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Cleveland Indians Score Another Green Hit With Innovative Helix Turbine, A Baseball First

A 18-foot-wide helix turbine specially designed for urban spaces has been installed on the roof of Progressive Field, ready to begin churning out energy on opening day.




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Will cleaner fuel for ships wreck the economy and worsen global warming?

That's what a lot of people are saying as new pollution rules for 2020 get closer.




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Flat pack urban chicken coop lets you raise chickens on your balcony

This flat pack, do-it-yourself version of a chicken has a lot of features, but can it help raise happy chickens on a city balcony?




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Tribal Activist's Clean-Energy Quest

A mother's fight to protect her children and her tribe




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The Bald Eagle is Back in the Black

The American bald eagle is back after a four-decade fight for survival. The government has just declared that the national symbol no longer requires the protection of the federal Endangered Species Act.




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Wolf hunt up for vote on Michigan’s November ballot

Does the state of Michigan need a wolf hunt? Voters will get the chance to weigh in.




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Google to encircle the globe with internet balloons next year

The ring of giant Project Loon balloons will bring data service to people living below.




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Are Walmart's Eco-Efforts Enough? Balancing Sustainability & Social Responsibility at America's Largest Retailer

Walmart has been in the sustainability spotlight over the last few years, both for implementing its own efficiency measures and for raising the bar for industry at large. Some view these initiatives with skepticism because 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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Renewable Tradition: Baltimore's "Arabbers" Sell Produce On Residential Streets - In Horse Drawn Carts

Wikipedia carries a definition of Arabbers which includes this:An arabber (or a-rab) is a




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80,000 Baltimore Students Join Meatless Monday Movement

By now you've probably heard that adopting a vegetarian diet, or at least cutting way down on you meat consumption, is a great way to reduce your ecological footprint and get some great health benefits at the same time. Now




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More Trees = Less Crime in Baltimore, Study Shows

Researchers found that a 10 percent increase in trees roughly matched a 12 percent decrease in crime in Baltimore.




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Baltimore's neglected rowhouses are the last ones standing

These lovingly photographed, colourful rowhouses are what's left after all the neigbouring ones have been demolished.




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42% of global coal plants are losing money

New wind and solar will be cheaper than 96% of all existing coal by 2030.




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Recycled Tote Bag at Global Exchange

We’ve covered numerous tote bags here on TreeHugger, but there are so many cool styles out there we always find the need to post info about new ones that we spot. This one, found at Global Exchange (who we’ve mentioned before) is handcrafted in




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Global Economy Expanded More Slowly Than Expected in 2011

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.




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Did Bucky Fuller really design a soccer ball?

A lot of websites are saying so, but there is no evidence that it ever happened.




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Penguin-protecting sheepdog stars in movie 'Oddball and the Penguins'

The real life romance sparked while making a merry romp of this endangered species protection success story could be the sequel!




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Google Earth launches high-resolution global deforestation map

The new map was created from a study of over a decade's worth of Landsat satellite images and is the first to show in fine detail land use changes around the globe.




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Party balloon store closing 45 outlets due to lack of helium. Let's hope they stay closed.

Why are we wasting such a valuable resource? Where will it come from if we don't drill for natural gas?




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Why global warming won't curtail big snowstorms

The harshest snowstorms along the Eastern Seaboard will remain as frequent in a warming world.




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Global treaty signed to ban HFC refrigerants

This is a very big deal, but just the first of many more bigger and harder deals that we need.




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Methane impact on global climate change 25% greater than previously estimated

Carbon dioxide continues as the main concern, but we ignore methane at our own risk




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Solving global dietary problems is a bigger challenge than climate change, scientist says

The director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre says it's a huge problem that meat is so "culturally embedded in Western societies."




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The most contaminated birds on the planet: Michigan's bald eagles are full of illegal flame retardants

Well, at least the most iconic animal in the United States won't catch on fire too easily...




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Most Huggable: Football Mangroves in Florida, Bristol's Renewable Street Lights, Frank Capra's "Truth"

To carbon neutralize the Super Bowl, the NFL plants mangroves in Florida




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Ecotricity's 'Global Cooling Machines': Stunning Video

We like Ecotricity, the UK-based green energy company that is busy planning and erecting urban wind turbines across the country. We’ve written about their partnership with Popeye, we’ve brought news of their collaborations with Lotus and Ben and




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What Does Al Gore Have to Do With Football?

