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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Yes, the composer of such children's song classics "Baby Beluga" and "Down by the Bay" is worried about future generations -- and rightfully so. As he writes in an essay for Child Honouring : Are we tweeting while Earth burns? Is climate collapse our new collective Titanic? How do we best describe the survival struggle of 7 billion in a ...
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Photo: Zimbio As per usual, the intertubes are awash with speculation of what President Obama will say during his State of the Union address -- along with plenty of friendly advice on what he should say, too! And who am I to sit on the sidelines while the internet chatters away? Here's my two cents: Obama should use the ...
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Image credit: numb3r , used under Creative Commons license. Perhaps predictably, the debate over heated environmental rhetoric continues. When I noted that an angry tone can come from greens too , I quoted George Monbiot as claiming that "every time someone dies as a result of floods in Bangladesh, an airline executive should be dragged out of his office ...
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photo: Julie G / Creative Commons James Hansen may be as much as a celebrity as one can be in the world of climate change science, so when he and colleague Makiko Sato say that we're in for multi-meter sea level rise by 2100 you have to ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Go here to read the ...
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photo: Francesco Z / Creative Commons Those who don't remember the past... It's been long known that changing climatic conditions has contributed to the demise of ancient civilizations (think: the Saraswati-Indus civilization when the Saraswati River dried up), and the connections between climate variations and agriculture are perhaps obvious, ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Here is the ...
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Image: GigaOm Last month, an anonymous group pulled a prank on Koch Industries , the company that's notorious for opposing environmental regulations . The group produced a fake press release and website claiming that the company's days of environmental neglect were over, and that Koch was prepared to adopt policies to... Read the full story on TreeHugger Original post: Koch ...
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photo: emerson12 / Creative Commons A new study in Nature Geoscience examining glaciers melting due to climate change forecasts tough times for the world's small glaciers, but offers a more hopeful outlook for Read the original here: Half of Worlds Small Glaciers Will Be Entirely Melted by 2100 - But There's Good News For The Himalayas
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image: Mass Animal Deaths - Google Map You'd have to have been sequestered in a cave for the past ten days or so to not have noticed all the coverage of mass bird deaths and fish kills going on right now. And you've perhaps already come across the See the original post here: Google Map Reveals Weird Weather Caused Half ...
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Image: MenuPages The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization announced yesterday that in December, food prices surpassed their 2008 levels , often remembered for the riots that broke out around the world. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the original here: World Food Prices Close to Record High
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Photo: FaceMePLS , Flickr, CC We knew it was going to happen, and now it has: Republicans have killed the House Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming. They did so as promised, shortly after taking office. The committee was designed specifically to shape policy on global warming and energy issues. Since its creation in 2006, it held ...
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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
