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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Photo via Shoot the Messenger NYC Okay, I'm sick of the climate bill, too . But when I stumbled upon this little ditty, courtesy of Auto Tune the News , I had to share it (though maybe you've heard it already). I mean, it's Pelosi, Michelle Bachmann, and House Minority Leader John Boehner 'singing' about the climate bill. And ...
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photo: Phillip Capper via flickr We all know that the state of the world's fisheries is pretty dire, with overfishing rampant and fish stock collapse likely in many places if something isn't done about it. A new paper in the journal Science gives some hope, saying that management efforts to prevent overfishing are working. H... Read the full story ...
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Image via McKinsey Energy efficiency is always touted at the primary (and easiest) option for saving both money and the environment. Yet so many people are slow to latch on. Perhaps a new figure put out by the latest McKinsey Report will get people to make a mad dash towards energy efficiency. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger ...
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The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commissions' Rising Tides Competition sought ideas "from practical and pragmatic to aggressively imaginative and speculative" to deal with rising water levels that will result from climate change. The judges had a problem; there were so many wildly divergent but interesting proposals that instead of giving out a top prize and secondary prizes, ...
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photo: Jason Taellious via flick Chinese government owning up to some of its less savory acts , or even admitting that those might ever exist in the first place, doesn't happen all the time. So, news of a Chinese court accepting a the nation's first lawsuit by an environmental group against a local government certainly bears noting. The details ...
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Photo via jontintinjordan The Environment Agency of the United Kingdom slapped Red Bull with a record fine earlier this week. The company made a little slip-up - well, an 8-year-long big slip up - that it's now paying a big chunk of pocket change to correct. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger View original post here: Red Bull Has ...
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Photo via Eideard When I argued a few months back that legalizing marijuana would be good for the environment , my main point was that illegal marijuana plantations endanger forests by operating under the radar--and unregulated--in some of our most pristine natural areas. They contaminate water supplies, result in deforestation, and threaten indigenous species. But I had no idea ...
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Photo via aj_and_marguerite Now when you walk through the New England Aquarium (a past pick for a great staycation ), you're encouraged to keep your cell phones and MP3 players up and running so that the aquarium can infuse your brain with climate change information.... Read the full story on TreeHugger See the rest here: New England Aquarium Turns to ...
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Photo via Frot Guess it pays to be the biggest oil company in the world --even though their profits are at the lowest they've been in six years, Exxon still managed to spend more money on lobbying efforts for the climate bill than the entire clean energy industry combined. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the original ...
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Image credit: Cycling History Given all the insane stories out there of cyclists being shot for riding with a kid , or drunk motorists who believe they should "get a medal" for killing a cyclist , two wheeled commuters may be forgiven for being a little defensive. But while taking a look at April's guide on how to diffuse ...
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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
