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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Treehugger's investigation into what causes the price of gasoline to rise continues ... The rest is here: How Oil Speculation and Energy Policy Impact the Price of Gas
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Hint: Whether or not Obama expands domestic drilling isn't even close to the top of the list. Here is the original post: 5 Things That Actually Determine the Price of Gasoline
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Stephen Gordon describes the coffeeshopification of our education, our jobs and our lives. See the rest here: In the Future, Everything Will Be A Coffee Shop
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Cycling and gardening have long been two fantastic components of a green-minded lifestyle, but given the obvious logistical difficulties, doing both at the same time had never really been an option -- until Read the rest here: Mini Bike Planters Let You Take Your Garden With You
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Finding coffee sacks, wood, paint and even hardware wherever he goes, this Brooklyn-based designer is turning these discarded materials into eclectic furniture. See the rest here: Rugged, One-Of-a-Kind Furniture is "Made Worldwide & Recycled In Brooklyn"
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Servers were the size of refrigerators and a single CPU chip had about $300 of gold when FCM Recycling started harvesting precious metals from computers. Read the original: See Inside a Canadian E-Waste Recycling Facility
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Should GMO foods be labeled? Californians are hoping to put the issue up for a vote in 2012. Read the original post: Californians Fight for the "Right to Know" if GMOs are in Their Food
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It has nearly been a year since that horrifying magnitude-9 earthquake and resulting tsunami struck the coast of Japan, but the trouble is still far from over. Excerpt from: Tons of Debris From Japan Tsunami Headed Towards U.S.
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Or, how one senator's blind hatred of government regulations led to a lifelong campaign to discredit climate change. See original here: The Cruel, Cruel Irony of Senator James Inhofe's "The Greatest Hoax"
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Soon, residents of Seattle, Washington will get the chance to grab a bite the old-fashioned way -- thanks to a brand new food forest being planted in the heart of their city. View post: Seattle to Create Nation's Largest Public Food Forest
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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 ...
