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The cheapest homemade lasagna is also the tastiest

Here is the secret for the most delicious, cheapest, and least wasteful lasagna you can make.




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This super simple green sauce goes with everything

And it reduces food waste!




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Black tea smoothies for a hot summer morning

If you can’t decide between a fruit smoothie or an iced tea, this is the drink for you.




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It's August, time for the best tomato pasta ever

If you follow the seasons with your diet you will love this.




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How to pack the best food for travel

Whether you're in a plane, train, or car, it's important always to have good snacks.




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On MNN: The year in urban design

Stories from TreeHugger's sister site about how streets are for people.




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Laos Moves Forward With Massive Mekong River Dam

Modifications to the $3.5bn project have been made to address environmental concerns, but it may not deflect criticism.




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The River Thames From its Source to London in Glorious Colour (Photos)

From its tiny source to the Houses of Parliament, here are glorious photos of the River Thames.




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Views of the River Thames by artists, showing its changing nature

The River Thames has inspired artists throughout the ages; here's a modern take on it.




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These 10 rivers likely the source of millions of tons of ocean plastic

Research reveals that rivers deliver up to 4 million metric tons of plastic debris to the sea every year, with up to 95% coming from just 10 of them.




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Highest ever levels of microplastic found in English river

The levels were so high that scientists are revising up their estimates for global marine microplastic pollution.




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Man bikes on water to clean up plastics

Ladies and gentlemen, we've finally reached peak TreeHugger.




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Plastic bottles are the most common litter in European waterways

A report found that bottles have surpassed bags and straws when it comes to prevalence in freshwater rivers.




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Biggest dam removal in European history has begun with the Vezins dam

Removal of the 118-foot-high dam in France will free the Sélune River, bringing wildlife back to the waterway and the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel.




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How will self-driving cars affect our cities? Two views

Phil Levin thinks it will change real estate completely; Christian Wolmar thinks it is ludicrous tech nerd fantasy.




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First pedestrian death caused by speeding autonomous car

Perhaps AVs should have their own lower speed limits until they figure this all out.




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Uber's fatal crash shows we should fix our cities, not our cars

People are being killed every day and the problem is the design of our streets as much as the cars and drivers.




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Bike industry bigwig says bikes will need to communicate with self-driving cars

They want to build beacons into bikes. Will implants in pedestrians be next?




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Conservatives and pinkos unite in hating self-driving cars

Judging from what I am reading all over the political map, I suspect that autonomous cars are the new Juiceroo.




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Two transportation tragedies show how it is time to put pedestrians first

On National Walking Day, a look at how putting cars first kills people who walk and drive.




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There's a Ford self-driving round games/meeting room in your future

A recent patent shows some of the thinking about fully autonomous cars, which might look nothing like cars do now.




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Hertz introduces "Cinema Cars" which are what we will all be driving in soon

Self-driving cars will likely be big autonomous mobile home theaters.




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Pedestrians will have to be "lawful and considerate" in a world of self-driving cars

It may be decades before AVs are good enough, so in the meantime everyone will have to keep out of their way.




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Volvo's 360c is a rethink of how autonomous vehicles might be used

They are going to be a lot more than just cars that drive themselves.




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Self-driving car gets stuck in the slough of despond

In which we learn a new and useful word: techno-chauvinism.




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Will driverless taxis kill public transit?

In Ottawa, Canada, self-driving cars are being touted as a reason to delay transit investment.




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20,000 Gallons of Renewable Fuel Per Acre: Joule Biotechnology Lifts Veil on Direct CO2 to Fuel Process

If there's a holy grail of liquid renewable fuels it might look something like this: High yield per acre, doesn't negatively impact water supplies, doesn't compete with food crops, and is cost-competitive with fossil




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Palm Oil Biodiesel, Now With 2000% the Emissions of Fossil Fuels

Can we just all put palm oil biodiesel produced on deforested peatlands to rest already: A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme shows that biodiesel production under these




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A Jewish Response to the Energy Challenge?

