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: Steve Ryan via flickr, Creative Commons Secretary of the Interior Salazar has certainly been enthusiastic about renewable energy lately, which is a very good thing indeed. In a recent statement he pumped up the huge potential of wind power off the shores of the United States, as well as large gaps in knowledge regarding fossil fuel resources also ...
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Image via Downstream on Babel ( website ) Earlier this month, the National Geographic’s visually-stunning and critical article on the Alberta tar sands caused a firestorm of negative publicity for both the Canadian government and the multi-billion dollar industry responsible for what some call the “ most destructive project on Earth .” It got pretty See original here: Tar Sands ...
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Image via Downstream on Babel ( website ) Earlier this month, the National Geographic’s visually-stunning and critical article on the Alberta tar sands caused a firestorm of negative publicity for both the Canadian government and the multi-billion dollar industry responsible for what some call the “ most destructive project on Earth .” It got pretty See the original post ...
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Image via Downstream on Babel ( website ) Earlier this month, the National Geographic’s visually-stunning and critical article on the Alberta tar sands caused a firestorm of negative publicity for both the Canadian government and the multi-billion dollar industry responsible for what some call the “ most destructive project on Earth .” It got pretty Originally posted here: Tar Sands ...
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Image via Downstream on Babel ( website ) Earlier this month, the National Geographic’s visually-stunning and critical article on the Alberta tar sands caused a firestorm of negative publicity for both the Canadian government and the multi-billion dollar industry responsible for what some call the “ most destructive project on Earth .” It got pretty See the original post ...
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Image via Downstream on Babel ( website ) Earlier this month, the National Geographic’s visually-stunning and critical article on the Alberta tar sands caused a firestorm of negative publicity for both the Canadian government and the multi-billion dollar industry responsible for what some call the “ most destructive project on Earth .” It got pretty Original post: Tar Sands Documentary ...
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Image via Downstream on Babel ( website ) Earlier this month, the National Geographic’s visually-stunning and critical article on the Alberta tar sands caused a firestorm of negative publicity for both the Canadian government and the multi-billion dollar industry responsible for what some call the “ most destructive project on Earth .” It got pretty Continued here: Tar Sands Documentary ...
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Image via Downstream on Babel ( website ) Earlier this month, the National Geographic’s visually-stunning and critical article on the Alberta tar sands caused a firestorm of negative publicity for both the Canadian government and the multi-billion dollar industry responsible for what some call the “ most destructive project on Earth .” It got pretty View post: Tar Sands Documentary ...
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photo: Ken Bosma via flickr In an example of why tar sands companies' efforts to focus on ways to reduce the carbon intensity of their operations misses some of the equally bad, and more immediate, environmental problems with tar sands extraction , it has come out that the number of ducks killed last April at a Syncrude site in ...
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Photo via Mopar Muscle Magazine Yesterday President Obama told Chrysler and GM that it is time to shape up or ship out. He also said he supports a program that would pay people to trade in older cars for newer, more fuel efficient vehicles. Europe has successfully tried this, but could it work here and would it be good ...
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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 ...
