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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Here on TreeHugger, there’s been tons of mention about Ingeo —the renewable material being used in products like high-end clothing , pens , lipstick tubes , computers and other electronics . Some companies are dabbling with the idea and others are taking i... Read the original here: The Consumer Scoop on SunChips' 100 Percent Compostable Packaging
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What do you do with a bunker like this? Archivolver put a house on it. Of course their site is in stupid flash so I can't translate it. And they have something else going on so I cannot even copy the link to the page. Why do architects do these things? ... Here is the original post: Creative Recycling: Bunker ...
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The science is clear. Virtually all climate experts agree that we must reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by the year 2050. If we fail, the worst consequences of climate change threaten to increase the severity of health epidemics , Go here to see the original: Quote of the Day: Bill Clinton on Earth Day
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Campaigning for Earth Day every day. Photo via Flickr: by Alexindigo It’s easy being green on Earth Day with everybody jumping on the green train from supermarkets to big box stores offering eco-friendly marketing campaigns . It’s a little like helping out food banks only on Thanksgiving Day. So what about the other 364 days of the year? The ...
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If you're a greenie with a taste for sketch comedy, Greenerschnitzels is up your alley. It is a brand new series of SNL-style documentary episodes that address issues like man-made versus cow-made green house gas emissions...an episode you can check out when you click through. ... The rest is here: Greenerschnitzels Finds a Funny Way to Talk About Serious Stuff ...
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Image via Earth Aid Last week Earth Aid launched a free online service that encourages households to conserve energy wherever possible. The service looks at the home's energy bills, calculates the energy savings, bundles it to be sold as a carbon credit, and then sends cash payments to consumers. The more a user saves, the more they're paid. If ...
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National Sustainable Design Expo Chooses Six Winners The EPA's program for People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3), which seeks to foster new technologies brewing at US universities, has just chosen the winners of its annual Go here to read the rest: EPA Research Director Talks Innovation on Earth Day [Video]
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Eco-consultant and author Ben Jervey ( The Big Green Apple: Your Guide to Eco-Friendly Living in New York City ) offers some eco-friendly suggestions to the New York Daily News. While we don't see anyone's current missteps as sins , we do heartily encourage ta... Read more: Seven Green Sins of the City: Ben Jervey & NY Daily News Help ...
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Happy Earth Day! For Earth Day this year, Discovery is launching a new page called Discovery Green , and I have the pleasure to be in charge of it. For those of you won't don't know me, I've been with TreeHugger since 2005. Between 2006 and 2008, I was editor-in-chief, and I'm now editor of the Science & Technology ...
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Paul Bunyan, legendary North American clear-cut logger. Image credit: King of the Road Music In early December 2004, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo "ordered the military and police to crack down on illegal logging, after flash floods and landslides, triggered by rampant deforestation, killed nearly 340 people," according to news reports. As I have written in Plan B 3.0: ...
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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 ...
