From anti-front yard veggie garden ordinances to illegal "guerrilla grafted" fruit trees , what can and can't be grown and where has long been a source of controversy among TreeHuggers. In Nelson, Ontario, a row recently kicked off over some tobacco plants being grown in an office win...
Smuggled into the bill President Obama signed to avert a government shutdown in March was a sneaky little rider called the “farmer assurance provision.” It’s since come to be known as the Monsanto Protection Act, being very assuring to the biotech giant, if no one else. It allows farm...
I don't think Tesla's stock is currently overvalued. Demand and supply: lots of shorters out there trying to cover their positions. Maybe once that played out stock value will revert to more cautious levels but who cares: Tesla used the short squeeze cleverly to grab all the cash it c...
BEIJING, May 21 (Reuters Point Carbon) - China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has proposed setting an absolute cap on the country’s greenhouse gas emissions from 2016, local media reported Tuesday, a move that would make China’s emissions target independent of its...
Of all the ways to heat metal to melting points in order to work with it, using the sun's heat is not usually listed among them. But Green Power Science does just that with this DIY solar foundry . Metal-working, in the backyard, without an open flame. Crazy! © Green Power Science via...
It's the hundredth anniversary of the greatest flower show in the world: the Chelsea Flower Show in London. It's a grand celebration, with gardeners pulling out all the stops in honour of the centenary. And that has been hard to do because the weather has been cold and grey in the lea...
The European Commission is investigating Shell, BP, Statoil and Platts in connection with possible manipulation of the oil market. Documents seen by The Telegraph and obtained by Energydesk suggest the oil giant successfully lobbied against regulation of the European oil market and ru...
It was a quiet year for tornadoes — until last week, that is. A string of twisters have ravaged the middle of the country over the past several days, culminating in a two-mile-wide tornado tearing up Moore, Okla., this afternoon. So far at least 37 people have been confirmed dead in O...
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Aluminum is an active ingredient in antiperspirants that blocks sweat glands so that you stay dry. If it builds up in your system, aluminum can be toxic. Other potentially dangerous substances found in deodorants and antiperspirants include parabens, propylene glycol, TEA & DEA, tricl...
Improvements in lithium ion (Li-ion) battery technology are helping to accelerate the worldwide market for electric vehicles (EVs). In the last few years, most automakers have shifted from nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries to Li-ion batteries. This shift represents a major endorse...
SUPRASTUDIO at the UCLA Architecture and Urban Design is an architecture educational research platform that is designed to advance experimentation in architecture in collaboration with other building construction and design disciplines. Each program is a one-year course of study that ...
latest news 21 May 2013 UK-GBC Members dominate Top 50 contractors 14 May 2013 UK-GBC responds to Green Deal assessment figures for April 2013 9 May 2013 UK-GBC members lead the way in AJ 100 rankings and awards Get involved How to join UK-GBC The Green Building Series Our courses Lea...
I am building a new home and looking for the best way to insulate. I think the spray foam is the best but also the most expensive. My builder is researching a new foundation water proof system called Enviro-Dri. does anyone have any experience with that or do you have another method y...
From Oscar-winning director to…shoe designer? Ben Affleck has teamed up with the do-gooders at TOMS to create series of African-textile-inspired kicks that benefit the Eastern Congo Initiative . Founded by the actor-filmmaker in 2010, the organization is the first U.S.-based advocacy ...
ack on May 10, Tishman Construction placed the final piece of 1 World Trade Center’s spire in place, finally topping out the tallest tower in the Western Hemisphere at its symbolic 1776-foot height. Now the major hurdle that’s left for the Port Authority (and its minority partner, the...
A humorous exhibition of kitsch ‘unwearable shoes’ by award-winning artist Anne Tilby entitled ‘Tortured Soles’ will open to the public on Wednesday 15 May in the heart of London’s Soho, and aims to subtly confront women’s fashion choices in wearing high-heels, given the potential hea...
Why did Brody choose to voice the ad? He said, “The bottom line is that we no longer can excuse the exploitation that exists in this world. Great apes are no exception. They are extremely sensitive, intelligent, and emotional beings. It’s sad that they’re still commonly used in televi...
If you can afford to hire an energy auditor, you won’t regret it. Not only will you then get a blower-door test Test used to determine a home’s airtightness: a powerful fan is mounted in an exterior door opening and used to pressurize or depressurize the house. By measuring the force ...
Prospective Aquaponic Growers - if you are thinking of getting into aquaponics, attend this conference to learn about how people use aquaponics, where people use aquaponics, and how you can use aquaponics to feed your family, feed a village, or produce a profit in a commercial farming...
Inductive charging is ridiculous anyway, you have to get it lined up just right and even then it's not as efficient as plugging-in. And how hard is plugging-in seriously, this is just Infiniti's way of delaying the car because in reality inductive charging is just a goofy gadget it's ...
In an experience that any sea turtle conservationist would classify as simply profound, 52 turtles rescued up and down the Atlantic coast were lined up along the sand in Jacksonville, Florida for a spectacular release that left volunteers and bystanders with tear-stained cheeks as the...
Publication : Electricity demand reduction consultation: AECB response to DECC AECB has drawn on member views and on Less is More to respond to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on this crucial issue. Download Document : (398 kB) Categories: Consultation Responses | A...
I was originally planning on dense-packing the trusses, but later realized that this was not going to be possible due to their depth, and was probably not desirable since the roof assembly was going to be unvented. Switching the design was costly, since the change didn’t occur until w...
UK-GBC Members dominate Top 50 contractors Date released: 21 May 2013 The league table of Top 50 contractors for March 2013 is dominated by UK-GBC members who have all got the new financial year off to a great start, winning a number of big contracts. Of the Top 50 contractors (by £m ...
Auch der Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI) warnt im Zusammenhang mit den von der EU geplanten Strafzöllen auf Photovoltaik-Importe aus China vor einer Eskalation des Konflikts im deutsch-chinesischen Handel. "Vor Einleitung von Anti-Dumping-Verfahren gegen China sollten alle...
Solar-Konzern REC: Strafzölle auf chinesische Photovoltaik-Produkte liegen nicht im Interesse Europas REC-Vertriebschef Graré lehnt Strafzölle ab: „Vordergründig steigt zwar die Nachfrage nach europäischen Modulen, gleichzeitig wird jedoch der Markt für Solarenergie insgesamt schrumpf...
Der Umbau des Stromnetzes in Deutschland schreitet langsam, aber kontinuierlich voran. Auf absehbare Zeit seien keine Engpässe in der Stromversorgung zu befürchten, so der der jüngste Wochenbericht des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin). „Der Ausbaubedarf wird ü...
