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 via Flickr For the most part, we're still in the very early stages of the stimulus process. Even though a few projects are shovel ready now, most of the funding is still in the allocation process. Highlighting this fact is the news that the EPA has made $565 million available for water projects in its Region 6—so Texas, ...
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The week-long global gathering kicked off today. Photo via IISD Reporting Services Even journalists living in this year's host city of Istanbul are a bit perplexed about the event we've dubbed "waterpalooza." Local advertisements describe it as "A big water meeting in Istanbul!" and that seems about as specific of an explanation as most people can muster. The chief ...
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Photo via the Scurry Group Half of the world's population will be living in areas of "acute water shortage" by 2030. That's the grim finding of a report issued by the UN last week, and it's one of the main reasons that 120 countries have convened in Istanbul for a World Water Forum in order to address the burgeoning ...
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Well, just as Google didn't want to get left behind when it comes to the smart grid , IBM doesn't want to get left behind when it comes to water management. We knew the company is paying attention considering a representative was on the water crisis panel at the Cleantech conference , but now they're announcing some big news ...
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GreenOps promotes recycling stations with plastic dresses trimmed in bottles. Photo: Roberta Cruger. Just when you thought it was time for bottled water to fizzle out, a slew of “new and improved” waters continue to hit the market, laced with vitamins and supplements to make you smarter, chilled out, buzzed, loved or lucky. At the Natural Products Expo in ...
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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 ...
