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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Photo via Xinhuanet US Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu has just made an announcement on the current state of the operations to permanently plug the blown-out well below the Deepwater Horizon site. Chu has been instrumental in the spill's response, which at first was criticized by some for being slow and lackluster , but has since developed into a ...
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Photo via CenCOOS As BP moves to permanently seal the blown-out well that unleashed 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the focus is turning to the toll of the disaster. It should be said that the true and total toll will not be known for some time, until scientists have had a chance to properly ...
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Photo via MSNBC It irks me that I have to write a headline like that, but with so much of the media's BP spill coverage painting pictures of a harmonious, oil-free Gulf, I can't underscore enough the fact that this thing is far, far, far from over. Thankfully, CNN ran a report that got this 100% right , and ...
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Image via CNN The billionaire financier Carl Icahn snapped up $929 million worth of shares in oil-related energy companies in the months following the explosion at the Deepwater Horizon site , new reports are revealing. Icahn made the nearly $1 billion bet as shares in the industry were falling to all-time lows, and it's thought that this investment helped ...
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Image via Boston With the flow of oil from the BP well in the Gulf of Mexico capped and most of the spilled oil skimmed from the water's surface, incoming CEO Robert Dudley said last weekend that it was time for BP to "scaleback" its cleanup efforts, the AP reported . E... Read the full story on TreeHugger More ...
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Photo: Vogue Italia, courtesy of My Sister's Art When green jewelry designer Kathleen Nowak Tucci of My Sister's Art contacted us with the news that her recycled rubber jewelry made the cover of Vogue Italia I was thrilled; I'd seen her dramatic necklaces featured in Ecouterre and I am always happy when green fashion designers are recognized by mainstream ...
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photo: Fibonacci Blue via flickr With the news that BP has cemented the leaking well head , and word that 75% of all the oil which poured into the Gulf of Mexico either collected or somehow dispersed, you're right for starting to breath a sigh of relief. But it occurred to me, if 25% of the oil is still ...
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The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico reached an important milestone this Tuesday afternoon when BP started their 'static kill' procedure to seal the oil well, and the good news is, that it seems to be working -- so far. In other green news, the Galapagos Islands has been taken off the list of World Heritage Sites in ...
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Photo via Inhabitat Okay, so the BP spill narrative du jour is that all the oil has disappeared -- dispersed, burned, skimmed away, or magically vanished. Stephen Colbert said he'd found it , but he was mostly kidding. There's only one quarter of the stuff left posing any real threat, according to federal scientists (though it's probably worth See ...
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Image: Wikipedia , public domain. Important Milestone BP has started the ' static kill ' procedure on Macondo oil well on Tuesday afternoon, a day later than originally hoped because 2 minor leaks were found on valves on the new cap. After the valves were fixed, heavy drilling mud was pumped into the well for 8 hours until the ...
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Save the sea creatures! Handcraft your own natural specimens using these these simple patterns, some yarn and a crochet hook. View post: 8 Enchanting Sea Creatures You Can Crochet
A Finnish designer has made a working surfboard from broken skateboards. Read the original here: Hollow Surfboard Is Made from Broken Skateboards
