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Paul Watson Will Be Released on Bail, But Must Stay in Germany Awaiting Possible Extradition

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Paul Watson Will Be Released on Bail, But Must Stay in Germany Awaiting Possible Extradition

Posted on 18 May 2012 by Sustainability Digest


Watson must put up over $300,000 in bail and stay in Germany while awaiting the final ruling on whether he will be sent to Costa Rica to face trial on a decade-old charge.

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Amory Lovins Wants us to ‘Reinvent Fire’ with 50-Year Energy Plan

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Amory Lovins Wants us to ‘Reinvent Fire’ with 50-Year Energy Plan

Posted on 11 May 2012 by Sustainability Digest


Amory Lovins shares with us his multi-decade energy roadmap to get us off oil and coal and switch to sustainable sources.

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2016 Toyota Prius Hybrid to Be Made in U.S.

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2016 Toyota Prius Hybrid to Be Made in U.S.

Posted on 01 May 2012 by Sustainability Digest


After more than a decade, the Toyota Prius is still the king of hybrids, at least when it comes to units sold. But despite selling very well in the U.S., it hasn’t yet been produced there.

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Maps Show a Decade of Renewable Energy Growth, 2001-2011

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Maps Show a Decade of Renewable Energy Growth, 2001-2011

Posted on 09 April 2012 by Sustainability Digest


Clean energy has made some impressive headway in a number of U.S. states; these before and after maps tell the tale.

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Five Things you Should Know Before you Start your Next LEED Project

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Five Things you Should Know Before you Start your Next LEED Project

Posted on 02 April 2012 by Sustainability Digest


The LEED rating system has dominated green building over the last decade. With LEED 2009 as the only option you can use now, and LEED 2012 around the corner, here are 5 things you should know before you decide to go green with the USGBC.

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HP Labs Using Laser-Powered Chips for Faster, Energy-Efficient Computing

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HP Labs Using Laser-Powered Chips for Faster, Energy-Efficient Computing

Posted on 08 March 2012 by Sustainability Digest


As technological breakthroughs mount, the future of computing could be on the market this decade.

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Mainstream Media Has Accurately Portrayed Sea Level Rise Projections For Past 20 Years

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Mainstream Media Has Accurately Portrayed Sea Level Rise Projections For Past 20 Years

Posted on 13 January 2011 by Sustainability Digest

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photo: Woodley Wonderworks/Creative Commons

Think mainstream media exaggerates how bad sea level rise might get, pays too much attention to it? Well, a new media analysis published in Environmental Research Letters finds that by and large in the past two decades decade mainstream media in the US and UK have accurately portrayed scientific reports on Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Did Republicans Abandon Environmentalism Over the Decade?

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Did Republicans Abandon Environmentalism Over the Decade?

Posted on 22 April 2010 by Sustainability Digest

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Graph via Gallup

A Gallup poll recently surfaced bearing the unfortunate news that Americans’ views of environmentalism had diminished over the decade. As you can see in the graph above, those thinking the green movement did more good than harm fell from 75% to 62% amongst the general population, and those who thought it did more harm than good rose from 21% to 36%. Not a pretty picture. But what’s particularly interesting…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Americans No Greener In Past Decade, Environmental Activism Declining: New Gallup Poll

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Americans No Greener In Past Decade, Environmental Activism Declining: New Gallup Poll

Posted on 12 April 2010 by Sustainability Digest

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images: Gallup

I’m going to try not to overly dip into despair in this next one, but the results of a new Gallup Poll on changes in green behavior in the United States over the past decade aren’t overly encouraging, particularly when it comes to political action. As you can see in the graphics (above and below) despite of increased efforts in environmental awareness and the growth of the green movement, there’s been very little change in the actions people are willing to take….Read the full story on TreeHugger

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5,000 Amazing New Undersea Species Discovered in Marine Census (Pics)

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5,000 Amazing New Undersea Species Discovered in Marine Census (Pics)

Posted on 19 February 2010 by Sustainability Digest

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The decade-long project of completing an exhaustive census of marine life is finally drawing to a close. And from the early reports, it’s been quite a success: the Census of Marine life has been reported to have uncovered no less than 5,000 new species,…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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