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Why you get worse gas mileage in winter and what to do about it

There's no mystery why gas mileage is not as good in the winter, but there are some things you can do to make it better.




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Burger King in UK ditches plastic toys

The fast food chain will also take old plastic toys and melt them down for repurposing.




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Safe manufacture and use of nanotechnology gets a boost

As nanoparticles spread widely into consumer products as well as offering great technological promise in certain applications, how can we judge the risks?




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Why sustainability photography needs to change

This could be why so many people ignore global warming.




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Giant and gorgeous library in China mostly filled with fake aluminum books

There are 1.2 million real ones, but most of it is all about the show.




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Master Plan for new community in Bergen is seriously low carbon

It's got all three: low transportation energy, low embodied carbon, low operating energy.




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Katerra opens the world's biggest factory making Cross-Laminated Timber

At Woodrise 2019, Katerra CEO Michael Marks wows the wood world.




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The North Face and National Geographic are making clothes from plastic water bottles

The limited edition pieces are designed to give plastic waste a second life.




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Building façade generates electricity and tells you stories

The skin of MVRDV's new Milestone office building is very busy.




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Time to throw out your smoke detector and get a new one

Pull out the ionization detectors and go photoelectric.




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Can You Spot TreeHugger in this Google 'Search Story' About Solar Power in Michigan? (Video)

Don't Blink or You'll Miss It! Google has created a series of video ads called "Search Stories". They're basically short vignettes showing some cool projects that were made possible by people finding the right information (using Google, of course). The




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University Installs Solar and Electric Car Charging. "Environmentalists" Get Mad.

Western Michigan University is installing solar-powered electric car charging. But it has to chop down nine trees to do it.




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Michigan Has Large Shale Gas Reserves, In The Great Lakes Watershed

The Michigan basin has extensive shale gas reserves, yet it is not a political issue for Democrats or Republicans. Why?




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Heart-Powered Pacemakers to Eliminate Battery Replacement Surgery

Researchers propose using the vibrations of the heart to keep pacemakers going, eliminating the need to replace batteries.




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Koby Cottage "Represents a Revolution in Modular Construction"

It is a few years old but a real find. We probably won't see the likes of it again for a while.




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In Defense of the Cow: How Eating Meat Could Help Slow Climate Change

Should we be eating more beef in order to slow global warming? It sounds counterintuitive, but it may be so: Cattle could be part of the whole ecological equation to solving climate change and restoring healthy,




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Middlebury College Launches No-Mow Program

As you walk across the stately lawns of many college campuses, you might not put much thought into what it takes to keep those lawns so neatly trimmed and manicured. Well, that is unless you're being woken up after a long night of "studying" to the




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Leaf blowers are still a scourge of humanity

Is it time to ban these useless and unnecessary noise and pollution machines?




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Republican Presidential Hopefuls Out Of Step With Their Religions On Climate Change

Here at TreeHugger we've long documented how every major religious group has come out supporting strong action on climate change, so the following irony, pointed out by Climate Progress shouldn't come as a shock: Even




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Reflections on 9/11 & Our Response to Tragedy

photo: Rebecca Wilson/CC BY Editors note: The following guest post is by Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati an American-born renunciate at Parmarth Niketan ashram in Rishikesh, India (full bio below). While this post may be a bit broader than other items in the




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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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200 evangelical scientists ask Congress to pass climate legislation

Two hundred evangelical scientists recently wrote a letter to Congress making the religious case for passing climate change legislation.




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Evangelical Christians call on Obama to protect public lands from oil and gas leasing

Rev. Richard Cizik and the nonprofit New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good have released a video message to President Obama calling on him to do more to protect public lands from destruction by private industry.




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Duke Energy dedicates $25 million to EV charging in NC, promises 300 MW of battery storage

In a compromise with environmentalists, the energy giant is committing some significant resources to clean tech.




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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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The UK sees lowest per-capita energy generation since 1984

It's not just renewables that are driving down emissions.




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40+ gadgets in your pocket, without the e-waste

E-waste is a big problem, but there is also a counter-trend that helps fight it.




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Is solar getting dirtier?

Fewer solar panel manufactures are willing to share information about their manufacturing practices, and that can't be good news.




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Old CDs could be re-used in sewage treatment

The disks are coated with zinc oxide nanorods that break apart organic molecules in sewage.




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10 recycling and waste management trends to look out for in the near future

There's a lot to look forward to, but what should we expect to see more of in the short-term?




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Battery recycling machine gives grocery store coupons in exchange for your old batteries

The machines are popping up at grocery stores in Norway.




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Staggering e-waste numbers revealed in grim new report

Picture this: In 2016 the world generated enough e-waste to fill a line of 18-wheelers from New York to Bangkok and back.




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If you get all your news here, you may be living in a bubble

We're all friends here, right? So I can talk honestly?




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Google creates Science Journal app to inspire the next generation of scientists and makers

The app lets kids and adults alike explore, measure and test the world around them.




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Dandelion: an audacious and radical geothermal energy startup?

Alphabet's X moonshot factory spins out a ground source heat pump company.




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Google looks to salt and antifreeze for renewable energy storage

Alphabet, Google's parent company, is experimenting with a new energy storage technology.




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Vancouver grocer uses embarrassing slogans to discourage plastic bag use

Unfortunately, people like the slogans a bit too much.




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World's largest Cross-Laminated Timber apartment complex being built in Montreal

And a big part of the pitch is sustainability and comfort.




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Why did Montreal get those twisty deathtrap stairs?

They are one of the most iconic features of the city, but some of them are really scary.




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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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Montreal supermarket opens huge organic rooftop garden

Talk about slashing food miles; 'fresh from the roof' is as local as it gets.




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These floral sculptures pay homage to the humble beauty of insects (Video)

Part art, part meditative process, these works are created with plant material harvested from the artist's urban garden.




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Montreal couple shows how to take a voyage à vélo électrique

Electric bikes are the great leveller; a lot more people will be doing this.




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Montreal may ban wood-fired ovens. Is this the end of the classic Montreal bagel?

Wood smoke is a huge source of particulate pollution and really shouldn't be in residential neighbourhoods. But the flavour...




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Poland to Ban Monsanto’s Genetically Modified Corn

Following anti-Monsanto activism in other countries, Poland has announced plans to completely ban the growth of Monsanto’s genetically modified strain MON810.




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TreeHugger Radio #202: The Warmest Winter Ever, Arsenic in Your Chicken, Dying Dolphins, and Vermont Versus Monsanto

Jacob and Brian look at chicken pre-marinated with Prozak, the blackest solar cell ever, and Poland and Vermont's fight against Monsanto.




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Judge allows California to require cancer warning on Monsanto's Roundup

A judge has ruled against Monsanto; company complains that it would drive some customers away. Unsealed documents add to drama.




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Volkswagen designs "micromobiles" for life after traffic collapse

From scooters to cargo bikes, a bunch of alternatives to driving that car.




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Hydrogen-powered e-bike cranked up to 93 mile range

E-bikes will eat cars, and H2 bikes will eat Toyotas.




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More people are riding on e-scooters, so more people are getting injured

It's basic math. Sure, e-scooter injuries are way up. But let's keep it in perspective and look at what the real problem is.