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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20% of the Amazon Rainforest is gone, but the remaining 80% can still be saved. New research was recently published in the journal Science which estimates that deforestation of Brazil's rainforest could be halted for a (relatively) scant 6.5 billion to $18 billion bailout. According to the article, "The End of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon," if the harmful ...
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We've talked about Lara Donatoni Matana's work before, but we recently came across these amazing pieces of design she's been working with over the past years. More info and pics inside.... Read the full story on TreeHugger Original post: Rustic yet Modern, Beautiful Furniture with Wood Leftovers from Brazil (Photos)
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Photos: Courtesy of Haia Trading. Haia Trading is a new company dedicated to spread Brazilian products and culture around the world, and one of their first releases is this delicate line of jewelry by designer Adriana Zaccaro. The pieces are made with seeds, stones, leaves, fibers and wood native from the Amazon forest, involving local communities. Take a closer ...
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Via Green Inc Here's a promising project: Brazilian and Italian entrepreneurs are investing $114 million in a plan to convert bagasse, a waste product from sugar cane , into pellets that can be burned as fuel at your average, run-of-the-mill coal plant. By next year, utilities around the world will likely be getting thousands of megawatts of power from ...
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photo: kaet44 via flickr. A mixed bag in climate change news this morning: Satellite imagery reveals that Amazon deforestation has dropped to the lowest rate since Brazil began monitoring efforts, President Inácio Lula da Silva announced yesterday afternoon. Woo hoo! But a new article in the journal Science shows that the Greenland Ice Sheet is losing m... Read the ...
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Photos: Luddista . It might not be a first, but you have to give this couple credit for marrying on a bike in a city where traffic is so heavy that even pedestrians beat cars . Priscila Teixeira and Willian Cruz were married last week in Sao Paulo and they organized a group biking trip to the city hall. ...
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Map of Brazil. Image credit: Lonely Planet Last week I was in Sao Paulo, Brazil, launching the Portuguese edition of Plan B 4.0 , published by Virtu Editora e Productora Ltda. But Plan B is not just a book in Brazil. It is a plan of action. In August, Plan B was the focus of the 2020 Climate Campaign, ...
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A selection of photographs from the La Galerie exhibit. Image via ICVolunteers . The work of professional art photographers and amateur volunteers hangs side by side at La Galerie in Geneva, creating a picture of the environment (and the people who are working to help protect it) around the globe, from China to Peru through India, Kazakhstan, and Nigeria.... ...
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Photo: Ibama . We're talking about deforestation in the Amazon all the time, but can we really understand the magnitude of what we're saying? This is where an image is worth a thousand words: this is how a 15 tons, 40 meters tall, ¡250! years of age, fallen tree from the Amazon looks like. According to Continued here: Impressive: This ...
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Photo: Rodolfo Clix . Brazilian president Luis Inacio 'Lula' Da Silva is not only going to this year's Copenhagen summit , he's also actively participating in negotiations. Which is a good thing, since the country is one of the most carbon emitting developing nations in the world. As Lula continues to prepare Brazil's proposal for Copenhagen along with his ...
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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 ...
