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Escaped Pet Birds Are Teaching Wild Birds to Speak English

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Treehugger - By Stephen Messenger - Sep. 15 (News) - Across parts of Australia, reports have been pouring in of strange voices chattering high in the treetops -- mysterious, non-sensical conversations in English. But while the phenomena is certainly quite odd, its explanation isn't paranormal.

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Streets With Bike Lanes are a Kind of Economic Stimulus

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Treehugger - By Michael Graham Richard - Jun. 29 (Opinion) - A new report by the University of Massachusetts' Political Economy Research Institute confirms that bike lanes are not just good for our health and for the environment, but they are also very good for the health of the economy. Some of the ways it brings benefits are: Tourism, more traffic to local businesses, increased property values, healthier citizens, etc.

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Yes, Climate Change May Cause More Tsunamis. No, That's Not Alarmism

Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:55:25 -0800

Treehugger - Mar. 12 (Opinion) - TreehuggerYes, Climate Change May Cause More Tsunamis. No, That's Not AlarmismTreehuggerI know headlines like that might just make most folks roll their eyes at this point -- I mean, what doesn't climate change cause these days, am I right? And I realize that people are skeptical of ...Shameless Ultra-Green OpportunismThe American (blog)all 2 news articles »

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93 Percent of Wall Street Journal's Climate Op-Eds Misrepresent Science

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

AlterNet - By Brian Merchant - Feb. 02 (News Analysis) - "97% of climate science experts and every international scientific organization endorses the conclusion that human activities are primarily responsible for modern global warming. An honest newspaper should reflect that consensus."

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US Steel is Better than Steel from China

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Treehugger - By Neil Chambers - Apr. 21 (Opinion) - The production of steel in the United States is much better for the environment than the Chinese steel when comparing the environmental footprint. From greenhouse gases to energy intensity to recycled-content to regulations, American steel is the greener option of the two.

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Drilling For Oil Is Not The Answer

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Treehugger - By Lester Brown - Sep. 30 (Opinion) - "Geological and economic realities make clear that drilling for oil cannot make the U.S. energy independent or reduce gasoline prices. Drilling is an expensive and dangerous red herring, especially because far better options exist."

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How Much Should Design Cost?

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Treehugger - By Lloyd Alter - Aug. 11 (Interview) - The architectural profession is broken in the single-family house biz; the vast majority of people live in houses that were built by developers from generic plans. The number of houses designed by architects to suit the needs of specific clients is negligible. It is also expensive; a small house can take as much time to design as a very big one, and as much time as a much more profitable commercial job that doesn't require client meetings on evenings and weekends.

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Water: A Billion Gallons A Month Down the Drain

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Treehugger - By Lloyd Alter - Apr. 14 (Opinion) - Delivering safe, healthy water has been one of the main functions of government for as long as there have been governments, building aqueducts in Roman times and more recently across the Harlem River. Water is also political, as we have seen from Atlanta to Wisconsin this year. But that hasn't stopped our current governments from letting the infrastructure fall to ruin.

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Investment in Cycling Could Save £521 Million

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:20:00 -0700

Treehugger - By Matthew Sparkes - Sep. 18 (Opinion) - According to the report, each cyclist saves the NHS £28.30 every year, by not having as many heart attacks and other problems. Cycling in London is quite dangerous though, so the average cyclist probably costs the NHS some money in broken legs and other taxi-related illnesses.

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Condoleeza Rice: Thumbs Up to the Tesla Roadster

Mon, 28 May 2007 14:51:13 -0700

Treehugger - By Collin Dunn - May. 28 (Opinion) - it's U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice riding shotgun with Tesla sales manager Tom O'Leary; they went for a ride last week on the tarmac at California's Moffett Field.

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Dye Me A River

Sat, 05 May 2007 09:38:47 -0700

Treehugger - By John Laumer - May. 05 (Opinion) - ehuacan Mexico is known as the "heartland of Mexico's denim industry," a heart that sometimes launders enough jeans to bleed blue dye and bleach into rivers used to irrigate corn fields. And, no, this is not how blue corn tortillas came about. As reported in a PlanetArk story, "Dozens of industrial laundries, some of which put the finishing touches to jeans for export, discharge a cocktail of bleach, dye and detergents into Tehuacan's wide valley with almost no government controls, residents say...Water from the denim laundries runs through Tehuacan, where it mixes with municipal sewage and is discharged untreated in a foaming green torrent to a river that feeds irrigation systems in the downstream village of San Diego Chalma."

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Shipping vs Airfreight revisited: Some more considerations

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:24:03 -0700

Treehugger - By Sami Grover - Mar. 11 (Opinion) - if the same amount of freight was shipped by air or by sea, which would produce more greenhouse gases? It seems, looking at the numbers, that shipping comes way ahead of airlines on this count. When this author was working out a carbon offset scheme for a previous employer, using Climate Care's calculations, shipping 1.5 tonnes of product by ship to the UK created 0.124 tonnes of CO2, while shipping only 0.5 tonnes of the same product by air created 4.5 tonnes of CO2. So, while John's original recommendation to buy local in his post still stands, if it is a question between shipping cargo by ship or by plane, then it looks like the ship wins every time, at least if these numbers are to be believed.

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Black Gold: A Coffee Film That Has Starbucks Scared

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:49:30 -0800

Treehugger - Nov. 09 (Other) - This documentary puts the paradoxes of coffee trade under a glaring, illuminating light. The film juxtaposes how the coffee drinkers of the western world gladly pay $3-$5 for our high-priced espresso drinks, fattening the bottom lines of our corporations -- while the crushingly poor farmers producing those yummy espresso beans barely make ends meet.

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