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Haven't heard of Green Schools yet? You're about to.";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:37:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:115:"http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/green-apple-program-aims-be-pink-ribbon-green-schools-video.html";s:8:"category";s:8:"Business";s:7:"summary";s:178:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/how-to-go-green-back-to-school.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
Haven't heard of Green Schools yet? You're about to.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1329943020;}i:1;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:84:"Recycle All You Want, The Planet Won't Notice - A Video Interview with Gernot Wagner";s:4:"link";s:110:"http://www.treehugger.com/economics/recycle-all-you-want-planet-wont-notice-video-interview-gernot-wagner.html";s:11:"description";s:264:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/planet_globe.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
I sat down with the author of "But Will the Planet Notice?" to discuss how all of our recycling and composting isn't actually doing much to save the planet.";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:40:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:110:"http://www.treehugger.com/economics/recycle-all-you-want-planet-wont-notice-video-interview-gernot-wagner.html";s:8:"category";s:8:"Business";s:7:"summary";s:264:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/planet_globe.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
I sat down with the author of "But Will the Planet Notice?" to discuss how all of our recycling and composting isn't actually doing much to save the planet.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1329939600;}i:2;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:41:"Obama's Coming Gas Price War with the GOP";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/obamas-coming-gas-price-war-gop.html";s:11:"description";s:206:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/gas_prices.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
Gasoline prices are ticking upwards, the GOP is licking its chops, and Obama is bracing for a fight.";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:37:25 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:75:"http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/obamas-coming-gas-price-war-gop.html";s:8:"category";s:6:"Energy";s:7:"summary";s:206:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/gas_prices.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
Gasoline prices are ticking upwards, the GOP is licking its chops, and Obama is bracing for a fight.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1329863845;}i:3;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:72:"The True Politics of Climate Change: A Video Interview with Jon Krosnick";s:4:"link";s:109:"http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/true-politics-climate-change-video-interview-jon-krosnick.html";s:11:"description";s:230:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/congress_climate_capital.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
The Stanford psychologist and pollster explains why politicians aren't getting the message on climate change. ";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:45:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:109:"http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/true-politics-climate-change-video-interview-jon-krosnick.html";s:8:"category";s:8:"Business";s:7:"summary";s:230:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/congress_climate_capital.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
The Stanford psychologist and pollster explains why politicians aren't getting the message on climate change. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1329857100;}i:4;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:76:"Identity of 'DenialGate' Whistleblower Revealed. Is He a Hero or a Huckster?";s:4:"link";s:118:"http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/identity-denialgate-whistleblower-revealed-he-hero-or-huckster.html";s:11:"description";s:315:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/peter_gleick.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
The outspoken water and climate researcher admits that he used a false identity to nab the Heartland Institute documents. Now the question is: Is he a noble whistleblower or an ethically-challenged huckster?";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:22:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:118:"http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/identity-denialgate-whistleblower-revealed-he-hero-or-huckster.html";s:8:"category";s:8:"Business";s:7:"summary";s:315:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/peter_gleick.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
The outspoken water and climate researcher admits that he used a false identity to nab the Heartland Institute documents. Now the question is: Is he a noble whistleblower or an ethically-challenged huckster?";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1329841320;}i:5;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:88:"...Because We Live in a Time When People Must be Convinced to be "Pro-Mountain" (Video) ";s:4:"link";s:128:"http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/because-we-live-time-when-people-must-be-convinced-be-pro-mountain-video.html";s:11:"description";s:210:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/mountaintop-removal-inbreeding.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
