Photo via the New Republic It's a widely held notion that politicians have long been in the pocket of Big Oil. And there's good reason for that perception: oil companies' huge campaign donations, vast lobbying power, and close ties to politicians have ensured that their taxes remain low , that hidden subsidies are around to provide extra funding, and that they receive preferential treatment in US energy policy. But there could be a new, ... View original post here: The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
So there really isn't anything that deep to this image. It's just a (more or less) life-sized blue whale eye. And on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society site you can educate yourself/be mesmerized/ waste some time for a while staring at it while the entire life-sized animal scrolls across your browser window. Believe me, it's way cooler than you might think:... Read more from the original source: Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
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Hunting Threatened Species Hunting for food certainly isn't always bad - especially compared to factory farming - even if hunting has a big impact on animal populations . But if it includes hunting animals that are considered threatened or near-threatened by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, it just pisses us off (especially if you flew from the ...
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A man stands in front of a centuries-old tree in Yosemite National Park. Photo by Buddhika Gammudali via Flickr.com. There's no denying the splendor of the giant trees that grace the west coast. But even giants aren't impervious to climate change, it seems. Just as Yosemite's glaciers are disappearing, so too are the trees. An examination of data collected ...
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photo: Ben Britten via flickr. With all the recent wrangling over whether emissions from land-use changes ought to be included in determining which biofuels are truly low-carbon fuel sources, this next one is very much apropos: New research done at the Joint Global Change Research Institute shows that including carbon emissions from deforestation ... Original post: All Unmanaged Forests Gone ...
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Photo: Tesla Of Loose Bolts and Recalls Nothing's easy for Tesla. They just issued a recall for 345 electric Roadsters (according to our friends at Autobloggreen , they're even going to make house calls and fix the cars at their customers' homes). The problem is with some rear bolts that were improperly assembled (not torqued enough). But before commenters ...
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Two guys, who used to work for Planet Bike , whom we profiled recently, have since set up Portland Design Works (PDW). Their mission: We want to see more people view bikes as transportation rather than toys. As the ever observant Wend Magazine recently espied, Portland Design Works are making bicycle fenders (aka mud guards) from 100% post-consumer recycled ...
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Photo of Syracuse University by Daquella manera IBM and Syracuse University are pairing up to build a new data center that will use 50% less energy than current data centers. At least, that's the goal. Analyzing everything from energy generation techniques to the hardware and software, they hope to build over the next six months a brand new $12.4 ...
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image: Wikipedia At first thought most of us tend to think of the oceans really only getting massively depleted of fish with the dawn of industrial fishing in the latter half of the last century. But as Fred Pearce points out in a new article for New Scientist , that's not the case—humans have had a major impact on ...
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Matador Life is about people in their hometowns, how they represent where they’re from, and what we can learn from each of the unique places we inhabit. Amongst the portraits of people’s hometowns and profiles of individuals strongly rooted in their communities, you’ll find bike-related content, such as The World’s 15 Most Bike Friendly Cities, 6 Reasons to Go ...
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Image via GreenMap We've been watching the development of Open Green Map for awhile now, and the eco-minded mapping system is finally gearing up for an official world-wide launch on World Environment Day (June 5, in case you forgot). Click through for why you need to have this bookmarked when you travel. ... See original here: Open Green Map Launching ...
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Image of sinking ship via BBC video Sunken ships can make for some pretty great habitat for sea life, providing good structure for corals or plant life to grow upon, which leads to a whole diverse ecosystem sprouting up. That's what Florida hopes to see, and hopes to capitalize on, when sinking an old battleship off the coast.... Continued ...
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Wasn't this thing supposed to lower gas prices and create like 10 million jobs? Read the original: Ol' Keystone XL Will Raise Gas Prices After All: New Report
The answer to the problem of pressure treated lumber is vinegar. Originally posted here: Perennial Wood Lasts At Least 25 Years Without Toxic Chemical Treatment
