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Cyclists assemble in Yerevan, Armenia, for a bike tour to Teghut Forest. Photo by Ruzanna Hovasapyan via ride-earth on Flickr. Armenian environmental activists fighting plans to build a copper mine in an endangered forest got a boost recently when...
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Image: MIT Could Store Power at 100x More Energy/Weight Than Lithium-Ion A team of scientists at MIT has discovered a new way to generate power with carbon nanotubes. In a paper titled ” Chemically driven carbon-nanotube-guided thermopower waves...
Credit: Giant Salamander Protection International It’s polite to ask before eating the last cookie, or the last piece of cheese, or the last animal of its kind on Earth. Actually, you can’t have permission for that last one: you can’t...
The greater sage-grouse was deemed to be “warranted but precluded” by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons Though it “warrants” protection under the Endangered Species Act, Secretary of the Interior...
Photo via The Cove The Cove has made a tremendous impact on people when it comes to raising awareness about the slaughter of dolphins and the dark story of whale meat in the fish market. It has changed lives, riled people up, won its Oscar , and now...
Photo: Monica M. Davey/Feature Photo Service for IBM 13 Billion PET Plastic Bottles are Thrown Away Each Year Certain things are harder to recycle than others. While it’s relatively easy to make a new aluminum can out of an old aluminum can,...
Image via Amazon The viral video phenomenon The Story of Stuff has made a big impact on audiences worldwide. Since its release in 2007, it’s been viewed over 10 million times, showing we’re as fascinated by learning about our Stuff as we...
Lloyd Alter Many small towns are experiencing a comeback these days; a combination of aging boomers and the green movement, combined with technology that lets people work just about anywhere make them a viable alternative to urban and suburban life....
