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Church of England to fight "great demon" climate change, mulls divestment from fossil fuels

Inspired by massive flooding in the UK, the Church of England is renewing its commitment to fighting climate change. And that's sending a signal to the markets.




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Witches are hexing Brett Kavanaugh

Witches are holding events to publically curse the guy.




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Cold-climate tiny house built for mother and daughter (Video)

This micro-home is a customized, winter-proofed dwelling for two.




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San Francisco Solar Map Lets You Spy on Your Neighbor

This cool, interactive solar map put out by the San Francisco Department of the Environment lets you identify exactly where and how many solar panels are on houses in San Fran. Even better than that, the site has a search




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Stingaree Nightclub Brings the Green to Partygoers

Image via: Flickr Stingaree Nightclub in San Diego is hosting weekly events titled "The Green Side of Sting" each friday in March. Each week a new, local, green group will host a green event at the club, bringing green fashion, sustainable energy and




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Cough syrup doesn’t work; these remedies do

We spend billions of dollars on over-the-counter cough medicine, but numerous studies find it’s not effective. Try these tips instead.




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Study lights up anti-vaxxers' Twitter habits

Pinpointing the sources of myths that threaten the health of children could help get the truth out to where it is needed




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This high-tech, grow-it-yourself medical cannabis kit is as easy as using an app

Seedo, creators of automated consumer grow labs, will shortly plant a seed in the U.S. medical marijuana market.




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16th-century text shows ginkgo seeds can fight skin infections

Inspired by a centuries-old text on traditional Chinese medicine, a young researcher has found that seeds from the gingko tree could prove helpful for acne, psoriasis, dermatitis and eczema.




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New Zealand river has the rights of personhood

Meet the Whanganui. You might call it a river, but in the eyes of the law, it has the standings of a person.




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See what environmental problem Robert Redford and Will Ferrell are fighting about

This fake fight has a good cause.




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Highest ever levels of microplastic found in English river

The levels were so high that scientists are revising up their estimates for global marine microplastic pollution.




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Volvo's 360c is a rethink of how autonomous vehicles might be used

They are going to be a lot more than just cars that drive themselves.




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Self-driving car gets stuck in the slough of despond

In which we learn a new and useful word: techno-chauvinism.




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Use the Toilet, Produce Biofuels! High-Yield Cellulosic Ethanol From Sewage System Debuted

It's been a while since a good poo-power story has come down the pipe, but here's an interesting one: Massachusetts-based biofuels company Qteros and wastewater recyclers Applied Clean Tech have announced that they




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The Koch Brothers Are Right: Ethanol Subsidies Should Go

Few industrialists in recent times have done more to imperil environmental protections and public health than the Koch brothers. The force behind Americans for Prosperity and Koch Industries have galvanized




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Indonesia's Tin Mines are a Health Nightmare

This article from The Guardian explores the tin mines of Bangka and the death tolls that come with them.




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Interactive exhibit tells a sustainability story through the lens of contemporary art

Art Works For Change is using a unique online exhibit to inspire change through storytelling, including 'featured tours' of the galleries by leading eco-organizations.




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The smart home may not be a thing, but the smart kitchen might be

Here's one room in the house that might benefit from a bit more tech.




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89-year-old Michigan Beekeeper May Lose his Hives After Neighbor Complaints

Beekeeper, and World War II veteran, is at risk of losing his beehives he's had since the 1950s.




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See-through solar cells could close gap to meet electricity demand

This could turn 5-7 billion square meters of glass in the USA alone into solar power plants, plus power your cell phone and other gadgets




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6 grasses for low-maintenance drought-resistant lawns

For all those of you who insist on green lawns, for your kids to play on or your dogs to roll in, you still don't have to lay down a carpet of thirsty bluegrass, which 95% of American lawns




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Van Gogh Painting is a Vertical Green Wall

It's the first living painting in London's Trafalgar Square, and maybe the first anywhere. A Van Gogh picture has been turned into a green living vertical wall.




