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Artist plants a living forest in 30,000-person stadium

Austria's Wörthersee football stadium is now thriving with life in an installation that is as beautiful as it is chilling.




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You don't need to travel around the world to take selfies with art

Just take them with big photos, nobody will ever know.




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Boeing develops self-cleaning airplane loo

“If it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going.”




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Airline finds cheapest way to save fuel is to tell pilots to save fuel

Simply by telling pilots their fuel consumption is being monitored, Virgin Atlantic saved millions.




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Circular logic: Round runways could save a lot of land, reduce fuel consumption and cut noise

This is not a joke. It is also a teaching moment about blogging.




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If airports become the cities of tomorrow we are in big trouble

The impact of flying on climate change cannot be ignored, as I book my next flight.




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The Skyrider 2.0 just might be the greenest way to fly

We have standing room in landbuses, so why not airbuses?




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How to make air travel (a bit) less damaging

We know it's bad, but people still do it, which is why we still need to talk about it.




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UK commits £58m to pioneering electric flight

Greener aviation is about to get a boost.




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Why cheap mass air travel must be stopped

Author Craig Murray says, "The Earth cannot afford to indulge the pollution caused by massive air tourism."




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Bring on the airline baggage fees!

I'm a fan of any policy that discourages people from schlepping loads of unnecessary stuff around the planet.




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Happy 50th birthday to the Boeing 747; it changed aviation forever

Flying went from being expensive and elite to being mass-market. Enjoy it while you can.




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EasyJet to test electric passenger plane within a year

Sure, it'll only have nine seats. But the low cost carrier expects larger electric planes in service by 2027.




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Heathrow Airport unveils plans for 'carbon neutral' growth

In an effort to appease critics, the airport is focusing on four key environmental strategies.




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Should we just stop flying to conferences?

It really isn't necessary but it sure is a lot of fun and you learn a lot. I am conflicted.




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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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Overtourism: Can this problem be solved?

Yes, but first we need to develop a collective conscience when it comes to travel.




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Is flying dying? No, it is growing faster than ever

It's expected that by 2037 the number of people flying will double.




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Construction of Machu Picchu's new international airport has begun

While Unesco has asked Peru to limit visitors to the famous site, the government is making it easier for people to access.




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Could 'flygskam' change the way we travel?

The Swedish word, which translates to 'flight shame', is driving interest in climate-friendly trains, longer stays, and frequent flier taxes.




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"Flight Shame" is actually changing the way people travel

Domestic flights in Sweden are declining and airport expansion plans are being reconsidered.




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I am flying to another conference and I know I shouldn't

The question of flight shaming keeps coming up, and there has been some significant pushback.




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Photos of nature proving its resilience

No matter how hard we may try to tame her, Mother Nature always comes back to claim her turf.




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Crowdfunding campaign raises $3m to save gorgeous fjord from logging

"It's just an amazing, amazing thing that people have done."




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Bulgaria is getting a beautiful new forest

Soon, willow, alder, ash and oaks will grace the banks of the Maritza river once again.




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7,500 songbirds flew into a giant flame and died

So, last week approximately 7,500 songbirds flew into a giant flame and died. Maybe this is a good time to talk about the wastefulness and damage caused by natural gas flaring?




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Experts say dilbit could have caused Mayflower, Arkansas oil spill

According to experts in the failure of oil and gas pipelines, there are a handful of factors that can contribute to a pipeline rupture, like the one in Mayflower, Arkansas. A new report finds all were in play on the Pegasus pipeline.




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Colorado floods hit one of most drilled counties in US

While the immense amount of rain and devastating floods that hit Colorado nearly two weeks ago were already tragic , they have also exposed a concern regarding the lax environmental regulations that allow the oil and gas industry to drill in flood zones.




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Exxon tears down two Arkansas houses damaged by oil spill

More than six months since tar sands oil spilled into a Mayflower, Arkansas neighborhood, two homes have just been leveled by Exxon in order to clean up oil that was found under their foundations.




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Oil pipeline spills 20,600 barrels of crude in North Dakota wheat field

More than 20,000 barrels of crude oil spilled, but thankfully because of a 40 foot thick layer of clay beneath the field, the oil has been relatively contained and is not believed to have reached a water source.




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Enbridge tar sands pipeline threatens Great Lakes

After two years of pressing pipeline regulators to release inspection photos and videos of the 60-year-old Enbridge pipeline that carries tar sands oil through the Straits of Mackinac, NWF took it upon themselves to inspect the pipeline.




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Chevron wins huge victory over $18 billion Ecuador lawsuit

New York judge throws the whole thing out, accusing lawyer of bribery and money laundering.




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Wildlife rescuers remember the Exxon Valdez spill 25 years later

The largest oil spill in the U.S. happened 25 years ago today.




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Terrorists could knock US electricity grid out for 1.5 years, but more solar power could help protect it

The idea that the US electricity grid could be knocked out for 1.5 years is a bit shocking. But that's what the agency in charge of protecting it has revealed.




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Quote of the day: "Oil spills can have positive effects"

Pipeline company Kinder Morgan claims that they create "business and employment opportunities".




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US energy maps show energy infrastructure sitting in extreme weather's line of target

If a hurricane is headed your way, you surely have a lot on your mind. Knowing the energy infrastructure risks in your area may be one more thing to throw in there.




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Looking back at Superstorm Sandy

TreeHugger Emeritus Mat McDermott describes his experience of living through Sandy.




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Don't drill, baby, don't drill: Positive and negative impacts of the recent oil crash

A look at the fallout from the recent oil price crash.




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Anyone thirsty for some "Fukushima Water"?

The new energy drink that is taking Japan by storm!




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200 years ago, Mount Tambora exploded and changed the world

The biggest volcanic eruption in recorded history killed tens of thousands immediately, but the effects on climate continued for years.




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21,000 gallons of oil spill in Santa Barbara County

The rupture spilled thousands of gallons of oil, contaminated at least four miles of beach and spread into the ocean.




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Pipeline that spilled 105,000 gallons of oil in California was only one in county without 'auto shut-off'

Why make exceptions like this?




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BP to pay $18.7 billion for Deepwater Horizon spill

Gulf Coast states and the federal government agree to the highest fine for an environmental disaster in U.S. history.




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This is the ongoing gas leak in California that's an epic ecological disaster

Impact of greenhouse gases released since October measured over a 20-year time frame is equivalent to emissions from 7 million cars.




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Has coal burning finally peaked in China?

Let's not celebrate yet, but if it has, we still need to make the transition happen more quickly.




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California gas well blowout was largest methane leak in US history

New study finds Aliso Canyon disaster’s impact equivalent to annual greenhouse gas emissions from over half a million cars.




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The 15 costliest nuclear disasters and the nuclear risks of the future

Largest study yet predicts "The next nuclear accident may be much sooner or more severe than the public realizes"




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Build an emergency kit in your cupboard and closet

You probably already have most of the stuff you need.




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Jargon Watch: "Predatory Delay"

Alex Steffen comes up with a term that really defines so much of what is happening (or not happening)




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Tesla sends Powerwall batteries to Puerto Rico

The company quietly helps rebuild the island's electrical systems.