ca Porsche American Headquarters Has Green Roof, Natural Ventilation By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:53:00 -0500 There is something contradictory about building a Green Porsche Headquarters at an Aeropolis, but whatever. Full Article Design
ca More on the Trick or Treat Test: Calculating the "Candy Density." By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:18:00 -0400 Planner Paul Knight shows how to do the math and figure out where to go for maximum candy Full Article Design
ca #1 metro area in US for electric car growth is no longer in California By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:32:00 -0500 If you thought the top market for electric car growth was somewhere in California, you'd be right many months out of the year, but not the 4th quarter of 2013. Full Article Transportation
ca The whole city of Florence can fit in one Atlanta cloverleaf By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:30:21 -0400 Steve Mouzon looks at the true cost of sprawl. Full Article Design
ca Sidewalks are critical infrastructure and should be a civic responsibility By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Nov 2016 11:30:03 -0500 It is appalling that in much of America, they are considered a frill. Full Article Design
ca From Parentables: Bisphenol A Found In Canned Soup Marketed To Kids By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:38:01 -0400 A new study from the Breast Cancer Fund shows that BPA is found in canned foods marketed specifically to kids. This should be no surprise to TreeHugger readers; we have been talking about BPA lining cans for years. All Full Article Living
ca Campbell's Says It's Heading BPA-Free By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:15:59 -0500 Under pressure from parents and breast cancer groups, Campbell's Soup says it has transition plan away from BPA in motion Full Article Living
ca What is Causing Early Puberty In Girls? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:42:00 -0400 New York Times article asks a lot of questions, and doesn't deliver a lot of answers. Full Article Living
ca Can SUBSPORT Help Chemical Companies Move Towards Safer Alternatives? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 30 May 2012 14:08:00 -0400 The Substitution Support Portal SUBSPORT launched this week, intending to give business improved tools for substituting hazardous chemicals with safer substitutes. Full Article Technology
ca More Americans Drinking BPA in Canned Beer, Thanks to Economy and Pabst Drinking Hipsters By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:19:00 -0400 Beer cans are lined with the stuff, but hey, thats the price you pay for convenience. Full Article Living
ca Bisphenol A Now Illegal In American Baby Bottles and Sippy Cups, No Thanks to FDA By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:33:00 -0400 It seems that the only people who benefit from this rule change are the members of the American Chemistry Council who make BPA. Full Article Living
ca Jargon Watch: Plasticarian By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:36:00 -0400 A new term for those who try to live without plastic, that might just catch on. Full Article Living
ca Popeye the Sailor Man after a life of eating from BPA lined cans By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:52:00 -0500 Cartoonist Joe Mohr shows how the chemical might have affected the cartoon hero Full Article Living
ca Fetal exposure to BPA is linked to prostate cancer By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 08:00:00 -0500 A new study from the University of Illinois shows how chemical exposure early in life can alter stem cells and cause disease. Full Article Living
ca Scientists agree that BPA is an "ovarian toxicant" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 07:00:00 -0400 Studies of humans, mice, monkeys, and sheep all point to the same scary conclusion -- that BPA wreaks havoc on the female reproductive system. Full Article Living
ca More Americans drinking BPA in canned beer By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 12:25:10 -0500 What's in that "polymer lining" in every can? A gender-bending hormone that may be really bad for you. Full Article Living
ca EWG has released new report on BPA in canned food By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 08:00:00 -0400 Find out which brands are the best and worst players in the canned food industry right now. Full Article Living
ca Two-thirds of food cans tested contain BPA, and the alternatives may not be much better By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 18:46:12 -0400 A new report shines the light on a dirty little 'secret' of canned goods, which has little to do with the food itself, and everything to do with the coating in the can. Full Article Living
ca Who cares about BPA? Canned beer is more popular than ever By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 11:33:12 -0400 Nobody should be drinking canned beer. Period. But it is particularly bad for young women. Full Article Living
ca If BPA is so terrible, why is everybody still drinking beer and pop out of BPA lined cans? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 13:12:22 -0400 There is a fundamental logical inconsistency here. Either the stuff is bad for you or it isn't. Full Article Science
ca Happy 83rd Birthday, American beer can. Now go away. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 16:15:23 -0500 There is no place for you in a healthy, circular economy, and this is nothing to celebrate Full Article Business
ca Australia's Invading Camels Soon to Be Croc Food By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:41:07 -0500 Locals in one region of the Australian Outback have been terrorized of late by a roaming band of feral camels. Drought conditions and a recent heat wave are being blamed for driving some 6,000 camels into residential areas near Full Article Science
ca Africa's Great Green Wall Hopes to Stop the Spreading Sahara - If It Ever Gets Planted By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:46:00 -0400 It's been a couple of years since the still-planned and so-called Great Green Wall of Africa graced the pages of TreeHugger, so here's a quick update and overview: As the BBC reports, African leaders are meeting in Chad to further push the Full Article Science
ca Footballs To Be Made from Feral Camel Leather By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:23:31 -0500 Australia has a feral camel problem. The Australian Feral Camel Management Project estimates that 1 million of rogue dromedaries roam outback Australia, annually causing over $14 million AUD worth of damage to infrastructure and Full Article Living
ca Arabian 'Unicorn' Back from the Brink in Middle East Thanks to Captive Breeding Program Success By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 08:00:00 -0400 A bright white antelope with long thin horns, the Arabian oryx is thought to have inspired early stories of unicorns. (Its two horns appear as one when viewed from the side.) And until Full Article Science
