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Italy hosts the official World Environment Day celebrations at Expo Milano

The UN Environment Programme kicks off its official celebration of World Environment Day in Milan.




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All of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions in one awesome interactive pie chart

A visual breakdown of emissions by country and industry.




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Share your idea for how big data can help the environment and score a trip to the Eye on Earth Summit in Abu Dhabi

The Eye on Earth Summit aims to harness the power of data and new data gathering technologies to help the environment and support sustainable development.




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A quick and dirty glossary of climate negotiation jargon and abbreviations

Some of the most frequently used jargon you’ll want to know before the Paris climate change talks, accompanied by user-friendly definitions.




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Hundreds of thousands around the world join Global Climate March

Ahead of the U.N. climate negotiations in Paris, hundreds of marches were held around the world to call for strong climate action.




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195 nations agree to groundbreaking Paris climate deal

Today, the United Nations climate talks reached an agreement, and committed to fighting devastating levels of climate change.




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5 ways in which pulses can help the world

There are good reasons for why the United Nations named 2016 the 'Year of Pulses'.




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The UN has declared war on ocean plastic pollution

The Clean Seas campaign was launched last week, aimed at eliminating major sources of marine plastic and changing shopping habits.




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New UN report blames pesticides for food insecurity

The United Nations says it's time to overturn the myth that pesticides can feed the world and come up with better, safer ways of producing our food.




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It's World Toilet Day, and there is a new standard defining what a toilet should do

In a few years people around the world, including you, may be sitting on a different kind of toilet.




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186 countries have signed UN pact to reduce plastic pollution

But the United States has opted out.




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The Fur (And The Feathers) Keep Flying, Part I

Japanese designer Chie Imai has created bolero jackets for her fall '08 collection that mix fur from chinchillas with recycled polyester fabric from Teijin Ltd., and she's calling it eco-fur. Imai argues that fur is an 'ecological' product because it can




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Maybe There's No Eco-Fur So How About Green Suede

TreeHuggers, being a discerning lot, when recently polled came down in a clear majority against the concept of "eco-fur" when we wrote first about a chinchilla/polyester jacket from designer Chie Imai, and then about an expensive line of pillows and




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Outdoors Clothing Made in USA from Natural and Recycled Materials

The Greatest Outdoor Gear How do you make the greatest outdoor gear? We went to Empire Canvas Works' Kevin Kinney to find out. If the quality of Kevin's work is any indication, the recipe is clear. Start with a passion seeded by stitching together a




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Holiday Gift Guide: For the Fashion Buff

Looking for that perfect something for the fashion buff in your life? Some are easy to buy for: They'll take any random piece of clothing--from a vintage fringed dress to a Stella McCartney coat--and make it look fashionable




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Heath Ledger's Green Music VIdeo, Lady Gaga's No-Fur Policy, and More

The Heath Ledger-directed Modest Mouse video for "King Rat," released Tuesday, follows the animated adventures of a ship helmed by whales on the hunt for humans--harpoons and all.Ledger developed the video to draw attention to




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Naomi Campbell's Fur Flip, Daryl Hannah's Coal Case, and More

Photo via Daily Mail Model Naomi Campbell may have once been a major part of PETA's "I'd rather go naked than wear fur" campaign, but in the years since the ads she's distanced herself from the organization--and now it looks like she's landed squarely




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Righteous Fur: Can Fur Fashions Save Wetlands? (Slideshow)

Fashion designer and Planet Green contributor Cree McCree has found a source for pelts to use in her fashions that is arguably one of the most sustainable - nutria, a large invasive rodent. The animals are killed by hunters and




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Roadkill Goes From the Highway to the Runway

For most people, there's something particularly sad and gory about seeing wildlife killed on the side of the road--but for one British clothing designer, such critter-carnage is fodder for fashion. In an upcoming fashion show,




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Recycle Old Furs Into Bedding for Injured Animals

With a slew of fur-free celebrities and PETA's racy anti-fur campaigns, sporting a fur coat is controversial. For reasons that range from the philosophical to the stylistic, Planet Green notes, thousands of old fur coats are sitting




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Designer's "Roadkill Couture" Is All About Zero-Waste, Sustainable Fur (Photos)

One British designer's fashionable collection of hats, coats and jewelry is made using all parts of animals that have died naturally or accidentally on the road.




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Ad Claiming That it's Eco-Friendly to Wear Fur is Banned in UK

An ad by the European Fur Breeders' Association will not be allowed to run again after the advertising watchdog, ASA, ruled it to be misleading.




