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Business
Straw Wars is a Campaign to Ban the Use of Straws in London's Restaurants
No straws in restaurants? MacDonalds are you listening?
- Occupy's GlobalMay Manifesto Has Lots of Points Green Movement Should Get Behind
- Crowd-Sourced Map of NYC's Bike Share Stations Unveiled
- How ETSY Is Changing the Way We All Do Business
- More and More People, Cities and States Support Overturning Citizens United
- Tea Party Organizers, Think Tanks Coordinate Plan to Attack Wind Power Nationwide
- Shareholders Call on Bank of America to Stop Funding Mountaintop Removal
- Developed-Developing Nation Split on Climate Obligations Needs Reevaluation
- Microsoft Imposes a Carbon Price on Itself
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10 Best Sites For Green Product Shopping
From gardening supplies and baby toys to pet products and eco-furniture.
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Green Gift Guide For Mother's Day
Great gifts for your mama keep in mind mama earth.
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Green Gift Guide For Graduates
Toast your grad's entry into the world with these green gift ideas.
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- 3-in-1 Crib Transforms to Meet Baby's Needs
- Portable "Sky Deck" Turns Your Fire Escape into a Terrace
- Hanging Plant Balcony Works Like a Drawbridge
- Cross Laminated Timber is Ready for Prime Time
- Homemade Chicken Coop with Beer Can Shingles Was Built in 10 Hours for $40
- From Hermit Crab Shells To Moon Bases: 19 Amazing Things You Can Do With 3D Printing
- Green Roofs Are Changing Architecture: Kowloon Rail Terminus
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Green Gift Guide For Mother's Day
Mama earth and your mama have a lot of common: They give give give and don't expect much in return. Turn that trend around with these thoughtful green gifts.
- Whether on Gay Marriage or Environmentalism, We Must Move Forward
- Is Meat Glue Safe?
- Elsa and Me's Little Red Dress is Perfect for Mothers and Daughters, Too
- Eco-Art Installations Sprout in a Taiwanese Village
- Meat Industry Grossly Outspends Animal Rights, Veg Groups
- 10 Eco-Friendly All-Purpose Cleaners for a Clean, Toxic Chemical-Free Home
- 10 Online Gardening Communities You Should Join
- 10 Online Stores for All Your Green Product Shopping
Transportation
Tesla Model S Electric Sedan has Greater Driving Range than Expected (320 Miles)
The Tesla Model S sedan, which should be delivered to the first customers in about a month, will be available with three different sizes of battery packs (40kWh, 60kWh and 85kWh). Tesla's goal was to achieve a 300 miles driving range.
- Crowd-Sourced Map of NYC's Bike Share Stations Unveiled
- Cyclists and Pedestrians Keep Getting Killed By Trucks When The Solution Is Easy: Mandatory Side Guards
- Beautiful New Brammo Empulse Electric Motorcycle Finally Unveiled!
- Join the Sierra Club in Celebrating National Bike Month
- Wood & Technology Become the Axalko, a Unique Bicycle for Professional Cyclists And Nature Lovers (Video)
- BMW and Daimler to Work Together on Urban Electric Car R&D; Project
- Smart's Award-Winning Electric Bike is Coming to the United States
- 'Rocket' Electric Drag Motorcycle Hits 201 MPH in Under 7 Seconds
Technology
Siemens Develops Modular Power Storage for Renewable Energy
Siemens has designed a lithium-ion battery storage system that backs up renewable energy projects by buffering power to the grid.
- Top 10 Tech Stories This Week: Brilliant Alarm Clock, Solar iPad Covers, Modular Gadgets, Low-Tech Reading and More
- Bikini Made of E-waste Makes Bold Statement About Women in Technology
- Food Scrap Shredder Cranks Up Composting
- Foldable Solar-Powered Lantern Looks Like The Sun
- Looking Backward to Move Forward: Solar Stills Could be the Low-Cost Leader in Water Desalination
- How Returning to a Low Tech Life Might Just Keep You Sane
- Species and Habitats Being Saved by Google Earth
- 11 Modular Gadget Designs, from Wild Concepts to the Humble Earphones
Science
Mississippi River's Flow Kept Gulf Spill Oil Off Shore More Than Expected
New research shows that spring flood waters rushing into the Gulf created mounds of water that, for a while, kept the oil offshore.
- NASA Discovers Yet Another Terrifying Global Warming Feedback Loop
- Bear Cubs Form an Adorable Conga Line (Video)
- Model Wears Mermaid Tail and Swims with Whales to Raise Awareness for Marine Conservation
- Parachuting Mice to Battle Invasive Snakes in Guam
- Daniel Beltrá's Amazing Photos: See the BP Oil Spill Like Never Before
- Blame Cows for Los Angeles Smog?
- Biodiversity and Language Diversity Hotspots Overlap & We're Losing Both
- British Drought Turns into Massive Rainfall
Energy
Amory Lovins Wants us to 'Reinvent Fire' with 50-Year Energy Plan
Amory Lovins shares with us his multi-decade energy roadmap to get us off oil and coal and switch to sustainable sources.
- A Mother's Day Without Pollution
- New Bill Unveiled to Kill $113 Billion in Fossil Fuel Subsidies
- 7 Big East Coast Polluting Power Plants, Plus One Showing A Cleaner Way Forward
- Saudi Arabia Aims For 41 GW Solar Power By 2032
- Thanks to Fracking, PR Industry is Booming
- New Federal Fracking Rules Would Only Apply to 11% of Nation's Natural Gas Supply
- How the Energy Grid Actually Works
- The Inertial Seawave Energy Generator Rocks
- Carbon Capture & Storage Projects Stalled Last Year
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