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China trains foxes to combat rat plague

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:44:58 +0200

Via Reuters news - BEIJING (Reuters) - Authorities in China's far west have bred and trained "an army" of silver foxes bought from a fur farm to fight a plague of rats threatening a huge expanse...

Eco-idea du jour: Shrink-wrapped people

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:20:04 +0200

Via CNet Green Tech - An exhibit at the Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg in Germany presents some odd-looking and provocative concepts for adapting to climate change. Originally posted at Crave...

'The Cove' Director Louie Psihoyos Working on 3D Movie About Mass Extinction

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:15:30 +0200

Via Treehugger - Photo via laffy4k The Cove has shaken up globe when it comes to dolphin hunting. The Oscar-winning documentary brought Japan's slaughter of cetaceans into the tunnel vision of...

Greenpeace exposes Indonesian palm oil firm's 'broken' rainforest pledge

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:14:02 +0200

Via The Guardian - New evidence shows country's largest palm and pulp group is breaking its environmental commitments by destroying critical habitats Greenpeace said today it had fresh evidence ...

Squirrel meat flies off supermarket's shelves

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:49:47 +0200

Via The Guardian - Owner of north London Budgens says squirrel tastes lovely and is a sustainable way of feeding people The owner of a local Budgens supermarket has defended selling squirrel mea...

Hire scheme aims to get Londoners on bikes

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:48:31 +0200

Via Reuters news - LONDON (Reuters) - A fleet of 6,000 bicycles for hire will hit the streets of central London on Friday when the city's mayor Boris Johnson launches a scheme intended to fuel a...

Are vertical farms the future of urban food?

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:42:53 +0200

Via The Guardian - With more mouths to feed and increasing demands on land, Duncan Graham-Rowe looks to see if high rise city blocks will be the source of tomorrow's supper The vaults rose up as...

Wildlife conservation projects do more harm than good, says expert

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:42:44 +0200

Via The Guardian - New book claims western-style schemes to protect animals damage the environment and criminalise local people Ecotourism and western-style conservation projects are harming wil...

Residual Gurus Rock! Electronic Music Unplugged with Recycled Instruments (Video)

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:29:42 +0200

Via Treehugger - photo credit: © Xirriquiteula Teatre The five Barcelona-based Residual Gurus have decided to fight trash with comical roaming concerts, and are touring Europe at the moment. T...

Wind-Powered Winner of the Piraeus Tower Redesign Competition

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:15:00 +0200

Via Inhabitat - Read the rest of Wind-Powered Winner of the Piraeus Tower Redesign Competition Permalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: "sustainable architecture", "wind power", eco desi...

Ten key indicators show global warming "undeniable"

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:08:37 +0200

Via Reuters news - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Melting glaciers, more humid air and eight other key indicators show that global warming is undeniable, scientists said on Wednesday, citing a new compr...

Will notorious forest destroyer Sinar Mas come clean?

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:08:00 +0200

Via Greenpeace Intl. - The short answer: not likely. In fact, not only will they not be likely to come 'clean', but today we are releasing fresh evidence that Sinar Mas's notorious forest destroying...

Water cut to north China city after chemical spill

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:46:09 +0200

Via Reuters news - BEIJING (Reuters) - Water supplies were cut for a time to part of the northeastern Chinese city of Jilin, after a flood washed thousands of barrels of a dangerous chemical fro...

BP aims for quick well kill; weighs asset sales

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:39:59 +0200

Via Reuters news - HOUSTON/MIAMI (Reuters) - BP Plc may permanently shut the well that caused the worst off-shore oil spill in U.S. history as early as Monday, the company said as speculation gr...

Chevy Volt: No $5K rebate, carpool-lane access for CA buyers

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:51:41 +0200

Via VentureBeat - Now we know: The first two plug-in cars from major manufacturers will go head-to-head on warranties and lease prices: $350 a month for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, $349 for the 20...

14-Year-Old Turns a '72 VW Beetle into an Electric Car

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:51:24 +0200

Via Treehugger - It will be another two years before Ashton Stark can get his driver's license, but that's not stopping the 14-year-old from looking to the future -- and in more ways than one....

Lessons from Senate climate fail

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:27:09 +0200

Via Grist - by Dan Lashof. The blame game began even before Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) made the official announcement that he would not bring a comprehensive climate and ene...

Green Wine Guide: Going "Beyond Organic" with Jacuzzi Vineyards and Cline Cellars

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:58:58 +0200

Via Treehugger - Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch The name Jacuzzi may be most often associated with spas and hot tubs, but in the Carneros region of Sonoma, California, locals know that the family sur...

Sea Shepherd's "Sea No Evil" Activist Art Auction

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:36:20 +0200

Via Treehugger - Teresa Valencia's "Sea Shepherd PhotoMosaic" up for auction. Captain Paul Watson, Shepard Fairey and Crystal Method are throwing a party and you're invited. For the fourth yea...

State of the Climate: Hottest Decade on Record

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:13:43 +0200

Via The N.Y. Times - Each decade since the 1980's has been progressively warmer than the last, with an average warming of about one-fifth of a degree Fahrenheit per decade....

Potato battery -- new and improved

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:19:59 +0200

Via Reuters video - July 28 - Israeli researchers develop a more efficient version of the age-old child's science experiment, the potato battery, which could provide a cheap source of electricity...

Special Report: Watching grass grow in the Gulf, and cheering!

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:56:27 +0200

Via Reuters news - BIRDFOOT DELTA, Louisiana (Reuters) - Marsh grasses are the tough guys of the plant world. Left alone, they dominate coastal marshes from Texas to Newfoundland. Burn their ste...

Ecotality unveils consumer EV charging stations

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:54:34 +0200

Via CNet Green Tech - The Blink line of charging stations for commercial services and home use will have cellular-network capability, as well as LAN, Wi-Fi, and ZigBee....

Could Cap & Trade Fix the Deficit?

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:28:01 +0200

Via Treehugger - Photo via the Wall Street Journal The future of climate policy is very much up in the air right now. With comprehensive energy reform evidently dead in Congress -- though Obam...

How much does cost matter in first wave of EVs?

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:23:58 +0200

Via CNet Green Tech - The Chevy Volt's $41,000 price tag caused some sticker shock but the first buyers appear willing to pay. Is that enough to make electric vehicles mainstream?...

U.S. wind energy popular, but lacks investment

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:38:43 +0200

Via CNet Green Tech - China and Europe outpacing U.S. in building wind energy infrastructure, despite public interest in adding wind energy to U.S. grid....

2010 to be the Hottest Year on Record: NASA

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:19:24 +0200

Via Treehugger - Image via Project Groundswell This shouldn't come as much of a surprise if you've been following any climate related news this year -- we've already seen the hottest global av...

Scientists warn of global warming threat to marine food chain

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:18:32 +0200

Via The Guardian - Numbers of phytoplankton - the microscopic organisms that sustain the marine food chain - are plummeting as sea surface temperatures rise Phytoplankton might be too small to s...

A Push for Action on Renewables

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:47:39 +0200

Via The N.Y. Times - Some foes of cap and trade are far less averse to a clean energy mandate....

Midges favour tall men and overweight women, study finds

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:40:00 +0200

Via The Guardian - Fifteen per cent of people produce natural repellent and are rarely bitten, research shows Tall men and large women are prime targets for midges, according to researchers who ...