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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This week is Carnival of the Green #195 and it's being hosted by EcoTech Daily , a site that's dedicated to bringing us the lastest and greatest in green technoloy, gadgets, and news. At EcoTech Daily, you can track the hottest CleanTech startups, learn about alternative energy technologies that can power your community’s future, and discover cool and useful ...
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(Ridiculous) image via Radioactive Liberty Slate's Christopher Beam thinks it could. While many pundits and politicians are wondering if health care reform will be "Obama's Waterloo" (some of whom, including the man who coined the term , are determined to make it so), Beam says that the battle for climate legislation is more likely to take that dubious mantle.... ...
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photo: Anna Pearson via flickr The focus keeps getting placed on the impact of global climate change on world water supplies: Oxfam highlights the effect of water shortages and declining crop yields in Nepal; IPCC chairman Dr Rajendra Pachauri comments on how thirsty Africa could become; and, Reuters writes from Yemen on a gro... Read the full story on ...
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Photo credit: Alex & Ani Some things, like broken relationships, should never have been made. Alex & Ani plucks bungled metals from their sordid situations—no questions asked—and recasts them into sophisticated statement pieces, gussying them up with candy-like gems, polished vintage beads and stamped, handmade charms. Designed by founder Carolyn Rafaelian (her bauble biz is named after her two ...
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Photo via NY Times In yet another controversial development in the case of the Tennessee coal ash spill , the millions of pounds of ash are being shipped from the accident site to a landfill in a poor county in Alabama.... Read the full story on TreeHugger See original here: Coal Ash from Tennessee Spill Shipped to Poor County in ...
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Photo via wwarby As if honey bees don't have enough to worry about right now, it seems that cell phone towers may be problematic for the insects. According to a new study, a rapid drop in the bee population in Kerala, India is the result of recently installed cell phone towers, and could cause a complete collapse of bee ...
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photo: Yovany Alas via flickr Despite a steady trickle of new wind power projects coming in over the past year since the recession set in, things haven't exactly been going gangbusters in terms of financing. But as the Wall Street Journal points out today, that's starting to change... and (gasp) it's at least partly because of government inves... Read ...
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You can get your LEED plaque in any number of different materials, but whatever kind you put up, it won't guarantee that the New York Times will understand what it means. They do an "exposé" about LEED, noting that quite a few LEED buildings are not energy efficient enough to qualify for Energy Star certification. But the Times distorts ...
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(Image: Geekbrief ) The battle, no doubt, will rage on for some time over which is greener, e-books or the printed stuff. A new item of evidence, however, has been submitted: a report by the Cleantech Group has concluded that in a spine-to-spine lifecycle analysis, the Kindle 2 outperforms physical books. The study, combining previous research, finds that a ...
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Illustration by Studio Formwork This lightweight, inflatable solar panel concept brings renewable energy access to any building and without that pesky renovation . Each eye-shaped piece has a white foam shell that measures 4 feet by 2.5 feet. Inside the foam housing is an inflatable polymer lined with Go here to see the original: Inflatable Solar Panels Zip Together To ...
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"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
Google leads the pack in Greenpeace's annual ranking of IT companies based on their efforts to use clean energy and reduce their environmental impact. Here is the original: Google Tops Greenpeace's Clean IT List
