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- Ride in Comfort On The City Recumbent
Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010 results are out soon, and Designboom builds the tension with a release from the short list: A spectacular looking recumbent bike by Jean Davignon....Read the full story on TreeHugger
Source: - added 4 hours ago - Critically Endangered Whales Stop Feeding Thanks To Russian Oil & Gas Exploration
Photos via ICUNThe issue of how marine noise impacts whales is a subject of intense study. We're seeing more and more evidence of how human activity in the ocean negatively affects whales and dolphins. Most often the culprits pointed out are the shipping industry and naval sonar. But other harmful noises include that of...Read the full story on TreeHugger
Source: - added 4 hours ago - What a Waste of an Oil Disaster
Image credit: Oliver Bernstein, Sierra Club.With media coverage of the country's worst oil spill fading away, recent decisions on how to handle tens of thousands of tons of boom and oily waste are going to affect people along the Gulf for years to come.That's because BP is relying on public complacency to get away with dumping its clean-up waste in local landfills, where hazardous oily residues an...
Source: - added 4 hours ago - Porcelain Factory's Discarded Products Turn Into Arty New Pieces (Photos)
Above: a piece from the Lifeguard collection. Photos: Courtesy of Leo Battistelli.In 2002, Argentine artist based in Brazil Leo Battistelli began working with the remains of a porcelain factory. During the following eight years, he has experimented with the discarded materials in sculptures, installations, utilitarian objects and prototypes, and has even built his whole studio with the furniture t...
Source: - added 4 hours ago - Similar Tropical Forests Store Much Different Amounts of Carbon: New Report
photo: Lori via flickrWhile we've just learned that over 80% of new farmland in the tropics came at the expense of forests, another new study shows us that when it comes to calculating how much carbon tropical forests store, variable on the ground conditions make estimating how much sequestration potential forests have more tricky than thought. In fact, for some areas this has been overestimated ....
Source: - added 4 hours ago - China Beat US in Offshore Wind, Europe Still Trounces Everyone Else in Solar Power
photo: Adam Tinworth via flickrTwo new illustrations about how the US has stiff competition around the world in renewable energy: New York Times reports on how China has beaten the United States in building the first major offshore wind farm outside of Europe;
Source: - added 4 hours ago - In Defense of Sidewalk Bike Riding
Photo credit Edenpictures via flickr.As a new or continuing city cyclist, you are bound to hear the admonishment: "Don't ride on the sidewalk. It's dangerous." I swallowed that Kool-Aid for quite a while. After all, I want cycling to be a respected part of the transport infrastructure, I want cyclists to be generally law abiding and not continually agitate either pedestrians or car drivers (or eac...
Source: - added 4 hours ago - What Are the Top States for Energy Efficiency? Did Yours Make the Cut?
Credit: pgegreenenergyThe Center for American Progress has ranked the Top 10 states for policies that promote energy efficiency. The report cautions, however, that even those states on the list haven't fully tapped into the power of using less power. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
Source: - added 4 hours ago - IKEA Sells Used Furniture (Only in Sweden for Now)
Photo: Flickr, CCMight Expand to Other CountriesSpeaking of "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle", IKEA Sweden wants to make it easier for owners of old IKEA furniture to give it a second life. Against their own commercial interest, the company is offering a free online platform where sellers and buyers can find themselves, and they aren't even taking a cut of the transactions. Read on for more details....Read...
Source: - added 4 hours ago - Today on Planet 100: Oil Billionaires Fight Climate Legislation (Video)
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