A new ad campaign implores voters to end the practice of mountaintop removal mining.";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:04:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:128:"http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/because-we-live-time-when-people-must-be-convinced-be-pro-mountain-video.html";s:8:"category";s:8:"Business";s:7:"summary";s:210:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/mountaintop-removal-inbreeding.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
A new ad campaign implores voters to end the practice of mountaintop removal mining.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1329775440;}i:6;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:68:"1.5 Million Acres in the Gulf of Mexico Opened for Offshore Drilling";s:4:"link";s:102:"http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/15-million-more-acres-gulf-mexico-opened-offshore-drilling.html";s:11:"description";s:242:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/gulf_of_mexico.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
Mexico and the United States have agreed to open over a million acres on the boundary between the nations to oil and gas exploration";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:00:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:102:"http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/15-million-more-acres-gulf-mexico-opened-offshore-drilling.html";s:8:"category";s:6:"Energy";s:7:"summary";s:242:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/gulf_of_mexico.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
Mexico and the United States have agreed to open over a million acres on the boundary between the nations to oil and gas exploration";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1329771600;}i:7;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:48:"The Hypocrisy of Heartland's 'DenialGate' Denial";s:4:"link";s:104:"http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/hilarious-hypocrisy-heartlands-denialgate-denial.html";s:11:"description";s:260:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/heartland_denialgate_denial.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
The embarrassed climate change-denying think tank's frantic response to its leaked documents is the very definition of 'double standard'.";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:23:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:104:"http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/hilarious-hypocrisy-heartlands-denialgate-denial.html";s:8:"category";s:8:"Business";s:7:"summary";s:260:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/heartland_denialgate_denial.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
The embarrassed climate change-denying think tank's frantic response to its leaked documents is the very definition of 'double standard'.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1329769380;}i:8;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:73:"Leaked Docs Reveal How Top Think Tank Turns Oil Money Into Climate Denial";s:4:"link";s:119:"http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/climate-denial-machine-heartland-institute-leaks-internal-documents.html";s:11:"description";s:179:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/climate_denial_machine.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
Ever wonder how the climate denial machine works? Here's how!";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:38:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:119:"http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/climate-denial-machine-heartland-institute-leaks-internal-documents.html";s:8:"category";s:8:"Business";s:7:"summary";s:179:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/climate_denial_machine.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
Ever wonder how the climate denial machine works? Here's how!";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1329367080;}i:9;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:47:"12.4% of Europe Now Powered by Renewable Energy";s:4:"link";s:87:"http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/124-europe-now-powered-renewable-energy.html";s:11:"description";s:266:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/01/building-solar-array.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
A new report shows the European Union is continuing to make rapid progress in clean energy?the sector now employs more than 1 million workers as well.";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:49:26 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:87:"http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/124-europe-now-powered-renewable-energy.html";s:8:"category";s:6:"Energy";s:7:"summary";s:266:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/01/building-solar-array.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
A new report shows the European Union is continuing to make rapid progress in clean energy?the sector now employs more than 1 million workers as well.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1329259766;}i:10;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:55:"Happy Valentine's Day, Big Oil. Love, the GOP. (Photo) ";s:4:"link";s:95:"http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/happy-valentines-day-big-oil-love-gop-photo.html";s:11:"description";s:225:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/happy_valentines_day_big_oil.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
One Congressional staffer has some fun with a bill that's stuffed with goodies for the oil industry. ";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:95:"http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/happy-valentines-day-big-oil-love-gop-photo.html";s:8:"category";s:8:"Business";s:7:"summary";s:225:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/happy_valentines_day_big_oil.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
One Congressional staffer has some fun with a bill that's stuffed with goodies for the oil industry. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1329257880;}i:11;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:86:"Canada's Tar Sands: So Destructive It Makes Its Well-Paid Workers Want to Quit (Video)";s:4:"link";s:123:"http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/canadas-tar-sands-so-destructive-it-makes-its-well-paid-workers-want-quit-video.html";s:11:"description";s:295:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/20111026-alberta-tar-sands-mining.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
A Reddit user who quit his job at the Alberta tar sands project shares a video that demonstrates the devastation he was no longer willing to be complicit in causing. ";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:38:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:123:"http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/canadas-tar-sands-so-destructive-it-makes-its-well-paid-workers-want-quit-video.html";s:8:"category";s:6:"Energy";s:7:"summary";s:295:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/20111026-alberta-tar-sands-mining.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
A Reddit user who quit his job at the Alberta tar sands project shares a video that demonstrates the devastation he was no longer willing to be complicit in causing. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1329251880;}i:12;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:57:"Bill McKibben Talks Keystone XL on Colbert Report (Video)";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/bill-mckibben-talks-keystone-xl-colbert-report-video.html";s:11:"description";s:297:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/mckibben_colbert.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
On the heels of collecting over 600,000 signatures of citizens opposed to the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the environmental activist took to the Colbert Report to relay the message.";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:24:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:96:"http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/bill-mckibben-talks-keystone-xl-colbert-report-video.html";s:8:"category";s:6:"Energy";s:7:"summary";s:297:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/mckibben_colbert.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
On the heels of collecting over 600,000 signatures of citizens opposed to the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the environmental activist took to the Colbert Report to relay the message.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1329236640;}i:13;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:71:"Greenpeace Protests Coal & Mountaintop Removal Atop 400 Ft Power Plant ";s:4:"link";s:123:"http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/greenpeace-protests-coal-mountaintop-removal-atop-400-ft-power-plant-smokestack.html";s:11:"description";s:210:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/Asheville_coal_protest.JPG.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
The green activist group's stunt seeks to draw attention to the devastation wrought by coal.";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:25:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:123:"http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/greenpeace-protests-coal-mountaintop-removal-atop-400-ft-power-plant-smokestack.html";s:8:"category";s:6:"Energy";s:7:"summary";s:210:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/Asheville_coal_protest.JPG.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
The green activist group's stunt seeks to draw attention to the devastation wrought by coal.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1329171900;}i:14;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:41:"Obama's Budget Ups the Ante for Cleantech";s:4:"link";s:84:"http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/how-obamas-budget-ups-ante-cleantech.html";s:11:"description";s:254:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/solar-power-cell-phone-plan.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
The proposed 2013 budget would boost investment in clean energy technologies by 13% and grant an additional $350 million to ARPA-E.";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:10:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:84:"http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/how-obamas-budget-ups-ante-cleantech.html";s:8:"category";s:10:"Technology";s:7:"summary";s:254:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/solar-power-cell-phone-plan.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
The proposed 2013 budget would boost investment in clean energy technologies by 13% and grant an additional $350 million to ARPA-E.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1329163800;}i:15;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:74:"Opponents of Keystone XL Aim for 500,000 Anti-Pipeline Pledges in 24 Hours";s:4:"link";s:107:"http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/opponents-keystone-xl-aim-500000-anti-pipeline-pledges-24-hours.html";s:11:"description";s:265:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/no-kxl-24hrs.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
Green leaders issue a global, social media-based rallying call to push back against an effort to pass the tar sands oil pipeline through the Senate tomorrow.";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:27:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:107:"http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/opponents-keystone-xl-aim-500000-anti-pipeline-pledges-24-hours.html";s:8:"category";s:6:"Energy";s:7:"summary";s:265:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/no-kxl-24hrs.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
