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Is Apple working on a fuel cell-powered MacBook?

A new patent filing suggests that the tech giant has fuel cells in mind for future computers and gadgets.




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GMO salmon gets final FDA approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first genetically engineered animal for human consumption.




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Protesters Confront Apple Over Foxconn Conditions

On the same day that protesters delivered petitions for better working conditions at Apple suppliers to Apple stores, hackers breached Foxconn security.




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How to Apply for the 'Best Internship on Earth,' in the Outdoors

Leave the office behind. Sierra Club is offering a wild summer ride. It even pays real money.




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What happened to vocational training in schools – and can it come back?

Re-introducing vocational training in high schools could benefit students in countless ways, from preparing them for skilled, lucrative careers to giving them practical skills that make them feel useful.




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Climate Change Affecting Pakistani Power Supplies

Basically, Pakistan's hydroelectric reservoirs are drying up. Several are reported to be at "dead level," which means the turbines can only use run-of-the-river flows, and have lower output as a result. Because natural gas supplies are also low,




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Tapping the Energy Below the Earth's Surface

The heat in the upper six miles of the earth's crust contains 50,000 times as much energy as found in all the world's oil and gas reserves combined. Despite this abundance, only 10,700 megawatts of geothermal electricity




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Ask the Experts: Why Hasn't the US Tapped Into Its Geothermal Power Potential More?

With the abundant geothermal potential of the United States, what are the biggest barriers to tapping into that renewable energy source? Leslie Blodgett of Geothermal Energy Weekly answers.




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Whatever happened to: coffee pods?

These pods of evil have taken over North America, bringing tons of waste with them.




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70 Story tallest timber tower tipped for Tokyo

Sumitomo Forestry has a lot of wood to use up.




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What will happen to the Edith Macefield house?

She wouldn't sell to the developer around her, and now it is a prime example of "demolition by neglect."




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Montainer makes shipping container architecture easy

You are not just buying a box but a full service design/build package. Could this take container architecture mainstream?




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Court sides with the bees, overturns EPA approval of a pesticide

Appeals court calls EPA approval of bee-threatening sulfoxaflor “based on flawed and limited data.”




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EPA catches Dow in weed-killer lie, asks court to reverse approval

The agro giant made contradictory claims to the government about the herbicide Enlist Duo, the EPA isn’t happy.




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EPA surprise: Agency seeks to cancel approval of toxic pesticide

And the company that makes the chemical, Bayer CropScience, refuses to agree.




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Philippe Starck reinvents the wood burning stove with the SPEETBOX

And they even claim it's green.




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How to make apples last (almost) forever

No more excuses for soft, moldy apples in your fruit bowl!




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Oregon's Lost Lake is disappearing through a strange hole

Bye bye, lake. Where it's going, nobody knows for sure.




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10 Online Stores for All Your Green Product Shopping

From gardening supplies and baby toys to pet products and eco-furniture, check these sustainable online shops before you hit the streets.




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'Nude shopping' boosts vegetable and fruit sales dramatically

When a New Zealand supermarket chain ditched plastic packaging, produce sales skyrocketed.




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This vegan leather collection is made from apple skins

SAMARA's cruelty-free apple leather is created from the waste of the juicing industry.




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Reformation offers eco-chic with celebrity appeal

Eco-conscious clothier Reformation has gained popularity with a number of celebrities.




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Apparel brands need to be more transparent about where clothes come from

A new report called 'Follow the Thread' assesses the willingness of 72 companies to publish important supply chain information.




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U.S. House approves Keystone XL pipeline

House of Representatives voted in favor of the XL Keystone pipeline project, in an attempt to bypass executive authority.




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Keystone XL’s builder asks for suspension of pipeline application

A new twist in the plot for the controversial pipeline, as TransCanada asks for a suspension of its application.




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Flip Side of Local - New Hampshire Sees Opportunity In Food Self-Sufficiency

University of New Hampshire researchers have analyzed the economic impact of their State's locally-produced food system. The good news: farm market sales - known as 'direct marketing' of food -




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Happy Thanksgiving, Canada!

