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Aloha Petroleum installs EV fast charge stations

Electric vehicle owners on Oahu can plug in for a fast charge at one of three locations.




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New regulations force big food wasters to reuse, donate

Instead of food waste heading to the landfill, now it will be repurposed, donated, or turned into compost, animal feed, or clean energy.




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London air raid shelter houses carbon-neutral hydroponic farm

A hydroponic agriculture venture named Growing Underground is based in an air raid shelter 100 feet beneath the streets of London.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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London's most beautiful new museum is a 150-year-old sewage pumping station

Likened to a cathedral, the ornate Crossness Pumping Station reopens for public tours following extensive rehabbing.



  • Arts & Culture

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10 health-related uses for petroleum jelly

That tub of Vaseline that you probably remember seeing in your grandmother's house warrants a spot in your medicine cabinet, too.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Europe clashes with Canada over oil sands

New rules in Europe could effectively ban oil derived from 'tar sands,' prompting cheers from environmentalists but jeers from some Canadians.




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Prince's Paisley Park could be converted into a museum

Will Minnesota's most mystique-filled home go the way of Graceland?



  • Arts & Culture

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Exhibit tracks Europe's ancient music journey

The European Music Archaeology Project's 'Archaeomusica: The Sounds and Music of Ancient Europe' givers visitors an idea of Europe's old sounds.



  • Arts & Culture

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Dog found after tsunami reunited with owner

A dog that was found three weeks after the massive earthquake and tsunami hit Japan was reunited with her owner, who saw the pup on local news.




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7 less-famous natural history museums worth a visit

Learn about the natural world past and present at these outstanding museums



  • Arts & Culture

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One of the largest bears to ever walk Europe was a vegetarian

The extinct cave bear Ursus spelaeus appears to have descended from a vegetarian line of bears.




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20 ways to reuse coffee grounds, tea leaves

It's unlikely that coffee or tea is growing in your garden, so after you finish that cup, put the grounds to work with these clever ideas.




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Museum of Ice Cream's sprinkle pool deemed an environmental hazard

The new and highly Instagrammable interactive exhibition in Miami Beach receives a violation for generating marine debris.



  • Arts & Culture

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George Lucas' groundbreaking art museum exits Chicago

After two years of fighting for permission to build along the city's waterfront, Lucas says he's pivoting back to California.



  • Arts & Culture

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Space miners pitch concepts to empty chairs in lieu of Obama, Romney

No U.S. president has waxed as poetically about mining the moon the way John F. Kennedy did about landing on it.




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There's gold in eucalyptus trees?

Eucalyptus trees can hold grains of gold, potentially helping reveal buried treasure.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Inefficient vacuum cleaners to be swept from European stores

The era of 900-watt-and-higher vacuum cleaners comes to an end in the European Union due to new efficiency standards.




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Space shuttles to take flight for museum deliveries

The first 'A' in NASA's acronym name — Aeronautics — will play a leading role in the final flights of its recently retired shuttle program. Space agency jet




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Sponsor-a-shuttle: Museums offer tiles, stars for space shuttle display funds

The Enterprise and Endeavour both have temporary displays, but their museums need help to make plans for permanent homes a reality.




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Space shuttle Enterprise damaged on sea journey to Intrepid museum

Space shuttle Enterprise suffered minor wing damage on June 3 when it collided with the navigation guides for a New York railroad bridge during the first half o




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Space shuttle Endeavour arrives home to LA museum

The iconic space shuttle Endeavour, in commission for 20 years, has arrived at a museum in LA, making that its home for the foreseeable future.




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Europe swelters under devastating heat wave

Temperature records across the continent continue to fall as Europe buckles under heat wave. At least seven deaths have been attributed to the heat.



  • Climate & Weather

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This solar-powered Dutch poultry farm specializes in 'carbon-neutral' eggs

Eco-conscious Dutch poultry company Kipster wants to revolutionize the egg industry.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Test your self-reliance in a post-petroleum world

Answer 20 questions to get your resiliency score -- and find out how self and community-sufficient you are.




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'Fatberg' to be displayed in London museum

The Museum of London will showcase part of a 143-ton chunk of fat, diapers and baby wipes that was removed from the city's sewers.




