The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?

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?

Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can

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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BP Could Go Bankrupt Over Gulf Spill

published June 8, 2010 and has No Comments

Photo via Autoblog Green So far in its coverage of the BP Gulf spill , the media has made much of the fact that the company's daily profits are higher than its daily cleanup costs, and that after raking in $17 billion in profits last year alone, such costs are but a drop in the bucket. But that's changing ...

Majority of Americans Think BP Should Face Criminal Charges

published June 8, 2010 and has No Comments

Image via Twilight Earth It should come as no surprise that BP's public image is in the midst of a meltdown: Between the gaffe-a-day CEO Tony Hayward creating a heartless public face for the company, a near-complete lack of transparency on how much oil has really been gushing from the Gulf, and the fact that the disaster is still ...

Coast Guard Admiral Says BP Oil Spill Clean Up Will Take Years

published June 8, 2010 and has No Comments

In the past weeks since the start of the Deepwater Horizon disaster I've gotten asked on countless occasions how long it's going to take to clean up all the leaking oil. Considering that, despite efforts to stop the gushing oil , this is all still ongoing this is an open-ended question to some degree. However, US Coast Guard Admiral ...

Breaking Down the BP Gulf Spill Blame Game

published June 7, 2010 and has No Comments

At the end of last week, Grist came out with this handy infographic that breaks down where the blame for the BP Gulf spill lies. It's a useful tool to help visualize the scope of the problems that caused the disaster, and I think it more or less gets it right. And there's a reason that BP is only ...

BP Could Make Millions Off Oil it Spilled in the Gulf

published June 4, 2010 and has No Comments

Photo via Incident News Even as the perpetrators of the biggest environmental catastrophe in US history tout their efforts to clean up the oil spill swirling around the Gulf, they neglect to mention one thing: they still stand to make millions of dollars over the coming months off it. And for that matter, so does the federal government. In ...