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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Fracking, or Fracing as the oil and gas industry ungrammatically spells it, is short for hydraulic fracturing , and the technology is now being used extensively to extract shale gas, by pumping liquids at high pressure into the rock, creating and expanding fissures. The liquid is a mix of chemicals designed to carry a proppant , perhaps sand or ...
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Dangerous chemicals and toxins have a weird way of working themselves into the most unfortunate of places. Cosmetics , food containers , and even children's toys are known to contain parabens, BPA, phthalates, and other harmful compounds. If you live in the United States, the use of many o... Read the full story on TreeHugger See more here: Today on Planet ...
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The sneeze. Image credit: Wikipedia I generally think it odd for a public health research paper to have a hypothesis-questioning title, in the manner of a newspaper or blog. Imagine, for example, back in 1970, how people might react to (a fictional): " Do seat belts reduce severity of automobile related injury? " "Need more data," would have been ...
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photo via flickr President Obama has sent a special video message to his Obama for American supporters, with a preview of his State of the Union speech, which he will deliver on Tuesday evening. In the 4 minute video, there is plenty of talk about growing the economy and securing a better future for the "American family," but there ...
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The white-headed duck, seen here in a breeding program in England, is among the species of birds at risk in Turkey. Photo: Gidzy / Creative Commons . Dozens of starlings in the Karacabey district of Turkey's Bursa province were among the victims of a recent spate of mass ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Original post: Time Running Out ...
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Cutting up the credit cards is probably the greenest thing anyone could do but sometimes, buying new stuff—or patronizing a favorite restaurant —is necessary. When those times come, there's no reason to feel guilty—especially when choosing a company that respects the environment as much as the bottom line.... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the original post: Today on ...
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Fish fry. Image credit: Wikpedia , by Jon Sullivan. As all you corporate types know, for a business to succeed over the long term it must have define - up and down the value chain - how 'progress' will be measured: going far deeper than ROCE, cash flow, or profit. Having a supply chain metrics are equally or more ...
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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 ...
