Outlaw Chicken Keepers Keep the Faith in Nashville
Backyard chickens may be trendy, but in some cities they are still illegal. But that doesn't stop some would-be chicken keepers.
Tennessee Passes Law Allowing Creationism, Climate Denial to be Taught in Classroom
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Corporations Wrote a Law Requiring Climate Denial be Taught in School. Tennessee Just Passed It.
Would you let corporations decide how climate science gets taught in your kids' classroom? That's what's happening in Tennessee.
Sustainable Development, Smart Growth and Agenda 21 Now Illegal in Tennessee
Because everyone knows that bike paths are just the thin edge of the wedge. Next, they come for your cars.
Spring Back Now Recycles What Landfills & Other Recyclers Don't Want: Mattresses
Mattresses have plenty of reusable materials, but most recyclers don't want them. Landfills don't like them either. But a Tennessee nonprofit does.
Rare Flower Bounces Back From Presumed Extinction
The delicately hued petals and striking brown florets of Tennessee's purple coneflower once seemed fated to live on only in description, or as a ghostly sketch yellowing on the page of some dusty botanical volume, yet today it's
Bear's Head Freed From Jar After Three-Week Search
Late last month, when officer Shelley Hammonds of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency received word of an animal in distress, it might have sounded like a routine rescue operation. Witnesses described
Tennessee Valley Authority Expecting Nuctuplets
TVA and reactor-maker Babcock and Wilcox have agreed to work together to see if they can build up to 6 "small reactors." Nuctuplets, then? They can knock these
Biggest Financers of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Exposed
PNC, Citi, and UBS are the top three financial enablers of mountaintop removal coal mining, according to a new report by Rainforest Action Network and the Sierra Club that ranks ten of the world's largest banks.These
DIY Homes Using Recycled Pallet Wood - Appalachian Gothic Architecture (Video)
From a $50,000 portable recycled house to a tiny green egg house for Chinese students, TreeHugger has already offered plenty of posts that prove that green living doesn't have to mean high-end LEED certified luxury.
Nashville Underwater: Images from the City's Epic Flood (Slideshow)
After a storm hit Tennessee last Sunday and Nashville saw record-shattering rainfall, the Cumberland River swelled to overflowing and the city experienced an epic flood. As soon as it was safe, residents were out
Surprise! UT First To Electrify Bike Sharing in the U.S.
The obvious goodness of pairing pedal assist electric bikes with a bike sharing infrastructure is one of these great ideas whose time has come. In Tokyo, Sanyo recently installed 100 of their eneloop battery powered e-bikes at a "community" bike share
World's Largest Tree House Stands 10-Stories Tall
16 years ago, Horrace Burges had a divine vision, a calling from heaven. And, like the ark-crafting Noah before him, Horrace picked up a hammer and built a large wooden structure of his own--the world's largest tree house. At 10
Appalachian Coal Set For Big Decline, Protests & High Profile Debates or Not
Regardless of the outcome of high profile public debate--viz Waterkeeper Bobby Kennedy Jr v. Dirty Coal Don Blankenship smackdown tomorrow night at the University of Charleston--or vehement protest from the likes of youth
One Year Later, TVA Coal Ash Spill Problems Still Far From Over
Sad Anniversary digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/one-year-later-tva-toxic-coal-ash-spill-tennessee.php';A year ago, a massive coal ash spill took place in Tennessee. About 5.4 million cubic yards of ash ended up in a river and
Tennessee Town Passes Nation's First Green Food Resolution
Beating out New York City, the small Tennessee town of Signal Mountain is the first in the nation to pass a Green Food Resolution. But, just what does a Green Food Resolution mean for farmers, consumers, and
8 Celebrity Eco-Businesses We Can't Stop Talking About
While we've seen many celebrities jumping on the green bandwagon, we've also seen them doing it for the real deal. Many have been eco-conscious for years--some are just realizing how important it is to promote a sustainable
The war on cars is over, if you want it
Todd Litman calls the war on cars a bad joke. He gives us a lot of ammunition in the fight to end it.
Hamilton, Ontario, gets "urban pumper" right-sized for urban streets
The city is getting bike lanes and light rail transit, and their new apparatuses are chosen to better fit the streetscape.
Flower-like wave energy turbines could power the coasts of Japan
The wave energy generators would help to both generate power and dissipate the power of the waves crashing against the shore.
Rugged wave power tech could power coastal communities
The new wave energy harvester will be utility scale and tough enough to need little maintenance, even in rough seas.
