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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Forget the long boat ride and freezing temperatures -- thanks to Google Street View , now you can take a stroll on the rocky coast of Antarctica from the comfort of your own home. Since the feature was first made available in 2007, the Web giant has gone on to add images from around the world -- and with ...
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Designed to avoid this sort of thing. Photo via Maritime Lawyer Offshore Drilling Moratorium Still In Place Today, the Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, announced newly tightened regulations for offshore drilling. The rules are effective immediately, but the moratorium on offshore drilling imposed by the Obama administration at the beginning of the spill remains in place. They're aimed ...
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Image: Nudge Rather Than What Would be Gained The book "Nudge" by Richard H. Thaler and Cas R. Sunstein contains many ideas on how to present choices to people in such a way that they are more likely to make choices that are good for them. The idea is that however choices are presented, even if randomly, people are ...
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AP Photo via Climate Progress A couple days ago, I ran a video post explaining how climate change was killing walruses : the ice floes that the animals are used to resting on during hunting expeditions and while rearing their young are melting as ocean temps warm. Walrus calves that can't make the trip back to shore often end ...
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'Full metal jacket' - copper covered - bullet example. Image credit: Sportsmens Guide. A group of small 'environmental groups' that I never heard of before are upset that USEPA recently turned down a petition to ban the use of all lead bullets (the part at the end of the cartridge), nationwide. They seem to infer the Agency was swayed ...
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Image credit: Wikimedia Commons No one likes to see a family pulled apart , but in this case the result is two new species: Scientists studying the genome of Paradoxurus hermaphroditus have decided that, in fact, the Asian palm civet is three distinct species.... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the original: Coffee Processing Civet Family Splits in Three
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Say what you will about California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, but despite being the onetime public face of the Hummer , he's consistently come out on the side of good green policy for his state. And he may have just offered up his most vehement defense of any green law out there, criticizing the Texas oil company-led effort to pass ...
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Image: Twitter screen grab Looks Pretty Sweet! Lance Armstrong, uber-cyclist, crime fighter , and electric car early-adopter , has just tweeted that his new Nissan LEAF electric car has arrived. He sent a pic (see below for a bigger version), and it looks good. A nice change from the blue paint that almost all LEAFs have had so far.... ...
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Image credit: Sierra Club As a rule, celebrity eco-campaigns can be a mixed blessing. Everybody knows Sting likes organics , Prince Charles wants to save the rainforests , and that Daryl Hannah wants to save just about everything . While these TreeHugging glitterati may help raise aw... Read the full story on TreeHugger The rest is here: Falcons Fullback Ovie ...
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All Images by B. Alter: Amanda Caines Origin: The London Craft Fair is the annual juried fair where some of the most sophisticated craftspeople from around the world show their wares. This year they have changed the format so that the show is much bigger, but only one week long. With the work of almost 200 crafts people all ...
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"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
Google leads the pack in Greenpeace's annual ranking of IT companies based on their efforts to use clean energy and reduce their environmental impact. Here is the original: Google Tops Greenpeace's Clean IT List
