2:48 pm in bicycles, bikes, Design & Architecture, minnesota by TreeHugger
The Twin Cities on Two Wheels
Nice Ride MN, Minesota's great bike sharing program, is growing up fast. There are already a good number of bike stations (
as you can see on this map), but they are expanding: They started last year with 65 stations and 700 bikes, and this year they're planning to end up with around 115 stations and 1,200 bikes. Reception has been good so far, and only one bike has been stolen (not bad compared to other public bike sharing programs). Check out...
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7:05 pm in animals rights, Business & Politics, connecticut, minnesota, usa, wisconsin by TreeHugger
Crash-Tested 2010 Hyundai Tucson GLS IIHS Image credit:
Wikipedia
DNA testing of cougar crap left along a 1,055-mile trail has established that a young male Puma walked all the way from South Dakota to New England in search of a mate. The poor cat's epic journey (9 lives for 9 states?) ended when he was run over by a car in
Milford Connecticut. The impetus for his journey, it is reported, most likely was his mom driving him out of her territory in the Black Hills of Sout...
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10:42 am in animals, cooling, florida, minnesota, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger
Photo: M Glasgow under a Creative Commons license.
With an unprecedented spike in temperatures
breaking records all over the country, humans aren't the only ones feeling the heat. But just as humans have come up with lot of
ways to keep cool, tigers at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay an...
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11:25 am in Business & Politics, congress, economics, minnesota by TreeHugger
Stillwater, Minn. Photo: Dave Gingrich under a Creative Commons license.
In 2009,
we congratulated Congress and President Obama on extending the
National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, forbidding development that would change the wild or scenic nature of designated rivers.
But now, Congress is debating a bill,
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