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'Global Cooling' Meme to Finally be Banished by Record High Temps
UAH-3-10.gif Image via NOAA Hottest January in Satellite Record Followed by 2nd Hottest February In February, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration reported that last January was the hottest January in the satellite records. Then, last February was confirmed to be the second hottest in the satellite records. And now? Well, the trend appears to be continuing: record-breaking temperatures have already been recorded in the first half of M...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Today on Planet 100: Fat Government (Video)
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New Study on Butterflies Links Warming Climate to Human Activities
butterfly cocoon photo Photo via internets_dairy It's no surprise to hear that butterflies are emerging earlier than usual - we've been witnessing that for several years now. But Researchers from the University of Melbourne have looked at the ever earlier emergence of butterflies is due to a climate being warmed by greenhouse gasses, and they state that not only are the results the first concrete evidence of a link between greenhouse gases and the timing of a natural event, but that it also shows t...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Color E Ink Coming This Year, Thanks In Part to Apple's iPad
e-reader ces photo e-Reader device with both e-paper and LCD color displays shown off at CES 2010 E Ink has been among the leaders in color electronic ink displays, and the new head of the company, Prime View International (the company that recently took over E Ink) executive VP T.H. Peng, states that larger color displays will be out on the market by the end of 2010. This is the next generation of e-readers, one that will help push low power, full color displays into the lime light as magazines make their move from paper to digital. After all, it wouldn't be much fun to read your latest fashion mag on a monochrome Kindle. Interestingly enough, the company sta...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Prescribed Burns May Reduce the US Carbon Footprint
northern california wildfire photo Firefighters face a wildfire in Northern California. Image credit: mattspinner/Flickr Every summer, wildfires rage across the western and southern regions of the United States. These fires threaten homes, animals, and ecosystems, and they are also responsible for something else: carbon emissions. For decades, the primary strategies for dealing with these fires has been to prevent them at all costs then contain them when they erupt. New research, ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Details of New Kerry-Graham-Lieberman Energy Reform Bill Leaked
new-climate-bill-kerry-graham.jpg Photo via Senatus Ever since clean energy reform legislation faded far, far into the background during the last months' health care reform brouhaha, all we've had to go on have been the occasional reminder that Senators Kerry (D-MA), Graham (R-SC) and Lieberman (I-CT) were still indeed working on crafting a bipartisan effort to spur clean energy growth and create green jobs. Now, at long last, some concrete details of their bill has leaked. Here's what bipartisan clean energy...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Networked Traffic Lights Could Save Time, Fuel, and Lives
traffic-lights-sky-photo-0001.jpg Photo: Flickr, CC Dumb Traffic Lights are so Passé After smart grids, smart sewage and smart lights, here comes the smart traffic lights. To be fair, many lights already have some sensors and can adju...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Springtime Means: Adorable Aquatic Baby Animal Photos (Slideshow)
fur seal pup photo Photo via wilihybrid When it comes to baby animal photos, we really can't get enough. But not only is it springtime -- and therefore cute baby animals are on the brain -- but World Water Day is approaching (March 22nd). So we figured we'd bring you photos of some of the cutest aquatic animals you've ever seen -- starting with this Galapagos sea lion pup. Click through for a whole lot more loveableness: Springtime Me...<a href=Read the full story on TreeHugger

Proposal for Worldwide Ban on Polar Bear Trade Defeated
polar-bear-trade.jpg Photo via Cobbers A ban backed by the United States to ban the international trade of polar bear skins, teeth and claws at the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species has been shot down, due to opposition led by Canada and Norway. The US argued that the international trade of the bear parts was damaging populations that are already endangered by habitat loss caused by climate change. And yet. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Goodone Creates Sexy Figurehugging Knits for Upcycled AW10 Collection (Photos)
Goodone AW10 Collection photo London Fashion Week may have finished a few weeks ago, but we're still enjoying the prospects of the AW10 ethical collections, such was the high quality on offer. Of course we loved Christopher Raeburn's and Ada Zanditon's amazing designs, but there was one more label that stood out from the Read the full story on TreeHugger