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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Credit: Marlena Buczek Smith, Xander Pollack Can a poster change the world? We've covered them a lot on TreeHugger: The newest batch comes from the the Canary Project , which brought together a Who's Who of contemporary artists for their take on issues of climate change, sustainability, and energy independence. The result is Green Patriot Posters , an art ...
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Imogen Heap at Poptech 2010. Photo: Kris Krug , Creative Commons, Flickr. Imogen Heap, the British singer perhaps most famous for her 'the OC'-approved song Hide & Seek, made a surprise appearance at Poptech to give a sneak peak of her latest project: A crowd-sourced nature documentary that she's scoring for an orchestra. Called 'Love the Earth Film' , ...
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Photo: ronpaulrevolt2008 / Creative Commons Comedian -- and vegan -- Ellen DeGeneres is the face of Farm Sanctuary 's annual Adopt-a-Turkey Project , which encourages supporters to rescue a turkey this Thanksgiving (instead of roasting one). Find out how you can join the cause -- witho... Read the full story on TreeHugger View post: Ellen Talks Turkey, Comedians Fight Malaria, ...
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In case the Gulf oil spill has begun to fade from your mind already, here are a couple first hand accounts to keep the impact fresh. Put together by NRDC in collaboration with StoryCorps and Bridge the Gulf , these are the first in a ser... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the original post: Six Months Later, Stories of ...
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President Obama at the Grand Canyon, photo: US Embassy in Bolivia / Creative Commons . Considering the dismal state of American knowledge of climate change science , and seeming dwindling enthusiasm for science and math more broadly, every little bit of effort helps: Towards that, the White House is hosting a science fair and President Obama hi... Read the ...
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Images: Natalie Merbach In a world of ever-increasing information flow, we can't seem to get enough of diagrams and interactive maps that help us better organize and understand our world. Artist Natalie Merbach's fascinating sculptures -- which translate ecological, astronomical and meteorological data into physically woven, basket-like structures -- will certainly delight those of ... Read the full story ...
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Hidden treasures (Photo: Orin Zebest via Flickr) As yesterday's post on using lead swabs for safer thrifting may have gotten you guessing, the terms " thrifting " and " thrifter " are used to describe those who shop (sometimes exclusively) at thrift or second-hand stores, flea markets, garage sales and charity shops. (Note that there is apparently a difference Here ...
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Photo credit: Environment Point Green burials have been a growing trend in the United States for some time now -- and the term itself has come to encompass very different kinds of natural burials. But it's still surprising just how fast they've grown. An AP story out today reveals that the Green Burial Council "now counts more than 300 ...
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photo: Elliot Brown / Creative Commons With a new study just released revealing that half of Americans would get a failing grade if test on climate change knowledge and The Guardian reporting that the BBC blew its budget covering the Chilean miners' rescue and can only aff... Read the full story on TreeHugger Original post: Guardian Shames BBC For Proposing ...
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Image credit: Matthew McDermott , Khosla Ventures , and Wikimedia Commons What do President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed , Entrepreneur Vinod Khosla , and Chinese Actress See the original post here: Nominations are Open for the 2011 UNEP Champion of the Earth
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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 ...
