The Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh has been hit by five shark attacks in two weeks. Photo: Robert Hornung / Creative Commons . A series of recent shark attacks — one of them fatal — on tourists at Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh resort have swimmers scared and authorities scrambling for an explanation. In what is surely the most bizarre theory, the governor of the region has suggested the Israeli intellige… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: David Barrie You won’t find a chef in this country that doesn’t hope that one day they will get the honor of a James Beard Award . It’s the Emmys of chefdom and as an avid gastronomical enthusiast you can’t help but to look for the award on the wall of your favorite high-end eatery. Most recently, the folks over at the James Beard Foundation have designed an award honoring our most responsible culinary innovators. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: EWG Environmental Working Group ‘s (EWG) Skin Deep Cosmetic Database is my go-to source when researching and reviewing beauty products. They brought us the Toxic Dirty Dozen , the truth about shocking chemicals in popular perfumes , and much ,
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The son of an Oscar-winning songwriter was arrested Friday on charges of choking his girlfriend, a fashion designer found dead and half-clothed in a bathtub overflowing with water in a posh hotel. (Dec. 10)
Continue reading …Wikileaks Reveals Shell Oil has Agents Installed in Nigerian Government
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Photo: zieak , Flickr, CC The US diplomatic cables revealed by Wikileaks have produced a wide swath of important information. From unflattering looks into the conduct of US policy, to revelations about the administration’s blind eye towards environmental destruction , citizens have been provided with a rare behind the scenes glimpse of state power mechanics. One such revelation concerns the diplomatic grip that Shell Oil holds over the state of Nigeria — it appears… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: twicepix , Flickr, CC Jennifer Granholm, the governor of Michigan, has an op-ed in Politico today outlining her proposal to grow millions of clean energy jobs in the US. And she has some credibility — her state, arguably the worst hit by the recession, is climbing back thanks largely to a jobs program that focused on developing and manufacturing batteries for electric cars. The program has brought tens of thousands of good, permanent jobs to the state, and she argues a large… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …World Health Organization Calls BPA Legislation and Control "Premature"
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Bisphenol A Is In Your Tomato Sauce TreeHugger was one of the earliest sites to raise concern about endocrine disrupting chemicals like Bisphenol A; we were loud in our support for the removal of polycarbonate bottles (an easy target as there are lots of alternatives) and for the elimination of BPA epoxies from tin cans . Treehugger was the first to note that BPA is used in the lids of home canning products , and recently covered the issue of
Continue reading …Carbon-Neutral Sail-Powered Cargo Ships Scheduled to Return to European Waters in 2012
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image: B9 Energy What comes after fossil fuel powered containers shipping is a pet topic of mine to contemplate and a new story from CNN on what the folks at B9 Energy (primarily a wind power company…) are planning in the way of carbon-neutral three-masted cargo ships is really pretty inspiring–even if some of the react and contextual quotes in the article show a decided lack of vision. But the ultra-cool you’ve got to go backward to progress cargo ship first…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image: GOOD Ever wonder how much electricity it takes to keep a single light bulb running for the year? The folks over at GOOD did, and they produced this great infographic to make the answer (alarmingly) clear. The short of it? It takes way more than you’d think. Here are a few of the more surprising revelations from the piece:… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo credit: Sierra Club This week, I’m happy to introduce Justin Guay of the Sierra Club’s International Climate Program, who is in Cancun at the international climate negotiations. He helped write this post to explain more of the important work happening over the past two weeks. The Sierra Club has been busy building the momentum, and pressure needed to ensure that our politicians and leaders live up to international responsibilities and infuse positive momentum into the climate change negotiations in Canc… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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