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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That was fast! On July 1, 2010 the Ontario government introduced an eco fee on manufacturers and importers of goods that produce hazardous waste. The list of 8,700 items affected included cleaning products, asthma inhalers, laundry detergent, paints, antifreeze, fluorescent bulbs, sun screen, potting soil, windshield washers and fire extinguishers. It was expensive for some items: $26. on the ...
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Photo via Wikipedia The coastal waters off southwest Africa is going through troubling times, becoming effectively a dead zone with fish populations collapsing, jellyfish populations booming, and oxygen levels dropping. But one tiny fish, the bearded goby, seems to be perfectly adapted to these otherwise dead-end conditions, and is helping hold together and entire ecosystem by acting as an ...
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A dust storm over the Persian Gulf. Image via NASA Earth Observatory On land, a fierce dust storm blots out any sign of life. But offshore, these banes of desert -dwellers' existence can be providers of life in what might otherwise be empty waters, according to an Arab biologist who believes he's solved the mystery of why the See ...
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Image from jp fire Ontario, Canada's largest province by population, has introduced a new eco fee. The Ontario government has imposed this environmental fee on manufacturers and importers of goods that produce hazardous waste. The list of items includes cleaning products, asthma inhalers, laundry detergent, paints, antifreeze, fluorescent bulbs, sun screen, potting soil, windshield washers and fire extinguishers. The ...
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Mangroves in Kiribati, photo: UNEP The United Nations Environment Programme and the Nature Conservancy have released the first global assessment in a decade of the state of the world's mangrove forests and the prognosis isn't particularly good: The report found that, despite conservation efforts and slowing rates of clearance, mangroves are being cleared at three to four times the ...
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The latest report from the UN-supported The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity project has been released, this time examining how businesses need to start addressing biodiversity loss and better appreciate the value of ecosystem services --those natural planetary functions, such as pollinating insects, that would other... Read the full story on TreeHugger See the original post: Businesses & Consumers Just ...
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All Images by B. Alter: The Living Office Research has shown that a healthy office space with plants and open windows is more conducive to productivity. Somehow we didn't need scientists to tell us that there is a link between flowers, plants and workplace satisfaction. At the Chelsea Flower Show , the Living Office is a conceptual response to ...
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Photo via benketero California is simultaneously in a water crunch and one of the nation's most important food sources. California is the world's fifth largest supplier of food and agriculture commodities, and in 2007, California exported more agricultural products by air than 23 other states did by all modes of transport. That says a lot for how important farming ...
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Images from The Great Trees of London : Richmond Plane Tree As a city, London is considered to be green and leafy, with lovely squares and parks filled with large and graceful trees. But the shocking truth is that there are only 56 great trees left in the larger area of London and only 10 in the central part. ...
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In the past weeks since the start of the Deepwater Horizon disaster I've gotten asked on countless occasions how long it's going to take to clean up all the leaking oil. Considering that, despite efforts to stop the gushing oil , this is all still ongoing this is an open-ended question to some degree. However, US Coast Guard Admiral ...
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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 ...
"The technology that we have here gives us a first-ever look at the Amazon in its full three-dimensional detail, over very large regions," says the study's lead researcher. Here is the original post: Lasers Used to Generate Remarkably Detailed 3D ...
