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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

Basketball on an Aircraft Carrier: Sports in Strange Places

5:09 am in almosts, boats, Business & Politics, Cars & Transportation, competition, reusability, sporting goods by TreeHugger

css vinson photo Photo: navsource Basketballs aweigh! There seems to be a trend for sports in strange places. Call it marketing, call it wretched excess, call it college football on the aircraft carrier used to bury Osama bin Laden at sea. The Carrier Classic will feature Michigan State playing the University of North Carolina on Veterans Day, November 11, on the top deck of the USS Carl Vinson which will be moored off the coast of the U.S. Naval Base in San Diego. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Pollution in Paradise: Turkey’s Ölüdeniz At Risk

8:30 am in boats, oceans, pollution, tourism, Travel & Nature, turkey by TreeHugger

oludeniz turkey beach lagoon mediterranean photo Aerial view of Ölüdeniz, Turkey. Photo: Dan Taylor / Creative Commons. With its crescent of white sand framing a blue lagoon, the Mediterranean town of Ölüdeniz has long been considered one of the most paradisiacal spots on Turkey's increasingly built-up coastline. But growing concerns about pollution in the area have come to a head recently, leadin...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Jumping Gulf Sturgeon Injuring Florida Boaters (Video)

1:47 pm in boats, fish, florida, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

photo gulf sturgeon jumping florida Image Credit: FWC This is happening in Florida, and involves flying sturgeon, not Asian carp. As highlighted by the trustworthy news source fishingcrap.blogspot.com: The recent injury of two boaters by jumping gulf sturgeon brings the toll to 11 in the state this summer, according to more established news sources like The Gainesville Sun. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Artist Creates a Floating Garden Habitat for Wildlife

5:02 am in artists, boats, conservation, Culture & Celebrity, Travel & Nature, wilderness by TreeHugger

other view photo Photo: B. Alter In the heart of the east end of London, a floating habitat for wildlife has appeared. It's drifting in a stretch of the Regent's Canal, in a peaceful, newly designed park for City workers. For the next year this floating park/nest/shelter will meander around the basin, gathering residents. One duck has moved in already....Read the full story on TreeHugger

Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan’s ‘Crazy Project’ for Istanbul: Building a Second Strait

4:35 pm in boats, Business & Politics, cities, transportation, turkey, urban planning by TreeHugger

Kanal istanbul canal crazy project turkey image Map showing the estimated location (left) of the proposed Istanbul Canal, roughly parallel to the Bosphorus Strait (right). Image: Istanbul Municipality. A day out on a pleasure boat on Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait typically involves plenty of close-up views of massive tankers transiting between the Marmara and the Black Sea. It's a sight the Turkish prime minister wants to abolish, by carrying out his recently ann...Read the full story on TreeHugger