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  1. Wanted: Green Electronics Blogger to Write for TreeHugger ($1000 Referral Reward!) details »
    www.treehugger.com Posted 6 hours ago feed details »

    Image via Sparking Tech We're looking for a full-time blogger who can cover the latest, hippest, greenest gadgets and electronics. We are looking for someone who has...

  2. Los Angeles City Council Votes to Ban Plastic Shopping Bags by July 2010 (Maybe) details »
    www.treehugger.com Posted 8 hours ago feed details »

    Better late than never, I suppose -- though LA's planned 2010 citywide ban still seems downright meek given that San Francisco, Australia and, yes, even China have...

  3. T. Boone Pickens On Expanded Oil Drilling: “East Coast, West Coast, ANWR, Get It All” details »
    www.treehugger.com Posted 16 hours ago feed details »

    photo by Madhav Pai When Katie Couric allowed T. Boone Pickens to speak on CBS last week—I won’t call it an interview as Couric didn’t real probe any of Pickens’...

  4. Quote of the Day: John McCain on Offshore Drilling details »
    www.treehugger.com Posted 20 hours ago feed details »

    "We have to drill offshore. we have to do this. Oil executives say in a couple years we could be seeing results from it. So why not do it? We need to do it." TreeHugger...

  5. Martin Eberhard Blogs About Getting his Tesla Roadster details »
    www.treehugger.com Posted 3 days ago feed details »

    Former Tesla CEO Gets his Roadster We recently reported that Tesla Roadsters had started shipping, and now we learn that Martin Eberhard, co-founder and former CEO of...

  6. Pickens Pushes His Plan, Testifies Before Congress details »
    www.treehugger.com Posted 20 hours ago feed details »

    photo: Getty Images While it’s not quite celebrity-style coverage, in the sense of reporting what the Texan former oil-man had for lunch, TreeHugger certainly gives T....

  7. Is Your Lifestyle Affecting Your Future Child’s DNA? details »
    www.treehugger.com Posted 20 hours ago feed details »

    If I had a nickel for every prospective parent I know who changed their lifestyle for the better when they knew they were expecting I’d be a wealthy man indeed. But...

  8. Oil Shale Production to be Subsidized Under Bush Administration Proposal details »
    www.treehugger.com Posted 21 hours ago feed details »

    In Canada, tapping the tar sands has been called the most environmentally destructive project on the planet. In the United States, some equally not-so-eco-friendly...

  9. Huge Drop in Chinese Birth Defects After Local Coal Plant Closes details »
    www.treehugger.com Posted 2 days ago feed details »

    In a sign of things that might have been, Chinese children born after the closure of a local coal plant have found themselves with 60% less development problems such as...

  10. Energy Efficiency Improvements Could Save UK Businesses £2.5 Billion per Year details »
    www.treehugger.com Posted 2 days ago feed details »

    While I admit I’m exaggerating the effect of the lights a bit with this long exposure image, the Carbon Trust says businesses could save up to 15% in lighting costs if...

  11. EV1 Electric Car on eBay for $100k. Oh Wait! It's Just the Manual... details »
    www.treehugger.com Posted 2 days ago feed details »

    Honey, Guess What I Just Bought on eBay! There's a classic eBay scam that goes something like this: You sell the box, or the manual of something that is very valuable or...

  12. Ethanol Requirement For Gasoline Waiver Decision Delayed details »
    www.treehugger.com Posted 22 hours ago feed details »

    photo by Ricky via flickr You may have read about how Texas governor Rick Perry filed a request with the Environmental Protection Agency to waive the Renewable Fuel...

  13. I’m John McCain and I Approve of Offshore Drilling details »
    www.treehugger.com Posted 3 days ago feed details »

    You may have already seen this ad broadcast or on YouTube, and while TreeHugger generally tries to stay above the political fray, this latest attack ad from John...

  14. Honda Teases Us With Supposedly Green OSM Roadster Concept details »
    www.treehugger.com Posted 2 days ago feed details »

    Honda OSM Concept: Such a Tease! Honda has unveiled the OSM (Open Study Model) roadster concept car at the British International Motor Show, and it claims that it is a...

  15. Matsushita to Increase Lithium-ion Battery Capacity by 300% details »
    www.treehugger.com Posted 2 days ago feed details »

    50 Million More Battery Units per Month With the progressive electrification of transportation (from hybrids to plug-in hybrids to electric cars), one thing the world...

  16. Competition for LCD: Better Image, A Lot Less Power details »
    www.treehugger.com Posted 3 days ago feed details »

    Improving on LCD Screens Apparently, LCD screens don't have much going for them except that compared to CRTs they are more power-efficient, and compared to other flat...

  17. The Top 10 Least Walkable U.S. Cities details »
    www.treehugger.com Posted 3 days ago feed details »

    When Walk Score recently released their ranking of the ten most walkable U.S. cities there was no doubt that folks in places like San Francisco, Boston and New York City...

  18. Matt Simmons and Peak Oil: How to Silence Fast Money Team details »
    www.treehugger.com Posted 3 days ago feed details »

    Peak Oil Changes Everything We already know that talk of peak oil makes a lot of people uncomfortable, even if the talking is done by young women in lingerie. But to see...

  19. Is India on the Brink of Energy-Driven Economic Collapse? details »
    www.treehugger.com Posted 2 days ago feed details »

    Set aside, for a moment, the foreign policy and political aspects of India's impending crisis of government. Instead, let's turn up the sustainability filter, taking our...

  20. Plan to Save Dead Sea Morphs into Giant Real Estate Venture details »
    www.treehugger.com Posted 4 days ago feed details »

    Sink holes along the Dead Sea shore. Caused by the receding waters, these holes have begun appearing spontaneously in recent years. (image: he.widipedia.org). Despite...