Image credit: The Royal Court Theatre UK climate skeptics may have been disheartened by James Delingpole’s drubbing at the hands of Sir Paul Nurse recently ( Delingpole allegedly described the experience as “intellectual rape” ), but they can always cheer themselves up with a trip to the theater. It seems, just as
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photo courtesy SunRun The following is a guest post by Nami Sung of SunRun With home prices down and decreasing , homeowners struggle to make their homes more marketable and identify improvements that deliver a noticeable return on investment. For example, how do you know if a kitchen remodeling project is going to increase property value or eat at your savings without helping you sell? Smart homeowners can look at studies or reports to find h… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Garance dragged me to the Victoria Beckham show at 9:15 Sunday morning 
However, I have to admit she was right. I spoke to a few editors afterwards and they all mentioned that each season Ms. Beckham’s work gets stronger.
Image via Oh Gizmo! We have a strange fascination with carnivorous gadgets — they’re sort of eco-friendly, since they run on alternative energy, and they’re a way to get rid of pests like mosquitos and flies without the use of chemicals. There’s no doubt more insect-friendly ways to keep pests at bay, but that doesn’t make the carnivorous designs any less intriguing. Designers and inventors James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau have explored the idea of autonomous robots, and come up with the Carnivorous Clock, which uses fly paper to trap, and eat, insect… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: fishermansdaughter , used under Creative Commons license. From building your own masonry rocket stove , through distributing efficient cook stoves in Haiti , to the New Yorker’s coverage of the Aprovecho Research center , the idea that… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image Credit Guildwood Village Under cover of a Friday afternoon and an Egyptian revolution, “Best of Green” Premier Dalton McGuinty of Ontario quietly pulled the plug on offshore wind projects, including a proposal five kilometers off Toronto’s Scarborough Bluffs. “This decision was based on science, or a lack of science. When it comes to freshwater offshore wind there’s only one project,” said Minister of Energy, and Scarborough Centre MPP, Brad Duguid. Righ… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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February 14, 2011 No Comment
Photo by tauntingpanda via Flickr Creative Commons The mining industry requires significant amounts of water, and the water used becomes polluted with toxins including arsenic, mercury and sulfates. Typically, the water is cleaned with microbes which do their job by adding or removing electrons from the soup, but they need to be supplemented with chemical additives. But a new process could change that, feeding microbes with electric charges instead, and cutting the need for chemicals by half, or possibly even more. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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From high drama to gold sparkles and shades of blue, AP reporter Natalie Rotman checks out the Grammy fashion. (Feb. 13)
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Brian Merchant already reported on WikiLeaks revelations about Saudi Oil reserves being overstated by 40 , a claim that could mean that Peak Oil would be upon us as early as 2012. Now Jeremy Leggett over at The Guardian is also raising the alarm, arguing that unless we address this issue now, we could be facing a threat much worse than any credit crunch. “Peak oil is not a theory.” says Leggett. “Because oil is a finite resource, it is an inevitability.” Here, here…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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