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Anti-Nuclear Protest Uses Bikes, Boats and a Mock Evacuation of NYC (Photos)

2:39 pm in activism, bike, boats, clean energy, nuclear power, Take Action by TreeHugger

bike-protest-indian-point-nyc-2.jpg Photo Courtesy of Michael Natale, GammaBlog At 7:45 yesterday morning, a group of cyclists rode from Manhattan's Lower East Side to Grand Central Terminal. They were activists, wearing white jumpsuits painted with anti-nuclear slogans and pinwheels tacked on the hoods to represent clean energy. This ride was the first stage in a day of events that included a mock evacuation and a boat ride up the Hudson, calling for the shut down Indian Point, the aging nuclear power plant just 35 miles from New York City....Read the full story on TreeHugger

5 Great Ways To Get People To Ride Bicycles To Work

10:00 am in bicycling, bike, bike friendly world, bikes, Cars & Transportation by TreeHugger

Bike To Work Day photoPhoto credit: A. Streeter. It's Bike to Work day! But in light of some rather gloomy statistics about who's actually getting on bikes in a recent report by John Pucher and Ralph Buehler, we thought it might be great to highlight some of the most effective ways out there to more men, and also more women and more children riding. And it's not all about money, though some of the most effective methods do come down to dollars and sense. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger