Michael Graham Richard
Michael has been with TreeHugger since 2005. He started out as a part-time writer, but after about a year (circa February 2006) he made the transition to full-time editor-in-chief. He held that role until January 2008 (the highlight of this period was of course the acquisition of TreeHugger.com by the Discovery Channel), and he's now editor of the Science & Technology and the Cars & Transportation categories (his two main loves).
It was reading The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken and Good News For A Change by David Suzuki and Holly Dressel that changed his life. Before that, he knew about the problems, but didn't think too much about them. After, he knew there were solutions, and he couldn't think about anything else.
Michael's personal blog can be found at MichaelGR.com. You can also follow him on Google+.
Latest Stories from Michael Graham Richard - Page 6
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Zipcar brings Honda Fit EV to Los Angeles fleet
This follows the introduction of Fit EVs in San Francisco and Portland thanks to a partnership between Honda and Zipcar. Other cities are sure to follow...
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Magical North: Beautiful timelapse from Sweden and Norway's Arctic Circle (video)
Once in a while, it's good to take some time to just appreciate the beauty of our planet. Here's your Earth appreciation moment!
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Hybrid sales up 32% so far in 2013 compared to same period last year
According to the latest data for the months of January and February 2013, sales of hybrid cars are up an impressive 32% compared to the same months last year.
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Coal mining? No. Fertilizer production in China
There are many industries that do tremendous environmental damage yet remain out of the spotlight, especially in countries like China where environmental protection is just starting to truly get going.
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Shameful! Even Antarctica's King George Island is full of trash
King George Island is relatively ice-free and easy to access, at least compared to most of the rest of Antarctica, so it is an ideal spot for research stations.
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Tesla News: Model S exceeds sales target, Q1 will be profitable, 40kWh model killed, bonus supercharging
In mid-February, Tesla predicted that it would deliver about 4,500 Model S electric cars during the first quarter of 2013. That was a pretty ambitious target to begin with, but with Q1 over, Tesla has actually delivered over 4750 EVs.
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Common pesticides cause brain-damage in bees
Two new studies show that widely used pesticides - more specifically neonicotinoids, which are more common in Europe, and coumaphos, which are more common in the U.S. - are damaging the brain of honey bees.
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Fukushima ghost town now on Google Streetview
Located in Fukushima Prefecture, Namie-Machi is a small city on the East coast of Japan, sandwiched between ocean and mountains.
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55 percent of U.S. rivers and streams are in poor condition, says EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sampled around 2,000 rivers and streams, and what they found is not good...
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300,000 mirrors: World's largest thermal solar plant (377MW) under construction in the Mojave
The scale of this concentrating solar power plant is awe-inspiring. Hundreds of thousands of mirrors are used to focus solar energy unto giant towers, generating clean electricity via steam turbines.
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Scotland to Donald Trump: Drop dead. Offshore wind farm green-lit
About a year ago, Donald Trump was throwing a public tantrum about Scotland's plans to build an offshore wind farm. Mr. Trump claimed that it would ruin the view from one of his golf course projects.
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China increases 2020 fuel economy standard to 47 MPG
The U.S. fuel economy CAFE standards of 34.1 MPG by 2016 and 54.5 MPG by 2025 were an important step in the right direction after decades of near-stagnation, and others are starting to follow suit.
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Missing heat found in oceans, global warming has accelerated in past 15 years
Some people would like you to believe that global warming has been slowing down in the past 15 years, but it has actually accelerated.
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UK to plant 250,000 ash trees to outwit deadly fungus
Ash trees are under attack in the UK, a deadly fungus is causing a lot of damage and so far there's not much we can do.
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Philadelphia's solar-powered trash cans: Great green idea or flawed design?
Are solar-powered trash cans a fuel-saving, money-saving way to keep the streets clean? Or are they worse than regular trash cans?
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Moving beyond oil and gas requires willpower more than anything else
One of the main barriers keeping us from making progress on renewable energy is in our minds. I'm not saying that we can dump fossil fuels overnight, or that it will be easy, but we could certainly do a lot more.
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Obama creates 5 new national monuments, protecting thousands of acres
President Obama is scheduled to create 5 new national monuments today. Too bad congress isn't doing its part...
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This safer cyclist-friendly truck design could save many lives
Even if you've never driven a single mile in your entire life, a lot of what you own and what you eat has spent hundreds of miles inside a truck. We need to make them safer for pedestrian and cyclists.
