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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Stork scientist Maro Kochinyan meets with a village "researcher." Photo via AUA Acopian Center for the Environment. A pair of Armenian researchers locals call the "stork girls" are recruiting "nest neighbors" in rural villages to help them monitor the country's population of the large wading birds, which have traditionally been a symbol of luck and success in the former ...
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Back in 2007 we wrote about the Vancouver Convention Center as it was being conceptualized. Two y... Read the full story on TreeHugger The rest is here: Beautiful Short Film of Vancouver's Verdant Living Roof
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Flamingo populations are on the rise in Turkey. Unfortunately, so is the amount of improperly disposed medical waste. Photos by suneko via Flickr (left) and Today's Zaman (right) . This past month was anything but short on developments of interest to environmentalists, with a deal being inked to build the Nabucco natural-gas pipeline , European funders pulling out of ...
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Image via Discovery , Credit: Iain Woxvold/University of Melbourne You usually picture song birds as being as beautiful in plumage as they are in their sound. But a newly discovered song bird species may flip that notion on its head, thanks to its bald head, a characteristic that makes it completely unique for its type. ... Read the full ...
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photo: Ólafur Larsen via flickr Back in May the initial applications for a 540 MW wind farm in the Shetland Islands were submitted. Now the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has issued a formal objection to the plans on the grounds that local bird populations could be hurt:... More here: Concerns Over Birds Could Shoot Down 540 MW ...
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This is neither a Honduran Emerald or Clos LaChance, but it is a hummingbird drinking nectar from a wine glass. Image via: HummingbirdsLiberty on Flickr.com It may not be organic or biodynamic, and it might not be saving the planet, but drinking Clos laChance endangered hummingbird series wine will (help to) save one hummingbird species a yea... View original ...
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Image: Wild Wonders of Europe , detail of European bee eater, by Markus Varesvuo Our friends at Wild Wonders of Europe have proudly announced the appearance of a collection of photos capturing some of Europe's rare and awesome wildlife in National Geographic . Don't miss these am... More here: Wild Wonders of Europe Featured in National Geographic
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Wikipedia Swifts, described in the Times as "those soaring harbingers of summer", have declined in population by 47% in the last twenty years in the UK, and some suspect it might be because of people fixing their houses.... Continued here: Unintended Consequences: Swifts in Nosedive, Modern Architecture and Weatherization Blamed
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Image via: Flickr.com It's that time again - Spring - when all of the flowers bloom, the sun comes out and migrating birds make their way through your city. Well if you live in a hummingbird fly zone, chances are you've got a red, nectar feeder in your yard to encourage these active guys to stop by. But there's ...
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Photo: MBoy68 , CC The Cuckoo in the Coal Mine According to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), about 1 in 5 species of birds in the UK is threatened (compared to 16% in 2002). One familiar bird that has just joined the sad club of the 'red list' is the cuckoo. Known for its song ...
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Contrary to previously held notions of how whale songs are shared between neighboring populations, a surprising study finds that whales living the same ocean basin are singing different songs. Read the original post: Study: Humpback Whales Living in Same Ocean ...
"The technology that we have here gives us a first-ever look at the Amazon in its full three-dimensional detail, over very large regions," says the study's lead researcher. Here is the original post: Lasers Used to Generate Remarkably Detailed 3D ...
