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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Peat forest leveled for palm oil in Riau, Indonesia. Photo: Wakx , Flickr, CC It was a trailblazing 'showcase' deal in global climate negotiations: Norway agreed to send $1 billion to Indonesia (most of it coming from Norway) if the nation would put a moratorium on logging its natural forests and peat lands, and replant degraded areas. The deal ...
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photo: stephane333 / Creative Commons Until recently the International Energy Agency never really publicly acknowledged peak oil , and still rarely uses the term itself even though over the past year the topic has been acknowledged to be (gasp) very real and likely very soon. But in this year's See the original post: IEA Chart Says Conventional Oil Production Peaked ...
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photo: Rodrigo Suriani / Creative Commons If you want a decent overview of all the issues that go into the pricing of solar power --from technological issues to comparisons with fossil fuels (when will solar power be less expensive than burning fossil fuels?)--a new piece over at View post: Is Asking When Solar Power Will Reach Grid Parity Addressing the ...
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photo: Nicholas Doumani / Creative Commons Just days after Syncrude was fined over C$3 million for Here is the original post: 350 More Ducks Killed In Canada's Toxic Tar Sands Tailing Ponds
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Image: Sea Swarm, MIT SENSEable City Lab Sea Swarm Deploying clumps of hair, dropping hay bails, tapping Kevin Costner's oil-sucking machine , unleashing giant super-skimmers, applying chemicals to turn oil into asphalt ; In the wake of the BP Gulf oil spill, we've heard about every method imagi... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read more: MIT's Solar-Powered Robotic Swarm ...
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Photo: US Coast Guard BP is rearranging its bonus structure so that 4th quarter payments are given out in accordance to "excellent safety and compliance standards" and to those who reduce "operational risks". It's a PR stunt designed to publicly bolster its tattered safety reputation if there ever was one. Here's how it will work: ... Read the full ...
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Photo: WN , Creative Commons Aaaaand we're back. Back to the regularly scheduled programming of offshore drilling, dominant oil companies calling the shots, and the same backwards-looking energy policy we had before BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded , killing 11 men and inflicting upon the Gulf of Mexico the worst environmental disaster the US has ever seen. Yes, ...
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A map turtle ready for release into the wild. Photo via U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Maybe it's the shell. Turtles are tough when it comes to oil spills. While most birds covered in crude don't survive , turtles seem to be doing pretty good following the Enbridge oil spill in July near Marshall, Michigan .... Read the full ...
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photo: Alan Levine / genuine questions about the ... Read the full story on TreeHugger View original post here: Is Noise Really Why SunChips Should Ditch Bioplastic Packaging?
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Above, mining operation in Avatar. Below, Alberta's tar sands. Image: EK9 Having made the highest-grossing film in history with Avatar , James Cameron has used his return to the spotlight to fight for the rights of indigenous people around the world, and to advocate for environmental awareness. Most recently, he completed a trek to the notorious Alberta tar sands ...
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The office building, going for LEED Platinum, is built on top of a brick factory from another era. It rises to the challenge. Go here to read the rest: The Centre For Green Cities At Evergreen Brickworks Demonstrates How To ...
"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