Today is Canadian Thanksgiving, a mysterious holiday that Americans are either surprised to learn exists or assume is the same as theirs.




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Whatever happened to "Peak Car"?

It seems to be following the same path as Peak Oil, and happy days are here again.




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Are we approaching Peak Oil Demand? Not if the oil industry can help it

Peak oil used to be about running out of supply; now some think that we will run out of demand. The oil companies will ensure that we never run out of demand.




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Peak Copper is back, thanks to Teslas and smart tech

It takes a lot of metal to make this stuff.




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Man builds solar-powered, app-controlled micro-home with "zombie mode" (Video)

It also comes with its own beer dispenser, built-in right in the couch.




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Sengled Element system offers app-controlled dimmable & tunable LED lighting (Review)

In which I try out a smart lighting system in my dumb home.




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Community Supported Chicken Keeping for Backyard Coops (Video)

I may have once mused on the environmental impact of my backyard chickens, but I have no doubt that, overall, keeping them has been both a wonderful experience and a significant contribution to improving our family's




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Apple announces wave power R&D investment in Ireland

The fruit company is spreading its clean energy bets across many sources.




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Happy 200th, Charles Darwin!

"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by




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Startup to grow fresh 'super-local' food out of recycled shipping containers in Paris

Founded by two sons of farmers, this company wants to grow farm-fresh food -- out of shipping containers.




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Be Ready for Anything with Take Out Furniture, it's Perfect For Preppers

Clever idea from Finnish designer combines portable storage with fixed dresser unit




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Finnish supermarkets use 'happy hour' to fight food waste

After 9 p.m., shoppers snatch up heavily discounted foods that are close to expiry.




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New study confirms that adjustable standing desks make you happier, healthier and more productive

Because people gotta move.




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Ecotourism in the Philippines

The Philippine Department of Tourism's hat has been thrown into ecotourism game for awhile now. They've made it part of their plan for economic development. The country's ecotourism program strives to install processes and




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Luxury and "Eco" Try to Co-Exist at Cacao Pearl's Philippine Resort

Every developer worth his or her weight in white beach sand is vying to be able to proclaim his or her resort the first or best or truest eco-resort.




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Philippine Fiber Secret to Naturally Water-Repellent Rainwear

In this tog-eat-tog world, the future of fashion—let alone that of green fashion—lies entirely in the industry's chameleon-like ability to reinvent itself. Take Italian outerwear company Allegri, for example. Although better known




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Tiny Philippine Island is Center of a Crazy-But-True Natural Wonder (Slideshow)

This tiny verdant island, called Vulcan Point or sometimes Vulcan Island, lies at the center of a strange-but-entirely-true natural wonder. It's known for being the world's largest volcanic island that's on a lake, on a




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See Ecocide Writ Large: NASA Photo Shows Humungous Philippine Coal Mine From Space

photo: NASA (click to see large) Polly Higgins has been getting more press pushing for 'Ecocide' to be enshrined as an international crime, and now a new photo from NASA really shows what Higgins is talking about: The wholesale destruction of Semirara




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India, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea All Soon Clobbering the US on Renewable Energy

Furthering a trend: As the United States continues virtually deadlocked on enacting any legislation pricing carbon or significantly promoting renewable energy, more Asian countries than China are likely to




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Philippine National Police Ordered to Plant 10 Million Trees

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.




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Philippines Mining Activist Awarded Goldman Environmental Prize for Stopping Norwegian-owned Nickel Mine

Grassroots activist honored for 10-year protest against a proposed nickel mine on Mindoro Island




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TreeHugger Interviews the Philippine Mine-Stopping, Goldman Prize-Winning "Father Edu"

"The mining companies were telling us that it's safe... We did our research and discovered they were lying through their teeth."




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Genetically Modified Eggplant Field Trials Halted by Court in Philippines

The move comes as a result of a petition from Greenpeace Southeast Asia, which asserts that GM crops can cause serious health issues.




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Typhoon Haiyan: 'State of calamity' in the Philippines, 10,000+ feared dead

Many feared the worst, and it seems like that's what we got.