The release of the last Harry Potter film marks the end of an era not just for fans but also for a major movie studio and other players in a multibillion-dollar business empire. How will they fill the gap left by the loss of such a long-running franchise?
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As the President of Brazil's environmental protection agency IBAMA, which oversees regulationion in the world's largest rainforest, Curt Trennepohl has a very important position -- the only problem is, he says that protecting the environment isn't part of it. In an interview with Australia's "60 Minutes", when asked if his job was to guard the...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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From treehouses to micro-houses, we're well aware of the simple pleasures of living on a smaller ecological footprint -- especially out in beautiful sylvan surroundings like Le Vent des Forêts in the Meuse region of France. In creating idyllic dwellings for a 5,000 hectare forest overseen by six villages, which hosts artists for summer residencies as well as showcasing c...Read the full story on TreeHugger
In emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, an Obama administration official calls a Fox News host a "lunatic."
In emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, an Obama administration official calls a Fox News host a "lunatic."
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Harvesting the Wind
The French government of Nicolas Sarkozy has launched a €10 billion ($14.26 billion) tender to build about 1,200 wind turbines in 5 different offshore wind farms. The goal is to diversify France's energy generation (they are very reliant on nuclear, which accounts for about 80% of their electricity generation) with renewable sources and to have 23% of France's energy come from renewable sources by 2020. The wind farms will be located off France's coast on the North and West and sh...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Sh.. Just Got Real
As we've written about previously, tuna's in trouble, and it's not just limited to one species and/or one geographical region. A new study conducted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and published in the prestigious journal Science found that 5 out of the 8 tu...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Sigh. After rejecting a measure that would have fast-tracked the repeal of a law signed by George W. Bush to tighten up efficiency requirements for light bulbs, the House of Reps passed an amendment that would prohibit spending to enforce those standards. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Today is the day! As I reported last week Germany airline Lufthansa has now begun using biofuels on about one-third of its flights from Frankfurt to Hamburg. The fuel is supplied by Finland's Neste Oil and until now, apart from officially not containing palm oil (phew!), the...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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It's sort of surprising that Stephen Colbert's caricature of a Foxy uber-conservative pundit has lasted this long -- he gets a remarkable amount of mileage out of his now-famous persona. Sure, his satiric character's participation in real-life politics has upped the stakes. But regular old bits like this remind us all why he's still going strong: I never have, and probably never will again, see such a comprehensive, hilarious takedown of fracking.
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The decision by a powerful committee of the International Maritime Organization attacks a growing source of greenhouse gases and is the first measure on climate change to apply equally to countries regardless of whether they are from the industrial or developing world.
Voters in Pennsylvania talk about the political fight over the debt ceiling. Some are perplexed because they haven't focused on the battle — others, because they have. And no one is happy with the nation's capital.
Robert Siegel talks with Patrick Meyer, president and CEO of Pella Windows and Doors. He's one of hundreds of business heads who signed a letter to President Obama and members of Congress, urging them to raise the debt ceiling.
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Huge swaths of the Indian Ocean are considered extremely dangerous, thanks to a still-ascendant rate of attacks by Somali pirates in those waters. 61% of all attacks on the open ocean occur in those waters. And that presents climate scientists looking to obtain a comprehensive picture of global ocean temperatures with a major problem. So, they've devised a plan: With the help of the U.S. and Australian Navies, they'll launch 19...Read the full story on TreeHugger
NPR asked three economists what would happen if Standard & Poor's and Moody's downgraded the AAA rating on U.S. government bonds. The agencies have warned they might take the action if no agreement is reached soon on raising the national debt ceiling.
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Put simply, it's just really dumb that we're sending streams of waste to the landfill in 2011. Smart companies -- and some smart governments -- have figured out that it's much better to reuse that stuff, or prevent the waste from building up in the first place. Hence, nations like Denmark send only 3% of their junk to landfills. And companies like Honda have made their factories essentially Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Mat wrote about Polly Higgins' book on Ecocide, or the environmental equivalent of genocide, he was compelled by the argument that the abolition of slavery, or the industrial transformation during World War II, provide parallels for the kind of profound shift in our social, cultural and economic thinking that would make destruction of our natural world a crime. Now the concept of ecocide looks set to be de...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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As Wyoming and the Department of Interior thinking appropriately managing wolves means half of them should be shot on sight, a new study in Science shows just how badly unbalanced ecosystems get when apex consumers (not just predators, removing large herbivores is also important) are eliminated--and how much of the time humans are the cause of it....Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Not long ago, I was listening on the radio to a representative of a major utility talk about solar. He was not, he said, worried about competition. Solar would have to grow faster than any power source in history, and it still wouldn't meet future projected demand. I couldn't help but feel he was wrong. And I've just watched a great video that helps clarify why....Read the full story on TreeHugger
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With ~30+ new posts on TreeHugger.com each weekday, we understand if you miss a post here and there. To keep you up-to-date, here's what we covered Thursday, July 14....Read the full story on TreeHugger
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