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How to Make Nano Solar Cells from Powdered Donuts (Video)
It's friday and we know you need something to keep you busy for the weekend, so here's the perfect thing. As the efficiency (and business case) for nano-based solar technology continues to ascend, isn't time you got in the game? Don't worry, it's not as easy as it sounds; in addition to powdered don …
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Split Carbon Costs of Deforestation Between Producers & Consumers to Slow Felling Forests
It's probably no great secret to TreeHugger readers at this point that part of the reason carbon emissions in developing nations are rapidly rising is partially because manufacturing of goods for export to the developed world. In fact in China at least one-third of total emissions and about 50% of e …
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Rolls Royce Could Launch an Electric Phantom In a Year
Photo: Rolls Royce Does It Matter? Depends How You Look at It... Autocar reports that a source inside the company told them that Rolls Royce could have an electric version of its Phantom super-luxury car on the road by the end of 2010: "Internally it's thought that the near-silence of electric p …
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U.S. Military Wary About Offshore Wind Power Off Coast of Maryland
Photo: Wikipedia, CC Maryland Offshore Wind Development Martin O'Malley, the governor of Maryland, would like to see offshore wind power developed off the cost of his state, but the U.S. military has expressed fears that the turbines could "disrupt flight and weapon test ranges, as well as erron …
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Adrian Grenier Does Your Holiday Shopping, Al Gore Helps 30 Rock Go Green, and More (Video)
Photo via TreeHugger Already thinking about your holiday shopping? Our gift guide is the perfect place to start, but if you're the kind of shopper who likes visiting a store rather than waiting for the UPS truck, check out Wired's fifth annual pop-up store in New York City--where a careful colle …
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$36 Billion Rainforest Protection Plan Agreed to by 35 Nations - Now Who Will Pay For It...?
photo: flickrfavorites. A group of 35 nations have agreed to a plan that aims to reduce global deforestation by 25% by 2015, The Guardian reports. The price tag for it all could run as high as $36 billion over the next five years. Now who will pay for it all?...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Rice Husks & Biomass Gasification Provide Power for Rural Indians
Rice = food and electricity at the same time... photo: ya po guille via flickr. One solution for getting clean electricity to the 440-some million people in rural India who currently don't have grid power (or any power...) is to build wind farms, solar power plants, or use some decentralized but …
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Melting Arctic Sea Ice Diluting Surface Water - Threatens Shellfish, Entire Polar Food Chain
photo: Wikipedia. Here's a not so comforting discovery: A new paper in Science magazine says that Arctic sea ice melting is starting to dilute surface waters and threatening the tiny shellfish called pteropods that are the base of the Arctic food chain. Those small swimming snails get eaten by fi …
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Are Solar Chargers Turning Into Flowers? Beautiful iPetals Concept May Set Trend
Images via Petitvention Designers seem to be setting a new trend for solar chargers, turning small scale renewable gadget charging into something resembling a bouquet of flowers. Hot on the heals of the Sunny Flower solar charger concept we showed off in September comes the iPetal, a design strik …
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Hundreds Speak Out In Support of EPA Global Warming Rule
Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope (left) testifies at the Arlington EPA hearing as API's Howard Feldman looks on. This week we saw some amazing public action as part of the two Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hearings on its proposed tailoring rule, which we call the "Big Polluters" ru …
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne Named Greenest City in the U.K.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne has been named the greenest city in the U.K. in a sustainability audit conducted by Forum for the Future. Photo by Draco2008 via Flickr.com. Shrouded in smoke and the center of ship building, Newcastle-upon-Tyne was once a major industrial center. But the city has been transfo …
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NY Event: Get Local! East Village Shopping Guide Launch at Sustainable NYC
Celebrate local shopping in the East Village with the Get Local shopping Guide. Credit: Get Local The East Village Community Coalition is hosting a launch party for the third edition of the Get Local Shopping Guide, celebrating local shops, merchants, and more in New York City's East Village, at …
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Breaking: Hackers Infiltrate World's Leading Climate Research Unit
Image via Menassat The email system of one of the world's leading climate researchers was just reported to be infiltrated by hackers. Protected information and email messages sent from climate scientists at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) began turning up on public we …
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Women and Minorities Getting Left Out of Green Job Market, New Study Finds
Photo via Change If James Brown had been around to witness the rise of the green jobs sector and learned of the news from this recent study, he'd shake his head and say, "It's a man's world. Ow! After all these years and so much progress, even in a sector dedicated towards achieving the noble aim …
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Houses Get Small (Sort Of) In Response to Recession
Wall Street Journal Is it just the economy or is there a real change going on? Michael Phillips writes in the Wall Street Journal about how builders are offering smaller houses than they have in years. The Scarlett O'Hara stairs and two storey halls are out, and the plans are simpler, square-er, …
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London Restoring Water Fountains, Giving Citizens Free Drinking Water
Photo via Maurice When did water fountains become more of a novelty than an expectation in urban areas? And when did their restoration become news? It seems to say something about the state of free clean drinking water in cities - perhaps we've realized we've gone too far towards bottled water an …
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Supermarket Launches City-Wide Electric Vehicle Charging
Image credit: Webecoist From turning waste food into energy to delivering food by barge, UK supermarket Sainsbury's has been exploring alternative energy and transportation for some time. They even recently unveiled "people-powered" checkouts, though on closer inspection they appeared to be gasol …
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The Controversial Environmental Artwork of Christo and Jean-Claude (Slideshow)
Wrapped government buildings and surrounded islands, endless fences and saffron gates: This is the work of Christo and Jean-Claude. Famous for their large-scale installations, the couple has drawn controversy throughout their career, but the goal, but simply, has always been to make people happy wit …
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Skip The Spray-on Sunscreen? Widely Used Nanoparticles Could Cause Cancer: Study
Photo: Getty Images It's a fact of life that nanoparticles are everywhere: from sunscreen to underwear to performance wear - they are an invisible part of everyday life. Nanotechnology has made some promising inroads, but could these undetectable bits of material be harmful to our health? Recent s …
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New TV Ad Shows Polar Bears Falling to Gruesome Deaths (Video)
Image via the Guardian An ad by Plane Stupid, an anti-airplane pollution advocacy group, is stirring some serious controversy in the UK and around the blogosphere. In a graphic TV ad designed to reveal the massive emissions that even short flights produce, CGI polar bears fall from the sky to blo …
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