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 Neuro Software If you thought the Toy Story movies were about overcoming differences to become friends, then you missed some of the more subtle lessons: That stocking your kid's toy room can be an exercise in sustainable, eco-friendly choices that the junior set won't even notice. Follow these tips, inspired by the trailer for Toy Story 3 ...
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Photo via The Telegraph Michelle Obama enlisted the help of chefs from around the country -- including Rachael Ray, Tom Colicchio, and Cat Cora -- for the next phase of her Let's Move! campaign, which is aimed at decreasing childhood obesity rates. The chefs showed up get their hands dirty in the White House Garden, harvesting vegetables from the ...
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After working diligently to raise money to translate The Cove into Japanese, and advocating like crazy to get it allowed into theaters in the country, the team behind the ground-breaking documentary is finding it is being met with little enthusiasm. Screenings across Japan are being canceled as pressure from protesters grow, saying that the documentary is a "betrayal of ...
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Photo via The Urban Daily Don Cheadle , who earned an Academy Award nomination for his role as hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda , spent World Environment Day in the namesake country's Volcanoes National Park, where he announced the winning name in the traditional Kwita Izina gorilla baby naming ceremony: Zoya. But that wasn't the only big ...
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Photo via the First Post BP's attempts to stop the gushing oil geyser it unleashed upon the Gulf of Mexico have only sounded like Hollywood plot contrivances: Lower a giant 'top hat' over the leak! Let's go for operation: 'top kill" to blast the thing shut. Or how about a giant 'junk shot' to plug it with garbage. So ...
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Photo via Examiner Leonardo DiCaprio -- who has his own environmental foundation, lends his voice to multiple documentaries, donates to the NRDC and other charities, and is developing his own eco-hotel in Belize -- has one more commitment to add to his already-full list: ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the rest here: Save Tigers with Leonardo DiCaprio, ...
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Ever since she was a child, legendary model and actress Isabella Rossellini has been fascinated and amused by animals and their intricate rituals. Wanting to share her passion with the world through film, she chose a premise no one can say no to. Sex. Thus spawned Green Porno , followed by Seduce Me ; short films (all starring Ms. ...
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Photo via Delish.com If you think coming up with one meatless meal each Monday is hard enough for your family, then imagine what Mario Batali's up against: the celebrity chef (and Gwyneth Paltrow travel partner) has decided put at least two vegetarian dishes on the menu at each of his 14 restaurants every Monday.... Read the full story on ...
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Image credit: Good "The natural world on film has never looked better," Good writes, "Which, in a way, is a pity." While spectacular nature documentaries inspire people to preserve threatened wildland, they go on, these same films can lull viewers into a complacent nonchalance as well. So are we better off with an audience rapt by Planet Earth , ...
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Photo via Top News In the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, actor Ben Stiller launched the Haitian School Initiative as part of his Stillerstrong campaign to build immediate, temporary education facilities for children displaced by the quake. He enlisted a handful of his celebrity friends--including Lance Armstrong, Owen Wilson, Robert DeNiro, and Ryan Seacrest--for a series of View ...
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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 ...
"The technology that we have here gives us a first-ever look at the Amazon in its full three-dimensional detail, over very large regions," says the study's lead researcher. Here is the original post: Lasers Used to Generate Remarkably Detailed 3D ...
