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A Teaspoon of Sugar Might Make the Medicine Abound
Without sugar-coating, the white stuff we inhaled as kids, in excess, takes a toll far more toxic than cavities.
Business
Sierra Leone Tries to Increase Mining Industry Transparency With Online Database
"The public should be aware of what mining companies pay to the government and what the government receives from mining and exploration companies."
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TreeHugger Radio: George Monbiot
Monbiot talks about junk science and the tragedy of giving.
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Design
Interface Studio Architects Break Out Of The Box With Wild Parking Garage Design
What were our Best Of Green Architects from 2010 smoking when they came up with this?
- Saving Food From The Fridge: It Will Taste Better, May Even Last Longer And Reduce Your Energy Bills
- Stylish Carbon Filter Water Bottle by Black + Blum Taps Ancient Japanese Techniques
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- "Luminous Ceilings" of Lighting, Made From Recycled Airplane Panels
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Living
Edible Garden Sprouts from Plastic Waste in Ethiopia
Artist Kebreab Demeke's colorful, functional sculpture is among around a dozen projects examining the meaning of 'the good life' on display at an exhibition in Berlin.
- The Week in Pictures: Newt Gingrich's Colony on the Moon, a Folding Microcar, and More
- Wake Up With Leonardo DiCaprio’s Fair Trade Organic Coffee
- Roseanne Barr Running For Green Party Presidential Nomination
- Gasland Director Josh Fox Arrested While Trying to Film Congressional Fracking Hearing
- The Brooklyn Botanic Garden Gets a 10,000 Square Foot "Roof Meadow" (Video)
- A Teaspoon of Sugar Might Make the Medicine Abound
- Pro Surfer Kyle Thiermann Talks Nuclear Power in South Africa
- Robot Godzilla to Invade Coachella, Excrete Recyclables
- Young Designers Reveal Surprisingly-Fashionable Daywear with a Peruvian Twist
Transportation
New Yorkers, Help Decide Where Your Bike-Share Locations Will Be Located
10,000 new bikes will appear in NYC next summer when a new bike-sharing program is launched. You can help decide where bike stations will be located.
- Phase One of UK's Nationwide Electric Car Charging Network Complete
- Brad Pitt Thinks Cars are Dumb, and So Should You
- Injured Journalist Inspires London's The Times Newspaper to Launch a Safe Cycling Campaign
- GROW, the Bicycle that Grows with Your Kids
- Even Lebron James Bikes to Work!
- Watching Transit in Action: Rush Hour Squeezed Into Less Than A Minute
- All-Electric Minicabs - You Can Hail One in London
- Folding Electric Microcar Is Headed for Production
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Technology
E-Waste Isn't Cute: Singing Cards Illegal to Throw Away in CA
Generation Green points out the hazards of those "cute" singing cards that pop up during the holidays, and provide us with a petition to get manufacturers to stop making them.
- Web + Sustainability = Future
- Furniture Made of Encapsulated E-Waste Is Perfect for Geeky Abodes
- PG&E Customers Can Say No to Smart Meters, But at a Price
- UK Company ReVend Revamps Fluorescent Light Bulb Recycling
- So Neat! iVictrola Gramophone Printed on a 3D Printer Magnifies Your Music
- Green Search Engine Donates $1 Million to Rainforest Programs
- iBamboo iPhone Speaker Switches To Recycled Plastic, Still Uses Zero Electricity
Science
Coal Industry Group Organizes Campaign to Harass Top Climate Scientist
One scientist believes he's stumbled upon an idea so crazy that it just might work...
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- Scientist Authors of 'No Need to Panic About Global Warming' Op-ed Have Oil Industry Ties
- Hundreds of Previously Unknown Species Discovered in Peru
- Are Jellyfish Taking Over the World's Oceans? Scientists Cast Doubt
- Conservationists Optimistic About Rare Rhino Pregnancy
Energy
States Increasingly Concerned Over Fracking Wastewater, But Limited In What They Can Do
Weak regulations mean an extra dose of toxic wastewater for some states, like Ohio.
- China's Largest Freshwater Lake Dries Up: Is the Massive Three Gorges Dam to Blame?
- India Leads World In Green Power Growth For 2011
- Solar is Contagious. How Does It Turn Into a Social Virus?
- Intel, Kohl's, Walmart Top List of US Green Power Purchasers
- New Wave Energy Device Could See 200 Commercial Units in the Next Five Years
- Obama Admin Fast-tracks Offshore Wind Power in Mid-Atlantic
- How Important Will Fracking Be To Voters During The Next Election? Not Very, If Natural Gas Stays Cheap
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