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North Carolina mosque aiming to be among first in country to go solar

The Muslim American Society of Charlotte isn't just putting solar on its mosque. 40 of its congregants are going solar too.




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Canada's first tiny house festival debuts as part of planned tiny housing development

We visited Canada's first tiny house festival to find out more about this newly declared eco-residential development in Quebec for homes under 1,000 square feet in size.




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Resurf: First Group to Recycle Surfboards and Wetsuits

So you hit a gnarly wave and end up on shore with your board in two pieces. Bummer dude. But your green side can't bear to just trash that board that's gotten you through some pretty wild rides. You could repair it yourself,




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Los Vecinos: First Platinum LEED-Certified, 100% Solar Powered, Affordable Housing in San Diego

Image via: Wakeland Housing & Development Corporation Los Vecinos, the first LEED-Certified Platinum, 100% solar-powered affordable housing in San Diego, offer 42-units of state of the art in green housing. The $17.6 million USD project opened its doors




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Save the Buffalo River! America's first national river threatened by Cargill factory hog farm

Forty years ago, activists blocked plans to dam the Buffalo River, eventually getting Congress and President Nixon to designate the river as America's first National River. Now, a factory hog farm is putting one of Arkansas' most beautiful spots at risk.




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River Ethiope could be first waterway in Africa recognized as a living entity

Rivers are people too, you know.




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First pedestrian death caused by speeding autonomous car

Perhaps AVs should have their own lower speed limits until they figure this all out.




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Two transportation tragedies show how it is time to put pedestrians first

On National Walking Day, a look at how putting cars first kills people who walk and drive.




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First Iowa Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Gets $105m Loan Guarantee From DoE

If it seems like you've read a variation of the above headline before you're not wrong, and as much as anything it's a sign of the rock road cellulosic ethanol and biofuels in general have had in the past few years. The details: The Department of




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Fairphone 2 is the world's first ethical, modular smartphone

If only we could buy it in North America.




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The First Worldwide Green Hajj Guide & Eco-Mosques in Qatar: More on Islam & The Environment

Some timely examples of the intersection of Islam and environmental stewardship, both coming via the good folks over at Green Prophet: 1) Any new mosque built in Qatar must be eco-friendly, and 2) a new green guide to




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World's First Green Pilgrimage Network Launches At End of October

An interesting step towards eco-friendly spiritual travel: The Alliance of Regions and Conservation, working with WWF, is about to launch the Green Pilgrimage Network. The program, to formally kick off at an event in




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BC's First Energy Star Qualified Home is a Round Beauty

A round home is British Columbia's first home to be Energy Star qualified, a topic of contention on TreeHugger.




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Cambodia's First Ethanol Plant Will Use One-Fifth of Nation's Cassava Crop

Just a quick one on ethanol and Southeast Asia: Chinaview.cn is reporting that Cambodia has opened the nation’s first ethanol production facility. Using cassava as a feedstock, at least initially all of the




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It's time to put Passivhaus First

How my thinking has evolved in the last decade




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Will Ferrell gets first BMW Hydrogen 7

BMW has built the first of their Hydrogen 7 cars for public use, and handed the first set of keys over to US funny-man, Will Ferrell. 25 of the first 100 cars will be handed out to celebrities in order to promote their hydrogen cars in a predictable PR




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First ever porous liquid shows promise for carbon capture

Up until now, only solid materials have offered the ability to capture materials using the filtering power of pores




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The world's first 'test tube' puppies could help preserve endangered canid species

It could also help us eradicate heritable diseases in dogs.




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Illinois passes first microbead ban in the world

Finally one state is putting a stop to the "exfoliocean." Hopefully others will follow its lead, forcing companies to adopt eco-friendly alternatives.




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A bird's eye view of the first ever 'zero emission' scientific station in Antarctica

This looks a bit like the Hoth rebel station in Return of the Jedi...




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First Commercial Tidal Power Project in US Launches in Maine

Though only powering 75-100 homes at launch, the TidGen Cobscook Bay project, in Eastport, Maine, is slated to expand to ten times its initial size.




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6 first aid tips to help trees after a storm

For Arbor Day, learn how to show damaged trees the love they deserve.




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First wolf cubs born wild in Bavaria in over 150 years

When you watch the video do you see a triumph of nature or the beady eyes of a predator?




