rat George Monbiot on Junk Science, Rational Thought, and The Tragedy of Giving Up Nuclear (Podcast) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:29:00 -0500 The Guardian's George Monbiot talks about climate deniers, junk science, and the need for nuclear. Full Article TreeHugger Radio
rat Do electric cars generate as much particulate pollution as gas and diesel powered cars? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:03:55 -0400 No they don't. Whether or not you buy into this study, the fact remains that cars are cars are cars. Full Article Transportation
rat Solar road in France generates half the power expected By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:44:17 -0400 I am sorry, they are a dumb idea, and the data prove it. Full Article Technology
rat Device that harvests energy from human motion could be seamlessly integrated into clothing By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 11:48:34 -0400 The device is so thin it could be woven into fabric without changing the feel of it. Full Article Technology
rat 10 endangered species the Trump administration may kill off entirely By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 13:24:58 -0500 A new report describes the 10 species most at risk from policies proposed by the current administration. Full Article Business
rat A New "Lost Generation" Cycles Across Scandinavia To Understand North America By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:07:34 -0400 Toronto, a city rated as one of the most livable in the world by The Full Article Transportation
rat Get ready for the onslaught of "smart plastic incineration" By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 12:08:30 -0400 You are going to hear a lot about this. It makes everybody's problems go poof. Just don't mention the CO2. Full Article Science
rat World's first floating wind farm now operating in Scotland By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 06:51:39 -0400 This technology might open up many new areas to offshore wind. Full Article Energy
rat Scotland's wind turbines generated '98% of electricity demand' last month By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 13:03:23 -0500 On some days, wind generated as much as 234% of demand. Full Article Business
rat Deja vu all over again as Voltaic introduces a new generation of solar backpacks By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Nov 2016 10:11:33 -0400 This is where we started. Full Article Design
rat URIDU fights poverty & empowers rural illiterate women with solar powered MP3 players By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 23 May 2017 15:05:48 -0400 The MP3ForLife device is loaded with 400+ answers to common questions about health, nutrition, family planning, and more, translated into more than 100 languages. Full Article Technology
rat Plug-and-play radiator integrates a battery to help lower electric bills By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 18:41:19 -0500 The Lancey electric space heater allows users to charge its battery during off-peak hours and use the electricity for heating during peak demand periods. Full Article Technology
rat There's more to being comfortable and productive than just temperature By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 27 May 2019 11:03:05 -0400 A study suggests we should turn up the heat; it's not so simple. Full Article Design
rat Obesity Rates Soaring in Turkey and Iran By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:38:00 -0400 In my early months in Istanbul, I had a Turkish teacher who could not get over the fact that I -- an American -- was not fat. "But I went to America and everyone was so Full Article Living
rat Let's stop calling the new headquarters for Apple, Facebook and Google "Green": Look at the parking ratios By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:19:00 -0400 You just have to look at the parking ratios to know they are environmental disaster areas. Full Article Design
rat Marathon Refinery Fire in Detroit Another Sign of Environmental Injustice By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 03 May 2013 16:17:43 -0400 Last Saturday's Marathon Oil refinery explosion and fire was yet another dangerous, polluting event in a string of environmental injustices to plague the residents of the 48217 zip code in Detroit Full Article Business
rat Winner of the 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize battles a huge mining corporation By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 08:00:00 -0400 It's an unlikely match between a 47-year-old Peruvian subsistence farmer and a giant American mining corporation, and yet the former is winning the battle. Full Article Business
rat Bhutan residents celebrate royal birth by planting 108,000 trees By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 07:00:00 -0400 The happy country that set a Guinness record for planting 49,672 trees in just one hour welcomes the birth of a new prince by more than doubling that planting. Full Article Science
rat A new generation of Indian farmers rejects industrial food production By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Jun 2018 05:38:00 -0400 Supported by the Amrita Bhoomi Agroecology Centre, young farmers are experimenting with natural farming methods, while saving money and lives in the process. Full Article Science
rat Trump administration will try to exempt specialty bulbs from energy efficiency standards By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 08:00:00 -0500 Mini-spots, reflectors and candelabra bulbs were supposed to become more efficient next year, saving 80 billion kWh. Full Article Energy
rat Sierra Club and Aspiration launch new platform for sustainable investing By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 11:30:19 -0400 Putting your money to work for sustainability is probably one of the most important things you can do. It just got easier. Full Article Business
rat World Bank will stop financing oil and gas exploration and production By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 06:02:09 -0500 And they are not alone... Full Article Business
rat Efforts underway in one of most extensive US river restorations ever By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:38:00 -0400 The world's largest dam removal project is nearing completion on Elwha River on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula. Now it's time to enter the next phase of work on one of the greatest salmon rivers in the nation: the restoration of an entire watershed. Full Article Science
rat Artists and scientists collaborate to create giant river sculpture By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 28 May 2014 13:44:21 -0400 The Nature Conservancy teamed up with two artists to create a habitat-enhancing sculpture made from natural materials. Full Article Science
