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 credit: Sharon Smith This guest post was written by Sharon Smith, author of The Young Activist's Guide to Building a Green Movement . Alec Loorz first saw Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth when he was twelve years old. Inspired by the message, Alec applied to be a presenter with Gore's The Climate Project, but was turned down ...
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Image: NASA On March 7th, the Arctic sea ice most likely reached its maximum extent for the year -- signaling the beginning of the melt season -- and that maximum tied for the lowest ever seen on the satellite record. The maximum extent was 5.65 million square miles, which may sound like a lot, until you consider that's 463,000 ...
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Please forward this post to your Republican Congressman I was just thinking a bit about the GOP's unanimous vote in the House Energy Committee to deny the existence of climate change , and it occurred to me that there's probably a good explanation for it: Nobody's ever taken the time to explain to you guys what climate change really ...
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Image: Calfinder All eyes have justifiably been glued to the ongoing crises in Japan -- the ravaged coastal towns and nuclear meltdowns -- that were caused by a massive 8.9 earthquake that propelled a tsunami into the nation's western coast. When disasters of such scale occur, it invariably gives way to much reflection in the media around rest of ...
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Photo: Globalwarming.org Aaand for our dose of Friday afternoon snark, we turn to a source where we might least expect biting sarcasm: from a sitting US Congressman. Yes, in response to the GOP's headlong legislative assault on science itself -- an effort to overturn a scientific finding they and their corporate backers find inconvenient -- the Massachusetts Representative lobbed ...
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Image: Center for Green Schools Interview with Rachel Gutter, Director of the Center for Green Schools At last week's Climate, Mind, and Body conference at the Garrison Institute , speaker after speaker offered up food for thought on how best to engage the climate problem. Along with speakers such as See the rest here: This Woman is Leading the Charge ...
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Newport Beach is one of the reddest cities in California, and its political representatives have been known for espousing disbelief in climate change. But that hasn't stopped climate change from causing rising sea levels to threaten the city. The LA Times reports : Cities along California's coastline that for years have dismissed reports of climate change or l... Read ...
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photo: Hans Splinter / Creative Commons The following is a guest post from Skeptical Science by Daniel Bailey "It's cold out!" ??Not strange to hear that during the winter, here in the Northern Hemisphere. But strange to hear that raised as an objection in the warming world in which we live today. How much w... Read the full story on ...
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As you're likely aware, Tim DeChristopher was found guilty on two felony counts yesterday -- meaning the renowned environmental hero now faces up to 10 years in prison and $750,000 in fines. Bill McKibben, perhaps the nation's preeminent climate activist, and a friend of DeChristopher's, immediately decried the ruling on Twitter . McKibben also happened to be at the Garrison ...
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The first day of the Climate, Mind & Behavior conference at the Garrison Institute saw a parade of economists, scientists, and thinkers try to pinpoint what exactly might motivate us fickle, easily distracted humanfolk to address broad, distant-seeming threats like climate change. The event gathers 90 or so of the nation's big environmental minds -- climate scientists, authors, biologists, ...
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The GeoSpring hybrid electric water heater is not only super-efficient, it's being manufactured in America at a plant that has lay idle for decades. Here is the original: Super Efficient Water Heater is First New Product to Roll Off GE ...
The GeoSpring hybrid electric water heater is not only super-efficient, it's being manufactured in America at a plant that has lay idle for decades. Read more here: GE's New Hybrid Water Heater is Super Efficient—and Manufactured in America
