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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image from blogcritics.org The World Fairtrade Banana Eating Record is to be set today and tomorrow. As part of the annual Fairtrade Fortnight , over 200,000 people have signed up to eat one Fairtrade banana each as part of a world record attempt . Go bananas for Fairtrade. They are serious business: by eating them you will be supporting ...
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"The Greenhouse and the Shed" (2002) by Gilles Bruni and Marc Babarit (Photo via artists' website ) When the going gets tough, the tough... make art. For the last few decades, environmental artists have been provoking much-needed dialogue about a new way of thinking about the environment and our relationship to nature. More often than not, environmental art is ...
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A Finnish designer has made a working surfboard from broken skateboards. Read the original here: Hollow Surfboard Is Made from Broken Skateboards
How to grow tastier tomatoes and how to make food taste sweeter without sugar: just two amazing discoveries from a study of the chemical interactions underlying tomato flavor preferences Read the rest here: The Secrets of Tasty Tomatoes Discovered - Can ...
