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Gas stoves are unhealthy and polluting, and the New York Times is on it

The message "Electrify Everything!" is beginning to spread.




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Haunting photos show human impact of digital waste

Photographer Michael Ciaglo has shared his haunting photos from Agbogbloshie, the "digital dump" on the outskirts of Accra, Ghana.




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Fungi can recycle your smartphone battery

The best way to extract all of those valuable metals in old electronics may be to grow some fungus.




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10 beautiful underwater views from Google Street View

Take a virtual tour of these amazing spots.




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Google's Project Sunroof now available in 42 states

Want to know if you can go solar? Now there's a good chance you can easily find out.




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Sidewalk Labs: A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity or a brazen corporate highjack?

The proposal for redeveloping Toronto's waterfront into a green, sustainable, urban tech hub is controversial.




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Super-fun bike adventures in Montreal! (videos)

What's more fun than riding with 25,000 people through car-free streets on a beautiful day (and night)?




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Montreal's 2014 Tour de l'Île: 25,000 people on a 50km bike ride around the city! (video)

One of the great North-American cyclist cities has a big bash to celebrate bike culture!




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Lyft launches 'Green Mode,' allows users to request electric cars

The rollout starts in Seattle, then more broadly.




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With "Roundup Ready PLUS" Monsanto Capitalizes on the Superweeds It Created

For Monsanto, superweeds are just another selling point for its products.




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EPA ruling on Roundup pesticides heavily swayed by Monsanto-backed studies

When reviewing the safety of glyphosate, the Environmental Protection Agency considered just five independent studies, and 27 industry-funded studies.




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Judge allows California to require cancer warning on Monsanto's Roundup

A judge has ruled against Monsanto; company complains that it would drive some customers away. Unsealed documents add to drama.




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Roundup found in popular oatmeal, granola & kids' cereals

Weed killer, it's what's for breakfast! Glyphosate found in 43 of 45 conventional oat products tested by EWG.




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Roundup weed killer found in all kids' oat cereals tested

EWG tested 28 brands of conventional oat-based cereals; they all had glyphosate residue, most of them above healthy standards




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Electric Ford F-150 pickup truck tows a million pound train. Is this a big deal?

In a word, no. Ford can sell this fiction, but it is all about friction.




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Good Food Awards Announce Year Two Finalists

While you may not have heard of the Good Food Awards, there is a good chance you've enjoyed food from some of their winners. The not-for-profit organization celebrates not only the kind of food we should be eating but the kind we want to eat.




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LEED Goes 3.0 — and They Ain't Joking 'Round

The USGBC, and their insanely popular rating system LEED, have been on the frontlines of the green building movement for quite a while. Everyone has taken a shot at them at least once. There’s all the talk about how the credits are




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New Energy Star Ratings for TVs Announced

Photo via dailyinvention via Flickr CC Energy Star has announced that the new 4.0 and 5.0 specifications for televisions have been set. They'll go into effect May 2010 and 2012 respectively, and the impact will save users anywhere from 40% to 65% in




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Run Cordless and Free: New Electric Mowers from Black & Decker

Images: Black & Decker Here in the southeast, my front lawn is already starting to perk up in response to intimations of spring. Those handsome green blades of fescue are yawning, stretching, and preparing to greet the season with exuberant,




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BC's First Energy Star Qualified Home is a Round Beauty

A round home is British Columbia's first home to be Energy Star qualified, a topic of contention on TreeHugger.




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European Union drops plans to make toasters more efficient

Efficiency standards are now toast because of worries of "over-reach and intrusiveness".




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DIY 2.0: Fountain app is like having a home & garden expert in your pocket

Quickly get connected via video chat to a home & garden expert to get help with your projects through Fountain. We've got beta invites for you to check it out yourself.




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Quick fix: 10 things you can repair in under 10 minutes

From broken zippers to damaged USB cables, embrace your inner handyman with these quick DIY repairs.




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Local Businesses, Government Officials and Environmental Agencies Unite to Protect Maryland Wetlands

The state of Maryland has already shown a proclivity towards environmental programs—it has embraced wind power via positive legislation, for one. Now, it's going to clean up its wetlands. The Maryland chapter of the




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Baltimore Announces Massive Smart Grid Program - 2 Million Meters to be Installed

Baltimore residents, get ready to get in on the smart grid party. Baltimore Gas & Electric has just announced that it has filed paper with the Maryland Public Service




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Not Waiting For the Feds, Carbon Tax Enacted by Montgomery County, Maryland

Not waiting for national legislation to set a price on carbon and kickstart the journey to a low-carbon future, Montgomery County, Maryland has enacted one the country's first carbon taxes. Passed by a vote of 8-to-1 the tax




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Need More Motivation? Get Chased by Zombies in Undead Adventure Road Race

What started in Maryland is spreading. A running club with zombies that chase you. It's about survival of the fittest.




