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: Flickr , CC Sh.. Just Got Real As we've written about previously , tuna's in trouble, and it's not just limited to one species and/or one geographical region. A new study conducted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and published in the prestigious journal Science found that 5 out of the 8 tu... Read the ...
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Photo: rob_rob_2001 Just in time for the Fourth of July, let's take a closer look at hot dogs. Are they dangerous? What about organic and natural products? Recently The New York Times examined some misleading hot dog labels. Consumers are especially concerned with avoiding nitrates and nitrites because of their link to cancer but it turns out confusing labeling ...
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Photo Credit: Emma Alter I've made a lot of biscuits in my time, and I think this is the nicest recipe I've used. The biscuits rose beautifully, were light and fluffy and had a terrific flavour. They were very easy to make. It all went into the mixer, a little bit of kneading, cutting them out and into the ...
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Photo: Kelly Rossiter As regular readers would know, I love leftovers. Sometimes I have something that I can just reheat for lunch, but I often use leftovers as a base for something new. I had made a really good tomato pasta sauce for dinner and just had enough left over for one serving of pasta. I was in the ...
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Pink frozen berry drink by D. Sharon Pruitt via Flickr Among all the "natural" energy drinks, chill-out beverages, coconut waters, probiotic kefir shooters, alternative milks, and superfruit juices at the recent Natural Products Expo , there were some standout organic liquid refreshments in the mix. The nonstop array of sips and gulps overflowed, fro... Read the full story on ...
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Photo Credit: j-oh , Flickr Creative Commons. In the quest to grow more of our own food on our 1/4 acre city lot, we've spent a bit of time bemoaning the fact that we are quickly running out of space. The good news is that there are plenty of ways to make your limited garden space work harder for ...
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Photo: Kelly Rossiter My husband rode off on his bike yesterday to the dentist to get his teeth cleaned and came home with his mouth full of gauze and unexpectedly minus a tooth. It was too late to make him congee , which is what he really wanted, so I'll make that today for lunch for him. It turned ...
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Photo holisticmonkey via flickr. Who knew that poop scooping was big business? Well, not big business like Coca-Cola or tampons or power production, but big business as in there's a poop scoop business in most large towns . That's because pet waste is such a serious threat to fresh water supplies, and pet owners can't be counted on to ...
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Photo: Matthieu Gasnier In much of Southeast Asia dairy consumption is dramatically less than here in the United States. We claim that dairy prevents osteoporosis yet the United States has one of the highest rates of osteoporosis in the world, about 44 million Americans are threatened by the disease. Most recently, a private company announced details of a 12 ...
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Photo: Kelly Rossiter Celeriac isn't the first thing that comes to mind when you are planning a pasta sauce. Personally, I could eat a tomato based pasta sauce pretty much every day, but I felt like my husband had reached his threshold of tomato sauced dinners recently. I thought if I paired the celeriac with some finely chopped mushrooms, ...
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"The stakes are very high and scientists are not the best people to deal with the social, ethical or political issues that geoengineering raises." View original here: Geoengineering is a Technical Fix for a Political Problem
Google leads the pack in Greenpeace's annual ranking of IT companies based on their efforts to use clean energy and reduce their environmental impact. Here is the original: Google Tops Greenpeace's Clean IT List
