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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Above, you will find a very reasonable conservative politician discussing climate policy. I'm posting this video to invite you all on a nostalgic journey back to the halcyon days of the American climate debate in politics -- way back in 2008. Way back before even acknowledging that the existence of climate science was taboo in conservative political circles. Back before ...
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Mortality risks associate with major categories of electrical power generation. Image credit: New Scientist Every nuclear power plant failure, regardless of resulting mortality, breathes new life into the dread the whole world shared during the Cold War. Iranian government chest-thumping and political fear mongering about dirty bomb dangers have infected new generations with the dread. Coal is more dangerous, ...
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Want to know what it'll cost to shut down the aging, embattled and oh-so-close to New York City (just 35 miles away) Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant ? Well, utility ConEd has just released an assessment of that: $65 a year more on electricity bills. Which, as SmartPlanet points out, is just 18 cents a day. ... Read the ...
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Those green states are where all the crazy food politics will be centered. Image credit: USDA In what may be one of my favorite news stories of the year, Green Fields: Expected acreage of corn isn't enough, survey shows , published in the Des Moines Register. , the wacky Wall Street farmers at Goldman Sachs, "report...that bad weather this ...
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From upper left: Conservative Stephen Harper, Liberal Michael Ignatieff, NDP Jack Layton, Green Party Elizabeth May Canada follows the British parliamentary system, where the government must have the confidence of the majority of House of Commons. Prime Minister Stephen Harper had a minority government, so the big question was, would any of the opposition prop him up? The Opposition ...
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Photo credit: Sharon Smith This guest post was written by Sharon Smith, author of The Young Activist's Guide to Building a Green Movement . Alec Loorz first saw Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth when he was twelve years old. Inspired by the message, Alec applied to be a presenter with Gore's The Climate Project, but was turned down ...
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Image: Liz via flickr Mayors from across the country have sent a letter to Hillary Clinton, whose office has been rather quiet on the issue , expressing their concern over the proposed Keystone XL Originally posted here: 25 U.S. Mayors Speak Out Against Tar Sands Pipeline
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Much of the non-Japan focus on nuclear power as the crisis at Fukushima continues has been on Chinese, European and North American plans. Well, as China Dialogue points out, India too is reevaluating its nuclear options--and changed it's position somewhat about the 9.9 GW mega-nuke plant planned for Jaitapur , south of Mumbai. ... Read the full story on ...
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Gretchen Dahlkemper-Alfonso (right) speaks to a crowd in Philadelphia about the importance of EPA's mercury safeguards. Photo credit: Sierra Club Gretchen Dahlkemper-Alfonso is a mother of a toddler and is eight-months pregnant with her second child. When it comes to protecting her children and taking precautions on their behalf, she doesn't skip anything. "I do not ignore the facts. ...
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BLW Photography via flickr While all eyes are on Japan and a few eyes are on nuclear plants in the U.S. , there's other news on the radiation front, this story coming out of southern Illinois. Honeywell pled guilty earlier this month to one felony offense ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Original post: Radioactive Pollution in Illinois: Honeywell ...
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This hand operated gramophone is as simple as it gets. Original post: Minimalist Gramophone Makes Playing Music Super Simple
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 ...
