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 via Indecision Forever Last week, one of the dominant narratives in the news coverage of the BP Gulf spill was that all the oil from the nearly 200 million gallon spill had just up and disappeared . Good thing Stephen Colbert wasn't buying the line -- he looked a little harder and found all that supposedly "missing" oil. ...
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Hollywood is notorious for being about as subtle as a sledgehammer when its films venture some symbolism -- so for that reason, it tends to be a good place to look for some of the more glaring reflections of American culture. Take, for instance, the phenomenon pointed out in a recent Slate article of Hollywood's tendency to equate carlessness ...
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Moby After His Wanderlust Speakeasy photo: Bonnie Hulkower Wanderlust Festival , the eclectic four day yoga retreat/rock concert, just culminated its second year in Lake Tahoe's scenic Squaw Valley. The festival didn't suffer from a sophomore slump, the three and four day packages, as well as Friday and Saturday day passes sold out in advance. Even halfway into the ...
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Image by Scott Kilgour The artist Scott Kilgour is obsessed with garbage. Last year he wrote and illustrated a lovely (!) little book about green garbage bags . Not satisfied that enough people heard the message, he has done a follow-up, incorporating sign language. He says we are deaf to the problem so he is giving us the tools ...
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photo via flickr Pete Seeger is 91 years old, but he definitely still knows which way the wind blows. The legendary folk singer revealed Friday night at New York's City Winery a new protest song that takes dead aim at the BP oil spill. Seeger rolled out the new song, playing his banjo, at the fundraising concert for the ...
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Bitter Melon Trellis by the National Bitter Melon Council . Photo by Hiroko Kikuchi A series of statements about sick strawberries, bitter melons and the violent history of potatoes have been made with a collection of several gardens designed by artists and planted throughout the grounds of Los Angeles County Art Museum. The creative gardens are part of its ...
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Image via Ecorazzi . In upstate New York this weekend, former first child Chelsea Clinton will marry investment banker Marc Mezvinsky, and green blogs are abuzz with leaked details about the vegan menu at the wedding and rehearsal dinner . The rest is here: Chelsea Clinton's Vegan Wedding, Inception's Solar-Powered Set, and More
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Musician Christopher Willits performs in "The Illuminated Forest." Photo by Jessica Resmond via Soundwave . What does "green" sound like? Artists and musicians in San Francisco are attempting to answer that tricky question with a series of avant-sound performances and shows, including a month-long installation that allows visitors to explore an illuminated "forest" that changes with their presence, reflecting ...
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Image credit: CoolClimate Art Contest The Earth may be our home but disasters like oil spills and threats like deforestation and global warming mean that it might not be such a hospitable place for much longer. Still, in the face of these obvious problems, many people refuse to recognize the need for immediate action. the CoolClimate Art Contest is ...
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Photo: Youtube Something's Not Right With This Campaign Not long ago, many celebrities got together to make a PSA for the "Be The One" campaign, urging people to sign a petition to save the Gulf of Mexico on the website RestoreTheGulf.com (very similar to the government's website at RestoreTheGulf.gov , which might have caused confusion). This all seems good, ...
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Excerpt from: Today on Planet 100: Planet 100's Top 10 Most Outrageous Stories (Video)
Photo via Wired You may have heard of Simon Singh long before his name rose to the top of the list of those championing sound science: He'd written two bestselling books, Fermat's Enigma and the Big Bang . Despite ...
