New Zealand's Mount Maunganui Beach, where oil is now washing ashore. Photo: Ronnie Macdonald / CC
Updated: Oil Spill Will Get "Significantly Worse," Now New Zealand's Biggest Environmental Disaster In Decades
The unfolding oil spill in off the coast of New Zealand has worsened t...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Walmart stores in southwest China's Chongqing have been forced to close following allegations that they have been labeling non-organic pork as organic and selling it at a higher price. There's speculation that the incident is a result of increased interest in organic pork in China after the tainted pork scandal earlier this year that caused hundreds of people to fall ill.
If only it were that simple. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Marinara sauce, it can make or break any Italian dish. Don't worry, this recipe is sure to be a family favorite. The tomatoes come out tasting sun-dried and is it so simple to make. You really cannot mess this one up. Enjoy it or over some fresh Linguine with a full-bodied Merlot. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Europeans seem to understand the severity of the threat posed by climate change a bit better than we Americans do. A new poll shows that the majority of Europeans consider it the second gravest problem facing the world, right after poverty. Those crazy Euro folk evidently think global warming is even more of a threat than the current economic crisis -- and remember, Europe is in the throes of what could potentially be a much more calamitous financial meltdown than the one we're facing on this ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
You may have heard that there's a massive new ozone hole in the Arctic--the first time there's been one there. Well, ThinkProgress has a good rundown (tag-teaming it seems with Jeff Masters from Weather Underground) on why its really potentially bad for food security, thanks to impacts on crop yields....Read the full story on TreeHugger
After a few Mojitos, it's easy to forget that making rum is an industrial process. Photo credit: Distillery Serrallés, USA
In the first part of this series on rum production, we took a look at the environmental impacts and industry pitfalls inherent in traditional distillation. To make a long story short: The manufacture of one of the world's favorite spirits has been everything but clean and responsible.
Fortunately, some producers have begun to address these issues and the innovative systems they have implemented ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
Image: Steve Jobs portrait by Foundry - Mint Digital
Environmentalists may be tempted to write off Steve Jobs as just another corporate titan that ushered in a wave of unnecessary consumption. To do so without recognizing the positive contributions Jobs made to our culture would miss what may be some of the most important lessons we can learn in the environmental movement. What Steve Jobs did for design will ripple throughout the world of technology for the next decade or longer, just as it has for the last two....Read the full story on TreeHugger
photo: Mat McDermott
Richard Heinberg from the Post Carbon Institute has issued a memo to Occupy Wall Street and the growing Occupy movement that's worth paying attention to. If you're familiar with Heinberg's work you can proba...Read the full story on TreeHugger
photo: Mat McDermott
Richard Heinberg from the Post Carbon Institute has issued a memo to Occupy Wall Street and the growing Occupy movement that's worth paying attention to. If you're familiar with Heinberg's work you can proba...Read the full story on TreeHugger
photo: Mat McDermott
Richard Heinberg from the Post Carbon Institute has issued a memo to Occupy Wall Street and the growing Occupy movement that's worth paying attention to. If you're familiar with Heinberg's work you can proba...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Skeptical Science previous examined the fact that the market price of coal power is artificially low because we do not directly pay for all of its impacts, particularly on air quality and climate change. People who feel these effects do pay them indirectly (i.e. through increased health care costs), but since their costs are not reflected in the market price of coal power, ec...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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I thought it was only in cartoons that a place would have a shark-infested lake in a random place like a golf course, but apparently it is reality in Australia. After a flood several years ago, a handful of bull sharks found themselves stranded in a lake on a golf course. Bull sharks are able to survive in fresh water and rather than this lake posing an issue for survival, the six sharks have thrived -- and even started breeding. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
Image credit: Greenpeace NZ
The latest talking point emanating from the friends of coal and oil seems to be that pursuing clean energy is based on "ideology", rather than "what works". But that only makes sense if "what works" is defined as decimating marine environments, polluting our rainwater and Read the full story on TreeHugger
Image credit: The Perennial Plate
"If you take a 5 year old and ask him to hold the other end of a wrench, you'll make his day. It may be at my expense, but if I can carry that then he'll benefit from it."
From retiring dairy cows to asking whether vegetarianism makes you a jerk, The Perennial Plate has contributed greatly to discussion about the rights and wrongs of animals in agricu...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Great news for sharks came on Friday in California when news hit that Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 376 into law, banning the sale, trade and possession of shark fins. The hope is that by hitting the market from the demand side, the supply side will be easier to slow down, and perhaps eventually stop. However, this bill was not without a great deal of controversy, especially among the Asian American community. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Tyler Hamilton has been writing about green tech for the Toronto Star for six years, and is a regular source of stories on TreeHugger. Hamilton first became fascinated with Nikola Tesla while writing a story about Marconi, the so-called "Father of Radio." Except he wasn't; Tesla was, beating Marconi by 5 years. In fact the list of Tesla's accomplishments is lengthy and impressive, but he was his own worst enemy when it came to his work, and was considered by many to be crazy. He spent his last years with his only friend, a pigeon....Read the full story on TreeHugger
Roll On, Oregon from Bicycle Transportation Alliance on Vimeo.
Twelve thousands cyclists in Portland - two thousand of them new cycling commuters - logged 1.3 million commuting miles in September's cycling commute challenge sponsored by local advocacy organization the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. That's a corresponding savings of 1.3 million pounds of carbo...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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