2011 August 14

A Glimpse Into What Life Will Be Like Once The Coming Republican Administration Kills EPA

Haze of pollution in Beijing "From a room on the 14th floor, China Resources Hotel, Beijing. A recent article in the U.K. Financial Times pointed out that pollution (alongside protectionism) are being forgotten by investors in their current lust for all things Chinese." Image & caption credits:Flickr, David Barrie There's an old saw about how post-colonial governments are prone to following the worst examples set by their former colonial masters. China having surpassed the USA at it's abandoned game of filthy manufacturing, 1950's style,...Read the full story on TreeHugger

IKEA UK To Go 100 Percent Renewable

photo via IKEA You may not like their particleboard furniture, but you've sure got to love IKEA's use of renewable energy. The Swedish retailer is stepping up their clean energy game in a big-time way in the UK, setting a goal to get all of its energy from renewable sources. It wants to be 80 percent there by 2015. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Shell Oil Leak in North Sea Raises Memories of BP Gulf Oil Spill

Image: hakonthingstad/CC Shell Oil has acknowledged an oil leak from a pipeline serving the Gannet Alpha platform in the North Sea. As the leak arises on the line bringing oil back to the platform from the undersea well, news media in England and the European continent naturally raise the spectre of that measure of all oil spills, the Read the full story on TreeHugger

Replacing Red Meat Serving with Nuts Reduces Diabetes Risk

Photo: Sara Novak We know eating lower on the food chain, meaning choosing plant-based foods, is easier on the planet. Animal husbandry on the factory farm level uses an abundance of natural resources in production, burps out loads of pollutants, and is needlessly inhumane. But a new Harvard study takes it a step further. According to a new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition, red meat consumptio...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Elephant, Rhino Poaching Driven By China’s Economic Boom, Study Says

The Guardian reports on a new study which has found that "the number of ivory items on sale in key centres in southern China has more than doubled since 2004, with most traded illegally." Fears about the future of elephants and rhinos of Africa has the researchers calling for China to tighten the enforcement of ivory trading regulations. Read the full story on The Guardian. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger