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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Photo of an offshore wind farm under construction (but not Rødsand II), gives an idea of what it looks like. Photo: Flickr , CC. Enough Clean Electricity to Power 200,000 Households Last November Matt wrote about Denmark's huge offshore wind farm project which, when completed, should be Europe's largest. MSNBC had a short piece on it (see video below). ...
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Read the rest here: TED Talk: Grow Your Own Fresh Air with Plants
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Earth, the movie, is hitting theaters on Earth Day , April 22, and Disneynature has announced that anyone who attends the movie during that week will have a tree planted for them. A great marketing idea, but not without questions. ... Here is the original post: Disneynature's Tree-Planting Marketing Ploy Good, But Not Perfect
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Photo Credit: Dave Vann of Rothbury Crowd, 2008. The Black Crowes, Ani Difranco are just a couple of the myriad artists booked to perform at the Rothbury Festival in early July of 2009. Some dude called Bob Dylan, and another, known as Willie Nelson, are apparently on the playlist too. We’ve mentioned Rothbury before, but it was the 2009 ...
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A not-so-Jagged Little Pill to swallow, Alanis Morissette’s “Big Turn Off” As Earth Hour 2009 approaches on March 28, over 1,670 cities around the world are hatching plans to go dark between 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., from Shanghai’s Pearl Tower to LA’s Capital Records Tower. This Go here to see the original: Do Earth Hour Videos Entertain and Motivate?
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What effect will climate change have on both the populated and less-populated parts of the US? Tom Brokaw will delve into it. Photo: Bruce Tuten via flickr Want an hour-long update on the state of the world''s knowledge on climate change and/or have a thing for Tom Brokaw? Then sit yourself down in front of the television on Wednesday, ...
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The ultimate music confab tries to green the biz with model panelists. Footage from Bruno , the follow-up to Sasha Baron Cohen’s Borat , will kick off the SXSW Music and Media Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas this Friday. Cohen's faux Austrian television pop culture hipster might set a wackier tone to the extravaganza. The 9-day trade show ...
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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 ...
