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California Farmer Who Abandoned 50,000 Chickens Sued by Animal Welfare Groups
The aftermath of the largest rescue of farmed animals in California history is now headed to court.
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Jake Dyson's LED Desk Lamp WIll Light Up Longer Than You Will
Heat kills LEDs. The CSYS light has a heat pipe system to carry it away, and is estimated to burn for 37 years.
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Living
The Paul Watson Saga Continues: Sea Shepherd to Protest Costa Rican Presidential Visit to Germany
The timing of this, from reissuing an arrest warrant, to Watson's arrest, to a presidential visit to Germany is all curious.
- Doctors Office Transforms 4,000 Sq.Ft Lawn into Edible Landscape
- CDC Warns Against 'Fish Pedicures'
- David Foster Wallace's All-Important Advice to the Graduating Environmentalist
- How to Fight Fast Food in Your Own Backyard
- Maker Faire 2012: EcoJaunt's How-To Videos For Green Living
- AirHotel is a Treehouse Hotel Room in the Sky
- Harvest the Rain with these 4 DIY Rain Barrels
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Transportation
Maker Faire 2012: Favorite Weird and Wonderful Bikes
Maker Faire is known for the crazy bikes found roaming the grounds. This year was no exception.
- Ford Begins Taking Orders for 2013 C-Max Hybrid
- Prius C Earns 'Top Pick' Safety Rating from IIHS
- Goodbye Lexus HS 250h Hybrid, We Hardly Knew Ya
- Tesla to Begin Repaying Department of Energy Loans by End of 2012
- Portland's Bikeways: 30 Years of Evolution in 1 Map
- Beautiful and Powerful: Audi's E-Bike Wörthersee
- Elegant Bike Light That's Hard to Steal
- Nissan to Follow LEAF with 3 New Electric Cars Models
Technology
Roomba-Like Robots Dropped by Helicopter Could Clean Up Oil Spills
A design for a floating robot to clean up after oil spills also has a system for keeping at-risk animals at bay.
- TreeHugger Heads to Maker Faire Bay Area 2012
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- Map of Life Website Will Catalog and Track Every Plant and Animal Species
- Apple Powering NC Data Center with 100% Renewable Energy, Doubling Size of Solar Array
- Little Sun Solar Light Is Both Life Saver and Work of Art
- Meter Hack Reveals Solar Array’s True Power
- Viruses Create Electricity with New Gadget-Charging Technology
- Solar Charger Concept Uses Stretchable Solar Cell
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Science
Incredible Video of Solar Eclipse Reveals Details of the Sun
A beautiful time-lapse video taken by a math instructor in Redding, California of yesterday's solar eclipse.
- Star Wars on Weeds: Could Lasers Replace Herbicides?
- Could "Gatorponics" Revive Defunct Chicken Farms?
- Last 60 Years In Australia Have Been Warmest in Past Millennium
- Nearly 10% of Western Hemisphere's Animals Won't Be Able to Outrun Climate Change
- Chimp Finds Hidden Camera, Promptly Makes Out With It (Video)
- Extreme Rainstorms in Midwest Double Over Past 50 Years
- First Satellite Study of Manta Rays Reveals New Areas for Conservation
- GM Cotton Fails to Raise Yields in India, Despite Large Increase in Planting
Energy
The Charcoal Bicyclists of Deforestation-Ravaged Mozambique
After chopping, burning, and packaging up what was once old growth forest, this charcoal-hauling cyclist will embark on a 70 km ride to sell his goods.
- Vermont Bans Fracking: We Can Live Without Oil & Natural Gas, But Cannot Without Clean Water
- US Proposes More Tariffs For Chinese Solar Power Modules
- World's First Ethanol Cooking Fuel Plant Opens in Mozambique
- Electricity Transmission Line for 7 GW of Offshore Wind Power Off Mid-Atlantic States Given Go Ahead
- North Sea Natural Gas Platform Leak Finally Stopped
- Charcoal Kills 2 Million People & Vast Swaths of Forest Every Year. Can Biofuel Stop the Carnage?
- Grid-Scale Metal Liquid Batteries Could Revolutionize Renewable Energy Use
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