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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Earth Gazing From the International Space Station for Earth Day For Earth Day, NASA is beaming back to Earth high-resolution images taken from the International Space Station (ISS). What better way to remind ourselves that our planet isn't infinite than to look at it from 354 kilometers (220 miles) of a... Read the original post: NASA's Earth Gazing Video: Carl ...
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Artist and turntablist Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky ) is working on Sinfonia Antarctica , a musical/film performance based on field recordings he made of Antarctica's rapidly Read the original: Matthew Modine, DJ Spooky and Boris Kodjoe on Earth Day
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Photo via Wired Nissan, which plans to mass market electric vehicles in the U.S. in 2012, announced today a new partnership to promote electric vehicles with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, the Department of Energy’s largest multi-purpose research lab. ... Here is the original post: Nissan, Oak Ridge National Lab Hook Up Over Electric Cars
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Image via Daily Tech , Credit Jeremy Levy, University of Pittsburgh What if computers didn't require a boot time, but just switched on and off, with instant access memory that consumed little power? That could be a possibility if researchers at Cornell are on the right track with new research that puts a fresh spin on old predictions. ... ...
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Headline in the Sun Matt recently wrote Eat Like It's 1975 to Save the Planet: New Report Links Obesity, Energy Consumption & Climate Change , which said We need to be doing a lot more to reverse the global trend towards fatness, and recognize it as a key factor in the battle to reduce emissions and slow climate change. ...
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Headline in the Sun Matt recently wrote Eat Like It's 1975 to Save the Planet: New Report Links Obesity, Energy Consumption & Climate Change , which said We need to be doing a lot more to reverse the global trend towards fatness, and recognize it as a key factor in the battle to reduce emissions and slow climate change. ...
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Photo via UWGB Many of us having been celebrating Earth Day for as long as we remember--but it hasn't always been this way . As evidenced by this photo from a march on the first Earth Day in 1970, it's taken the dedication, cunning, and the unflinching love of the environment of some very passionate people to bring about ...
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Photo via UWGB Many of us having been celebrating Earth Day for as long as we remember--but it hasn't always been this way . As evidenced by this photo from a march on the first Earth Day in 1970, it's taken the dedication, cunning, and the unflinching love of the environment of some very passionate people to bring about ...
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In hard times, it can take a while to finish a building. The Norman Foster designed Hearst Tower sits on top of the original Hearst building designed by Joseph Urban, but cut off halfway up by the Great Depression. While it got topped off in a green tour de force, we are not always so lucky.... Read more from ...
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When it comes to climate change policy, Denmark's eyes and ears on the ground in Washington, DC, is Hans Eriksen. We met with him at the Green Apple Festival last weekend and asked about the meaning of Earth Day this year, his expectations for a new agreement at ... More: Denmark's Climate Change Expert in Washington Talks Copenhagen
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This hand operated gramophone is as simple as it gets. Original post: Minimalist Gramophone Makes Playing Music Super Simple
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 ...
