TreeHugger Welcomes Mona Miri
Mona Miri has worked as a photographer for more than 10 years, translating her unique perspective of the environment onto traditional film and digital images. Having left her homeland of Iran as a...
View ArticleCoal Plant Shutdown a Long-Awaited Step in the Right Direction
It is a step towards victory for Massachusetts—a top official at Dominion Energy publicly announced the Salem power plant is expected to shut down in the next 5 years.
View ArticleEchoes of Disaster Reinforce the Importance of Renewables
Since the recent earthquake and tsunami tragedy in Japan, Nuclear facilities around the world have been on alert. Here in the US, we've had our own terrifying events, notably those that occurred at...
View ArticleA Legacy of Pollution at the Northport Power Station
The Northport Power Station—a natural gas and oil electrical power station located on Long Island New York—has been a significant landmark on the New York landscape. It is the largest oil-fired power...
View ArticleHow FibrEthik Promotes Fair Trade and Organic Practices in the Cotton Industry
Cotton is ubiquitous in modern life but the long trail between the fields in which the crop grows and the store at which a finished item is purchased is seldom considered.
View ArticleNumber One CO2 Emitter in the Northeast: Brayton Point Power Station
In Somerset Massachusetts sits the coal-fired Brayton Point Power Plant, which the EPA listed in January 2012 as the worst power plant station in the Northeast.
View Article7 Big East Coast Polluting Power Plants, Plus One Showing A Cleaner Way Forward
You may not be able to see the emissions in Mona Miri's photographs, but you can see where they're coming from.
View ArticleGretchen Jones on Leaving No Trace in Fashion (Interview)
The Project Runway alum tells TreeHugger what influences her creative process -- from music to books to the loss of her father.
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