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: shioshvili Last week concerned dolphins successfully saved the life of a struggling Doberman Pinscher by alerting a vacationing couple that the poor pooch was stuck on the sandbar. The dolphins were enjoying a swim through the Florida canal on their way to the Gulf of Mexico when they noticed the 80 pound Doberman that had disappeared hours before. ...
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Photo by John Talbot via Flickr.com. Guest bloggers Andrea Donsky and Randy Boyer are co-founders of NaturallySavvy.com . It's a nice day, you're walking along and all of a sudden-- squish . You don't even have to look because you know you've really stepped in it. There's nothing quite like an encounter with a pile of poop to put ...
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Photo via Mabels When it comes to daring rescues, most news focuses on those acts of bravery committed by humans -- but the animal world has heroes too. The amazing feats on these pages -- from a lion saving a baby rhino, to a dog saving a cat, to a dolphin saving a whale -- show just how far ...
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Image Credit: Fetch Club via Facebook When you go out clubbing, do you wish you didn't have to leave your dog behind? Well, thanks to the people behind Fetch , Tribecca's first night club for dogs, you don't have to! Spanning 13,000 square feet, Fetch includes a 3,000 square foot indoor (fake) grass park, a spa for mud baths ...
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Ever since she was a child, legendary model and actress Isabella Rossellini has been fascinated and amused by animals and their intricate rituals. Wanting to share her passion with the world through film, she chose a premise no one can say no to. Sex. Thus spawned Green Porno , followed by Seduce Me ; short films (all starring Ms. ...
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The golden jackal is used in parts of India and Vietnam to treat asthma, arthritis, and paralysis. Photo by Paul Mannix via Flickr. In some cultures, if a child gets chicken pox, his mother doesn't cook up a big pot of soup to make him feel better -- she feeds him wolf parts to treat the illness. Such traditional ...
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Photo Credit: Barry Bland/Barcroft Media via The Daily Mail For every animal that dies before its time, there are others that outdo their species with record-setting lifespans: 211-year-old whales, 25-year-old dogs, 175-year-old tortoises. And while figuring out an animal's age isn't an exact science--especially when it's a creature found in nature without a birth certificate--the fish, mammals, and fowl ...
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Photo via MSN NZ Sad news out of New Zealand for animal lovers today--in what's being described as the nation's worst case of animal cruelty, two brothers allegedly went on a canine shooting spree, killing 33 dogs. Most of the dogs belonged to their neighbor, and the act was likely a vendetta--the brothers had gotten into a dispute with ...
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Photo via Olivier Morin / AFP For the government of Sweden , having 237 wolves in the entire nation is a few too many. The wolves were nearly made extinct by hunting in Scandinavia until the activity was banned in the mid 70s. But now, after a 45 years, the country's parliament has issued a decree allowing the population ...
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He's sad because he just found out. Photo via indietastic Who would have guessed that behind those big, doughy eyes and that fluffy, wagging tail your cat or dog produced twice as much pollution as your car? How could that be? You've never seen the dog leave the shower running, pour motor-oil down the storm drain, or watch the ...
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The office building, going for LEED Platinum, is built on top of a brick factory from another era. It rises to the challenge. Go here to read the rest: The Centre For Green Cities At Evergreen Brickworks Demonstrates How To ...
"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
