ant Oil giant quits tar sands, embraces offshore wind instead By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 10:58:48 -0500 This is a prime example of divest-invest in action, folks... Full Article Energy
ant Ron Wallace is the 'Lord of the Gourd' with Record-Breaking Giant Pumpkin By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 05:00:00 -0400 How would you like to carve a Jack-o-lantern from one of these three record-breaking pumpkins from this weekend? Full Article Living
ant Transition Town to Plant 60,000 Trees By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:50:20 -0500 A community group plans massive tree planting effort to reforest one of Europe's least wooded areas. Full Article Living
ant Neither Pessimism Nor Optimism Is Relevant for Greens, But Determination Is By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 06:11:51 -0400 Futurist Guy Dauncey acknowledges that the stakes are high and the challenges are enormous. Yet defeatism is not an option. Full Article Business
ant Australia will be home to world's largest single-tower solar thermal power plant By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:27:20 -0400 The project will also include molten salt energy storage for 24 hour solar power. Full Article Energy
ant This concentrated solar power plant is totally tubular & easily transported By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Oct 2017 19:44:12 -0400 The HELIOtube is a radical departure from conventional CSP technology, as it is based around tubes of inflatable plastic film. Full Article Technology
ant The Aquanta smart water-heater controller is not a dumb idea for saving energy By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 24 May 2016 12:29:17 -0400 It learns your usage patterns but can do a lot more. Full Article Design
ant Bookniture: Books that unfold into instant, super-strong furniture (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:00:00 -0500 This crowd-funded design features a special honeycomb structure that is strong enough to be transformed into a stool or table -- yet remains lightweight and flexible enough to stay incognito on your bookshelf. Full Article Design
ant Irish Anti-littering PSA Tackles the Problem with Humor (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 05:00:00 -0400 Anti-littering ad reminds Dublin residents to put trash in its rightful place--or else! Full Article Living
ant Honey laundering exposed as industry giant admits to mislabeling Chinese honey By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:20:52 -0400 The largest honey packer in the US faces criminal charges over fraudulent trade in Chinese honey. Full Article Business
ant Six Selfish Reasons You Don't Want Dead Oceans By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:00:39 -0400 TreeHugger asked Andrew Sharpless, CEO for the Oceana ocean protection organization, why we really personally care about the health and fate of the world's big water bodies. Many of us, after all, live far from Full Article Science
ant Giant Tortoise Species May Not Be So Extinct After All By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:39:34 -0500 They were thought extinct, but in light of new DNA findings, scientists are echoing a very tortoise-y mantra: 'not so fast'. Full Article Science
ant Breakdown of Solyndra Media Coverage Shows Everyone Ignored More Important Stories By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:25:31 -0400 Since its eruption in late August, the Solyndra scandal has been a lightning rod for political and ideological debates over everything from the role of government in business to the debate on global Full Article Business
ant 85% of Americans Want Better Environmental Coverage. Let the Media Know. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:33:00 -0500 What does it take to get improved environmental coverage in the media? Full Article Business
ant Some thoughts on owning an Instant Pot By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 07:00:00 -0400 I thought the appliance would save me time, but mostly it gives me peace of mind. Full Article Living
ant This pianist plays classical music to soothe blind elephants (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 13:00:17 -0400 Music is a comforting thing, especially for these rescued elephants living in an animal sanctuary. Full Article Science
ant Want to save money? Borrow a wedding dress. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 11:00:00 -0400 Doing this was one of the best decisions I made when getting married. (So was marrying a great guy!) Full Article Living
ant How to tell the difference between wants and needs By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 07:00:00 -0500 You may be spending money on practical needs that are comprised of superfluous wants. Full Article Living
ant Philippine National Police Ordered to Plant 10 Million Trees By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:56:24 -0500 As their nation's sole law enforcement agency, the Philippines National Police carry a heavy burden when it comes to keeping the country safe -- but arresting one of the biggest threats they face will take shovels, not clubs or handcuffs. Full Article Business
ant Genetically Modified Eggplant Field Trials Halted by Court in Philippines By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 14 May 2012 09:00:00 -0400 The move comes as a result of a petition from Greenpeace Southeast Asia, which asserts that GM crops can cause serious health issues. Full Article Living
ant Students in the Philippines must plant 10 trees to graduate By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 08:00:00 -0400 A new law hopes to fix deforestation and teach young people about environmental stewardship. Full Article Living
ant Lawsuit Pressures Coal Plant to Stop Killing Millions of Fish in Lake Erie By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:40:36 -0500 Remember the story of Ohio's Bay Shore coal-fired power plant, the one that (perfectly legally) kills at least 46 million fish a year? Well that's still happening, but not without some legal challenges. A coalition of Full Article Business
ant Coastal Marsh Plants, Adapting To Road Salt, Increasingly Common Along Midwest Highways By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:52:47 -0500 Blasting along the Ohio Turnpike, few will notice the coastal salt marsh plants growing along the shoulder. Such plants are now common at the mid-western roadside, having adapted to a half Full Article Transportation
ant Midwest Coal Plants to Shut Down Sooner Than Expected: One Step Closer to a Clean Energy Future? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:17:28 -0500 10 coal plants in Chicago, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey will be shut down sooner than expected. Full Article Energy
