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Incandescent Light Bulb Banned by European Union
Energy-inefficient incandescent light bulbs have been around a long, long time. In the case of the record-holding, longest, continuously-burning incandescent bulb featured in the video above, it's 106 years!
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Climate Matters Video Contest Winners Announced
The winners of a user-generated video contest meant to inspire our next President to take bold action on climate change were announced this morning -- and inspiring they are. Displaying a high
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Canada's $100M Pledge Brings Climate Change Fight to Poorer Nations
CBC video news segment reports Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged government of Canada to give $100 Million of aid to developing nations particularly vulnerable to climate change. The announcement came during Harper's close of the Sommet de
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$1 Million, 8 Cities, Thousands of Trees: Root for NYC (or your own city if you must !-)
Please pardon my tribalism, but we hope you'll help bring trees to New York City's streets. Alternately, if you must integrate your own inner tribesperson while taking action as a change agent, please help bring some trees to your own city's urban
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Fuel Poverty in UK, Government Faces Court Action VIDEO >>
Old age pensioner Philys Webb says fuel is more of a worry for her than food. It's estimated that 5 million people
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White House Organic Farm VIDEO
We've all got a lot of requests for the next POTUS: attend and participate positively in the December 2008 U.N. Climate Talks in Poznań, Poland; give us a sustainable energy policy; how about green jobs and a green "new deal;" and of course this
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Emissions "Must be cut" by 80% by 2050 says British Climate Change Committee VIDEO>>
With dramatic video of melting arctic ice crashing into the ocean, including *insert metaphor* the fjord in Greenland that is believed to have produced the iceberg that sunk the Titanic, this BBC news package introduces the findings of the British
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350 Presidential Election UN Climate Talks Invite Campaign Launches Today
Just in time for the second presidential debate tonight, 350.org is launching a new campaign to send candidates Obama and McCain thousands of invitations
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ASES National Solar Tour Kicks Off October 4th
Okay New Yorkers, so if you not got to stop by the launch of the new East Harlem, energy-independent, green community garden tomorrow, nor the Pearl-Jam-esque Tree Planting & Rock Concert, how about this suggestion that anyone in the country can
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Tree Planting & Rock Concert Coming to NYC, LA, San Francisco
If you're not going to be stopping by the launch of the new East Harlem, energy-independent, green community garden tomorrow, why not volunteer for Earthkeepers Dig it Day on Oct. 4th? Join Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project (NYRP) and
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Solar Panels & Wind Turbines Power NYC Community Garden
Come one come all: Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project (NYRP) will be opening the Target
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Cyclecraft Recycled Bike Art Show Tonight in Brooklyn
In participation with the 2008 DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival, Recycle-A-Bicycle hosting its second annual recycled bike art show and reception,
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Starbucks Stores Distribute "CO2 World" GOOD Sheet
If you're at the local Starbucks and find some knowledge dropped on you about atmospheric CO2, look no further than the good folks at the GOOD integrated media platform. "CO2 World" is the first of a series of infographics that are being called GOOD
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TRIVIA: Dr. Seuss Rewrote The Lorax 20 Years After Publication - Why? VIDEO
Do you know which line Seuss removed from his book The Lorax? Hint: It's about Lake Erie and was spoken by one of the Humming-Fish as they marched out of the river at the foot of the Once-ler's factory. And in which version of The Lorax does it still
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Green "Correction" in Auto Sector Leaves GM Clinging to Government Loans
To adopt some economic policy lingo being bantered about quite a bit these days, the green "correction" to the U.S. auto industry is in full swing. GM leading man Mr. Fix-It Bob Lutz sums up the pain thus -- that the auto industry was faced with three
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Maggie Gyllenhaal Wants Your Video on Climate Change - Win $3000!
TreeHugger already told you about the launch of the Brighter Planet and 1Sky Climate Matters Video Contest and now the deadline for the contest (and taking meaningful action on climate change) is rapidly approaching. Listen up video-makers: you have
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Homeless Polar Bear Spotted in Washington DC - UPDATE: Causes Bomb Scare
As Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 2008 low, Street Art Project Highlights Shared Fate of Polar Bears, Humanity Greenpeace has unveiled a collaborative art project with street artist Mark Jenkins. The venerable eco-org hopes the project, which highlights the
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Carticipate iPhone Mobile Social Network Ride Sharing Application
Carticipate is the first location-based mobile social network application for ride sharing, ride combining, and car pooling on a mobile platform -- specifically, the iPhone. The download is free and allows users to indicate where they are going and