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UC San Diego students help produce the world's first algae-based surfboard

Instead of using a conventional polyurethane core, this sustainable surfboard starts with an algae-based foam blank.




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Eco-friendly 'super food truck' first on the East Coast

Yumbii, an Atlanta-based food truck, adds a low emissions super food truck to its fleet. Check out its environmentally friendly features.




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Brooklyn Fashion and Design Accelerator welcomes its first entrepreneurs

A new collaborative space dedicated to sustainable fashion design is now open for production.




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First wolf in a century spotted in the Czech Republic

These apex predators play a much bigger role in ecosystems than most people suspect, and their absence causes all kinds of problems that we aren't always able to solve.




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Australian School Ditches Bottled Water, While Another Becomes First Carbon Neutral School

While no longer breaking news, the endeavours of students and staff at two different Australian schools still merits attention. One school went bottled water free, whilst




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Barcelona to Build First Carbon-Neutral Indoor Ski Slope in 2015

Barcelona wants to build an indoor carbon-neutral ski dome, taking waste energy from the gas industry to cool the hall and using renewable energy to power the rest... fact or fiction? Eco-friendly or greenwashing?




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World's first carbon-negative data center coming to Sweden

The makers of the EcoDataCenter prefer the term "climate-positive."




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UK to build world’s first ‘zero carbon hub’ for heavy industry

By 2030, Britain hopes to demonstrate that even cement, steel and glass industries can operate at net zero emissions.




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Meet America's first climate refugees

The people of Newtok, Alaska are living a slow-motion disaster that will end, very possibly within the next five years, with the entire village being washed away.




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Melting ice and rising seas will make Alaskan villagers America's first climate refugees

Adapting to climate change is going to affect the lives of every human on Earth. But for some those impacts are hitting a little sooner and a little harder than they are for others.




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Maersk to send first container ship through the Northeast Passage

They call it a "one-off" but it is the shape of things to come.




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Massive Wall of Birds is the first mural depicting all modern bird families (Video)

The wonderful world of birds, painted in life size and all together on a huge 2,500-square-foot wall.




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Mobile Bay Alabama's First Line Of Oil Defense Is Bigger Boom On 2,000 Pound Anchors

A most painful demonstration of Murphy's Law - that




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Alabama Becomes First State To Officially Adopt Anti-Agenda 21 Legislation

Environmentalists and Urban Planners on the run as smart growth and sustainability become illegal in the State.




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First 6 storey wood building in Ontario wins Wood Works! Award

The Templar Block in Hamilton Ontario pushes a lot of buttons.




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Why we need Sufficiency First

Making things more efficient is not enough; we have to ask ourselves what we really need.




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First-ever climate telethon raises millions to plant trees in Denmark

The good people of Denmark phoned in enough kroner to plant nearly a million trees.




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Heathrow will nix landing fees for first electric flight

CEO John Holland-Kaye expects to be taken up on this offer within the next 12 years.




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All-electric commercial airplane takes first flight

“December 10, 2019 will be remembered as the day the electric aviation age started.”




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World's first plastic-free flight took off this week

The plane carries no single-use plastics – but aren't we ignoring a much bigger environmental issue?




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Construction begins in UK on first subsidy-free wind farm

Corporate commitments to clean energy mean renewables are harder than ever to derail.




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First wolf pack in 200 years is roaming wild in Denmark

Denmark’s last wolf was killed in 1813, but after a female travels 340 miles from Germany and meets some males, cubs are expected soon.




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Just what we needed dept: Biomega launches world’s first dedicated Bicycle Tie and Bow Tie

It is reflective and glows in the dark, perfect for "enhanced safety in traffic" -- and the dance floor.




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U.S. dietary guidelines may include environmental concerns for the first time

The U.S.’s top nutritional panel has recommended that Americans eat less meat, both for their health and to help protect the planet.




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2019 Equinox: 12 facts about the first day of fall

Learn when the autumn equinox happens and what to expect as we bid farewell to summer.




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The UK is getting its first bat highway!

The red glowing street lights allow light-shy bats to cross the road.




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Scientists surprised by what first-ever recording of a blue whale's heart reveals

Among other things, the data reveals answers about the size of blue whales, the largest organisms to have ever lived on Earth.