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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Want to know where every single nuclear reactor in the world is? And where every single one that's currently scheduled to be built will be? Head over to Climate Central to check their nifty interactive maps -- they also show you what percent of each nation's power comes from nuclear! Some highlights -- the US has more plants than ...
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Photo credit: lowjumpingfrog via Flickr / CC BY On top of being dirty, carbon-polluting, respiratory illness-inducing behemoths, it turns out that new coal plants don't create that many jobs, either. Or, at least, not nearly as many as the companies promise when attempting to entice communities to let them build one in their bac... Read the full story on ...
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Photo credit: Nomad Tales via Flickr / CC BY-SA In response to concerns from many Americans that radiation levels were too high in milk, the EPA announced it would be boosting radiation monitoring across the nation in order to ensure that the health and safety of the public was adequately protected. The EPA does stuff like that; addressing health ...
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Photo credit: Umair Mohsin via Flickr / CC BY Yesterday, in a tirade spurred by the strange, continued praise of News Corps snake-oily 'carbon neutral' efforts, I argued that Fox News has done more than any other media outlet in the world to prevent progress towards addressing climate change . And it does so, frankly, by lying. Its editorial ...
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Photo credit: Umair Mohsin via Flickr / CC BY Yesterday, in a tirade spurred by the strange, continued praise of News Corps snake-oily 'carbon neutral' efforts, I argued that Fox News has done more than any other media outlet in the world to prevent progress towards addressing climate change . And it does so, frankly, by lying. Its editorial ...
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Photo holisticmonkey via flickr. Who knew that poop scooping was big business? Well, not big business like Coca-Cola or tampons or power production, but big business as in there's a poop scoop business in most large towns . That's because pet waste is such a serious threat to fresh water supplies, and pet owners can't be counted on to ...
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The boat skipper, Clive, showing us the route the boat is making. All photos: Paula Alvarado After a pause to get used to life on board a boat , TreeHugger Paula is back with details of the departure of the latest 5 Gyres trip. With the Valdivia forest surrounding us and a bright sky above us, we finally set ...
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As the nuclear power disaster at Japan's Fukushima power plant continues, with the endgame still out of sight, a further piece of support for the no nuclear side of the debate: A group of fifty awardees of the Right Livelihood Award (often called the Alternative Nobel Prize) and members of the World Future Council have issued a letter demanding ...
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Photo Credit: Sergio Carratalá The other day, coming back from the beach, I saw some strange looking parking icons painted on the street; motorbikes with a plug ! And indeed it seems to be happening now, Barcelona has launched its first electric motorcycle ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the rest here: Plug In! First Electric Motorcycle Charging ...
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Photo Credit: Sergio Carratalá The other day, coming back from the beach, I saw some strange looking parking icons painted on the street; motorbikes with a plug ! And indeed it seems to be happening now, Barcelona has launched its first electric motorcycle ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Originally posted here: Plug In! First Electric Motorcycle Charging Stations ...
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A Finnish designer has made a working surfboard from broken skateboards. Read the original here: Hollow Surfboard Is Made from Broken Skateboards
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 ...
