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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It's called "Spirit of the Forest" but this is one forest that you wouldn't notice unless you looked carefully. Artfully sculpted around the front door of Harvey Nichols Department Store in London is a huge 50m long sculpture that runs the entire length of the front of the store and forms the window display as it flows through 11 ...
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New construction in Mumbai has expanded rapidly, photo: Deepak Gupta via flickr. A number of reports have come out in the past few days regarding the deteriorating state of India's environment -- planting 600,000 trees for a Guinness World Record aside. The nation's aggregate carbon emissions now top Japan's, 45% of the The rest is here: India's Eco-Woes Worsen: Carbon ...
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Photo via sly06 It's always good news to find out that an extinct species is actually still hanging around. That's just the case with the booby. Turns out, a species once thought extinct is actually still living - it's simply been wearing a mask and going under a different name. Tricky, tricky. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger ...
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Photo from ellenlostin Within weeks, grey wolves in the Northern Rockies will be on the business-end of high-powered hunting rifles. Most people remember back in May 2009 that the Obama Administration delisted the wolves from the endangered species list. Now, sense their current status isn’t protected by the federal government, See more here: September Promises to be Killer Month for ...
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photo: Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition In case you needed anymore convincing that mountaintop removal coal mining -- and dumping the waste in the streams and valleys surrounding the mine afterwards -- is an environmental (and Originally posted here: Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Stream Damage Could Take 1,000 Years to Fix
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Image of Greta Scacchi Posing with Bluefin First Monaco, and then France supported the ban on blue fin tuna and now the Brit's are joining the campaign to save the endangered fish. The British Fisheries Minister has announced that Britain is joining France and Monaco in calling for the fish to be listed on the Convention for International Trade ...
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Photo from Gregory Koch Red wolves are one of the rarest mammals in North America. They are a mere 100 strong in their native habitat of North Carolina’s Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge . But with the help of the Wolf Conservation Center (WCC) in South Salem, NY, the Canis rufus may grow in number…first in New York, and ...
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photo: Jasja Dekker via flickr New Scientist shows us another reason why preserving biodiversity is so important: Preventing the spread of diseases from animals to humans. A new paper from scientists at Portland State University looks at the spread of the Sin Nobre Virus , otherwise known as the View original here: Preserving Biodiversity Helps Prevent Disease Spread from Animals ...
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Image from Salgado Sebastiao Salgado is a Brazilian photographer who has been working on his photo-documentary "Genesis" for more than 4 years. It is a story in photos about the effect of modern development on the environment. He is searching for landscapes that represent a pure, untouched state of nature. So far he has travelled to 20 different spots ...
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Sputnik Inc, a group that documents contemporary culture through video interviews with the world's top thinkers, has recently launched its site , providing videos previously unavailable to the pubic, and giving a resource to viewers who like to ponder the fringe ideas and innovations driving our world forward. It's a bit like TED, but in a more intimate interview ...
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This hand operated gramophone is as simple as it gets. Original post: Minimalist Gramophone Makes Playing Music Super Simple
Contrary to previously held notions of how whale songs are shared between neighboring populations, a surprising study finds that whales living the same ocean basin are singing different songs. Read the original post: Study: Humpback Whales Living in Same Ocean ...
