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Hawaii Now Has Statewide Plastic Bag Ban - With Significant Loopholes
The ban, starting in 2015, only covers plastic bags at point-of-sale, exempting a whole slew of other plastic bags with equal litter potential and equally good reusable alternatives.
- Gaia Soda: An Ethical Alternative to Soda Stream Home Carbonation?
- More Empty Recommendations on Junk Food Marketing to Children
- New Shwopping Campaign at Marks & Spencer to Recycle Clothes and Save Landfills
- Straw Wars is a Campaign to Ban the Use of Straws in London's Restaurants
- Occupy's GlobalMay Manifesto Has Lots of Points Green Movement Should Get Behind
- Crowd-Sourced Map of NYC's Bike Share Stations Unveiled
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- More and More People, Cities and States Support Overturning Citizens United
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Design
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- Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Designs London Pavilion
- 3-in-1 Crib Transforms to Meet Baby's Needs
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- Hanging Plant Balcony Works Like a Drawbridge
- Cross Laminated Timber is Ready for Prime Time
- Homemade Chicken Coop with Beer Can Shingles Was Built in 10 Hours for $40
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Living
Why You Shouldn't Buy Ladybugs for Natural Pest Control in your Garden
Got ladybugs? Encourage native ladybugs in your garden instead of buying wild-harvested ladybugs to manage pests.
- The Music Box: Artists Turn Shanties into Musical Instruments in New Orleans (Video)
- 10 Hottest Sustainable Denim Companies for Men's and Women's Jeans
- Sea Shepherd Founder Paul Watson Will Be Extradited to Costa Rica
- Weekday Vegetarian: Shaved Raw Asparagus with Lemon Dressing
- Budget Cuts Have Made City Trees Deadly, With Victims Receiving Huge Payouts
- Clever Plastic-Free and Low-Tech Ways to Store Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
- 5 Gorgeous Climbing Vines to Plant for a Flowing, Bohemian-Chic Container Garden
- 10 Eco-Friendly All-Purpose Cleaners for a Clean, Toxic Chemical-Free Home
Transportation
After Walkability and Transit Quality, Walk Score Now Ranks Cities by Bikeability
These types of rankings are important because they help put pressure on under-performing cities to improve, and they highlight the best practices of top cities for others to copy.
- Elegant Bike Light That's Hard to Steal
- Nissan to Follow LEAF with 3 New Electric Cars Models
- Toyota Launches Pixis Epoch Minivehicle in Japan (70 MPG US for <$10K)
- Crowd-Sourced Map of NYC's Bike Share Stations Unveiled
- Tesla Model S Electric Sedan has Greater Driving Range than Expected (320 Miles)
- Cyclists and Pedestrians Keep Getting Killed By Trucks When The Solution Is Easy: Mandatory Side Guards
- Beautiful New Brammo Empulse Electric Motorcycle Finally Unveiled!
- Smart's Award-Winning Electric Bike is Coming to the United States
Technology
Teens Run E-Waste Recycling Business
15-year-old Jason Lin and his friends run iReTron.com, a business that buys, refurbishes and resells used electronics, from his family's garage.
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- 'Bio Computer' Blends Tech and Organic to Grow Wheatgrass
- Tweeting Robots Monitor Water Quality in California Rivers
- Device Turns Your Sneaker into a Portable Cell Phone Charger
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- Pebble Watch and the Future Smart Home
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Science
If You Put All Earth's Water In One Place, It'd Look Like This
How much water is on the planet? it's a whole lot less than you think.
- Incredibly Detailed 121MP Photos of Earth With Colors Like You've Never Seen
- Potomac River Named as America’s Most Endangered River of 2012
- U.S. Navy's Sonars and Explosives Could Hurt more Dolphins and Whales Than Previously Thought
- NASA Discovers Yet Another Terrifying Global Warming Feedback Loop
- Mississippi River's Flow Kept Gulf Spill Oil Off Shore More Than Expected
- Bear Cubs Form an Adorable Conga Line (Video)
- Model Wears Mermaid Tail and Swims with Whales to Raise Awareness for Marine Conservation
- Parachuting Mice to Battle Invasive Snakes in Guam
Energy
Grid-Scale Metal Liquid Batteries Could Revolutionize Renewable Energy Use
Almost every week, I see some R&D project or lab prototype that makes me go "ooh, that's interesting!". But it's rather rare that I encounter something that makes me rethink my whole vision of the future!
- US Navy Thinks Renewable Energy is the Future, But House Republicans Don't Want Them to Have It
- Two-Thirds of US Land Leased by Oil Industry Not Used
- Coal Use in United States Drops to 36% of Electricity Generation
- Amory Lovins Wants us to 'Reinvent Fire' with 50-Year Energy Plan
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- New Bill Unveiled to Kill $113 Billion in Fossil Fuel Subsidies
- 7 Big East Coast Polluting Power Plants, Plus One Showing A Cleaner Way Forward
- Saudi Arabia Aims For 41 GW Solar Power By 2032
- New Federal Fracking Rules Would Only Apply to 11% of Nation's Natural Gas Supply
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