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 by Janet Wood During the last weekend in April, a group of volunteers laid the final necessary pieces into Withers Estuary to reintroduce oysters to their native ecosystem. The project is part of the Withers Estuary Community Collaborative (WECC), a partnership of leaders in Myrtle Beach , South Carolina . Th... View original here: Oysters are Restored to Waters ...
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Brian Huse, Executive Director of Coral Reef Alliance, discusses important coral reefs that need attention. Photo via Jaymi Heimbuch Last night eco-advocates Christopher and Amber Marie Bently held a function for the Coral Reef Alliance . Executive Director Brian Huse and Director of Conservation Programs Rick MacPherson had an opportunity to talk about the state of coral reefs and ...
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Photo of Lake Powell, Arizona via Wolfgang Staudt The EPA has decided to hand over $82 million in Recovery Act funds to Arizona for water projects that will hopefully create jobs, give a sugar shot to local economies, and update old water and wastewater infrastructure. It's one small chunk of $6 billion dollars in funds that will go to ...
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Images via DisneyNature Earth Day 2009 saw a big push from DisneyNature for its Earth movi e. Next year, the oceans will get a little loving on Earth Day. DisneyNature has released a trailer for Oceans , which is slated to open on Earth Day 2010. Click through to watch the trailer.... Continued here: DisneyNayture Follows Up Earth Movie with ...
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Turkey is building new wind turbines and throwing away more cell phones. Photos by jesse.millan (left) and Gaetan Lee via Flickr. Though it was hard to get beyond the Obamania this month, the U.S. president's visit to Turkey helped spotlight climate-change issues and demonstrate the capabilities of Istanbul's public... Here is the original post: April Eco-Tidbits from Turkey
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Photo via Alaskan Dude A little reminder on why dumping e-waste is really bad. Toxic junk from TVs and gadgets in Alaska's Anchorage Regional Landfill is pumped out of the dump, and ends up in the ocean. ... See more here: Lead From e-Waste Ending Up In Alaskan Waters
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Photo: Flickr , CC Researchers in Vietnam have recently completed tests on a new way to remove heavy metals from water . The secret? No, it's not some high tech materials... It's the good ol' sea shell. "In factories on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, Stephan Kohler of the Graz University of Technology in Austria and a ...
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Photo via Mortsan Experts are saying that if depleted fish stocks in the world's oceans are to recover, there needs to be a 20-year fishing ban covering 20-40% of the oceans . Not only would that require cooperation of the fishing industry, but it would also mean lots of additional marine protected areas (MPAs). ... Here is the original ...
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Photo via Mortsan Experts are saying that if depleted fish stocks in the world's oceans are to recover, there needs to be a 20-year fishing ban covering 20-40% of the oceans . Not only would that require cooperation of the fishing industry, but it would also mean lots of additional marine protected areas (MPAs). ... Read the rest here: One ...
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Photo: Flickr , CC 9% -- The average withdrawal of fresh water by humans around the globe. This breaks down to 8.4% in North-America, 18.1% in Asia, 6.4% in Europe, 2% in Latin America, and 5.6% in Africa, according to the UN World Water Development Report from 2000. 1,664 -- That's how many cubic meters of water that the ...
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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 ...
