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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Public Architecture "puts the resources of architecture in the service of the public interest." Known to longtime TreeHugger readers for ScrapHouse, they have issued a book, looking at fifteen projects that demonstrate reuse of materials. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the original: Free Book: Design For Reuse Primer Shows How To Do More With Less
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Image via GigaOM , courtesy of T-Mobile While Motorola and Sony Ericsson have been on the trail of solar and wind-powered cell phone towers for years primarily in developing areas like Africa and India, T-Mobile seems to just be bringing the idea to the states. T-Mobile USA launched their first tower powered (at least in part) by the sun's ...
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Photo via Todd Huffman What happens when data is available for anyone to access and use? What happens when projects are open source so people can contribute their skills to improve it? We're now more than ever connected to a wealth of information stored literally at our fingertips -- if we can access it. So the concept of sharing ...
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All Images by B. Alter Last week we had foraged mushrooms served by Italian architects . Tonight we had foraged Finnish food in a pop-up recycled magical forest. The London Design Festival feels more food than design... Hel Yes! is a temporary restaurant that has been lovingly created for the Festival, with aspen trees from Helsinki, tents, mismatched Finnish ...
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Image via Leonardo Bonanni This past Thursday, at the business conference Opportunity Green , one panel entitled Next Generation Carbon Mapping: Radical Transparency and Truth in Advertising captured the attention of the standing room only audience at Los Angeles Center Studios. Copy paper was the medium but the message was about its carbon footprint. New Leaf Paper , More ...
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Image via The Sierra Club Throughout the worst of the Gulf oil spill , BP pulled out all the stops to try and save their image -- with a slurry of off-the-mark television advertisements airing across the United States. Still, their pricey PR campaign couldn't come close to the impact felt after seeing the More here: Is This the Worst ...
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I've always been a big fan of the rainbow colours and iconic grace of the South Asian sari - which can be seen in an amazing array of textures, styles and methods of draping all over the subcontinent. Even after a sari is finished as a garment, oftentimes it can be repurposed into something else just as useful -- ...
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Credit: Kate Spencer, Randy Kochevar via GreatMarlinRace.org The Pacific blue marlin is one of the largest billfish to swim the open ocean. Just how far can they swim, and where exactly are they going? Scientists are tracking the movements of 10 marlin as part of this year's Great Marlin Race, and showing the results on the Internet. Last year, ...
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Texas coal mine locations. Image credit: Energy Report - Coal; Window On State Governmen t, via TX Railroad Commission. USEPA is proposing that, by this coming January, permit applications for especially energy intensive operations cover greenhouse gases. That would include facility modifications as well as new plants and periodic updates of permits. In response, "the chairman of the Texas ...
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Image Credit: sskennel via Flickr Former President Bill Clinton, reputed for his legendary consumption of snack foods , has made a surprise move. In an effort to drop weight before his daughter Chelsea's (vegan) wedding , the father of the bride gave up meat and dairy products, See original here: Bill Clinton Drops Meat, Dairy, and 24 Pounds
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How to grow tastier tomatoes and how to make food taste sweeter without sugar: just two amazing discoveries from a study of the chemical interactions underlying tomato flavor preferences Read the rest here: The Secrets of Tasty Tomatoes Discovered - Can ...
Food and Water Watch video explains the winners and losers as a result of the US farm bill. More here: The Biggest Farm Bill Loser: Cartoon Explains a Corrupt Food System
