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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Detroit News Staff Writer Charlie LeDuff, left, watches Beasley butcher a raccoon. Image credit:Detroit News, To urban hunter, next meal is scampering by. Detroit News has a wonderfully written article about an elderly gentleman who lives the life of a nocturnal hunter-gatherer on the derelict periphery of Detroit Michigan. The recent downsizing of Detroit from a population of 2 ...
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photo: New England Aquarium For the New England Aquarium , keeping it green means keeping it blue. The aquarium will be celebrating Earth Day’s 39th anniversary with a memorable all local seafood dinner highlighting the talents of some of the area’s most renowned chefs. ... View original here: Cooking Blue on Earth Day
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Rhubarb growing. Image credit: Wikipedia Growing up in the rural US Midwest, I thought everybody had a rhubarb plant in their back yard. Ours was off in the corner by the sandbox. When I moved to Chicago, living in a rental flat in an old European-settled neighborhood, every other backyard had a patch growing by the alley. Long after ...
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In Japan, they don't just let factories rust away. Matt Frei of the BBC visits one where they used to make steel cable, but with demand down, they have converted much of it to grow hydroponic lettuce, with the former steelworkers tending the tender shoots. "The company expects the solution will save the business and help it survive the ...
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A volunteer helps clean up the disused grocery store. Image credit: Company Shops Market Hometown Security through Local Co-ops The current climate might not seem like the best time to open a grocery store. A group of residents in Burlington, NC - a town that has seen its fair share of unemployment and company closures over the years - ...
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Photo credit: Kelly Rossiter Waking up on our first morning in Kericho we were greeted with a spectacular sunrise and a slightly cool temperature. The journalists involved in the trip to the Lipton Tea Plantation in Kericho were scheduled to do a little tea plucking. When my housemates and I arrived at the designated spot to meet, we found ...
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Mark Bittman writes about food from a common sense point of view. We know we should eat more veggies and less meat, but in his latest book, Food Matters , Bittman tucks in to the reasons why a less carnivorous existence will result in a more harmonious existence between ourselves and our environment. The first section of Food Matters ...
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Image credit: Getty Images How many times do you hear people say: "Well, it must be safe because the government allows it?" But can you rely on that? Maybe a look as some of the foods and food practices which are permitted in the U.S. and banned in Europe could shed light on how governments judge safety in the ...
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South Africa Corn Production. Image credit: Chicago Board of Trade. Cash cropping farmers - those who grow grain to sell on the open market - are accustomed to dealing with reduced yields caused by an unsteady climate, for example; or from insect pests, or a mistake with the amount of added fertilizer. On the other hand, it's pretty hard ...
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Not all mock meat needs to taste like shoe. Image by Jamil Nasir/iStock. I once brought my meat-lovin’ grandma to famed New York City vegetarian restaurant Zen Palate . Since I knew the establishment well, she entrusted me to order something I thought she’d like. With steak being one of her faves, I ordered her some sort of crispy ...
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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 ...
