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4.0 Earthquake Caused by Fracking in Ohio Was Felt in Toronto

After a series of 11 earthquakes in nine months, a fracking operation near Youngstown has been suspended.




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States Increasingly Concerned Over Fracking Wastewater, But Limited In What They Can Do

Weak regulations mean an extra dose of toxic wastewater for some states, like Ohio.




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Cleveland Indians Score Another Green Hit With Innovative Helix Turbine, A Baseball First

A 18-foot-wide helix turbine specially designed for urban spaces has been installed on the roof of Progressive Field, ready to begin churning out energy on opening day.




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Ohio Senate passes bill banning LEED certification

The wood and plastics industry prefers Green Globes and is designing laws around it. Paging Jerry Yudelson.




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Smart Windows Fix Dumb Problem of Too Much Noise, Too Much Light: Sage Electrochromic Glass Changes With Flick Of Switch

Open terrace in Kimmel Center was too hot or too noisy; now it's fixed.




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Philadelphia's solar-powered trash cans: Great green idea or flawed design?

Are solar-powered trash cans a fuel-saving, money-saving way to keep the streets clean? Or are they worse than regular trash cans?




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Classic contemporary wooden watches are made with lumber offcuts

Partnering with a forest conservation non-profit to plant a tree for every watch purchased, Analog Watch Co. creates chic timepieces out of recycled wood.




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Passivhaus is Climate Action

Architects and builders take to the streets for the Extinction Rebellion, get arrested.




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Should green homes have gas stoves and wood fireplaces?

One Passive House architect gives his clients what they want.




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Park Avenue Green is the largest Passive House building in North America

But Passive House is so expensive! How can you build housing for the homeless and low income families this way?




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Stadium in Qatar is demountable and relocatable and even has shipping containers

It makes a lot of sense in a country with no workers and five other permanent stadia.




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Shipping containers transformed into prefab college classroom

Made with a tight budget and schedule, this structure was up and running within a matter of weeks.




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Shipping industry cracks down on plastic waste

Of all the places to take action on marine litter, this one makes the most sense.




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Sainte-Marie among the Hurons is lit by 5,000 candles at Christmastime

Called 'First Light,' this now-famous event at Ontario's first European-built settlement is a special experience for the whole family.




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Ontario's GreenBelt could be turned into "largest condo farm this province has ever seen"

Doug Ford, now leading in the polls, wants to open up more of it for development.




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The Reach Guesthouse combines Passive House performance with classic beauty

Architect Jonathan Kearns shows that you can have it all.




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Ontario's Doug Ford's proposed natural gas expansion is like putting 42,560 cars on the road

Just what we needed in what was a decarbonizing planet.




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Passive House and permaculture are a perfect mix

A lot of the permaculture design principles make just as much sense for buildings.




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Peru's Glaciers Melting, Decreasing Water Supply 20 Years Earlier Than Expected

Pay attention, as this sort of thing could hit other mountainous areas that are dependent on glaciers for their water supply.




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Funky Patchwork Daywear with a Peruvian Twist From Green Fashion Label Awamaki Lab (Photos)

Awamaki Lab's fashion-forward collection successfully pairs Peruvian textiles with modern styles.




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3,000 dolphins found dead on the coast of Peru

Biologists believe that oil companies are to blame for the recent dolphin deaths.




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Innovative Foot-Powered Washing Machine Could Alleviate Poverty for Millions (Video)

Born out of first-hand research in a Lima slum, this time and water-saving device is targeted at families that live without electricity or running water.




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Callina’s slow fashion sweaters preserve culture and nature

Designer Michelle Sheppard creates sustainable garments with a connection to cultural traditions.




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Peru releases 500,000 at-risk baby turtles into the wild

Peruvian environmental authorities make a big statement with tiny turtles.




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Praying mantises released for pest control are hunting hummingbirds

New research documents that mantises worldwide are eating small birds; in the US, invasive mantis species are devouring hummingbirds.




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CDC lists oil of lemon eucalyptus as comparable to DEET for mosquitoes

Even the CDC recommends this botanical ingredient as comparable to DEET for repelling disease-carrying insects.




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Stair of the Week floats over recessed bookcase

This multifunctioning stair hides a generous bookcase underneath.




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Stair of the Week 'focuses on offering employees an activity-based working environment'

A health insurer practices what it preaches.




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Strap this spiral staircase onto any tree, no tools needed

Want to get quickly into the tree canopy? This modular set of stairs can be quickly and easily wrapped around any tree, without doing damage to the trunk.




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Stair of the Week cantilevers from custom bookcase

Architect Tamir Addadi squeezes a lot into a very small space




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Small Japanese house has a "floating treehouse"

It feels much bigger than it actually is, and does not feel weird at all.




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Grand staircase being built in Rotterdam

And when you get to the top of this, you deserve a treat.




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"Staircase of Encounters" is designed to encourage employee interaction

Neri&Hu turn climbing the stairs into an experience for Bloomberg in Hong Kong.




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Don’t miss this year’s first (and last) supermoon

When the splendid full moon rises this weekend, she’ll look a bit bigger and brighter than usual.




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NASA mission reveals beautiful swirling gases on Jupiter (Video)

These incredible images sent back by the Juno spacecraft gives us a detailed look at Jupiter.




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Hurricane Michael as seen from space is an ominous thing (video)

See the view captured by the International Space Station as the category 4 hurricane makes landfall over Florida.




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When a moon has a moon, it’s a moonmoon

Scientists exploring the possibility of a moon having a moon of its own have suggested that the wee orbs be called moonmoons.




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The ghost of Cassiopeia is a stunning thing (photo)

Hubble just took the most detailed image yet of the eerie and mysterious Ghost Nebula, some 550 light-years from Earth.




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Earth was probably purple billions of years ago, says NASA

Our blue-green Earth might have actually been a different color, thanks to this molecule.




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NASA records quake on Mars, and it's gorgeously eerie (audio)

For the first time ever, NASA has recorded a likely marsquake – listen to the haunting tremor here.




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The moon keeps flashing, and nobody knows why

The so-called 'transient lunar phenomena' has been stumping scientists for years – but an explanation may be in the works.




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Fewer trees mean less rain, decreased hydropower

A new study published by The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences serves as a great example of the interconnectedness of nature and how human activity can disrupt life-sustaining systems.




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Homemade hydroelectric generator uses plastic bottles as water wheel

Lost in the woods near a stream, with some empty water bottles, wire, plastic plates, and a stepper motor, *and* you need to charge your smartphone? Try this.




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Ecotricity proposes "green gas mills" at every UK fracking site

Income for farmers, or fracked natural gas—will communities be allowed to decide?




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Despite Trump, US coal and gas generation down—renewables up

The war on coal, it seems, may be ongoing, no matter who's in charge in Washington.




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UK energy company offering 'poop gas' for heating/cooking

UK households can now buy 15 percent green gas and 100 percent green electricity with one easy tariff.




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I just switched to "green" gas from Bullfrog Power

We used to be able to justify burning a bit of fossil gas, but we cannot anymore.




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Netherlands to ban natural gas by 2050

It's part of a much bigger energy transition, and sounds a lot like wishful thinking.




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Why all is lost: increasing demand for jet fuel will be bigger than savings from electric cars

We are all cutting back in the West, but more flying in developing countries overwhelms the savings.




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As emissions spike, VW announces an end to oil-powered cars

The timeline needs some work. But this is a start...