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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Trash Shoes Can Dunk Nike's Trash Talk basketball shoe is just as high-performing as its best shoes -- it can play in the NBA -- but it's made from leftover leather and synthetic leather, foam, and rubber. And it just won Best in Show at the annual International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), a prize handed out to the iPhone ...
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Photo via Wallpapers Arena Hayden Panettiere made her love for sea mammals clear when she joined with other protesters to stop a dolphin hunt in Japan, but she's proved herself as a hero to flying animals as well as swimmers; click through to see why--and for the rest of the week's best celebrity green news. ... Read the full ...
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Plant DNA 'barcodes' can help identify plants quickly and easily, without requiring an on-site visual ID from a botanist. Photo by Victoria Porter via Flickr.com. After four years of research, scientists have decided on a standard 'DNA barcode' for identifying plants. It sounds cool, if you like science (which I do), but is it perhaps one of those findings ...
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Diesel crop irrigation pump. Image credit: BEI International Today we are an oil-based civilization, one that is totally dependent on a resource whose production will soon be falling. Since 1981, the quantity of oil extracted has exceeded new discoveries by an ever-widening margin. In 2008, the world pumped 31 billion barrels of oil but discovered fewer than 9 billion ...
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photo: Mike via flickr It's only been a short while that you could actually participate in the Cash for Clunkers program -- four days in fact -- but response was so overwhelming that the program has already depleted its $1 billion budget, Raw Story reports: ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read more here: Cash For Clunkers Breaks Its ...
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Image via Carbon Gold Today the world's first biochar methodology has been published for public consultation by the Voluntary Carbon Standard . This ground breaking paper has been submitted by the UK based biochar project developers Carbon Gold . They are confident that their methodology will help create an ethical and sustainable structure for a potential biochar offsetting industry. ...
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image: Solar Sailor Holdings I have to say that usually when I hear about a solar-powered boat I'm a bit skeptical -- often the solar power is just used for lighting or other equipment and not propulsion -- but not so with Kong Kong's four new solar-powered ferries. Solar power will supply three-quarters of their power, with liquid petroleum ...
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Photo credits Lundberg Design and Streetsblog via Jetson Green Preston at Jetson Green calls it "an interesting collaboration of five different organizations: San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc., Lundberg Design , 3Form , and Konarka ." They are lovely things with Konarka flexible photovoltaics ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Original post: Wavy Solar Transit ...
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Photo via Valley Vistas As you hopefully know by now, August is a special month round these parts. That's because it's Blue August - a month of not only a focus on all things marine here on TreeHugger, but also a month of awesome TV programming and online content on everything related to water over at sister site Planet ...
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photo: netlancer2006 via flickr India may still maintain it will not accept binding emissions targets , but it's sure stepping up on solar power , and now on carbon storage through forest preservation. Reuters... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the original: India to Spend $200 Million on Forest Conservation & Preservation - All For Carbon Storage
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The office building, going for LEED Platinum, is built on top of a brick factory from another era. It rises to the challenge. Go here to read the rest: The Centre For Green Cities At Evergreen Brickworks Demonstrates How To ...
"The stakes are very high and scientists are not the best people to deal with the social, ethical or political issues that geoengineering raises." View original here: Geoengineering is a Technical Fix for a Political Problem
