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:Â 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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Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaking in Copenhagen on climate change. UN photo/Eskinder Debebe The G8 nations may have agreed to some sort of climate change action in Italy, but it's really not what the science says is required. I said it, as well as other writers more seasoned such as myself (Fred Pearce writing for Short Sharp Science , ...
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Photo via stock.xchng by bouwm019 Should we be eating more beef in order to slow global warming? It sounds counterintuitive, but it may be so: Cattle could be part of the whole ecological equation to solving climate change and restoring healthy, bio-diverse ecosystems. I am a vegetarian, but I maintain there is a place for grass-fed beef on family ...
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Photo via NY Daily News Okay, so it turned out not to be a total failure --the G8 nations (the US, UK, France, etc) ended up pledging to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050, and to work towards keeping temperature levels from rising 2 degrees Celsius. As for the developing countries, led by China, India, and Brazil--they ...
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Missouri coal train, photo: Scott Granneman via flickr You know how I said a few days ago that not every state in the US was dependent on coal ? Well, that's entirely not the case in Missouri and that little fact is having some repercussions already. Like any climate bill of strength not ever passing in the Senate , ...
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Spreading deforestation in Malaysian Borneo, photo: Ben Sutherland via flickr While the G8 was collectively patting itself on the back for passing what are, from a scientific standpoint, some pretty wishy-washy emission reduction pledges , it did add an encouraging section into its statement on climate change: One acknowled... Read the original post: G8 Pledges to Support Deforestation & Forest ...
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Cape Farewell Andes Expedition Members Measuring Carbon in Soil at Wayqecha Station. Image via Cape Farewell . We reported last year on TreeHugger founder Graham Hill's trip with Cape Farewell to the Arctic. This year you can feel like you're part of their latest expedition, an 18-day trek through the Andean Rainforest, thanks to Twitter and a helpful Ge... ...
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L'Aquila, Italy. Photo: Michael Sineni via flickr Climate change negotiations in Italy between the 17 nations of the Major Economies Forum , whose emissions make up about 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions, broke down last night on the issue of reducing emissions 50% by 2050. China and India refused to agree to such a limit, without greater commitment ...
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Visualization of Arctic sea ice thickness in 2008. The white patches are 13-16' thick, deep blue are 0-3' thick. New satellite data from NASA confirms what research released a couple months of go said regarding the thinning of Arctic sea ice . Namely that it has thinned dramatically in the past four years and that for the first time ...
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Photo via Newsday Al Gore recently called on people everywhere to do as the Britons did in WWII and stand up to the Nazis. Or was it climate change? Or both? It's a little hard to say judging from the recent Times piece, Al Gore likens fight against climate change to battle with Nazis . So did Gore really ...
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photo: Matt Mordfin via flickr The idea that nations with high greenhouse gas emissions ought to reduce them by a greater percentage than those whose emissions are more moderate is solidly established. However, there's a percentage of the population of every nation whose lifestyles are responsible for more emissions than their poorer neighbors—even in places where per capita emissions ...
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Image via Yanko Design A new concept design by Lee Ju Won is the ultimate middle man. It sticks to a window to harness the power of the sun to run LEDs that provide light to potted plants that ...
Photo via Designboom The Retroreflector Tie by Jasna Sokolovic and Noel O'Connell is a somewhat subtle fashion statement for the safety-minded cyclist. And it is one of thousands of entries in Designboom's Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010. For this ...
