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The debate over nuclear power: An engineer looks at the issues

Nuclear power is so controversial; an engineer working on the Bruce Nuclear plant gives his point of view.




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Wind is cheaper than coal, oil and gas, says European Union study

If your price doesn't reflect the true cost of your product, then there's no such thing as a free market.




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Wildlife is absolutely thriving at Chernobyl disaster site

The number of wolves alone around Chernobyl is more than 7 times greater than can be found in other nature reserves.




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Scientists happily surprised to find truffles free of Chernobyl radiation

Mushrooms and game meat in European regions where Chernobyl fallout was most intense still have excess radiation, but Burgundy truffles get the green light; foodies rejoice.




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Fukushima radiation has fried clean-up robots

It's a job even too tough for robots.




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Camera study confirms wildlife is flourishing at Chernobyl

Earlier research found evidence of a wildlife wonderland at the disaster site, now the first camera study validates an abundance of wolves, boars, foxes and more.




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Battery made from a diamond and nuclear waste could last thousands of years

The technology turns the problem of nuclear waste into a source of safe nuclear energy.




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What can we learn from a radioactive cloud over Europe?

Can a rare metal travel without a passport?




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British Columbia promotes active transportation (e-bikes! scooters! skateboards!), Vision Zero, $850 incentive for e-bikes

There is so much in their new strategy that I can't get it all in the title.




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New York e-bike law bans carrying kids

This is, in fact, one of the things that e-bikes are really good at. Another dumb move.




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If governments are going to subsidize electric vehicles, why not e-bikes?

Eben Weiss, the Bike Snob, is an unexpected source for this proposal to save the environment.




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This is the world's most relaxing song

Researchers found that listening to the song was as good as midazolam in relieving anxiety before regional anaesthesia.




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8 wonderful ways to unwind

Celebrate this National Relaxation Day by doing a whole bunch of nothing too tasking.




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What the heck is a Net Zero Energy Building?

I'm not quite sure, and the more I look, the more confused I get.




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Smart homes and smart cities on MNN

I slice and dice some recent posts on technology




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On MNN: Robot hotels, over-conditioned offices, seasteading still sinks, and I Kondoed my phone!

A look at some recent posts on our sister site that might interest TreeHuggers.




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On MNN: Tanks for printers, the return of the water fountain and the end of hitchBOT

And put away your phone if you are on vacation.




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On MNN: Getting chipped, getting old, getting a neat new way to get around

A roundup of some posts from our sister site.




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On MNN: Bikes stopping for red lights! And other reporting from Copenhagen

Also a look at smart phones for boomers and for refugees, and making the Raspberry Pi higher.




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On MNN: A totally brilliant bell, common cleaning mistakes and are ad blockers the death of the web?

A look at our favorite posts from our sister site.




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On MNN: Don't pack away that standing desk, a bridge to New Jersey and a few Boomer Alerts

A really interesting housing project and a look back at Canadian Thanksgiving




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On MNN: Big beds, Working from home is the worst, the death of the stick shift.

And a really nice solar decathlon winner.




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On MNN: Digital memories, ads from the future, On telling time, and is Wellness the new Green?

and really, are Christmas lights screwing up your Wi-Fi?




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On MNN: Water heaters and Legionnaires' Disease

And more blaming the millennials, robots and boomers and kitchens are exhuasting.




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ON MNN: More on kitchen exhausts, exploding hoverboards and fire trucks

Why are our cities being designed around the needs of the trucks instead of vice versa?




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On MNN: The maple syrup bubble, soundproofing your apartment, and the library of things

and lessons in management from Renaissance Florence




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On MNN: We are all Flint (NOT), ban disposables and your thermostat is spying on you

And dancing robots!




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On MNN: Clueless boomers, and in praise of Tim Cook

also: recycling in crisis, how we will live in 100 years.




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On MNN: So you want to move to Canada

And a self-driving chair, a computer in your phone and learning to listen.




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Boomer alert: How cities must adapt to an aging population, and vice versa

A review of posts about aging baby boomers on the Mother Nature Network.




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Dolphins pre-plan their grocery shopping

These coolest of sea creatures know what they're doing.




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Finless Foods is bringing lab-grown fish to your dinner plate

This young startup uses cellular agriculture to grow fish out of water -- delicious, nutritious, and cruelty-free.




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Dolphins are breaking into nets to steal fish thanks to overfishing

Why does this not surprise me?




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Mussels test positive for opioids and chemo drugs

Over the course of three months, previously clean mussels picked up a slew of contaminants from the waters of Puget Sound.




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Tiny entangled seahorse rescued, rehabilitated, and returned to the sea

Tangled in fishing line with things looking grim, the story of Frito's rescue is inspiring all around.




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One-third of fish caught never gets eaten

The latest report on the state of the world's fisheries paints a depressing picture of the seafood industry.




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Top 4 supermarket chains for sustainable seafood

Greenpeace's annual survey of national retailers' progress on sustainable seafood reveals the leaders and the losers.




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SeaWorld got caught in a pretty fishy lie

Company higher-ups sold stocks while telling investors that everything was fine.




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'Headless chicken monster' filmed for the first time near Antarctica

Scientists hope the technology that filmed it can make fishing more sustainable.




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Amateur scuba divers train to be "ghost net busters"

Abandoned fishing gear is a big problem. But a small army is training to tackle it.




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Seafood processing water is a surprising source of nutrients

Instead of tossing it, fisheries should capture the protein and fat left in water and use it to feed humans and animals a second time around.




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Fish and chip shops in UK are serving endangered shark meat

A new study used DNA testing to reveal shark meat being sold under generic fish names.




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Over 1,000 mutilated dolphins have washed up on French coast

The gruesome deaths raise serious questions about the practices of fishing trawlers.




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'Artifishal' doc film explores the murky world of salmon farms and hatcheries

It takes the controversial stance that more fish doesn't necessarily mean better fish.




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Why we need to stop eating fish

The recent UN biodiversity report states that overfishing is a bigger threat to the world's ocean than plastic or acidification.




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Farmed salmon isn't naturally pink or red

If it weren't for an added colorant, it would be grey or white like most of the other fish on display at the store.




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"Why Not Have Another Go at Exxon Instead?" Bibi van der Zee Takes on Monbiot

The Guardian columnist and environmental thinker George Monbiot usually manages to provoke a strong debate in our comments sections. Some time ago, our post on his new book Heat raised a fierce exchange of views about the impacts of flying, meanwhile his




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Bianca Jagger, George Monbiot + Vandana Shiva Attend Be The Change

The 2007 Be The Change Conference is fast approaching and has an amazing line up of speakers to inspire you with the theme "The Sky's the Limit". For the fourth year in a row the BTC conference brings together world leaders in sustainability and social




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George Monbiot: "We Need 100% Cut in Carbon Emissions"

George Monbiot, everyone's favourite controversial climate commentator, launched the Be The Change conference with a bang here in London yesterday. He leaped off the starting blocks with the statement that not only is it imperative that we reduce Co2




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Final words from Be The Change 2007

The Be The Change conference last week was chock-a-block full of fascinating speakers, enlightening information and inspiring actions. So far we've shared George Monbiot and Richard Reed's presentations and Drew Dellinger's poetry. We're just sorry we