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Photo: Wikipedia , CC Probably a Good Place to Start U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that hydropower capacity in the United States could "double with minimal impact to the environment", mostly just by installing more efficient turbines at existing hydroelectric projects or at dams without power components, increasing the use of pumped-storage projects, and encouraging the use of ...
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Image credit: The U.S. Army /Flickr Richard Greene is a political communication strategist and host of Hollywood CLOUT! on Air America Radio . Tune in nightly for "The Air America/Treehugger Report" on Hollywood CLOUT! at 10:06 p.m. EST/7:06 p.m. PST, Monday - Thursday. Just over one year after we worked our butts off for "Change We Can Believe In" ...
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Photo via Ontario County Fair It's sad but true--the enormously popular Cash for Clunkers program that took 690,000 polluting cars off the road and replaced them with brand new, slightly less polluting ones has had an unforeseen effect. Since the 'clunked' vehicles get their engines scrapped to keep them off the road, Cash for Clunkers has cut off a ...
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Photo via Ontario County Fair It's sad but true--the enormously popular Cash for Clunkers program that took 690,000 polluting cars off the road and replaced them with brand new, slightly less polluting ones has had an unforeseen effect. Since the 'clunked' vehicles get their engines scrapped to keep them off the road, Cash for Clunkers has cut off a ...
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Photo via PhotopediaPhotos It's good news when a corporation like Starbucks that has outlets on every city street corner and inside the most unexpected of businesses (why is there a Starbucks in my bank lobby?) says that it is switching to LEDs. The coffee chain says that it's swapping out conventional bulbs for LEDs in 8,000 of its stores. ...
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Image via Climate Central Even though many Americans don't think it's a critical problem , and that a few fact-denying loudmouths keep trying their damnedest to dominate climate news, temperatures are still indeed continuing their alarming warming trend. Climate change is still happening , and it's happening right here in the US. T... Read the full story on TreeHugger ...
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Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is one Republican who is forcefully speaking out about the importance of climate and energy legislation. He's co-authored an op-ed with Sen. John Kerry , rebuked his fellow Republicans for not seeing that a clean energy future is upon us, and made the rounds on the... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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photo: Matt Rudge via flickr. A couple weeks ago we learned that at present poaching rates Africa's elephants will all be extinct in just fifteen years . Well, here's so more on that: The wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC brings word that the illegal ivory trade has increased markedly in the latest analysis, and that organized crime ... Read ...
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See what "good news" caught Tonic's eye this week. You won't wanna miss these hot headlines. The Maldives aren't just for heavenly beach getaways -- they're now host to a climate change forum to kick global warming to the shore. Art, star power and a helping hand in Nepal. Get the scoop women who are weaving their way out ...
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A healthy and high-tech green collar economy has been a great promise of the Obama administration. On the front lines of the fight to create green jobs and spur the economy is the Apollo Alliance, an amalgam of labor, business, and environmental groups. Jerome Ringo, President of Apollo, speaks with TreeHugger Radio about his group's "moonshot mission," the vitriol ...
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