Green leaders issue a global, social media-based rallying call to push back against an effort to pass the tar sands oil pipeline through the Senate tomorrow.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1329161220;}i:16;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:75:"GE's New Hybrid Water Heater is Super-Efficient?and Manufactured in America";s:4:"link";s:129:"http://www.treehugger.com/economics/super-efficient-water-heater-first-new-product-roll-assembly-line-ge-appliances-50-years.html";s:11:"description";s:254:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/ge_appliance_park.jpeg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
The GeoSpring hybrid electric water heater is not only super-efficient, it's being made in America at a plant that has lay idle for decades.";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:06:02 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:129:"http://www.treehugger.com/economics/super-efficient-water-heater-first-new-product-roll-assembly-line-ge-appliances-50-years.html";s:8:"category";s:8:"Business";s:7:"summary";s:254:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/ge_appliance_park.jpeg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
The GeoSpring hybrid electric water heater is not only super-efficient, it's being made in America at a plant that has lay idle for decades.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1328911562;}i:17;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:45:"How to Break the Grip of Fossil Fuels (Video)";s:4:"link";s:88:"http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/how-break-grip-fossil-fuels-treehugger-msnbc.html";s:11:"description";s:315:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/dylan_screen_shot.png.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
I stopped by MSNBC's the Dylan Ratigan Show for the launch of the Defense Energy Project, and we discussed how to break the grip of Big Oil and unleash American innovation in the cleantech sector. Wath:";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:35:46 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:88:"http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/how-break-grip-fossil-fuels-treehugger-msnbc.html";s:8:"category";s:6:"Energy";s:7:"summary";s:315:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/dylan_screen_shot.png.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
I stopped by MSNBC's the Dylan Ratigan Show for the launch of the Defense Energy Project, and we discussed how to break the grip of Big Oil and unleash American innovation in the cleantech sector. Wath:";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1328798146;}i:18;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:116:"Fossil Fuel Subsidies Have Got To Go: Tune In for TreeHugger's Brian Merchant & MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan, Feb 8, 4pm ET";s:4:"link";s:110:"http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/dylan-ratigan-msbc-brian-merchant-treehugger-fossil-fuel-subsidies.html";s:11:"description";s:213:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/20120207-dylan-ratigan-fossil-fuels.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
Tune in to MSNBC tomorrow to watch me explain why fossil fuels are too damn cheap.";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:39:45 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:110:"http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/dylan-ratigan-msbc-brian-merchant-treehugger-fossil-fuel-subsidies.html";s:8:"category";s:6:"Energy";s:7:"summary";s:213:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/20120207-dylan-ratigan-fossil-fuels.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
Tune in to MSNBC tomorrow to watch me explain why fossil fuels are too damn cheap.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1328643585;}i:19;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:40:"Unearthing the True Cost of Fossil Fuels";s:4:"link";s:67:"http://www.treehugger.com/energy-policy/true-cost-fossil-fuels.html";s:11:"description";s:302:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/fossil_fuels_smoke.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
Fossil fuel company executives and D.C. politicians have long worked together to ensure coal and oil prices stay low enough to keep Americans hooked. Here's how we can break the addiction.";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:30:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:67:"http://www.treehugger.com/energy-policy/true-cost-fossil-fuels.html";s:8:"category";s:6:"Energy";s:7:"summary";s:302:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/fossil_fuels_smoke.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
Fossil fuel company executives and D.C. politicians have long worked together to ensure coal and oil prices stay low enough to keep Americans hooked. Here's how we can break the addiction.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1328617800;}i:20;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:59:"Windfall: Anti-Wind Documentary Looks Way Overblown (Video)";s:4:"link";s:95:"http://www.treehugger.com/culture/windfall-anti-wind-documentary-looks-way-overblown-video.html";s:11:"description";s:221:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/wind_fall_movie.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
The trailer for a documentary that purports to show the "dark side of wind power" plays more like propaganda. ";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:43:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:95:"http://www.treehugger.com/culture/windfall-anti-wind-documentary-looks-way-overblown-video.html";s:8:"category";s:6:"Living";s:7:"summary";s:221:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/wind_fall_movie.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
