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 by Boaz Arad via Flickr Creative Commons At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco this week, a panel of experts was asked about whether or not companies still care about carbon accounting. While the topic had a lot of buzz around it a couple years ago, it seems to have quieted down over the past year, despite the ...
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image: Thomas / Creative Commons You may have seen headlines this morning about how global spam email levels have suddenly fallen , declining from approximately 200 billion spam messages in August to just 50 billion in December. Which got me thinking: Since spam is about 80% of email traffic , how much energy and gr... Read the full story ...
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Image via FlyingSinger Modeling systems are incredibly helpful for anticipating the effects of everything from weather to policy decisions on the environment and human populations. They can simulate what might happen when a storm hits a coastline or a new farming policy is enacted that could impact ground water. Typically modeling systems are specific to topics or geographic areas. ...
Read more...published December 21, 2010 and has No Comments
TreeHugger has shown so many examples of wretched excess in packaging, but this may be a record. Matt reports on a gift of 4.5 ounces of chocolate he received, packaged in: 2 gel ice packs, 19 oz each (plastic willed with gel) 2 moisture trappers, 3 oz ttl (paper, plastic film) 1 large metalized plastic bubble envelope 1 crunch ...
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Wikipedia commons I have always wondered why a sandwich of polystyrene and concrete is considered green, and have taken significant abuse for my position on insulated concrete forms (ICF). Now an interim report from the impressive-sounding MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub attempts to "deliver a new level of clarity" to the issue, and "to demonstrate the potential energy savings due ...
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Image Credit: Green Car Reports As the American market for electric cars grows, a new competitor is ready to enter the fray. It's the 2011 Coda Sedan, the opening bid from fledgling Coda Automotive , a company dedicated entirely to building electric cars. The sedan boasts a range of 120 miles, a top speed of 80 mph (hardly half ...
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Image credit: Great British Refurb TreeHugger is no stranger to fancy new LEED platinum residences , but the fact remains that we must do something about our existing housing stock if we are ever going to get CO2 cuts on the scale needed. Luckily, people are exploring how to do just that. A while back we reported on the ...
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Image credit: UNEP I asked before why so many people hate environmentalists , and concluded that it might have something to do with green living as passive aggressive preaching , disasterbation , not to mention the ever-familiar but oh-so-annoying More here: Can We Preach Green Without Being Preachy? (Video)
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John Friend and Sienna Sherman teaching yoga at Wanderlust (photo taken by Bonnie Hulkower) Last weekend, at the heart of this year's Wanderlust Festival was Village Anusara, and in the heart of the village was John Friend , gathered with his disciples. John founded Anusara yoga thirteen years ago. He is a charismatic and popular teacher who blends philosophy, ...
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Domestic compost bins come in many shapes and sizes, for indoor and outdoor use, tumbling or not, to help you turn organic waste into delicious hummus for garden and pot plants. However, if until now you haven't come across your desired shape or size, check out the Combox . This Spanish compost bin is the first of its kind ...
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"The stakes are very high and scientists are not the best people to deal with the social, ethical or political issues that geoengineering raises." View original here: Geoengineering is a Technical Fix for a Political Problem
Google leads the pack in Greenpeace's annual ranking of IT companies based on their efforts to use clean energy and reduce their environmental impact. Here is the original: Google Tops Greenpeace's Clean IT List