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Don’t assume cheap fur is fake

Humane Society International investigation reveals that real fur is being sold as fake.




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UK parliament debated ban on fur imports this week

Fur farming was banned on UK soil in 2000, but imports are still allowed, which activists say simply 'outsources' the cruelty.




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Chanel ditches furs and animal skins

No more crocodile skin handbags. Chanel is going cruelty-free in all future collections.




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How the Extinction Rebellion built the best Garden Bridge

No complex masterplans, they simply deleted the cars and invited the public to come and play.




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Should all professional associations in the construction industries declare a climate emergency?

Architects, engineers, landscape architects and urban planners all have a role to play and should be acting now.




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British engineer builds a house with (almost) no heating

Max Fordham's house is "simple and practical" and mostly all natural.




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Cycling commissioners in UK call painted bike lanes a waste of money

But alas, nobody seems to listen to cycling commissioners in the UK.




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A setback for CLT in the UK thanks to building code changes

After a tragic fire caused by plastics, the British building code banned wood in exterior walls. This is a step in the wrong direction.




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The healthy and the wealthy waste the most food in the US

A new study is the first to identify and analyze the level of food waste for actual households.




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Alexis Madrigal on Powering the Dream (Podcast)

Wind turbines, solar cells, wave power. If you think these are newfangled technologies, think again. They were fangled long ago, and their story is the meat of Alexis Madrigal's new book, Powering the Dream. Madrigal (a senior editor at The Atlantic and




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New Wave Energy Device Could See 200 Commercial Units in the Next Five Years

The Searaser takes a novel approach to wave energy generation. New owners Ecotricity - pioneers of wind power in Britain - are aiming for mass deployment in the next five years.




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Turning Water Into Electricity, Students Into Renewable Energy Experts

A hydropower turbine has the potential to not only create energy, but has also sparked the creation of both a renewable energy company and a renewable energy education program in Maine.




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Artist uses the beach as canvas for his ephemeral sand art (Photos)

Andres Amador etches large intricate and organic patterns on beaches along the coast of California, with a rake as his paintbrush.




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Wave Power ‘Sea Snake’ Inventor Honored

An inventor has been awarded for his novel technology for generating energy with waves.




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Wave-Powered "Dolphin Speaker" Could Let Us Talk to Dolphins

Scientists have developed a piezoelectric speaker that can playback the full frequency range of dolphin sounds, getting us closer to human-dolphin communication.




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Tidal Power Could Inject £3 Billion Each Year Into UK Economy

By 2050 wave and tidal power could supply 11% of current UK electricity demand.




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Feds Grant Ocean Power Technologies Permit to Build First Commercial Wave Farm in U.S.

Wave power is a promising source of clean energy, but it is usually overlooked because wind and solar power are farther along.




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Beach Artists Use the Sand as Their Canvas

Sand castles are so yesterday, large-scale sand art is the thing to try.




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Queen's Crown Estate Identifies 180GW of Potential Marine Power

The Crown Estate is Britain's largest landowner, and it owns an awful lot of coastline. It is also very interested in the potential for marine power.




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Solar and Wave-Powered Wave Glider Survives Hurricane Sandy, Transmits Dramatic Weather Data

The wave glider created by Iquid Robotics has passed quite a test for robustness. It coasted through the superstorm and provided real time weather data nonstop.




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Architectural Sand Castles are Geometric Wonders

These sand "castles" are not your usual holiday beach creations.




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Concept for smarter wave power device a winner in GE's Ecomagination Challenge

The company says this system is simpler than other wave devices that need to be finely tuned to the waves to pick up their energy.




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World's first hybrid wind/current generator could generate double the power

A new kind of hybrid generator promises to double the power output for the same surface area, by also harvesting energy from ocean currents.




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Whatever happened to: wave power? Why is it so far behind wind and solar?

This promising source of clean energy is facing an uphill battle.




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World's largest tidal energy power plant (269 turbines) to begin construction in Scotland

When you think about it, it's really Moon power!




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Old fishing trawler becomes wave power plant

The Norwegian ship has been given a new clean energy life.




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Rugged wave power tech could power coastal communities

The new wave energy harvester will be utility scale and tough enough to need little maintenance, even in rough seas.




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Flower-like wave energy turbines could power the coasts of Japan

The wave energy generators would help to both generate power and dissipate the power of the waves crashing against the shore.