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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Photos: Nissan, DOE About 1,300 New Jobs at Smyrna Factory Steven Chu announced that the U.S. Department of Energy agreed to loan $1.4 billion to Nissan for the modification of their Smyrna plant in Tennessee. This will help Nissan start production of the LEAF electric car (coming to British Columbia in 2011 and the rest of the world in ...
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Photo via MSN NZ Sad news out of New Zealand for animal lovers today--in what's being described as the nation's worst case of animal cruelty, two brothers allegedly went on a canine shooting spree, killing 33 dogs. Most of the dogs belonged to their neighbor, and the act was likely a vendetta--the brothers had gotten into a dispute with ...
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photo: SurfaceStations.org Here's one for the more climate contrarian people among TreeHugger's readership: A new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres shows that Anthony Watts and SurfaceStations.org was indeed correct. There are indeed a good deal of poorly-placed weather monitoring stations in the United States. And these have caused a bias in the record of ...
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Image credit: Ethan Hein /Flickr The lightning observed during the eruption of Mt. Redoubt in 2009, researchers have determined , is an entirely new variety. Using radio antennas, scientists noticed that the bolts were shorter, lasting only a few milliseconds, and much more frequent than typical lightning.... Read the full story on TreeHugger See the original post here: Scientists Discover ...
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image: NOAA Here's an interesting addition to global warming science: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says that decreases in water vapor ten miles above the Earth have slowed by one quarter the amount of surface warming that has occurred in the past ten years--which NASA recently confirmed was the hottest decade on record --while more water vapor in ...
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This week marks Carnival of the Green #212 , and it's being hosted by Enviroblog, a blog that is hosted by the Environmental Working Group. Enviroblog dishes out tons of practical advice on how to live with fewer toxins in our food, air, and water while discussing what government agencies should be doing to protect public health. So head ...
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Fireworks are a popular way to celebrate in Turkey. Photo by Jennifer Hattam. Especially during the summer months, the sound of fireworks is part of the evening soundtrack in Turkey, where pyrotechnics are often used to celebrate weddings, football victories, and official ceremonies alike. But a municipality on the country's Mediterranean coast has put the kibosh on such festivities, ...
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Globe and Mail Sign this guy up for CSI! , Toronto police Supt. Earl Witty explains the link between all of the deaths in the War on Pedestrians: ""The only common thread between all of these deaths are they involved two things - vehicles and pedestrians." Yes, but it is the pedestrians who die. But finally the car companies ...
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Image credit: The Guardian Whenever we write about the money-free adventures of Mark Boyle , and his efforts to promote what he calls a Freeconomy community , responses are inevitably split between those who find it an inspiring example of at least trying to tackle consumption, and those who see it as nothing more than idealistic self-promotion. Now The ...
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From the news that the award winning photo from the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is a fake to the UK's Ministry of Justice, who have listed environmental protesters and activists alongside al Qaeda terrorists in its system for classifying 'extremists', a lot happened this week in green. Researchers have developed a Venus Flytrap that ...
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"It was like finding a long lost friend." Continued here: Woman Reunites With the Bike She Lost 40 Years Ago (Video)
Rising temperatures will increase the deaths Originally posted here: Climate Change is Frying Our Cities