ant Groundhog EV Day: Ohio car dealers want to prevent Tesla from selling in the state By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:05:46 -0500 It's déjà vu all over again, with the old guard trying to stop the newcomers... Full Article Transportation
ant Philadelphia Wants to Join New York & Paris in the Park in The Sky Club By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:30:00 -0500 Paris has the Promenade plantée and New York has The High Line, parks created on top of once-abandoned railway tracks. Now plans are afoot in Philadelphia to transform the Reading Viaduct into what its designers are Full Article Design
ant New York State lawmakers want to ban walking with portable electronic devices By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 15 May 2019 15:54:14 -0400 There are all kinds of distracted and compromised people in our roads. Some of them cannot help it. So why are phones a problem? Full Article Transportation
ant Loyal Canadians still want French's ketchup By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 13:23:00 -0500 Almost two years after a ketchup snub sparked a patriotic backlash in Ontario, sales for French's ketchup remain strong. Full Article Living
ant Ontario government cancels program to plant 50 million trees By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 11:10:41 -0400 Who needs trees when you can have beer in corner stores? Full Article Science
ant Right wing populists want to kill us all By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 16 May 2019 09:26:39 -0400 They cry "freedom" for them to smoke, drink, drive really fast and fry the planet. Everyone else, get out of the way. Full Article Business
ant French MPs want to ban Black Friday By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 07:00:00 -0500 It harms retailers, drives overconsumption, and contributes to traffic jams and pollution. What's the point? Full Article Living
ant Praying mantises released for pest control are hunting hummingbirds By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Jul 2017 11:23:05 -0400 New research documents that mantises worldwide are eating small birds; in the US, invasive mantis species are devouring hummingbirds. Full Article Science
ant Protecting plants by deterrents instead of killing insects By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 07:00:00 -0400 "It's not just about the bees, it's about the survival of humanity" Full Article Science
ant Make this non-toxic spray to keep ants out of your kitchen By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:11:40 -0400 A mixture of leftover citrus rinds and vinegar is an easy, food-safe way to cut ants off at the pass. Full Article Living
ant Stair of the Week cantilevers from custom bookcase By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 13:23:45 -0400 Architect Tamir Addadi squeezes a lot into a very small space Full Article Design
ant Man powers his home from local stream with DIY micro-hydro plant By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:35:44 -0500 A man named Manfred Mornhinweg found the modern world too "noisy and hectic", so he decided to build himself a house on a quiet 40 hectare piece of land in Chile. Full Article Energy
ant Mini-sized hydropower plant charges your devices on the go By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 07:00:00 -0400 For backpackers wanting something other than solar power. Full Article Technology
ant Ear Implant Powered by the Ear's "Natural Battery" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:37:53 -0500 Researchers have developed a chip that can run off the low voltage deep within the inner ear. Full Article Technology
ant What's a 'sticky' street and why do you want one? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 06:58:21 -0400 We matured our cities around the needs to cars. Now it's time to mature our streets around human, not machine, needs. We are all pedestrians. Full Article Transportation
ant Kenya significantly increases fines and jail time for poachers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 30 May 2013 17:29:01 -0400 The approved measure ups fines from $480 to $120,000, and jail time from 2 years to 15 years. Full Article Business
ant How elephant poaching helped fund Kenya terrorist attack By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:00:00 -0400 Al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda-backed Somali terror group responsible for Saturday's attack in a Nairobi mall, receives significant funding from the illegal poaching. This is why the US sees wildlife trafficking as a national security issue. Full Article Science
ant Hawaii flips switch on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion plant, harvesting clean energy from the sea By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 10:21:10 -0400 It's the first plant plant of its kind in the states that generates electricity from the temperature differences in the ocean. Full Article Energy
ant Hawaii wants to ban chemical sunscreens to save its coral reefs By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 10:32:00 -0500 When sunscreen chemicals wash off beach-goers, they bleach coral, stunt its growth, and sometimes kill it outright. Full Article Science
ant On MNN: A totally brilliant bell, common cleaning mistakes and are ad blockers the death of the web? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 14:03:55 -0400 A look at our favorite posts from our sister site. Full Article Living
ant On MNN: So you want to move to Canada By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 15:10:09 -0500 And a self-driving chair, a computer in your phone and learning to listen. Full Article Living
ant 'Headless chicken monster' filmed for the first time near Antarctica By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 11:42:47 -0400 Scientists hope the technology that filmed it can make fishing more sustainable. Full Article Science
ant Corporate giants join fight to stop "ghost" fishing gear By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 08:00:00 -0400 Nestle and Tesco are the latest members of a worldwide movement against abandoned fishing nets. Full Article Science
ant Sorry, Trump. US coal plant retirements second highest ever By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 06:12:31 -0500 2018 was not a good year for those fighting the war against the war against coal. Full Article Energy
ant Why antibiotic resistance is so low in Sweden By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:48:51 -0400 In the war between antibiotics and bacteria, bacteria often seems to be winning … but not in places like Sweden and Denmark. Full Article Living
ant Norway wants tourists to slow down and travel more sustainably By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Feb 2017 07:00:00 -0500 Cruise ships and Disney's 'Frozen' have led to crowds of unprecedented size, about which Norwegians are not entirely happy. Full Article Living