The trailer for a documentary that purports to show the "dark side of wind power" plays more like propaganda. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1328305380;}i:21;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:76:"NASA Image Shows New York City-Sized Glacier About to Split from Antarctica ";s:4:"link";s:113:"http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/nasa-image-shows-new-york-city-sized-glacier-about-split-antarctica.html";s:11:"description";s:222:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/crack_pine_glacier_new_york.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
This pic form NASA shows the deepening crack that will send a giant glacier lurching into the sea. ";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:44:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:113:"http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/nasa-image-shows-new-york-city-sized-glacier-about-split-antarctica.html";s:8:"category";s:7:"Science";s:7:"summary";s:222:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/crack_pine_glacier_new_york.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
This pic form NASA shows the deepening crack that will send a giant glacier lurching into the sea. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1328301840;}i:22;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:70:"Coal Industry Group Organizes Campaign to Harass Top Climate Scientist";s:4:"link";s:119:"http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/coal-industry-group-organizes-campaign-harass-top-climate-scientist.html";s:11:"description";s:191:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/climate_scientist_harass_campaign.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
The world just ain't a safe place for a scientist these days. ";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:07:07 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:119:"http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/coal-industry-group-organizes-campaign-harass-top-climate-scientist.html";s:8:"category";s:8:"Business";s:7:"summary";s:191:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/climate_scientist_harass_campaign.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
The world just ain't a safe place for a scientist these days. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1328299627;}i:23;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:89:"Scientist Authors of 'No Need to Panic About Global Warming' Op-ed Have Oil Industry Ties";s:4:"link";s:127:"http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/scientist-authors-no-need-panic-about-global-warming-op-ed-have-oil-industry-ties.html";s:11:"description";s:303:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/meltingglacier.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
Another revelation in the saga of the Wall Street Journal's roundly panned anti-climate change op-ed?it was written by industry-sponsored scientists who didn't disclose the fact in the article.";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:49:19 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:127:"http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/scientist-authors-no-need-panic-about-global-warming-op-ed-have-oil-industry-ties.html";s:8:"category";s:7:"Science";s:7:"summary";s:303:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/meltingglacier.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
Another revelation in the saga of the Wall Street Journal's roundly panned anti-climate change op-ed?it was written by industry-sponsored scientists who didn't disclose the fact in the article.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1328237359;}i:24;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:49:"Brad Pitt Thinks Cars are Dumb, and So Should You";s:4:"link";s:84:"http://www.treehugger.com/cars/brad-pitt-thinks-cars-are-dumb-and-so-should-you.html";s:11:"description";s:151:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/brad_pitt_cars.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
Brad Pitt is right. Cars are ridiculous. ";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:28:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:84:"http://www.treehugger.com/cars/brad-pitt-thinks-cars-are-dumb-and-so-should-you.html";s:8:"category";s:14:"Transportation";s:7:"summary";s:151:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/brad_pitt_cars.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
Brad Pitt is right. Cars are ridiculous. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1328236080;}i:25;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:36:"5% of California Now Powered by Wind";s:4:"link";s:105:"http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/wind-power-now-supplies-5-percent-californias-electricity.html";s:11:"description";s:164:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/california_wind_power_5_percent.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
And California is a biiiiiiig state. ";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:22:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:105:"http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/wind-power-now-supplies-5-percent-californias-electricity.html";s:8:"category";s:6:"Energy";s:7:"summary";s:164:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/california_wind_power_5_percent.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
