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Leader of the Australia Greens, Bob Brown, called the election a "greenslide."
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Welcome to Planet 100 for August 25, 2010. Here's what we're covering today.
WATCH VIDEO: The Great Australian Greenslide
Australia Votes Green
Though Australia faces it's first hung parliament in 70 years, the Australia Greens grabbed the balance of power in what their leader Bob Brown called a "greenslide."
Voters in Saturday's election were faced with a choice: well meaning, but environmentally inept incumbent Labor Party versus the Liberal National Party coalition whose leader, Tony Abbott, had famously declared that climate change was crap. As it turned out, two million Australians voted for the Australian Greens who have always maintained that a carbon tax is the only way to effectively deal with climate change.
Via: Treehugger
Test Driving the ZAP 3-Wheeler
Damien Somerset reports from the Progressive Automotive X Prize on the speedy ZAP car. It doesn't look like other cars currently on the road, but it's designer believes it's time to add some variety to a market that has become "boring."
China's Chopstick Ban
China's Ministry of Commerce has had it with disposable chopsticks. The reason? 45 billion disposable pairs of chopsticks are being made every year, requiring the felling of an estimated 100 acres of trees every 24 hours, a huge hit to China's carbon footprint.
Via: Treehugger
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Bob Brown Australia ©Getty Images
Australia parliament © Guy Vanderelst/Getty Images
Tony Abbott ©AP Photo/Patrick Hamilton
Australian voters ©Getty Images
ZAP car – Damien Somerset
Chopsticks ©JupiterImages/Thinkstock
Tree cutting China ©Getty Images
