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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Via litter-robot.com Talk about not getting your hands dirty. A Pontiac, Michigan, company sells a gadget called the Litter-Robot . No, it's not a consumer WALL-E . It's an electronic litter box that scoops the poop for you.... Read the full story on TreeHugger More: Buy a Litter-Robot, Help Animals in the Gulf
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Photo via Daily Press The world's biggest oil skimmer is now in the Gulf, and is preparing to take part in the cleanup operations. But it's kind of hard to conceptualize what the biggest oil skimmer in the world, which is 400 yards long (a quarter of a mile) and 100 yards wide, actually looks like. Unless you're standing ...
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Photo via Discover Initially described as 'comparably tiny' by the man ultimately responsible for it, two months later the spill will become the largest in the history of the Gulf. It will pass up the Ixtoc-I spill of 1979, which was the previous record-holder. Congratulations, BP -- you've broken the record for the biggest spill in the history of ...
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Photo via Green BP has announced plans to send cash to suffering gas stations in the US -- which is pretty revealing. It's evidence that the numerous boycotts against BP that have been orchestrated across the nation are indeed having a very distinct, very significant impact. Those boycotts and the bad PR have had a serious and immediate financial ...
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You may have seen this video, which has surfaced on a number of blogs and has registered over half a million hits: It purports to show oil literally raining from the sky in Louisiana. And watch the clip -- which I've embedded right after the jump -- and you'll see that it certainly looks a lot like oil. But ...
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photo: Read the original: Canadian Tar Sands Corp Found Guilty of Killing 1600 Ducks in Toxic Tailing Pond
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Image via Sports Illustrated Lest you think the economic damage from the BP spill be limited to the seafood trade , tourism, and such industries directly dependent on an un-oiled Gulf of Mexico, we turn to one of the more unlikely institutions that's seen its business dry up in the wake of the disaster: Strip clubs. ... Read the ...
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And now for your daily dose of WTF. A man visiting Destin Beach, Florida, took this incredible video, showing what at first appears to be a typical summer day at the beach: People lounging on towels, folks swimming, children playing in the break. And then he zooms in a little closer onto the sand, and -- well, just watch: ...
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Photo via US Coast Guard This may seem like a cynical question, but it's one worth addressing. Not because green websites stand to cash in on higher traffic from a high profile environmental disaster -- any enviro site or group with any hint of a moral compass wishes sincerely that they'd never be in a position to do so ...
Read more...published June 24, 2010 and has No Comments
It's probably a pretty safe bet that if you're reading TreeHugger then you're mad as hell (and don't want to take it anymore) about the BP oil spill. Now, there are plenty of ways you can take action and express your outrage at BP, as well as show support for alternatives to oil, but the one you should take ...
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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