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Why a retreat to nature can be so therapeutic

The longing you feel to get away is ancient, says writer Clemens Arvay, a desire to interact with nature and leave behind the material world.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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EU bans bee-harming pesticides ... will U.S. wise up and follow suit?

In a landmark decision, Europe restricts a popular pesticide linked to declining honeybee populations.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Bayer lawsuit challenges Europe's pesticide ban

Europe's moratorium on neonicotinoid pesticides is being challenged by Bayer CropScience. Bee advocates, however, are fighting back.




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French parks and public gardens bid adieu to pesticides

France bans the use of pesticides in public parks and the sale of chemical pest-control solutions to amateur gardeners.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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EU passes total ban on bee-harming pesticides

The European Union has banned bee-harming neonicotinoids. The policy is expected to come into full force by the end of 2018.




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Ancient European stone inscriptions revealed by low river levels carry grave warnings

'If you see me, weep,' reads one of these so-called 'hunger stones.'



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Restaurants being reused as ... restaurants

Smart, Southern, independent start-ups are using the buildings and kitchens from closed chains and being green in the process.




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Gender-neutral baby names surge in popularity

The gender-neutral naming trend is spurred in part by parents who want to avoid assigning gender roles to their children at birth.



  • Babies & Pregnancy

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The most common pesticide found on U.S. apples is banned in the EU

The chemical’s makers can’t guarantee Diphenylamine's safety, so the EU doesn't allow its use. Here in the U.S. it’s found on 80 percent of conventional apples.




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The nature museum that Sandra Martin built

Begun in her bedroom when she was 13, this dedicated woman’s Little Nature Museum has never stopped growing and inspiring visitors.




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Voracious invasive worm could eat all the snails in Europe

No more escargot? An invasive worm known to have an insatiable appetite for snails is invading Europe.




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Ever wonder how European starlings came to the U.S.? Blame Shakespeare

All it took was one avian aficionado with a love of William Shakespeare to introduce this aggressive species to the United States.




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NASA keeps an eye on Mars, looks toward Europa

The White House budget proposal for NASA in 2016 calls for a $500 million boost over the 2015 enacted budget and would keep NASA on its path to Mars.




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'Going Wild': Couch potato, troubled couple get a wakeup call in new Nat Geo show

Former Hell's Angel Tim Medvetz plays the role of motivational 'bus driver' to a group of unlikely adventurers.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Why climate policy is stuck in neutral

An economist and an ambassador to a petroleum-rich country talk about the current state of climate policy in the United States.




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Facebook reunites mom and daughter after 22 years

Years of futile searching didn't work, but a single Facebook plea connects the two women in less than 24 hours.




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UPS offers to make shipments carbon neutral

Brown has gone green! UPS has become the first small package carrier to offer its customers the option of purchasing carbon offsets to counteract the CO2 emissi



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Greenbuild 2009 is carbon-neutral

Donations from Milliken & Company and WindCurrent will allow Greenbuild 2009 to be a carbon-neutral conference.




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Happy Europeans buying more bikes than cars

Bicycle sales exceed cars in Europe, and there's compelling evidence that pedaling increases the national happiness quotient.




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Europe is going car-free (and loving it)

Looking to reduce pollution and congestion, European cities are banning vehicular traffic — and creating vibrant shopping zones in the process.




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Community rallies to reunite man and dog

When a man and his dog are evicted, people in the community rally to try to keep them together.




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Inside it-architect Bjarke Ingels' BIG deal museum exhibition

Bjarke attack! The Danish maverick is the subject of a climate-themed retrospective at the National Building Museum.



  • Arts & Culture

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Humanitarian architect to reuse Nepal's earthquake rubble

Leave it to Shigeru Ban to breathe ingenious new life into the painfully abundant remains of a major catastrophe.



  • Remodeling & Design

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European nations still push for deforestation loophole

A trio of nations -- Austria, Sweden and Finland -- are pushing once again for loophole in the climate treaty that would allow them to get paid to cut down tree



  • Research & Innovations

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Reuse, Reduce and Relocate [Infographic]

Want to reduce your carbon footprint for the big move? Here's how to haul all of your worldly possessions from point A to point B with minimal eco-impact.