This week former Vice-President Al Gore made a stop by Atlanta last week to talk about...well, climate change. But while he was there, he took the time out to talk to one of the NFLs most green athletes, Atlanta Falcons fullback Ovie Mughelli. Still




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Could Bacteria-Filled Balloons Stop the Spread of the Sahara? Architect Magnus Larsson Thinks So

Nearly a year ago a "Great Green Wall" of trees was proposed to run across the entire southern border of the Sahara desert in an attempt to stop expanding desertification. At the TED Global conference in Oxford, England,




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The Global Battle to Conserve and Rebuild Soil

The literature on soil erosion contains countless references to the "loss of protective vegetation." Over the last half-century, clearcutting, overgrazing, and overplowing have removed so much of that protective cover




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Footballs To Be Made from Feral Camel Leather

Australia has a feral camel problem. The Australian Feral Camel Management Project estimates that 1 million of rogue dromedaries roam outback Australia, annually causing over $14 million AUD worth of damage to infrastructure and




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Bald eagles are littering Seattle backyards with landfill trash

Some 200 bald eagles are scavenging the goods at Cedar Hills Regional Landfill and dumping the leftovers in suburban backyards.




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13 facts about the beautiful bald eagle

Here's what to know about America's favorite bird of prey.




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Sammy, the one-winged bald eagle, snatched from wildlife refuge

The reward for information leading to an arrest has climbed to $12,000.




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Effects of Global Warming Inspire Alterations to Famous Aalto Vase

The vase designed and named after Finnish designer Alvar Aalto is an icon among the design-savvy. The now-classic piece was released in 1937 at the World Fair in Paris. Today, the vase is produced by Iittala, which has slightly changed the size and




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Bohemian forest retreat balances incognito on boulder

This woodland cabin in the Bohemia region of the Czech Repbulic keeps it simple but clever, with one end perched on a large rock.




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Provocative Global Warming Rug Creates a Stir in the Blogosphere

This little boy looks like he might be blogging over spilled milk, in fact he's concerned about the future of his environment. The Global Warming Rug by Mexican design cooperative NEL, featuring Emiliano Godoy, has created quite a




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Oh no! Argentina's Magellanic penguin chicks are being killed by global warming

Small changes in weather can have big consequences for many animals, including the beautiful Magellanic penguin found at the tip of South-America.




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In this time of global warming, we now have a Global Cooling Prize

Big bucks go to the teams that come up with an air conditioner that's five times as good.




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Soccket Soccer Ball Generates Power from Play

Just 30 minutes of play time can power a lamp for three hours.




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Why is Water Such a Big Issue? Global Water Challenge Pres. Paul Faeth Sets Us Straight (Part 1)

Having given Global Water Challenge a Best of Green award earlier this year for their innovative work on the issues of drinking water and sanitation, it goes without saying that TreeHugger is a fan of their work.




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What you should know about the cobalt in your smartphone

Cobalt is used to build lithium-ion batteries found in mobile technology. Much of it comes from Congo, where men, women, and children endure dangerous and unhealthy conditions to satisfy our hunger for new devices. It's time we paid attention.




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B'Kid, the Balance Bike that Grows with your Child (Photos)

A wooden kids' bike with a cork seat adapts to the child's necessity as it learns how to cycle. First as a tricycle, then a balance bike and finally as a bike with pedals B'Kid is a longlasting and beautiful object.




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Connecticut Teen Creates Fashion Statement in Fight Against Global Warming

When 16-year-old Sam Allen realized his devotion to fashion and the fight against global warming could potentially work wonders together he enlisted the help of a few friends and set out to create a line of clothing that would make a difference… Enter




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Where Wiffle Ball's a Crime There May Be No Child Left Outside

With kids across America suffering from a severe case of nature deficit disorder as technology creeps in and takes over their room for creative play it may come as a surprise that a group of kids putting together their very own field of dreams on which




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A 9th reason to rant about fireworks: They are really hard on bald eagles and other birds

It's a TreeHugger tradition, and it's time to declare our independence from these dangerous and polluting anachronisms.




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5 Ways to Share Your Garden on Global Sharing Day

Global Sharing Day is coming up. Share your garden and knowledge to create a healthy, sustainable community.




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Patagonia will close stores for Global Climate Strike on Sept. 20

CEO Rose Marcario says the move will show solidarity for the young people who are striking for climate action.




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Lush Cosmetics will shut down for Global Climate Strike

All 250 stores, production facilities, headquarter, and e-commerce in North America will be closed for a day.




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Can co-working vacations offer a better work-life balance?

More and more people are working remotely. Now, alternative travel companies are offering what they are calling "co-workations" -- a combination of a creative business trip and inspirational adventure holiday for location-independent professionals.