c 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
c 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
c 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
c BPA could be affecting desire to exercise By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 06:50:22 -0400 Study assessed the effect of endocrine disrupting chemicals on mice's desire to exercise and found that it makes them lazier. Full Article Living
c 'BPA-free' plastics often uses Bisphenol-S ... which might be just as bad By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 14:15:00 -0500 From one problem to the next... Full Article Living
c 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
c 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
c BPA replacements aren't safe either, study finds By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 09:35:00 -0400 Scientists have found that the chemicals used to replace BPA over the past 20 years have the same damaging effects. Full Article Living
c 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
c The surprising impact of paper receipts By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 08:00:00 -0500 A new bill in California would make digital receipts the default; here's why it's a big deal. Full Article Business
c 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
c Could Bacteria-Filled Balloons Stop the Spread of the Sahara? Architect Magnus Larsson Thinks So By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:13:00 -0400 Nearly a year ago a "Great Green Wall" of trees was proposed to run across the entire southern border of the Sahara desert in an attempt to stop expanding desertification. At the TED Global conference in Oxford, England, Full Article Technology
c Climate Change Puts the Reality in This TV Show By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0500 At first it sounds like any other reality show: "Candidates will be put through a series of tough physical Full Article Living
c 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
c 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
c The Global Battle to Conserve and Rebuild Soil By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:21:08 -0400 The literature on soil erosion contains countless references to the "loss of protective vegetation." Over the last half-century, clearcutting, overgrazing, and overplowing have removed so much of that protective cover Full Article Technology
c 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
c Big Squirreltail Evolves to Fight Off Fiery, Invasive Cheatgrass By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:11:56 -0500 Nicknaming plants. Now there's a good job to have. The invasive plant in this tale, called "cheatgrass," is being fought off by a native Full Article Science
c Threatened Tortoises Slow Down Desert Solar Project By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 15 May 2011 03:55:40 -0400 The building of the massive 5.6-square mile Ivanpah solar project in the Mojave Desert by BrightSource Energy has been suspended in the midst of Full Article Technology
c 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
c eBay's Desert Data Center Gets Into Hot Water By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:21:10 -0500 Cooling a data center in one of the hottest parts of the USA can be done by using hot water, as eBay's Phoenix facility finds. Full Article Technology
c 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
c 340 Ton Rock Levitates Above the Ground in Los Angeles By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 05:00:00 -0400 It's a 340 ton rock, balancing over a crevice...forever. Full Article Living
c CO2 making the deserts bloom By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 06:00:00 -0400 What is CO2 fertilization effect and how is it changing our planet? Full Article Science
c Growing an oasis in the desert and bananas in Massachusetts By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 07:03:19 -0500 "If we can do it here, we can do it anywhere," says Geoff Lawton. So let's get started. Full Article Living
c 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
c Aboriginal hunting practice helps kangaroos By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 17:17:53 -0400 Studies show that humans and kangaroos may have co-evolved to be mutually beneficial to one another. Full Article Science
c Clever rainwater garden grows squash and corn in Arizona desert By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 04 Aug 2016 06:44:05 -0400 When you've got a lot of driveway runoff, some careful landscaping can put it to good use. Full Article Living
c Prehistoric shrimp emerge from Australian desert after heavy rain By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 13:00:59 -0500 Imagine millions of these slithering out from the mud? The eggs of this alien desert crustacean remain dormant for years, waiting for a bout of rain to hatch. Full Article Science
c Tree-dwelling gray foxes decorate with skeletons By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 05 Jun 2017 12:04:31 -0400 As the only canids that can climb trees, gray foxes frequently drag fawn and rabbit skeletons onto the branches with them. Full Article Science
c Man selling mint leaves in Morocco (photo) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 14:31:43 -0400 It took me hours, but I finally found this guy. Full Article Living
c It hadn't rained here in centuries – now it's raining and everything's dying By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 12:36:41 -0500 Recent rains attributed to a changing climate are leading to mass extinction in the Atacama Desert. Full Article Science
c 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
c 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
c The US is drowning in natural gas, yet they keep drilling and fracking By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 10:16:33 -0400 There is so much that they can't burn it here, so they compress it, liquify it, and ship it. That's not working out too well either. Full Article Energy
c 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
c Swedish company is building wind turbine towers out of timber By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 09:31:05 -0500 It seems that you can build just about anything out of wood. Full Article Energy
c School board apologizes for "Santa Goes Green" concert in oil patch By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 11:18:19 -0500 The play bombed in Oxbow for promoting a green agenda. Full Article Energy
c UK pilot project mixes "green" hydrogen with natural gas By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 13:19:03 -0500 So many flavors and colors of gas these days. They are all problematic. Full Article Energy
c 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
c "Gasmaggedon" will make it even harder to electrify everything By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 10:19:07 -0500 It's why we have to reduce demand as well, with radical efficiency. Full Article Energy
c Another problem with fracking: Increased sexually transmitted infections? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 15:09:53 -0500 If a massive water footprint, air pollution, contaminated drinking water, earthquakes, and general environmental degradation weren't bad enough...r Full Article Energy
c Cheap natural gas is making it very hard to go green By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 11:15:22 -0500 It's killing everything, including renewable energy. Full Article Energy
c 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
c How many people will Trump's fuel efficiency rollback kill? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 15:02:24 -0400 Thanks to COVID-19, a lot more than previously thought. Full Article Energy
c Bald eagles are littering Seattle backyards with landfill trash By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:48:40 -0400 Some 200 bald eagles are scavenging the goods at Cedar Hills Regional Landfill and dumping the leftovers in suburban backyards. Full Article Science
c 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
c Photo: Wood duck proves Mother Nature's flair for drama By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 06 May 2019 06:00:00 -0400 Our photo of the day reveals the wonderful frippery of waterfowl. Full Article Science
c Photo: Black-bellied whistling ducks peer from the pier By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 06:00:00 -0400 Our photo of the day comes from the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. Full Article Science
c 11-foot-tall bird discovered in Crimea By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 15:24:37 -0400 Discovered in a cave, the surprising find reveals a fast and giant bird that weighed almost as much as a polar bear. Full Article Science