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Green Tax Shift & Other Environmental Issues Cartoon-Style by Stuart McMillen

Here is someone who gets the message across, in a funny and beautiful way. Australian Stuart McMillen takes topics around environmental sustainability and turns them into catchy cartoons.




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Gas station benzene emissions 10 times as bad as previously thought

Another very good reason to get fossil fuel powered cars out of our cities.




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Nissan's Mark Perry on the Arrival of the Leaf (Podcast)

Amid a media flurry starring a displaced polar bear and an easy-breathing Lance Armstrong, Nissan has become the unlikely leader as it delivers a mass-produced, affordable electric car. The Leaf is now arriving in the driveways of eager customers, and




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"GMO OMG" documentary explores one of the biggest issues of our generation

"Has the global food system been irrevocably hijacked?" One filmmaker asks and begins to answer this frightening question.




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GM Volt Versus Toyota Prius: Which Design Type Will Be More Effective At Reducing Stack & Tailpipe Emissions, And Energy Consumption?

This is one of those comparison posts that that could draw many angry comments: like Could Hype Sell An Inferior Hybrid? - Ford Fusion versus Toyota Camry did. Please carefully read the caveats.




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George Will Disses the Prius, Obama and the Facts

On This Week with George Stephanopoulos yesterday, conservative columnist George Will commented on President Obama's emphasis on green cars, now that the White House is arguably a co-owner of Chrysler and




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Other voices on Marissa Mayer's "Back to the office" order for Yahoo! employees

Is she trying to "put together a 21st Century technology company using 19th Century workplace mentalities"? Or is this a smart move?




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EPA proposes new rules to cut methane emissions

The proposed rules are expected to cut U.S. methane emission by 20 to 30 percent.




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The Year in Celebrities: The Biggest Green Hits and Misses

From sexy Leo's mega donation to tigers to Kevin Costner's surprise knowledge of oil clean-up technology, celebrities were on fire this year. There were a few mistakes, however....such as NBC's "Tonight Show" debacle, which sent a barely used set to landf




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US Missing Out On Agricultural Millions Because The DEA Can't Distinguish Hemp From Pot

In case you missed it (and you certainly may have in the midst of other current world affairs) it's Hemp History Week. The second annual one in fact. I imagine most TreeHugger readers don't need much convincing that




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Adidas' new shoes will dissolve in your sink

In an attempt to close the loop on production, Adidas has invented a shoe made from biodegradable artificial spider silk that will melt away when you're done with them.




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People Provide Missing Piece in Biodiversity Puzzle

The head of a cooperative of honey harvesters, a park guide, and a doctor who uses a garden of medicinal plants to treat asthma and other ailments are




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New public pissoirs in Paris are problematic

Parisians are complaining, but the fact is that people need a place to pee; it's a human right.




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Finland to cut CO2 emissions 80% by 2050, legally binding

There's finally momentum on the international stage. And this is one of the most ambitious announcements yet.




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It's time for an upfront carbon emissions tax on building

These sliver towers are incredibly inefficient and even have fake mechanical spaces to make them even taller. We all pay the price in carbon.




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Mysterious Animal Deaths Prompt Peru to Issue Health Alert

Hundreds of dolphins and pelicans have been found dead on beaches in Peru since February, prompting the government to issue a public health warning.




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How to avoid the bite of a kissing bug

Kissing bugs can carry the parasite that causes Chagas disease, and they are now making their way through the US.




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Don’t miss this year’s first (and last) supermoon

When the splendid full moon rises this weekend, she’ll look a bit bigger and brighter than usual.




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NASA mission reveals beautiful swirling gases on Jupiter (Video)

These incredible images sent back by the Juno spacecraft gives us a detailed look at Jupiter.




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Emissions From Hydropower in Brazil Grossly Underestimated

Emissions from tropical hydropower dams in Brazil are up to four times higher than often assumed, new research shows.




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As emissions spike, VW announces an end to oil-powered cars

The timeline needs some work. But this is a start...




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Oil company claims "net zero' emissions goal

And yet it still plans to sell more oil...




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The debate over nuclear power: An engineer looks at the issues

Nuclear power is so controversial; an engineer working on the Bruce Nuclear plant gives his point of view.




