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New Mercedes-Benz A-Class Unveiled: 50 MPG, But Not For-Sale in U.S.

Why is it that so many automakers keep their greener cars out of North-America? Is it that their more efficient models tend to run on diesel, an issue in America both because of strict clean-air requirements and preconceived notions about diesel as a dirty, noisy alternative to gasoline? Or is it simply because gasoline is so much more expensive in Europe than it is in America? Whatever the reason, Mercedes-Benz, which is already …

Diller Wins Break-Up Battle In Court

Barry Diller won a court battle today against Liberty Media’s John Malone. Now Diller can finally go ahead with his plan to break up InterActive Corp. into five pieces—HSN, Ticketmaster, Lending Tree, Interval International, and the new IAC (Ask.com, Bloglines, Citysearch, Evite, iWon, Match.com, BustedTees, Vimeo, GarageGames, and CollegeHumor). Malone, IAC’s largest shareholder, [...]

Download a Chapter of the TreeHugger Book

We’ve blogged and we’ve blogged. Now, we’re taking it offline. The TreeHugger book, Ready, Set, Green: Eight Weeks to Modern Eco-Living will hit store shelves in May. But our pal David Bach at Finish Rich just couldn’t wait another minute for a preview of our work. So he asked us to make a chapter of the book available by download, and we were happy to oblige.

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Clever WWF Posters from Around the World

Here are some WWF posters from around the world. Most have to do with endangered species, poaching, deforestation, global warming and pollution.

More after the jump….

Increased Knowledge About Global Warming = Apathy?

Knowledge may be power, but when it comes to global warming, it seems that the more you know, the less you care, at least according to one recent study published in the journal Risk Analysis.

After polling 1,093 Americans over the phone, researchers found that high levels of confidence in scientists resulted in a decreased sense of responsibility for global warming.

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Take a Dive In a Virtual Dumpster

TreeHugger knows there’s an art and a science to dumpster diving, and, even though one person’s garbage can often be someone else’s treasure, the idea of rooting through the trash isn’t everyone’s (free) cup of tea, even when there are things like million dollar paintings lurking beneath aging banana peels and chicken bones.

Enter Virtual Dumpsters, a

Book Review: World Made By Hand by Jim Kunstler

First time I ever saw a trailer for a book.

James Howard Kunstler is a controversial character and a bit of a crank, but his writings on Suburbia and then his book on life after oil, the Long Emergency, have all impressed me. (you can read a short article with his views of

Hybrid Merri-Go-Round Water Pump Saves Lives in Africa

Tell a kid to do some work, like clean their room or take out the garbage, and they roll their eyes and run in the other direction. If you’re living in a rural village in Africa, Mom might ask you to walk 2 miles for a bucket of water. What do you do?

Why go to play of course! …

No Recession for Wind Power Industry

Many industries are currently worried about their short to medium-term prospects. Not the wind power industry, apparently. The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) forecasts a 155% growth, with installed capacity reaching 240 gigawatts by 2012.

Part of the optimism is due to the fact that both the U.S. and Chinese markets for wind power are growing faster than was expected only a year ago, and the growing Chinese manufacturing capacity for wind turbines is also helping. Things are changing so fast, maybe even these new forecasts will later turn out not to have been optimist enough….

Reality Digital Raises $6.3 Million Series B

Everybody wants to get in on social networking and user-generated video. Reality Digital, a white-label YouTube that lets media sites add video-uploading and social-networking features, raised $6.3 million in a series B financing. OpenView Venture Partners was the sole investor in the round. The company previously raised $2 million in a series [...]