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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Steve Mouzon has been a fixture on TreeHugger since I first read his thoughts on the original green, on how people designed before the the Thermostat age, and how buildings kept people warm in an era before oil, or cool before air conditioning was invented. I have come to base much of my thoughts on the sustainability of heritage ...
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Image credit: Suzy Becker This post was written by Suzy Becker , an artist, educator, entrepreneur, and the author of Kids Make it Better. There's a freaky back-story to this post. The day I signed on as a guest blogger, this site's homepage featured a photo of a duck whose feathers had been doused in oil.... Read the full ...
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Photos via Jaymi Heimbuch Sugru was a special surprise in the Maker Shed this year. The magical putty-like stuff is perfect for hacking or fixing just about anything. It became a huge hit after TreeHugger, Wired and several other top sites covered it when it hit the market. The makers thought they had made enough for a two month ...
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This is Moby. He's a vegan. That hat protects his face from the sun. Photo: moby.com . If you're a regular TreeHugger reader, then you probably already know that musician Moby is a vegan. And we probably don't need to tell you what's so green about being vegetarian. (In case you need a refresher, though, check our founder Graham ...
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A book vending machine in Hamburg, Germany. Photo by Hamburger Automatenverlag . Lots of people talk about the need to get kids and adults "in the habit of reading," but one German publisher has taken this idea to somewhat literal -- and very clever -- lengths by recycling machines that used to feed bad habits into devices that encourage ...
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Raj Patel is one of the few people who has both worked at the World Bank, and been tear gassed protesting against it. An activist scholar, and author of Stuffed and Starved , Patel argues that markets are a beautiful thing, but that modern capitalism has gotten it all wrong. Patel's new book, The Value of Nothing , aims ...
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Photo via Johan Larsson Last year we noted that Google is launching their Google Editions , providing books online to readers. When the service launches later this summer, it will boast some 4 million titles of books and magazines right from the get go. While it seems like a big bonus for trees, will having access to all these ...
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Photo via Johan Larsson Last year we noted that Google is launching their Google Editions , providing books online to readers. When the service launches later this summer, it will boast some 4 million titles of books and magazines right from the get go. While it seems like a big bonus for trees, will having access to all these ...
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Tom Rand is one of the smartest guys in the room, having been a software entrepreneur, a venture capitalist and a philosopher. Now he is an author and proselytizer of clean, green energy with his new book Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit. . It is three pounds, five ounces of unbridled optimism, starting off with "When humankind really wants ...
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LA River view #1 Paving the river prevents floods but created an "inequitable landscape." Photo by Rodney Ramsey Best known for chase scenes in movies, the concrete embankments of the LA River destroyed wetlands and disrupted migratory birds' flights when paved over in an effort to contain flooding. There are efforts underway to revitalize the 51-mile river running through ...
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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 ...
