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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Credit: Mike Baird Asian carp aren't the only invasive species causing trouble in the United States. While the monster fish captures headlines as it inches toward the Great Lakes, other species have already colonized other parts of the country, and are costing plenty of money to control. A finance website has totaled up the toll, listing "10 Invasive Species ...
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Photo: via unforth (Flickr) Prompted by 2009's bird-related crash-landing of an airplane onto the Hudson River, last month New York City officials went ahead with a plan to euthanize more than 170,000 Canadian geese, out of a statewide population of 250,000. With recent statistics showing that bird strikes are on the rise (and an Go here to see the ...
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Photos from Arnold Glas There's a terrible feeling you get when a bird smacks into a window, at the office or at your home. "What was that?!" You look outside, and see a dead or injured bird on the ground. Birds can't see glass, and windows on buildings are a major cause of avian fatalities around the world. But ...
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Images: London Fieldworks Rapid urbanization and widespread habitat destruction stemming from human activities are negatively impacting wildlife populations as never before. City-dwelling birds, which are an integral part of urban ecologies, are no exception. As this thought-provoking 'mass bird-housing' installation by eco-artist collective London Fieldworks shows (more photos after the j... Read the full story on TreeHugger View post: 'Spontaneous ...
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Photo via Furryscaly @ Flickr In people, they say the eyes are the windows to the soul -- and perhaps that is also true for animals. From the rainbow-colored compact lens of a horsefly and the gentle eyes of a giraffe to the tiny beads on an elephant and the thoughtful look of an owl, these closeups offer a ...
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A Northern bald ibis in the Vienna Zoo. Photo by Roberto Verzo via Flickr. It's got an awfully ugly mug to have inspired any kind of romantic association, but our guide at the bird sanctuary in Birecik, on the Euphrates River in southeastern Turkey, waxed poetic about how the bald ibises resident there mate for life and return after ...
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The Humboldt penguin, native to Peru and Chile, was one of the species to acquire Endangered Species Act protection. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons After years of review and consideration , five penguin species—one native to South America and four others native to New Zealand—will receive U.S. Endangered Species Act protections. Though the new designations will aid conservationists struggling to ...
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Image Source: Darren Hester Dear Pablo: I heard a rumor that you can incubate store-bought eggs and actually hatch chicks. Can this be true? Contrary to common belief, a rooster is not required for hens to produce eggs. With this said, most commercially produced eggs are laid by hens that are isolated in cramped wire cages with no roosters ...
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We have followed nature conservation organization Wild Wonders of Europe since they launched the biggest nature photography project ever. We watched the milestones , including catching the world's rarest cat on film. So it is with a sad heart that we bring you the last in this series, a selection of the best animal-in-action and... Read the full story ...
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Photo via Wired You may have heard of Simon Singh long before his name rose to the top of the list of those championing sound science: He'd written two bestselling books, Fermat's Enigma and the Big Bang . Despite ...
