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 Tark Siala Bad news from a study by J. Gold Associates, which states that extending a notebook's lifespan to 5 years, instead of the average 3, may be more expensive in the long run. The findings are basically encouraging IT managers to ditch notebooks at the usual 3-year mark. ... Read the rest here: Study Tells Businesses It's ...
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Chart showing rechargeable battery life versus alkaline battery life in a high-drain application. Source: GreenBatteries.com Dear Pablo: I'm a New Yorker who tries to be environmentally conscious. For years now, I've been confounded by rechargeable batteries. They just don't seem to work for me as I imagine they should....and now I'm at the end of my rope. Before I ...
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Cricket , a wireless voice and broadband Internet service provider, points to the fact that Americans toss about 130 million cell phones a year, totaling about 65,000 tons of waste annually, and yet only about 5% of that is recycled . So they're hoping to make it easier to recycle, and therefore boost those rates by offering printable pre-paid ...
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Without "silver" mercury fillings, gold and composite materials are the choices. Photo via DeaPeaJay @ flickr. Hot on the heels of the TreeHugger post on Italian nuclear waste being imported to the Utah desert, here's a frightening story from Lismore, New South Wales.: a device known as the Bulb Eater, looking like a cross between a 40-gallon drum and ...
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Image via 4thbin.org When it comes to throwing things out, we have a lot of bin options for sorting - trash, compost, paper, plastic, metals...but what about e-waste? e-Waste too often e nds up in the trash bin because, while it really is easy to recycle it , it takes an extra step or two and, well, some folks ...
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Photo via KB35 The month of April is usually a good month for recycling since Earth Day sparks some action around saving the planet. The EPA has caught the bug too, and has announced a big cell phone recycling drive in conjunction with major retailers, to last all of next week. ... Go here to read the rest: EPA Announces ...
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Tis spring and again time to recycle the e-waste. Lucky are we to have the Lower East Side Ecology Center on hand to take our toxic e-crap off our hands to be properly disposed of. Rundown after the jump and don't forget to put LESEC's Read the original post: NYC Electronic Recycling Events Earth Month 2009 Calendar
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Tis spring and again time to recycle the e-waste. Lucky are we to have the Lower East Side Ecology Center on hand to take our toxic e-crap off our hands to be properly disposed of. Rundown after the jump and don't forget to put LESEC's Go here to read the rest: NYC Electronic Recycling Events Earth Month 2009 Calendar
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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 ...