rat Pedestrians will have to be "lawful and considerate" in a world of self-driving cars By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Jul 2018 15:17:03 -0400 It may be decades before AVs are good enough, so in the meantime everyone will have to keep out of their way. Full Article Transportation
rat NYC schools serve lunches made from scratch By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 08:48:00 -0500 A year-long experiment in the Bronx proved it's possible to switch from overly processed to freshly prepared meals. Full Article Living
rat Sensordrone Turns Your Phone Into an Environmental Sensor for Gases, Temperatures, More By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:00:00 -0400 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." Full Article Technology
rat Celebrate International Ride-Sharing Day Today! By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:53:00 -0400 There is a day for everything, and today we celebrate ride sharing. Full Article Transportation
rat Affordable housing project in UK is a demonstration of Radical Simplicity By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 09:08:37 -0400 Architype demonstrates that simple forms and careful window choices are the way to build efficient, affordable homes. Full Article Design
rat Building façade generates electricity and tells you stories By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 08:58:12 -0500 The skin of MVRDV's new Milestone office building is very busy. Full Article Design
rat No distraction here: Harman introduces "helpful" dashboard for Maserati By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:58:21 -0400 It runs the full width of the car. What could possibly be the problem? Full Article Transportation
rat Faults Leading to 2010 Michigan Tar Sands Spill Known to Pipeline Operator For 5 Years By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:05:00 -0400 Plus, NTSB Investigators said a "culture of deviance" delayed Enbridge's response once the 2010 was first detected. Full Article Energy
rat We Are An Intrinsic Part Of Nature, Not Separate From Anything Else: Buddhism & The Environment By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:00:00 -0400 For many Full Article Living
rat Why is the Trump administration putting a tariff on Chinese LEDs? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 14:27:44 -0400 Could it be that more efficient lighting means less coal being dug to power it? Full Article Energy
rat Hard Brexit: Northern Ireland may need thousands of generator barges to keep the lights on By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 06:53:29 -0400 It turns out leaving the EU is quite hard. Who knew? Full Article Energy
rat The UK sees lowest per-capita energy generation since 1984 By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 06:53:17 -0500 It's not just renewables that are driving down emissions. Full Article Energy
rat If you think the Green New Deal is tough to do, think about the Rural Electrification Administration By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 12:05:31 -0500 Starting in 1936 they wired the entire country, the houses, the tools and the farms, changing America. It is time to think big and do it again. Full Article Science
rat How a cheap plywood temporary building became the inspiration for Google's new headquarters By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2015 09:16:33 -0400 It may well be more Jane Jacobs and Stewart Brand than it is Bjarke Ingells. Full Article Design
rat Google Glass heads into the operating room By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 11:07:55 -0500 The optical display device that is often the subject of ridicule has proven itself to be a very valuable asset to surgeons. Full Article Technology
rat Google creates Science Journal app to inspire the next generation of scientists and makers By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 23 May 2016 10:48:10 -0400 The app lets kids and adults alike explore, measure and test the world around them. Full Article Technology
rat Sidewalk Labs: A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity or a brazen corporate highjack? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 10:56:10 -0400 The proposal for redeveloping Toronto's waterfront into a green, sustainable, urban tech hub is controversial. Full Article Design
rat Recycling rates improve when people know what items will become By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 10:00:00 -0400 Jeans into insulation, plastic bottles into coats – details like this make people more inclined to use the blue bin. Full Article Living
rat Montreal considering separate traffic laws for cyclists By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 08:18:06 -0400 The age of vehicular cycling is coming to an end; cyclists want equity, not equality Full Article Transportation
rat New Energy Star Ratings for TVs Announced By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:20:00 -0400 Photo via dailyinvention via Flickr CC Energy Star has announced that the new 4.0 and 5.0 specifications for televisions have been set. They'll go into effect May 2010 and 2012 respectively, and the impact will save users anywhere from 40% to 65% in Full Article Technology
rat Energy Star now rates clothes dryers. This could reduce U.S. CO2 emissions by 22bn lbs per year! By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 28 May 2014 15:17:47 -0400 Drying clothes uses an incredible amount of energy, it's clearly a low-hanging fruit for conservation and energy efficiency efforts. Full Article Energy
rat In celebration of MacGyvering: 90 hacks to welcome in a new word By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 14:54:35 -0400 With Oxford Dictionary’s addition of the verb 'MacGyver' to the official lexicon, we pay homage to the almighty hack. Full Article Living
rat Why we should fix what we've got instead of starting from scratch By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 11:03:11 -0400 Do we need hyperloops? No, we need trains that work. Full Article Design
rat Massive Refrigeration Warehouse Stays Cool by Going Solar (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:27:24 -0400 When I wrote about Robert Llewellyn's solar car charging in rainy England, commenters noted that solar at home is unlikely to benefit most car drivers, as they will typically charge overnight. Situations will obviously vary Full Article Technology
rat Celebrating Five New National Monuments By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:27:00 -0400 Millions of Americans are applauding President Obama for naming five new National Monuments. Full Article Business
rat Urban-like post-disaster rural housing incorporates rooftop gardens By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 11:37:41 -0500 This reconstruction scheme in China encourages resilience and self-sufficiency. Full Article Design