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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Humans only invented vinyl siding a few decades ago, but tree bark has been protecting trees for quite a while longer. Bark shingles were often used on Craftsman style houses in the early 1900s, but they were made from chestnut, which was almost wiped out in a blight. A century later, they still look good. Chris and Marty McCurry ...
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Photo via Jaymi Heimbuch Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) have been the talk of green lighting and display for what feels like ages now. In the last few years, we've started to see the technology applied to consumer electronics like digital photo frames, cell phones, and more recently, televisions. OLEDs are to be the next generation in lighting, in ...
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Alfalfa fields in Idaho. Photo: Sam Beebe/Ecotrust via Flickr. This opinion piece was contributed by Robynn Shrader, CEO of the National Cooperative Grocers Association. Ten years ago in the United States, the word locavore didn't exist in our vocabulary. There were less than half the number of farmers markets that currently thrive throughout the country and sales of organic ...
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A white roof in Winnipeg Although Sarah Palin, John McCain and Rush Limbaugh thought it was darn funny during the campaign to deride then candidate Obama for his support of easy fixes to save energy and fight climate change like keeping auto tires fully inflated and painting roofs white to reflect sun light, new scientific evidence finds that the ...
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Image Source: Chevrolet . Dear Pablo: Getting a Prius never made financial sense for me because it costs so much more than a comparable car. Will the new Chevy Volt make more financial sense? The new Chevy Volt is perhaps the most eagerly anticipated new car since the Model T. Since the Volt was first announced, more than 51,000 ...
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Photo via rodaleinstitute.org . This post was written with Joseph Leonard Benveniste who knows a lot about schools The Edible Schoolyard program started in 1995 at Martin Luther King public middle school in Berkeley and has inspired growth of garden programs in other communities throughout the county during the past 15 years.The program teaches children valuable lessons as they ...
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Image from the Guardian Green & Black chocolate, which has always been organic, is now going Fairtrade in the USA and the world by the end of the year. Great news for the Fairtrade farmers and for us, as ethical chocolate eaters. For 15 years they have had one line, Maya chocolate, but now they are expanding the whole ...
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Image from the Guardian Green & Black chocolate, which has always been organic, is now going Fairtrade in the USA and the world by the end of the year. Great news for the Fairtrade farmers and for us, as ethical chocolate eaters. For 15 years they have had one line, Maya chocolate, but now they are expanding the whole ...
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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
