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 350.org Treehugger has been all over President Obama's shocking announcement that he is willing to trade opening up more offshore drilling for support of a climate bill. Brian Merchant did a great run down earlier today that highlighted the breadth of Obama's move --the East Coast, Gulf and Alaska will all be open for business for Big ...
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Photo via the Star I've been sharing some of the videos I shot (shakily, with a Flip cam) from last night's raucous debate between Power Trip author/Grist writer Amanda Little and Phelim McAleer, the climate skeptic behind the notorious Gore-bashing film Not Evil, Just Wrong . Sarah Silverman was moderating, and thinks got rowdy--so rowdy in fact, that McAleer ...
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Photo via Expressen Curt Degerman was a man who kept to himself. Around the town in Sweden where he lived, he could be seen riding his bike or rummaging through trash bins , collecting bottles and cans to be recycled , and eating leftover scraps of food. Like some might assume from his humble lifestyle, Curt never completed school, ...
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Blue-green algae scum. Image credit: Washington State Dept. of Ecology. Lawn grass only needs phosphorus to establish a root structure - one growing season. An established lawn needs virtually no phosphorus in the nitrogen/ phosphorus /potash blend. Recognizing the need to protect Wisconsin's lakes and rivers, which support a large and economically important tourism industry, and which provide drinking ...
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Photo via 2nd Green Revolution The Most Effective Tax Ever? Washington DC's 5 cent tax on plastic bags , instated just this past January, has already proven to have a phenomenal impact: the number of plastic bags handed out by supermarkets and other establishments dropped from the 2009 monthly average of 22.5 million to just 3 million in January. ...
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Photo via the Daily Green Last night I attended what may be the strangest green-themed event ever. In order to roll out their new CT 200 hybrid with a bang, Lexus hosted an evening called the Darker Side of Green. The main attraction was a debate between author Amanda Little ( Power Trip ) and Gore-hating Phelim McAlee (the ...
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Photo: Ford Looks Like a More Upscale Fusion Hybrid Hyundai's 2011 Sonata Hybrid wasn't the only new hybrid car today. Ford's Lincoln division also debuted the MKZ hybrid, the brand's first hybrid car. Not surprisingly, it shares many things with the Ford Fusion hybrid, most notably the hybrid system and the SmartGauge instrument cluster that rewards you for driving ...
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Image credit: Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital After screening 155 films over the course of 12 days, the 18th Annual Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital ended last weekend. Grist recaps the highlights of the eco-conscious cinema event.... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the original here: Highlights from the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's ...
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Photo: Hyundai Finally Some New Blood Hyundai is challenging Toyota and Ford in the mid-size hybrid segment with the new Sonata hybrid which was unveiled today in New York. And at least on paper, it is quite competitive! It gets a slightly different styling from the regular 2011 Sonata (probably because of Toyota's experience with the Prius -- fewer ...
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Photo: Flickr , CC "In San Francisco, housing is expensive for people but free for most cars ." It might come as a surprise to some, but pretty much all cities in the U.S. (and the world) have only a vaguest idea of how much parking spaces (public and prive) they have. Almost all of them, but now there's ...
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A new beverage labeling initiative that is starting this fall provides an interesting example of how businesses can change without government mandates or laws . Launched by the American Beverage Association (ABA), Clear on Calories provides a standard disclosure ...
Image credit: Matt Callow /Flickr Most conservation, unfortunately, is reactive. Though improved assessment methods make this reaction more timely, plans are crafted after habitats are degraded and species are recieve protected status after their populations have demonstrated critical declines. ...
