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: B. Alter It's been called Europe's largest and newest green wall. Installed in a newly renovated hotel in January makes it new and as for large, it stretches from the second to eleventh floor on the outside of the building. Looking up from the reception area in the hotel, through the glass, it is a lovely and healthy ...
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Photo: london.gov Oh to be a fly on the wall for the real conversation between former Governor Arnie, the Terminator, Schwarzenegger and Boris Johnson, Mayor of London. Ostensibly they got together to discuss fitness programmes for youth. But a few years ago Arnie had called Johnson's speaking style 'fumbling' and in return the Mayor called him a 'monosyllabic Austrian ...
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Photo: with permission of Prix Pictet : Amos Coal Power Plant, Raymond City, West Virginia 2004 The Prix Pictet has to be the most interesting photography prize going. Awarding a generous $77,000 to the winner, it is only the third year running for this international competition that focuses on sustainability and the environment. This year's theme is growth and ...
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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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Photo: Ute Decker Twenty jewellers signed up this week (on Valentine's Day) to sell the world's first Fairtrade and Fairmined certified gold. A new partnership between the Fairtrade Foundation and the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) will provide certified gold. A Bolivian mining co-operative, Cotapata , is the first to be certified but more mines in Peru and Colombia ...
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Be a real sweetheart tomorrow when shopping for February 14 by supporting world artisans and hand-crafted items by small business entrepreneurs. The jewelry item above, for instance, shows the meaning of love, literally. This handmade necklace is created from recycled vintage dictionaries by Monique Sherman, redefining the word, as it's phonetically pronounced: luv. ... Read the full story on ...
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Photo: Josh Weinstein Whether or not the developing world does so sustainably is one of the great questions of our era -- and the answer relies as much on its national leadership as its aspiring entrepreneurs. As such, there's a huge opportunity to define business culture throughout the world in a sustainable context. Which makes E+Co , a 15 ...
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The Nature Conservancy and Dow Chemical announced a new collaboration yesterday that will "help Dow and other companies recognize, value and incorporate nature into global business goals, decisions and strategies." The pledge, $10 million from Dow over the next five years, is not the first corporate sponsorship for The Nature Conservancy, but it's not likely to be any less ...
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Photo: TravelEden under a Creative Commons license . Over the last few years, Fed Ex has been on something of a sustainability warpath: from converting 92 delivery trucks to diesel hybrids in 2009 to building a solar-powered facility in Cologne, Germany, the international company has made some great strides... Read the full story on TreeHugger Continued here: Fed Ex Makes ...
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Image: Walmart With Michelle Obama there to applaud and promote the effort, Walmart announced a plan this morning to bolster healthy foods by reducing the sugar, sodium and fat content in its packaged foods, lowering fruit and vegetable prices, working with suppliers to lower prices of healthier products, and fighting food deserts around the country.... Read the full story ...
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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
