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: US Coast Guard A new report by The Center for Public Integrity reveals that, in the hours after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig caught on fire, the US Coast Guard failed to follow its own internal firefighting procedures, potentially causing the rig to sink and the riser pipe, from which the majority of the oil in the Gulf ...
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Photo via Boston Since comprehensive climate and energy reform has gone the way of the buffalo , it's time to look at the bills being rolled out in the Senate and House to tackle the BP spill. The Senate's measures are included in the limp 'energy package' they rolled out last week, and the House just unveiled its spill ...
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Kalamazoo River map via Wikipedia . Here we go again... Not too much on this one yet, but Detroit News reports that Environmental Protection Agency officials have said that as much as one million gallons of oil has leaked from a pipeline owned by Enbridge Liquid Pipelines into a creek flowing into the Kalamazoo River near Battle Creek, Michig... ...
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Credit: ihelpedcleanupthegulfoilspill.com Another day, another BP Gulf oil spill story. With a twist. A Kansas man frustrated by damage to the Gulf of Mexico has turned lemons, er, oil into printing ink. Steve Brooker is using reclaimed oil from the environmental disaster to print T-shirts and make neckaces, and giving some of the proceeds to wildlife groups. ... Read ...
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Image via Newsopi This news should surprise exactly no one: BP CEO Tony Hayward, who let fly gaffe after gaffe during his company's oil spill response, is set to resign. But it turns out devastating the Gulf's habitats and economy can be a pretty lucrative business, even for someone who can't seem to figure out how to get his ...
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In this Sierra Club video, athletes speak about their trip to the Gulf Oil Spill. I am back home from my second trip to Louisiana since the oil spill. This time I was joined by other professional athletes to take a tour of the massive environmental catastrophe that is the Gulf oi... Read the full story on TreeHugger Here ...
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Here is the original: Planet 100: China Oil Spill (Video)
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Images via the Telegraph Sadly, the BP Gulf spill (or whatever you want to call it) isn't the only major oil spill looming at the moment. In China, two major oil pipelines exploded , sending thousands of barrels into waters off the nation's northeastern shores. The oil has reportedly spread over 365 miles of ocean, and both the company ...
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Images via the Telegraph Sadly, the BP Gulf spill (or whatever you want to call it) isn't the only major oil spill looming at the moment. In China, two major oil pipelines exploded , sending thousands of barrels into waters off the nation's northeastern shores. The oil has reportedly spread over 365 miles of ocean, and both the company ...
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Photo via Dominion Paper Well, here's one bit of good news from the US government in an otherwise severely depressing one. It doesn't make up for the fact that Democrats have killed any hope of a climate bill this year, but it does give some semblance of hope to those who oppose efforts to pipe the world's dirtiest oil ...
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Save the sea creatures! Handcraft your own natural specimens using these these simple patterns, some yarn and a crochet hook. View post: 8 Enchanting Sea Creatures You Can Crochet
A Finnish designer has made a working surfboard from broken skateboards. Read the original here: Hollow Surfboard Is Made from Broken Skateboards