And California is a biiiiiiig state. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1328120520;}i:26;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:80:"Top Climate Scientist Says Heat Waves in Texas & Moscow Caused by Global Warming";s:4:"link";s:118:"http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/top-climate-scientist-says-heat-waves-texas-moscow-caused-global-warming.html";s:11:"description";s:355:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/climate_scientist_drought_climate_change.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
Most climate scientists are reluctant to attribute a specific weather event to global warming. But NASA's Dr. James Hansen has released a paper linking the heat waves in Moscow and Texas to human-induced climate change.";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:27:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:118:"http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/top-climate-scientist-says-heat-waves-texas-moscow-caused-global-warming.html";s:8:"category";s:7:"Science";s:7:"summary";s:355:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/climate_scientist_drought_climate_change.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
Most climate scientists are reluctant to attribute a specific weather event to global warming. But NASA's Dr. James Hansen has released a paper linking the heat waves in Moscow and Texas to human-induced climate change.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1328117220;}i:27;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:82:"This Winter, Average Temps in U.S. Northeast are "at Least 5 Degrees Above Normal"";s:4:"link";s:112:"http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/winter-average-temps-us-northeast-are-least-5-degrees-above-normal.html";s:11:"description";s:194:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/hot_winter_2012.png.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
The U.S. Northeast is in midst of one of the warmest, least-snowy winter on record.";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:59:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:112:"http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/winter-average-temps-us-northeast-are-least-5-degrees-above-normal.html";s:8:"category";s:7:"Science";s:7:"summary";s:194:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/02/hot_winter_2012.png.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
The U.S. Northeast is in midst of one of the warmest, least-snowy winter on record.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1328115540;}i:28;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:90:"Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Installs Solar Panels on His Roof, Beats White House to the Punch";s:4:"link";s:126:"http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/abu-dhabis-crown-prince-installs-solar-panels-his-roof-beats-white-house-punch.html";s:11:"description";s:241:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/01/20120110-solar-panel-germany.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
The leader of one of the world's wealthiest oil states beats Obama to the punch in putting solar panels on his roof. ";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:49:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:126:"http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/abu-dhabis-crown-prince-installs-solar-panels-his-roof-beats-white-house-punch.html";s:8:"category";s:6:"Energy";s:7:"summary";s:241:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/01/20120110-solar-panel-germany.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
The leader of one of the world's wealthiest oil states beats Obama to the punch in putting solar panels on his roof. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1328050140;}i:29;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:85:"Senators Backing Keystone XL Bill Received $22 Million in Donations from Oil Industry";s:4:"link";s:121:"http://www.treehugger.com/energy-policy/senators-backing-keystone-xl-bill-received-22-million-donations-oil-industry.html";s:11:"description";s:300:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/big-oil-tax-dodgers.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
44 senators signed on to support a new bill that would push through the Keystone XL. And guess what? 44 senators got millions of dollars in campaign contributions from the oil industry.";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Brian Merchant";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:39:00 -0500";s:4:"guid";s:121:"http://www.treehugger.com/energy-policy/senators-backing-keystone-xl-bill-received-22-million-donations-oil-industry.html";s:8:"category";s:6:"Energy";s:7:"summary";s:300:"<img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/big-oil-tax-dodgers.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" />
44 senators signed on to support a new bill that would push through the Keystone XL. And guess what? 44 senators got millions of dollars in campaign contributions from the oil industry.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1328045940;}}s:7:"channel";a:6:{s:5:"title";s:21:"Brian Merchant's feed";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://www.treehugger.com/feeds/author/brian-merchant/";s:8:"language";s:5:"en-us";s:9:"copyright";s:30:"Copyright (c) 2012, TreeHugger";s:13:"lastbuilddate";s:31:"Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:37:00 -0500";s:7:"tagline";N;}s:9:"textinput";a:0:{}s:5:"image";a:0:{}s:9:"feed_type";s:3:"RSS";s:12:"feed_version";s:3:"2.0";s:8:"encoding";s:10:"ISO-8859-1";s:16:"_source_encoding";s:0:"";s:5:"ERROR";s:0:"";s:7:"WARNING";s:0:"";s:19:"_CONTENT_CONSTRUCTS";a:6:{i:0;s:7:"content";i:1;s:7:"summary";i:2;s:4:"info";i:3;s:5:"title";i:4;s:7:"tagline";i:5;s:9:"copyright";}s:16:"_KNOWN_ENCODINGS";a:3:{i:0;s:5:"UTF-8";i:1;s:8:"US-ASCII";i:2;s:10:"ISO-8859-1";}s:5:"stack";a:0:{}s:9:"inchannel";b:0;s:6:"initem";b:0;s:9:"incontent";b:0;s:11:"intextinput";b:0;s:7:"inimage";b:0;s:17:"current_namespace";b:0;}