Jewish leaders met at the beginning of this month in San Francisco for the first conference dedicated to




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Willie Smits on Regrowing the Indonesian Rainforest and Harvesting Biofuels

Image: Casajuntoalrio Willie Smits long ago abandoned the customary role of the microbiologist. After working in the Indonesian rainforest for three decades (and marrying a tribal queen), he has taken it upon himself to regrow the delicate ecosystems




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Corn Ethanol Back in the Game Under New EPA Renewable Fuel Standard Rules

New Environmental Protection Agency requirements for its Renewable Fuel Standards program have been released which raise an issue which has sat dormant for a little while: How to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions of a




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The Best Green Cars and Technology From Michelin's 2010 Challenge Bibendum Show

French tire giant Michelin recently held its 10th Challenge Bibendum, this time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event is a chance for Michelin to rally industry players around the flag of sustainable mobility and the future of the automobile. Here's me loo




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The Best Green Cars and Technology From Michelin's 2010 Challenge Bibendum Show (Slideshow)

This year, French tire giant Michelin (yes, the Michelin that made the tires on your car) held its 10th Challenge Bibendum event, this time in Rio de Janeiro. If you've never heard of this thing, don't kick yourself,




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Ditching Ethanol Subsidy Will Save US $6 Billion - Won't Hurt Domestic Production Either

Two new pieces in NRDC's Switchboard blog remind us that the debate over corn ethanol subsidies is alive and well; and illustrate, through two new reports, the benefits of ditching Federal support altogether. The first, from the




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Corn Ethanol, Biofuel's Eldest Poster Child, Is Off To Environmental Reform School

This week USEPA announced that the maximum ethanol content of motor fuel sold in the USA would be allowed to rise from 10% to 15%. Positives of the Agency's decision are: reduced dependence on foreign




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U.S. Doctors Say Biofuels Could Kill 192,000+ Per Year in Developing Countries

Photo: Stephanie Says, Flickr, CC Turning Food into Fuel is Not the Solution The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) has released a warning that U.S. and European policy to increase the production of biofuels could lead to almost




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The Koch Brothers Are Right: Ethanol Subsidies Should Go

Few industrialists in recent times have done more to imperil environmental protections and public health than the Koch brothers. The force behind Americans for Prosperity and Koch Industries have galvanized




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Senate Votes to End Billions in Ethanol Subsidies

A measure that would remove roughly $6 billion in annual ethanol subsidies just passed the U.S. Senate, signaling, among other things, a shift in public attitude towards the once-heralded alternative fuel. It




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Are We Overestimating Biofuels' Benefits by Double Counting Emission Reductions?

Is the conventional wisdom that we need not worry about tailpipe emissions in biofuel-powered vehicles, because the plants had been absorbing carbon while growing, grossly misguided?




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Full Planet, Empty Plates: Chapter 4. Food or Fuel?

The massive diversion of grain to fuel cars has helped drive up food prices, leaving low-income consumers everywhere to suffer some of the most severe food price inflation in history.




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Trump loosens restrictions on ethanol, increases smog

There is an election coming up and the farm vote matters.




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Peak Palladium: Thieves are going after catalytic converters from hybrid cars

The rare metal is now worth US $1,700 an ounce.




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Healthy school lunches are useless if there's no time to eat

With limited hours in the day, many U.S. schools are prioritizing lesson time over lunch time, leaving kids hungry and miserable.




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New York City council bans processed meats from public schools

No more pepperoni, salami, bacon, or ham will be offered on school menus.




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Outdoor preschools are now legal in Washington state

The unprecedented move means that these schools will have greater access to funding and registrations.




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NYC schools serve lunches made from scratch

A year-long experiment in the Bronx proved it's possible to switch from overly processed to freshly prepared meals.




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Floating ice urn makes for a unique eco-friendly memorial

This poetic, one-of-a-kind urn floats on the water while slowly returning cremated remains to nature.




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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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Summer hail storm buries Guadalajara under six feet of ice

Climate crisis? What climate crisis?




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Sensordrone Turns Your Phone Into an Environmental Sensor for Gases, Temperatures, More

Sensors on cell phones is a concept that has gone mainstream enough that this Kickstarter project has blown its funding goals out of the water. The device turns your cell phone into a "Swiss Army Knife of environmental sensors."