ca 8 Awesome Airstream Hotels, From the California Desert to the French Pyrenees By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 30 May 2012 05:51:36 -0400 A drive-in movie theater in the wilderness and an urban rooftop are just a few of the innovative spots from which stylish trailer hotels are popping up. Full Article Living
ca How to reverse desertification. With rocks. By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 13:49:57 -0500 Could strategically-placed rock walls help to re-green the desert? Full Article Design
ca Huge lake appears in North America's hottest, driest spot By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 12:04:38 -0400 Check out these photos of a surprise 10-mile lake that popped up in Death Valley, California. Full Article Science
ca Mind the gap: New bridge in Cornwall is actually two giant cantilevers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 15:22:35 -0400 What does it feel like to be an arch? Very different from how it feels like to be a cantilever. Full Article Design
ca Can we make steel without CO2 emissions using renewable hydrogen? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 12:05:49 -0500 Yes, in theory. Doing it in practice is a whole other story. This is another example of how the hydrogen economy is a fantasy. Full Article Energy
ca Why choosing solar panels or a hybrid car has more impact than you think By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 13:01:14 -0500 As it turns out, personal energy choices can be contagious. Full Article Energy
ca Why is Canada fighting over a gas pipeline to nowhere? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 09:32:07 -0500 The world is awash in LNG that's a lot closer to the ocean and a lot cheaper to move. Full Article Energy
ca Photo: California towhee is the picture of spring By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 06:00:00 -0400 Our photo of the day comes from Atascadero, California. Full Article Science
ca Photo: Pelicans put on an air show By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 06:00:00 -0400 Our photo of the day comes from Cape San Blas, Florida. Full Article Science
ca African grey parrots surprise researchers with their altruism By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 09:18:33 -0500 Few other animals are known to be intrinsically motivated to assist others in need. Full Article Science
ca These deaf moths defy bats using stealthy acoustic camouflage By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 08:58:37 -0500 Some moth species have evolved noise-cancelling abilities that are more efficient than today's sound engineering technology. Full Article Science
ca Zero Waste blogger Lauren Singer lets us look into her drawers and cabinets By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:29:42 -0400 We visit the writer behind the Zero Waste blog TrashIsForTossers.com. Full Article Living
ca Brooklyn building shows that Passive Houses can have apartments too By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 20:24:42 -0500 Although the term “Passive House” might seem to refer to single family homes, these concepts can be applied to all kinds of buildings. Full Article Design
ca Two dead because trucks don't have side guards and cyclists apparently can't stay upright By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 11:44:25 -0500 In Brooklyn and Toronto, the same story: "accidents" where cyclists somehow lose control, fall under rear wheels. Full Article Transportation
ca Wood House Sits Lightly On Landscape By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 15 May 2008 07:57:26 -0400 One can build a house out of wood and cover it up, or one can celebrate the nature of wood, as this one in Slavonice, Czech Republic does. Designed by E - M.R.A.K. | Martin Rajniš, Kamila Amblerová, Václav Horecký, it is built out of unplaned, uncut Full Article Design
ca Another Problem with Carbon Credits: They Get Stolen By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:14:57 -0500 At least $40 million worth of carbon credits have been stolen in recent weeks from various registries across Europe, in what some are calling a growing black market for carbon credits.The Wall Street Journal explains that there are Full Article Business
ca Old Chapel Is Made into a Giant Musical Instrument, Controlled with Laser Pointers (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0400 A Czech church was 3-D mapped and made into a one of a kind musical instrument, controlled by visitors' laser pointers. Full Article Technology
ca Czech out the Oppidum, the ultimate apocalypse hideaway By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:17:45 -0500 Because the greenest bomb shelter is the one that's already in the ground. Full Article Design
ca Renovated 258 sq. ft. caravan is a modern bohemian home By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 30 May 2016 07:00:00 -0400 The inside of this updated caravan is surprisingly chic and comfortable. Full Article Design
ca Another Major Blow for Carbon Capture, This Time It Involves the "C" Word By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 10 May 2010 06:48:35 -0400 Mongstad industrial area at night. Photo Tøssekaien via flickr. The Norwegians have been big supporters of carbon capture and storage, and the government helped get the public to go along with building of a gas-fired plant near an existing oil refinery Full Article Energy
ca Australian School Ditches Bottled Water, While Another Becomes First Carbon Neutral School By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:30:07 -0400 While no longer breaking news, the endeavours of students and staff at two different Australian schools still merits attention. One school went bottled water free, whilst Full Article Living
ca Radical Product Transparency Via Carbon Mapping- Highlight from Opportunity Green By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:59:15 -0400 This past Thursday, at the business conference Opportunity Green, one panel entitled Next Generation Carbon Mapping: Radical Transparency and Truth in Advertising captured the attention of the standing room only audience at Full Article Business
ca British Columbia's Quest for Carbon Neutrality By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:04:29 -0500 In 2007 BC's Premier shocked North America when he announced his government's bold Climate Action Plan. Is it working? Full Article Energy
ca Improved Cooking Technique Slashes Coal Use. Is Funded Through Carbon Offsets (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:11:34 -0500 Carbon offsets have traditionally gone to technological improvements or reforestation. One group is teaching a different way of cooking. And it's using offset funds for the training. Full Article Business
ca Barcelona to Build First Carbon-Neutral Indoor Ski Slope in 2015 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:39:17 -0500 Barcelona wants to build an indoor carbon-neutral ski dome, taking waste energy from the gas industry to cool the hall and using renewable energy to power the rest... fact or fiction? Eco-friendly or greenwashing? Full Article Design