Today on Planet 100: Climate Bill Chaos (Video)
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Read more...The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
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?
Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
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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Bio-Sensing Briefs that Track Your Vitals
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Credit: No CapX 2020 According to Analyst See the original post here: Bio-Sensing Briefs that Track Your Vitals
Read more...A Square Coke Bottle = Smaller Environmental Footprint, by Andrew Kim
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Maybe not as radical as square watermelons , but still quite progressive is Andrew Kim's square Coke bottle design . It definitely raised the question whether or not all bottles and containers should be square from an environmental point of view. Of course aesthetics, identity and function are also important, but it's surprising how much we could lower the ...
Read more...Arctic Sea Ice Loss Confirmed As Main Cause of Faster Polar Warming
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Comparison of Arctic summer sea ice image: EPA It's long been known that melting Arctic ice could help speed global warming . As the ice melts, surface reflectivity changes, more heat is absorbed than reflected, more warming. But now a new study in Nature confirms that this is already happening, with melting Arctic ice being the main cause of ...
Read more...What’s a Climate Camp? See How Activists on the Job Live
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Photo credit: Mark Sherratt Camp for Climate Action has been gaining strength as an activist organization in the United Kingdom for the past few years, calling out companies and policy makers who are negatively impacting the global climate. But just what is a climate camp, and how has this group managed to become so effective? The organization has an ...
Read more...Giving Up on Environmentalism: The Dark Mountain Project (Video)
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Image credit: The Dark Mountain Project I'll make no attempt to deny it. I am both an optimist, and a deeply impractical person. I suspect that's why I've always had a hard time accepting the darker visions for the future offered by peak oilers like Oily Cassandra , or the ever thought-provoking James Kunstler . Let's face it, I'm ...
Read more...Who Will Build The Next Climate Ark?
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Republican termites excavating climate ark timbers. Image credit: Aacute Pest Control. The metaphorical climate ark. I once thought that Europeans were building a metaphorical climate ark - taxing motor fuels heavily; implementing stringent codes for energy efficient buildings; and installing massive amounts of wind power - setting for the world an example of how not drown in the future. ...
Read more...News From Mother Jones: Beyoncé’s Beach House Brouhaha
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Beyoncé's Beach House Brouhaha: Beyoncé and Jay-Z are reportedly worth $265 million. So why are they getting a FEMA bailout? Most Pesticide Laden Produce of 2010: A few months back, we reported on the 12 most pesticide-laden fruits and veggies. Now, the Environmental Working Group is about to publish the 2010 version of the list. There are a few ...
Read more...Darn. You Can’t Club Seals On Your iPhone
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Matt Smythe with his rejected iPhone app Joe Gibbons/The Telegram When a Newfoundlander says "lets go clubbing" they are not talking about hitting the bars. They are instead pursuing a tradition that dates back commercially to the 1700s, protecting our fisheries by removing an excess population that is dining on cod and in desperate need of culling. St. John's ...
Read more...Ritzy Concert Hall Hosting Symphony Played Entirely On Trash
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Photos via Recology Recology is a program run out of the San Francisco Dump, bringing artists to the landfill to make new, beautiful things out of whatever they find coming in from trash cans. TreeHugger has visited the dump before , and the art coming from the Recology program is amazing...but now, so too will be the sounds. On ...
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A Look Inside How Hawaii’s Plastic Bag Ban Came About 2012-05-25
Hawaii becomes the first state in the union to enact a ban on plastic bags at checkout counters. Sierra Club looks into how it finally came into being. Go here to read the rest: A Look Inside How Hawaii's Plastic ...
More in this category ...Craft for Craft’s Sake Means Nothing: The Principles of Deep Craft
One designer argues that the rebirth of making things by hand is in danger of devaluing the craft it sets out to celebrate. See original here: Craft for Craft's Sake Means Nothing: The Principles of Deep Craft
