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EPA & DOT Propose Clearer, More Colorful Fuel Economy Labels

30 August 2010

Epa dot labels image Image: EPA Making Guzzlers Stand Out Even More One way to nudge people into making better decisions is to make it easier to compare different products and services. There are still many people out there who have no idea if 16 MPG is a good or bad, but if they saw a big red "D" on a sticker, they might be tempted to find a vehicle with a better grade. That's the goal behind new fuel economy labels proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT). Read on for more details.... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Commercial Palm Oil Production in Southeast Asia Violating Indigenous Peoples' Rights: New Survey

30 August 2010

palm oil photo photo: Forest Peoples Programme Take this one as reinforcement of what plenty of environmental NGOs have been saying for some time: The commercial palm oil industry in Indonesia and Malaysia is trampling the rights of indigenous people and destroying rainforests as it rapidly expands. A new report from the Forest Peoples Programme details the damage.... Read the full story on TreeHugger

IPCC Did Good Work But Needs Fundamental Reforms, Review Concludes

30 August 2010

IPCC report cover image image: IPCC Though the Nobel Peace Prize-winning IPCC has done good work in its past assessments of climate change science, an independent review of the way the organization operates says "fundamental reforms" are needed-- among those are shorter terms for the organization's chair and establishing an executive director to oversee operations and act as spokesperson. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Top 15 Augmented Reality iPhone Apps for Greener Living

30 August 2010

augmented reality apps image Image via hollaa01 Augmented reality is here. If you're unsure of what that is, think of the Terminator movies when they showed you what it was like to look at the world through the robot's eyes, and all the data about whatever he was looking at popped up over the image. It's a tool that we really love around here because it can be used for so many green purposes. Already becoming widely useful for navigating p... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Better Place is Testing Battery-Swapping in Tokyo

27 August 2010

better place tokyo photo Photo: Better Place 59 Seconds Average Swapping Time Better Place, in collaboration with the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Nihon Kotsu Co., Tokyo's largest taxi operator, has been doing real-world testing of a battery-swapping station in Tokyo. The trial, which started last April and has just been extended until November, aims to determine the "feasibility of battery switch as means for taxis to have instant, zero emission, range extension."... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Men Waste £2,000 in Fuel While Lost Because They Won't Ask for Directions

30 August 2010

road map lost image Image: Google Maps 276 Extra Miles Per Year on Average According to a study by British insurer Sheilas' Wheels (watch out for the bright pink website), men waste about £2,000 in fuel over their lifetime because they won't ask for directions when they are lost, leading to an average of 276 extra miles being driven per year. Definitely not green...... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Robotic Plants Serve an Altruistic Purpose (Video)

30 August 2010

robotic clover photo Photo via Designboom Japanese artist Akira Nakayasu's specialty is robotic plants. He creates things like sunflowers that react to human movement, making the flower seem to communicate with the people around it. His latest work is called "Plant," an interactive piece that was inspired by grass blowing in the wind. With 169 artificial leaves that react independently to the presence of a human's body, such as a hand waving over it, the unarguably interesting and relatively cool piece begs the question, "What's the point?"... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Fertilizer Runoff Linked to Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity

29 August 2010

Stormwater runoff rich in fertilizer may be more toxic than previously thought photo Image: eutrophication&hypoxia's photostream, Flickr Natural human optimism leads one to hope that hazardous chemicals wastes discarded by humans are broken down in the natural environment, until they are once again harmless. When scientists concern themselves with this process, it is usually to study the extent to which toxic chemicals harm the environment before they are finally degraded, or to measure the impacts of the degradation process, such as Read the full story on TreeHugger

Tobacco Plants Chemically Summon Insects to Defend Themselves Against Caterpillar Attack

27 August 2010

tobacco leaves photo photo: minnemom via flickr I admit there's no direct connection between this next one and sustainability, but from a science perspective it's just too interesting to pass by: New research shows that tobacco plants have evolved a "chemical SOS" signal that attracts insect predators when caterpillars are eating their leaves. Like TreeHugger said back in 2007, Plants, they're smarter than you think...... Read the full story on TreeHugger

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