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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A high point in the TreeHugger calendar is Talk Like A Pirate Day on September 19, as we once again show Wellington Gray's conclusive demonstration that a) there is an indisputable link between global warming and the number of pirates extant on the high seas, and b) correlation proves causation. How green a pirate are you? Take the Sierra ...
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Photo via Daily Mail A lot's been said about Patrick Swayze this week, and whether you'll miss him most for his Point Break action scenes, his Ghost -era clay-sculpting, his Chippendales Saturday Night Live skit with Chris Farley, or the irreplaceable "Nobody puts Baby in a corner," his green efforts are just as important to his legacy.... Read the ...
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Image via: Priscilla Woolworth.com Priscilla Woolworth , fourth generation heir of famed Woolworth's stores, has opened her own eco-store, now available on the web. While the items aren't anything extraordinary (in fact, you can even buy Bon Ami on the sit... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the original here: Woolworth's Heir Opens Eco General Store
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Natural Security through water infrastructure improvements. Image credit: American Rivers Clean water is essential to our health and our communities. Yet climate change presents a serious threat to our most precious natural resource in the form of more frequent floods and droughts and worsening water pollution. American Rivers has highlighted eight communities' ... Read the full story on TreeHugger ...
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Mobilizing Australian Youth to Send a Message About Climate Policy The video above is a commercial for the Youth Decide program by the non-profit Australian Youth Climate Coalitio... Read the full story on TreeHugger Here is the original: Australian Youth Decide Climate Campaign
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Photo: Ford Jay Leno's "Green Car Challenge" Will be a Regular Segment Just a few days after Ford's unveiling of its electric Focus prototype at Frankfurt , we get photos and specs of the electric Focus that will be used in Jay Leno's Green Car Challenge (which is basically just getting the best lap tip on the track, and ...
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Photo by Meaghan O'Neill Timely but not fleeting, flouncy but not frilly, unique but not unwearable, clever but never over the top -- Mr. Larkin 's Spring 2010 collection was everything green fashion should be. A relative newcomer on the eco-scene, the San Francisco-based designer (a.k.a Casey Larkin ) wowed the GreenShows audience in New York earlier this week ...
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Image via: Potent Foods I got the sense after picking up the sample of Maca bars that this could be the next miracle "food" popping up on the market. That is, if we're not already too burnt out by "miracle foods." I sampled a few of these Potent Life bars and Maca Miracle bars and the results were anything ...
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Scary Asian helmet campaign Sociologist David Horton of Lancaster University is doing a five part series on fear of cycling at Copenhagenize, and in part 3 looks at the effect of helmet promotion campaigns. He notes that most UK cycling organizations are against mandatory helmet use, saying that it should be a matter of free choice. He then discusses ...
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Image via Core77 Computers can offset their own emissions via tools like Little Green Genie , but what if they can also offset at least some of their emissions by growing it's own mini carbon capture and storage utility on its back in the form of a desk plant? That's the idea behind this concept by Luis Luna .... ...
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"The stakes are very high and scientists are not the best people to deal with the social, ethical or political issues that geoengineering raises." View original here: Geoengineering is a Technical Fix for a Political Problem
Google leads the pack in Greenpeace's annual ranking of IT companies based on their efforts to use clean energy and reduce their environmental impact. Here is the original: Google Tops Greenpeace's Clean IT List
