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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Hurricane Irene photo via redeye_ji on Flickr It's been a busy week in media with the Virginia earthquake shaking the East Coast and the subsequent media freakout , the Tar Sands Action protests ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the rest here: Hurricane Irene Heading to East Coast & New York (LIVE Blog)
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Staten Island Ferry photo via wikipedia commons In 2008, Jacques Guillet, walked out of a Manhattan Municipal Building, $162,000 poorer, but the proud owner of a used 3,500-passenger Staten Island Ferry. The former marina owner and sailboat racer had a plan to convert the ferry into a floating dorm for New York college students. The numbers seemed at first ...
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A Power Shift crowd in 2007. Photo credit: Power Shift/Sierra Club Our nation's capitol will soon receive a powerful infusion of young energy. From April 15-18, more than 10,000 young leaders will converge on Washington, DC, at Power Shift 2011 .... Read the full story on TreeHugger Go here to see the original: US Capitol to Receive a Powerful Infusion ...
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Gretchen Dahlkemper-Alfonso (right) speaks to a crowd in Philadelphia about the importance of EPA's mercury safeguards. Photo credit: Sierra Club Gretchen Dahlkemper-Alfonso is a mother of a toddler and is eight-months pregnant with her second child. When it comes to protecting her children and taking precautions on their behalf, she doesn't skip anything. "I do not ignore the facts. ...
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Image: Knut, at the Berlin Zoo by Udo Schröter , Creative Commons Knut the Polar Bear died suddenly and unexpectedly today (19 March 2011), aged only four years, at the Berlin Zoo. Knut was born 5 December 2006. He and his brother were rejected by their mother. His brother survived only a few days, but Knut lived thanks to ...
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An anti-nuclear performance in Istanbul's Tünel Square. Photo: Greenpeace Akdeniz . The ongoing effort to contain radiation leaks from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant, badly damaged in the devastating earthquake and tsunami, has countries from Germany to Read the original here: Quake-Prone Turkey Vows To Move Nuke Plans Ahead
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Japan is well-known for its engineering prowesses in the field of robotics, yet apparently no robots have yet been used at the Fukushima I nuclear plant. Reuters writes: While robots are commonplace in the nuclear power industry, with EU engineers building one that can climb walls through radioactive fields, the electric power company running Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi plant has ...
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Image: Screen capture of Discovery News Our colleagues at Discovery News have done a great job of covering the Japanese nuclear crisis caused by last week's huge earthquake and tsunami. I recommend that you check out these articles: Nuclear Workers Brave Crisis to Avert Catastrophe Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: Before and After Original post: Japan's Nuclear Crisis Coverage at Discovery ...
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Photo credit: Jesslee Cuizon / Creative Commons This guest post was written by Care2 , the largest online community of people making a difference in healthy and green living, human rights and animal welfare. While international relief organizations are pouring into Japan to help people after the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, a handful of animal welfare groups are pulling ...
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Image: Details from Kent Ng 's Tribute "Stay Strong Japan!" One Japanese expat blogger reports that life is beginning to return to normal away from the devastated northern coast, with the Shinkansen train running again between Kyoto and Tokyo. But as rescuers continue seeking tens of thousands of missing people and delivering aid to stranded victims, news in the ...
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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
