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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"We all live downstream from one another," says Alexandra Cousteau. In other words, what we do to the water, we do to ourselves. A third-generation Cousteau explorer, Alexandra is an ambassador of the sea. She's the host of Planet Green's Blue August , is currently traveling the world as a documentarian with her organization Blue Legacy , and, when ...
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Image credit: Wikimedia Commons "If the shoe fits," the old saying goes, but for fly fishers—who prize clean, healthy, rivers and the trout that inhabit them—hearing that their boots may be responsible for spreading a virulent microorganism across the country and around the world is a difficult to accept.... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the original: Fly Fishers ...
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Photo by Michael Gwyther-Jones When we think of the Nile river, we think of Egypt, but for African countries upriver, ownership of the Nile is under hot contention . The river flows through 10 nations from its headwaters in Ethiopia to the Mediterranean, but historically only Egypt and the Sudan have rights to the water. Nations now speaking out ...
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Image: The sculpture "First Generation" by Chong Fah Cheong depicts the Singapore River as in olden days, via williamcho, Flickr As July practices heat waves in preparation for some real hot August, one cannot help but yearn for the olden days, when people would jump into the nearest river to cool down. But that was before industrial wastes made ...
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Photo via European Commission If you're planning to spend some time this summer lazing on the beach and taking refreshing dips in the sea, you might want to consider giving Italy a miss: The country had more coastal bathing sites banned due to poor water quality last year than any other European nation.... Read the full story on TreeHugger ...
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LA River view #1 Paving the river prevents floods but created an "inequitable landscape." Photo by Rodney Ramsey Best known for chase scenes in movies, the concrete embankments of the LA River destroyed wetlands and disrupted migratory birds' flights when paved over in an effort to contain flooding. There are efforts underway to revitalize the 51-mile river running through ...
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Photo via Allie_Caulfield The worst drought in at least 50 years has hit China but it's not a lack of rainfall that's getting the brunt of the blame from Chinese farmers and neighboring countries. Rather than focus on the seemingly clear scientific evidence that it is indeed the drought that is causing water shortages, people living along the Mekong ...
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A boy collects water from the Omo River floodplain in Ethiopia. Photo © Alison M. Jones via International Rivers . "The rise and fall of the Omo waters is the heartbeat of the Lower Omo Valley," writes International Rivers -- a heartbeat that the environmental group says the Gibe 3 Dam threatens to stop. The organization, along with other ...
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Photos: Greenpeace Argentina. As you may know, yesterday was World Water Day , and many activities took place around the world to raise awareness about the importance of water. In perhaps one of the most peculiar ones, acclaimed Argentine artist Nicolas Garcia Uriburu joined forces with Greenpeace Argentina to paint Buenos Aires' Riachuelo, one of the most poll... Read ...
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Photo via UC Berkeley A recently published report is exposing some shocking exploitation of the Amazon's natural resources --and this times it... Read the full story on TreeHugger More: Amazon River Water Being Stolen and Bottled Abroad
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photo: Graham Racher via flickr Go chimps, go! An interesting new paper in the journal Primates documents how a group of chimpanzees in Bossou, Guinea have been successfully deactivating snares set by human bushmeat hunters. Though not always successful, ...
Image credit: MASONS via The Telegraph From police on Vectrix electric scooters to cycling proficiency courses for cops , the British police are clearly willing to think outside the box when it comes to more efficient, and effective, transportation. ...
