tech industries shift to flat screen technology has had on the market for recycling old television and computer monitor glass