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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Image credit: Planeat From my musings on what a vegan world would actually look like , to PETA's infographic on what happens when everyone eats vegan , we've seen plenty of speculation about what our future would look like if we abandoned, or severely curtailed, our use of meat, dairy and other animal products. But there's no need to ...
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Image credit: Soil Association From Sacramento High School students creating their own CSA to an after-school program based on an urban farm , we've seen plenty of ways that the local food movement is integrating with educational opportunities for school-aged children. But this might be the first time we've seen a full farmers market in a school. organized by ...
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Illustration depicting both male and female flowers of maize Image credit: Wikipedia Corn is such a cultural cornerstone in America. Lend an ear to John Fahey playing " Give Me Corn Bread When I'm Hungry ." Rememberr Thoreau buying sacks of cracked corn for his Walden Pond stay. Tortillas and Katchina Dolls, and marbled beef, and corn root borers ...
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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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Those green states are where all the crazy food politics will be centered. Image credit: USDA In what may be one of my favorite news stories of the year, Green Fields: Expected acreage of corn isn't enough, survey shows , published in the Des Moines Register. , the wacky Wall Street farmers at Goldman Sachs, "report...that bad weather this ...
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Image credit: NOAA Today's seminal Lester Brown post about China's escalating grain consumption and coming conflicts over trade and food prices - see Can the United States Feed China? - brought to mind related, climate-driven events in the US. Back in February I wrote : "As we all can see by the latest Federal drought t... Read the full ...
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Photo Credit: krossbow , via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution License . From giant, starchy baking potatoes to small, waxy fingerlings; from pale white to deep purple, there are almost endless options available to you when you grow your own. The flavors and colors far exceed what's available in most grocery stores. And, with a little planning, even those of ...
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John has written before about how manure lagoons may become a liability in a warming climate , but even now the practice of storing vast amounts of animal waste in anaerobic lagoons is causing major environmental concerns. Science Daily points to new research showing that manure storage lagoons in North and South Carolina have proliferated over the last 15 ...
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Image credit: Martijn van Exel , used under Creative Commons license. I seem to be thinking a lot about the ethics of meat eating recently. From wondering why I don't feel bad for eating meat yet still apologize for it , to posting about The Moneyless Man's comparison between meat eating, genocide, eugenics and cannibalism , it's a ... ...
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Here is another diet plan, designed by 87 year old billionaire David Murdock. New York Times food writer Frank Bruni writes: He wants to reach 125, and sees no reason he can't, provided that he continues eating the way he has for the last quarter century: with a methodical, messianic correctness that he believes can, and will, ward off ...
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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
