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: Owen Renn via flickr. All I can say is wow! Mongabay is highlighting a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences which reveals that between 2000 and 2005 over one million square kilometers of forest were chopped down worldwide, with both the United States and Canada losing a greater percentage of forest than the ...
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photo: Wikimedia Commons In what seems like a case of unintentionally perfect timing, the BASIC bloc of nations (Brazil, South Africa, India, and China), meeting in Cape Town, have issued a joint statement saying that a legally binding climate treaty needs to be enacted either at COP16 later this year in Cancun, or at the latest in 2011 at ...
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Indigenous participants in a public hearing on the Belo Monte dam. Photo via International Rivers . Neither the celebrity sway of " Avatar " director James Cameron nor a top court's injunction were, in the end, enough to stop the Brazilian government from moving forward with plans to develop the huge View original post here: Belo Monte Dam Moves Ahead ...
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We're widely aware of Curitiba's great public transit system , pedestrian streets , and ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Go here to read the rest: The City of Curitiba Cashes Your Waste For Surplus Food
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photo: Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) Amazon deforestation dropped 51 percent from August 2009 to February 2010 when compared to the same period from 2008 to 2009, according to figures released this week by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE). Much of the progress is due to Brazil's newly established Green Arch, Legal Land Program . ...
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The Xingu River in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Photo courtesy of AmazonWatch.org . Guest bloggers Andrea Donsky and Randy Boyer are co-founders of NaturallySavvy.com . A controversial hydroelectric dam project that would have forever changed a portion of the View post: Judge Puts Brakes on Hydroelectric Dam Project in Brazil's Amazon Rainforest
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Photos: REUTERS / Sergio Moraes Between 8pm Monday night and 8am yesterday morning, almost twice as much rain fell on Rio de Janeiro than was expected for the entire month of April. Early reports have yet to assess the total number of casualties brought about by this highly unusual weather, but currently the death toll stands at over 100, ...
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Photos: Design Simple . Revale is a project by Brazilian studio Design Simples , aimed to improve the work and life of the Unindo Forças woodwork cooperative in Vale do Sol (Barueri, Sao Paulo). With the idea to provide the conditions for the cooperative to compete with higher quality goods, the studio designed these stunning pieces of furniture with ...
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Photo via Katabatic After years of raising awareness about the importance of preserving the planet's forests , the last decade saw an overall drop in the rate of forest loss around the globe--though some regions of the world are still clearing forests with troubling speed. But, with the efforts taken to View original post here: Rate of Forest Loss Has ...
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This weekend, Avatar director James Cameron spoke at an assembly gathered in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon to speak on topics ranging from sustainability and the power of cinema, to the prospects that there will be a sequel to his blockbuster, green-themed film . No stranger to the environment cause, or the film industry for t... Read the ...
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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 ...
