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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Clif Bar is putting out a new iPhone app called Save Our Snow that will give you not only the snow conditions at your favorite ski resorts, but also tell you the environmental steps the resorts are taking to fight global warming, so you can make the best choice on where to go to for your snow fix. ... ...
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photo: Rob DiCaterino via flickr Though the United Nations thinks that the most likely scenario for human population growth will mean that the planet will have to accommodate 9.2 billion people in 2050 (which is a very slight reduction from previous estimates) the low end of their projections just got a bit higher: Because of increase in birthrate in ...
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Samantha Ettus thinks of TreeHugger founder Graham Hill as the "poster boy of the green movement" and says that's why she's obsessed with him. Click through and check out their interview, and get the background on Graham and how he got started in the green movement. ... Originally posted here: TreeHugger's Graham Hill on Obsessed TV
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eBay has noticed three things: Our current consumption patterns aren't sustainable, the economy is requiring us to rethink how we shop, and we want help shopping with green as a priority. As a response, the company is launching a Green Team to encourage buyers and sellers to make more sustainable purchasing decisions . ... Read more from the original ...
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The fact is, a conference on emerging technology didn't have to talk about green at all. There's a whole lot of cool techy stuff coming out that doesn't have much to do with being green. But the theme of green permeated the conference, which means sustainability is part of everything important happening in the technology world. And that's a ...
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WattzOn's Raffi Krikorian held a talk at ETech about the user-populated database for energy consumption , and showed off a great feature - the Embodied Energy Database, which helps users know just how much power is held within commonly consumed objects.... Read the original: ETech 2009: WattzOn's Embodied Energy Database
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Mark Frauenfelder of MAKE Magazine gave a talk on urban homesteading and how you can go about being a bit of a farmer in the city. He presented quite a few cool ideas, as well as 7 guiding principles for successful urban farming. ... Go here to read the rest: ETech 2009: Things That Make Urban Homesteading Great
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Image via: guardian.co.uk "The question I've been asking is, why didn't we save ourselves when we had the chance?" This is Pete Postlethwaite speaking to us from the future, the year 2055 to be exact, where he is marooned alone, high in a tower above the melted arctic, quite possibly the only man left on earth. We learn he ...
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Mickey's parent company reveals environmental plans. Photo: The Walt Disney Company Disneyland may not be the greenest place on earth but within 3- to 5-years the company plans to minimize Mickey's footprint, cutting emissions in half, reducing electricity consumption by 10 percent, and halving the garbage at its parks and resorts by 2013. Long-term, the aim is net zero ...
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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 ...
