Tag: Eco-friendly practices

Gardening: For easy, effective weeding, go back to the hoe

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I’ll bet that in some corner of your toolshed or garage, an old hoe is leaning against a wall. A hoe that hasn’t seen...

Volkswagen tests electric cars, transit apps on Greek island

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ATHENS, Greece — German carmaker Volkswagen launched a five-year project Wednesday on the small Greek Aegean island of Astypalea to test the adoption of...

Turkey bans polyethylene plastic imports

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ISTANBUL — Turkey has banned the importation of ethylene polymer plastic waste as environmental groups sound the alarm on the world’s plastic consumption and...

Goodwill stores have a message: Please stop donating trash

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Broken furniture. Flashlights with leaking batteries. Disfigured Barbie dolls. Across the...

Biden plan would pick winners, losers in move to green jobs

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WASHINGTON — In Georgia, school bus-maker Blue Bird has visions of going from selling a few hundred electric buses annually to 15,000. In Michigan,...

Spain at last adopts promised law on becoming carbon neutral

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MADRID — Spain’s parliament approved a law on climate change and energy transition Thursday that belatedly brings the country into line with the European...

South Dakota pitcher’s prosthetic arm found at recycler

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A college baseball player from South Dakota whose prosthetic arm was stolen from his vehicle got it back Tuesday after...

3D-printed home in Dutch city expands housing options

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EINDHOVEN, Netherlands — Elize Lutz and Harrie Dekkers' new home is a 94-square meter (1,011-square foot) two-bedroom bungalow that resembles a boulder with windows. ...

3D printing’s new challenge: Solving the US housing shortage

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A new generation of startups wants to disrupt the way houses are built by automating production with industrial 3D printers. ...

Italy’s Draghi presenting ‘epochal’ virus recovery plan

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ROME — Italian Premier Mario Draghi is presenting a 222.1 billion euro ($268.6 billion) coronavirus recovery plan to Parliament on Monday, aiming to not...