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 credit: Eve Organics As brain-melting temps begin to dip, sweater boxes start getting ransacked, and wardrobe whites get aired out for one last hurrah, the eyes have it for bolder, more provocative peepers, moving away from summery teals and ultramarines to ripened ochres, wines, and aubergines. Burgeoning beauty company Eve Organics , which launched in late 2007, has ...
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Photo credit: daniellerose It took two years, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finally made good on its promise to conduct its own analysis of lead in lipstick. The results, suffice to say, ain't pretty. The FDA, which published its analysis in the July/August 2009 issue of the Journal of Cosmetic Science , found lead in ...
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Photo credit: DA Creative Photography Consumer choice is a powerful thing. Say "jump or I'll spend my cash somewhere else" and you'll set executives scrambling to use one another as makeshift human trampolines. It's for this reason and this reason alone—at least for the major corporations—that we're seeing such a proliferation of products cheerily proclaiming that they're BPA-free. Well, ...
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In the second part of our interview, Daniel Goleman elaborates on how our ecological intelligence is woefully lacking, but points us toward technological tools that can up our IQ. GoodGuide , one of his favorites, offers a database of ratings on everything from food to toys. Goleman hopes shoppers will whip out the iPhone and do their research before ...
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Photo credit: Sephora A recent change to French law could put the kibosh on the excess packaging that luxury fragrances and cosmetics are infamous for, according to CosmeticsDesign . Needless to say, the European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment (EUROPEN) is not amused. At all. Under the new regulation, the packaging that so lovingly embraces sinewy bottles of ...
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Photo credit: Getty Images Forget chemical peels, surgical face-lifts, Botox, or expensive hopes-in-a-jar. You can attain fresh, glowing skin by following a few simple directives and getting a little crafty around the kitchen. When you've watched your budget go from Roquefort to Cheez Whiz, you can no longer afford to keep a crack team of dermatologists and aestheticians on ...
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Even those of you with good, green intentions are being pretty much ineffective as you grope toward a hazy green mirage. Why? Your ecological intelligence—your knowledge of the real impacts of the things you buy and do—is pitifully low. Daniel Goleman is the author of the mega best-selling Emotional Intelligence, a psychologist, and a New York Times science contributor. ...
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Photo credit: Getty Images Oh, the astonishing lengths we'll go to slow the march of time. In the universal quest to thwart the aging process, people will try anything. And we do mean anything . Jabbing botulinum toxin into your forehead, it seems, is for amateurs. We bravely sought out the most exotic (read: beyond weird) natural beauty concoctions ...
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Photo credit: Olivier Bruchez LUSH Cosmetics is washing its hands off palm oil , and it's encouraging other multinational corporations to lather up to something else. Found in food products, biofuels, and many cosmetics, palm oil has been pilloried for the destruction of rainforests in Southeast Asia and driving The rest is here: LUSH Cosmetics Tells Palm Oil to Suds ...
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Photo via Durham21 The Heath Ledger -directed Modest Mouse video for "King Rat," released Tuesday, follows the animated adventures of a ship helmed by whales on the hunt for humans--harpoons and all.... Read the full story on TreeHugger Go here to see the original: Heath Ledger's Green Music VIdeo, Lady Gaga's No-Fur Policy, and More
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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 ...
