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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Waving the climate treaty prospects goodbye . . . for now. Photo via BBC It's official--and I mean really official--there will be no finalized global climate agreement by December . The last few months have proved to be a bit of a roller coaster ride concerning expectations for seeing a climate treaty this year in Copenhagen--albeit one that went ...
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Flickr/ BeijingPatrol When Beijing Policeman Tan, the star of his very own local news segment, stops a motorcyclist because his passenger isn't wearing his helmet, we get an earful on gender norms, hairstyles, and one of our favorite topics -- helmets! See the video below.... Read the full story on TreeHugger See original here: Chinese Traffic Cop's Funny Lecture on ...
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Image from the Times : In with the New With all the interest focussed on Kraft's thwarted (so far) attempts to take over Cadbury, a little noticed but shocking announcement has been made elsewhere. Cadbury's is replacing their famous candy tins with cardboard boxes. They are calling it "an experiment" because some customers love the traditional tin boxes and ...
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Excerpt of Netherlands map. Image credit:Adam Stein, at TerraPass WIth binding emissions targets now off the bargaining table in Copenhagen ("Depressenhagen"), it is time to set aside "process" - the catch-all term for international treaties and target setting mechanisms - and focus on "outcomes" - the policy choices and technologies that national and state governments can experiment with. The ...
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Photo: The Little Mermaid statue, Copenhagen (AP) Move over Disney and Hans Christian Andersen, here comes the Angry Mermaid. Thankfully, this new spin is not at all a postmodern rehashing of a fairytale classic, but rather a new environmental award launching tomorrow, ahead of December's climate talks at Copenhagen . Based on Denmark's famed Little Mermaid statue, the dubious ...
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Photo via Reuters With about month left until the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen, Asian Pacific countries gathering in Singapore this weekend are backing off their pledge to cut emissions by 50 percent by 2050. Their new language reads: "We believe that global emissions will need to peak over the next few years, and be substantially reduced by 2050, ...
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photo: The Nature Conservancy The Food and Drug Administration announced today that it will back off on its plan to ban as of 2011 the sale of raw oysters from the Gulf Coast during part of the year because they have been linked with about a dozen annual deaths from poisoning. The move met stiff resistance from oysterman and ...
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Curbside TV trash. Image credit: PhillyNewsBlog , Scene On The Road, T. Gralish. This Sunday, November 15th, marks the 12th annual America Recycles Day, a nationally recognized day for Americans to recycle and purchase recycled products. While the global waste stream continues to grow, current trends indicate that electronic waste (e-waste) is the fastest growing commodity within the waste ...
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photo: blakeimeson via flickr. I have to admit there are some days when I have trouble holding back my frustration following the painful progress of the climate change negotiations, and this is one of those times. The Washington Post reports that the Obama administration is looking at endorsing a short-term climate pact and pushing off stronger action until next ...
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photo: Aidan Jones via flickr. With all the conflicting and changing national pledges on the table for COP15 , it's very easy for someone not closely following this to lose sight of what really needs to happen. In case you one of those people that can't rattle off the components of a More here: 10 Points to Remember for a ...
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The GeoSpring hybrid electric water heater is not only super-efficient, it's being manufactured in America at a plant that has lay idle for decades. Here is the original: Super Efficient Water Heater is First New Product to Roll Off GE ...
The GeoSpring hybrid electric water heater is not only super-efficient, it's being manufactured in America at a plant that has lay idle for decades. Read more here: GE's New Hybrid Water Heater is Super Efficient—and Manufactured in America
