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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In Amsterdam, orderly lawlessness? Credit photobyalyssa @ flickr. In Eugene, Oregon - though a much smaller city than Portland, it too is a bastion of bike riding - today, the Eugene Police Department is planning a traffic sting - what it calls a " Focused Enforcement Operation ." The sting is in order to enforce the law...and presumably give ...
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Photo copyright Freefoto Guest blogger Caroline Chisholm, head of marketing and communications globally for Earthwatch Institute , a non-profit organization dedicated to a sustainable environment, is swimming the English Channel in August to raise funds for Earthwatch initiatives. The journey to make my channel swim carbon neutral has an obvious starting point. And it's not in the pool, but ...
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photo: Chrissy Olson via flickr. In an effort to help replenish the population of gorillas in a reserve in the east part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, UN peacekeepers from the MONUC mission will airlift nine orphaned gorillas into the region. The UN action follows a request from the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation and the Dian Fossey ...
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photo: Enricco Strocchi via flickr. You read it right. Later today at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, President Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will announce new plans to expand offshore oil drilling in several areas of the country. Obviously the exact details will be forthcoming, but the New York Times , the Original post: Obama to Announce Expanded ...
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Image from Times Live Much has been written about Jamie Oliver's failed attempt to make students (and parents) in Huntington, West Virginia eat healthier food. The great one was reduced to tears on a t.v. programme over the hostility he faced there. Oliver is in the United States flogging his new show, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, in which he ...
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Photos via AFP Peruvian farmers are about to get a windfall--and it's all thanks to the burgeoning carbon offsetting market . Recently, one particular section of Peru was selected to be the site of a massive r... Read the full story on TreeHugger Excerpt from: Peruvian Farmers Happy to Offset West's Carbon
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Photo via BPA Plastic Yesterday, news broke that the EPA was launching a major investigation into the impact of Bisphenol A--especially targeting the US water supply. BPA is a chemical that has been documented to have negative health impacts, especially on infants and children, and is commonly found in canned food, plastic bottles, and other everyday household items. It's ...
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Photo: pdphoto.org TreeHugger has reported in the past about the mysterious honeybee decline due to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Without any discernible explanation, entire hives of honeybees have been abandoning their hives and dying. There are likely many reasons for CCD, including: parasites, viruses, bacteria, poor nutrition, and pesticides. CCD has destroyed roughly 30% of the hives in the ...
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Photo via Life A recent Washington Post/ABC poll reveals that the issue which Democrats are most trusted with is Energy Policy --by a long shot. The poll asked citizens this question: "Which political party, the (Democrats) or the (Republicans), do you trust to do a better job handling (Issue)?" And when "Energy Policy" was placed in the "Issue" box, ...
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Image credit: Grist Years of foreign aid and cheap food imports, a recent article in the Washington Post points out, stripped Haiti of its agricultural infrastructure. Grist adds that the subsidies that keep the United States' agricultural exports cheap hurt lots of people, both at home and abroad.... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read more from the original ...
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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