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Green roofs are changing architecture: Here's a whole school built under an undulating green roof

Jean-Philippe Pargade designs a school where the green roof IS the building, defining its whole look and feel




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London parents crowd-fund to install living wall at school playground to suck up pollution

But really, they should be dealing with the source of the problem.




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Yellow brightens up this apartment's multifunctional walls

Vibrant tones liven up this redesign of a 1920s apartment in Stockholm, Sweden.




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Business park plans 15 MW, unsubsidized solar farm

As subsidy-free renewables proliferate, it will become harder to derail decarbonization.




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Scientists just uncovered ancient signs of child labor

Kids have been digging in salt mines for thousands of years.




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Spain closes coal mines. Mining unions celebrate.

It turns out that helping mining regions move on is just good politics.




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IDS12: Patty Johnson Works with Haitian Artisans to Create Vodunuvo

The Toronto designer has created an unprecedented collaboration, weaving together elements of craft production, community development and modern design.




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Norton Point makes stylish sunglasses from recycled ocean plastic

This company proves that plastic waste can be a valuable resource.




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Unraveling the Secrets of the Tuna's Migration Routes

Once one of the great mysteries of the natural world, the bluefin tuna's migration pattern has finally been elucidated by the workings of an international team of scientists as part of the global 10-year Census of Marine Life. To reach their




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U.S. and WWF Push for Ban on Tuna Fishing

In a belated attempt to (finally) stem the growing tide of aggressive overfishing, the U.S. is calling on the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) to enact a 3-5 year ban on bluefin tuna




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Bluefin Tuna: On the Verge of Collapse...Or Not?

Bluefin tuna is on the verge of total collapse. Maybe. It depends on who you ask. We may have been talking about




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Updated: A Universal Hurricane Frequency Function - Ready For Some Hot Climate Action?

Number of storms predicted per year during the period 1854 -- 2006 versus numbers actually observed for the Atlantic (filled diamonds). The model predictions (grey curve) have been normalized to the data. A quadratic fit to the model is shown for




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Summer Sights: The Duncan House

Another summer site that is now open is the Duncan House, a Usonian design by Frank Lloyd Wright that was moved from Chicago to Polymath Park, a resort near Pittsburgh. Usonian houses were "ypically small, single story dwellings without a garage or




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Is Brooks Running the Best Green Source for Runners?

You a runner? Or an exercise-oholic? And you want your workouts to reflect your green lifestyle? Well, the race is ON or at least for me and a few friends to find the best performing green running equipment.




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Most Popular Articles of June: City of Tulsa Destroys Woman's Edible Garden, Hilarious Prank on Shell, and More

How can a city destroy an edible garden on private property without legal permission? We also have the viral party-gone-wrong prank on Shell, the 12 most toxic fruits and vegetables, and more.




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It's official: Young people can sue the government over climate change

The case is actually moving forward.




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All-ages coloring book communicates the science behind climate change (Video)

Using officially documented research and color-it-yourself data visualizations, this project aims to convey climate change data in an engaging way.




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Asking how to save coral reefs leads to better understanding carbon sequestration

Carbon sequestration, the technology taking carbon dioxide out of fossil fuel emissions, just got a boost




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Why 'South Park' doesn't understand climate change

The show gets a lot right about climate change, Al Gore and Manbearpig, but it misses something major about human nature.




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Uncovering an Ancient City Felled by Urban Sprawl

With a population that approached 1 million and a surface area of more than 115 square miles, the Khmer city of Angkor in Cambodia was the largest preindustrial settlement on the planet. After coming into being during the ninth century A.D., it thrived




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Captured Feral "Jungle Girl" Flees Back Into the Wild

In 2007, villagers captured a mysterious young woman in a remote region of Cambodia who, by all accounts, was completely isolated from human society, a feral child living in the forests. News of her discovery




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Jargon watch: Aufstockung, or vertical additions

It's happening all over, and wood construction can make it even easier and faster.




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BMW Considering Launching EV by 2012?

During a recent interview, BMW chief executive Norbert Reithofer revealed that the German automaker was considering bringing a battery-powered vehicle to the U.S. market by 2012 in an effort to meet more stringent