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George Monbiot: "We Need 100% Cut in Carbon Emissions"

George Monbiot, everyone's favourite controversial climate commentator, launched the Be The Change conference with a bang here in London yesterday. He leaped off the starting blocks with the statement that not only is it imperative that we reduce Co2




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What the media missed in its coverage of California's energy code changes

Mandatory solar panels are not the biggest deal here.




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Supermarket cuts emissions 53%, offsets rest

This is how to do climate action the right way.




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New York's new e-bike rules are a botch that miss the entire point of the e-bike revolution

It simply doesn't recognize that some e-bikes are just bikes with a boost, and is unfair to older or disabled riders, or long distance commuters.




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This is the world’s ugliest color … and it’s on a mission

Tasked with finding the most heinous hue known to humans, researchers arrived at Pantone 448C – and the Australian government is putting it to good use.




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CRISSCROSS flat pack furniture modules assemble with no tools needed (Video)

This flexible line of furniture is made for people who are on the move a lot, and need furniture that's easy to assemble and customize.




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I almost missed America Recycles Day!

My favorite day of the year is a shadow of its former self.




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Expedition floats length of Mississippi River on raft made from trash

Recycled Mississippi is traveling the length of one of America's iconic rivers, which also happens to be one of the most polluted, and filming a documentary along the way.




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EZ-GO: A fully autonomous, zero emission concept from Renault

Something like this could be on the roads by 2022.




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Palm Oil Biodiesel, Now With 2000% the Emissions of Fossil Fuels

Can we just all put palm oil biodiesel produced on deforested peatlands to rest already: A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme shows that biodiesel production under these




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Are We Overestimating Biofuels' Benefits by Double Counting Emission Reductions?

Is the conventional wisdom that we need not worry about tailpipe emissions in biofuel-powered vehicles, because the plants had been absorbing carbon while growing, grossly misguided?




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What are "locked-in emissions" and why do they matter?

Also called "carbon lock-in," it's about time.




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Le Jardinier by ADHOC architects is a great example of "missing middle" housing

They do this so well in Montreal.




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As low-hanging fruit is plucked, UK emissions reductions slow

What's next after the coal purge?




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Fiat Chrysler offsetting emissions with credits from Tesla

This doesn't seem right.




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Nissan and Mackie deliver ice cream without diesel exhaust PM2.5 sprinkles on top

Batteries recycled from old LEAFs run the refrigeration equipment in this all-electric truck.




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Energy Star now rates clothes dryers. This could reduce U.S. CO2 emissions by 22bn lbs per year!

Drying clothes uses an incredible amount of energy, it's clearly a low-hanging fruit for conservation and energy efficiency efforts.




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Green fuzz on buildings is an admission of defeat, says Edwin Heathcote

Really, this trend should be nipped in the bud.




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Entire Swiss village to be repurposed as a wonderful hotel

A fading fairytale village will become Switzerland's first 'scattered hotel' thanks to a foundation committed to saving it.




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Mayors of London and New York issue joint call for fossil fuel divestment

Great cities know the future is renewable.




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What's wrong with modern buildings? Everything, including Upfront Carbon Emissions

Finally, people are beginning to take this issue seriously.




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Are negative emissions technologies about to go mainstream?

Technological advancements, combined with an escalating climate crisis, suggest its time to revisit some once fanciful ideas.




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7 high-impact lifestyle changes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

If 10 percent of Americans adopted these 7 changes, we could cut total domestic emissions by 8 percent in 6 years.




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Forget 2030 or targets; we need to reduce our carbon emissions right now

George Monbiot says you don't set targets in an emergency, you act.




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2050 carbon goals are great, but we must cut emissions now

End goals for CO2 emissions are just one part of the picture. How fast we start moving toward them is just as important.




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This Swiss facility is sucking carbon dioxide out of the air for growing veggies (Video)

Run on waste heat, this commercial facility is the first of its kind in the world, extracting CO2 from the air and piping it to a greenhouse farm to grow veggies.




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Report: Scotland could reach 'net zero' emissions by 2045

The goal could be reached even earlier, if Scots changed what they eat.