Old fishing trawler becomes wave power plant
The Norwegian ship has been given a new clean energy life.
World's largest tidal energy power plant (269 turbines) to begin construction in Scotland
When you think about it, it's really Moon power!
NASA wants YOU to come up with the best wave energy technology
The agency is offering up open source modeling software to scientists, engineers and garage inventors too.
Whatever happened to: wave power? Why is it so far behind wind and solar?
This promising source of clean energy is facing an uphill battle.
Swimmers create enough wave power to keep the lights on
A student at Wake Forest University is testing wave energy technology for capturing the power in pool laps.
World's first hybrid wind/current generator could generate double the power
A new kind of hybrid generator promises to double the power output for the same surface area, by also harvesting energy from ocean currents.
Concept for smarter wave power device a winner in GE's Ecomagination Challenge
The company says this system is simpler than other wave devices that need to be finely tuned to the waves to pick up their energy.
Wave Power to Prove Its Mettle with 30 Megawatts to be Built Off Mexico's Coast
Wave power is the oft-forgotten cousin of solar and wind power. It has huge potential, but it is not quite as far along as the better known sources of clean power, so it tends to be overlooked.
Architectural Sand Castles are Geometric Wonders
These sand "castles" are not your usual holiday beach creations.
Solar and Wave-Powered Wave Glider Survives Hurricane Sandy, Transmits Dramatic Weather Data
The wave glider created by Iquid Robotics has passed quite a test for robustness. It coasted through the superstorm and provided real time weather data nonstop.
Queen's Crown Estate Identifies 180GW of Potential Marine Power
The Crown Estate is Britain's largest landowner, and it owns an awful lot of coastline. It is also very interested in the potential for marine power.
Beach Artists Use the Sand as Their Canvas
Sand castles are so yesterday, large-scale sand art is the thing to try.
Feds Grant Ocean Power Technologies Permit to Build First Commercial Wave Farm in U.S.
Wave power is a promising source of clean energy, but it is usually overlooked because wind and solar power are farther along.
Tidal Power Could Inject £3 Billion Each Year Into UK Economy
By 2050 wave and tidal power could supply 11% of current UK electricity demand.
Wave-Powered "Dolphin Speaker" Could Let Us Talk to Dolphins
Scientists have developed a piezoelectric speaker that can playback the full frequency range of dolphin sounds, getting us closer to human-dolphin communication.
Wave Power ‘Sea Snake’ Inventor Honored
An inventor has been awarded for his novel technology for generating energy with waves.
Artist uses the beach as canvas for his ephemeral sand art (Photos)
Andres Amador etches large intricate and organic patterns on beaches along the coast of California, with a rake as his paintbrush.
Turning Water Into Electricity, Students Into Renewable Energy Experts
A hydropower turbine has the potential to not only create energy, but has also sparked the creation of both a renewable energy company and a renewable energy education program in Maine.
New Wave Energy Device Could See 200 Commercial Units in the Next Five Years
The Searaser takes a novel approach to wave energy generation. New owners Ecotricity - pioneers of wind power in Britain - are aiming for mass deployment in the next five years.
Alexis Madrigal on Powering the Dream (Podcast)
Wind turbines, solar cells, wave power. If you think these are newfangled technologies, think again. They were fangled long ago, and their story is the meat of Alexis Madrigal's new book, Powering the Dream. Madrigal (a senior editor at The Atlantic and
The healthy and the wealthy waste the most food in the US
A new study is the first to identify and analyze the level of food waste for actual households.
A setback for CLT in the UK thanks to building code changes
After a tragic fire caused by plastics, the British building code banned wood in exterior walls. This is a step in the wrong direction.
Cycling commissioners in UK call painted bike lanes a waste of money
But alas, nobody seems to listen to cycling commissioners in the UK.
British engineer builds a house with (almost) no heating
Max Fordham's house is "simple and practical" and mostly all natural.
Should all professional associations in the construction industries declare a climate emergency?
Architects, engineers, landscape architects and urban planners all have a role to play and should be acting now.
How the Extinction Rebellion built the best Garden Bridge
No complex masterplans, they simply deleted the cars and invited the public to come and play.
Chanel ditches furs and animal skins
No more crocodile skin handbags. Chanel is going cruelty-free in all future collections.
Los Angeles wants to ban the sale of fur
City council voted unanimously this week to support a ban.
That fake fur might actually be real
A new report from the UK government calls on retailers to do a better job at identifying what they're selling.