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The Thoroughly Positive Effects of Positivity & Why Environmentalism Could Use More Of It

There's a really fascinating feature over at Greater Good on the powerful transformative effects that positive emotions have on our wellbeing, our lives, our bodies, those around us. I won't relay all that Barbara




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Turn out the lights at noon for Daylight Hour

Natural light is free and plentiful and the day is long.




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Hard Brexit: Northern Ireland may need thousands of generator barges to keep the lights on

It turns out leaving the EU is quite hard. Who knew?




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If you think the Green New Deal is tough to do, think about the Rural Electrification Administration

Starting in 1936 they wired the entire country, the houses, the tools and the farms, changing America. It is time to think big and do it again.




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Big tech companies join fight for clean power standards

Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft have joined together to support Obama's Clean Power Plan as it faces legal opposition.




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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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Montreal's impressive food recovery program will expand throughout Quebec

A partnership between Moisson Montreal and the largest grocery chains in the province will continue to salvage hundreds of tons of food that would otherwise be discarded.




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Do bike lanes cause air pollution? Nope. In fact, they can fight climate change.

A new study shows that in fact, if you build them, people use them and drive less.




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Ikea deliveries now 100% electric in Shanghai

Well, that happened fast.




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Electrification is not enough: Decarbonizing transport requires a systems approach

Lloyd Alter would be so proud.




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Why electric cars won't save us: There are not enough resources to build them

British scientists do the math and find that we come up short for cobalt, lithium and copper.




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USDA Fighting Obesity With One Hand, Promoting High-Fat Cheese With The Other

All the foodies are outraged by the New York Times Expose on the marketing of cheese. The front page story While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales by Michael Moss describes how Dairy Management helps




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“Bag It” and Join the “Food Fight” -- Book Your Screening Now

Attend your own green film fest at home with filmmakers' live Q&A




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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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Lighting facts: Did you know that 70% of lightbulbs in the U.S. are still inefficient models?

If every home in the U.S. switched just one inefficient light for an Energy Star one, that would be equivalent to taking 800,000 vehicles off the road in term of greenhouse gas emissions




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Clever technical breakthrough could make LEDs as inexpensive as incandescents

It was only a few years ago that I was testing LED bulbs that cost $100 each...




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Climate Change Activists Are Terrorists! At Least That's What the Maryland State Police Thought

I'm going to let Josh Tulkin speak mostly for himself on this one, but here's the thumbnail sketch of the situation: Tulkin received a latter from the Maryland State Police informing him that from March 2005 to May 2006 Tulkin was under




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Maryland's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan Given Green Light By Reviewers

Neither jobs nor electrical stability will be sacrificed by the state's proposed plan to protect the climate by reducing emissions 25% by 2020.




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Tesla wins battle to sell its electric cars in Maryland, but more fights are coming...

Thanks to an exception for "electric or non-fossil-fuel-burning vehicles". Maybe all other states could do that so that other EV makers don't have to face what Tesla is facing?




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Peterborough canoe museum to have gorgeous green roof

Irish architects Heneghan Peng win the competition to house world's largest canoe collection




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New hotel in Singapore "combines sustainability with delight."

A tropical skyscraper by WOHA and Patricia Urquiola is wrapped in a vine-covered sunscreen.




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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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Bright apartment renovation modernizes a 1920s attic

This former pigeon roost is transformed into a light-filled family home.




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Ellis Passivhaus laughed at Chicago's Polar Vortex

Temperatures in January dropped to -24°F and an air source heat pump kept it comfy and cozy.




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Borrowing a cup of sugar from a neighbor benefits everyone

It fosters connection and community, boosts happiness... and results in delicious baked goods.




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Haiti's Rebuild May Be Biochar's Big Breakthough

Biochar, the "co product" of burning wood or agricultural waste in a pyrolitic (oxygen free) environment, has




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Bright Ideas in Earthquake-Safe, Ecofriendly Building

Growing up in California, I was never really scared of earthquakes -- they happened frequently and most caused little, if any,