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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Mangroves in Costa Rica. Image credit: Matthew McDermott On a recent trip to Costa Rica, Boing Boing 's science writer Maggie Koerth-Baker had the opportunity to explore a mangrove swamp. While floating amidst the trees, she reports, it was hard not to imagine them to be sentient, Ent-like, creatures, lying in wait for the moment in which they could ...
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Photo Credit: Chris Mattison/ww.nhpa.co.uk via Arkive If snakes, lizards, skinks, and reptiles in general give you the creeps, then we've got seven reasons to give them another chance: From tiny turtles to massive dragons, these endangered reptiles have one-of-a-kind personalities, camouflage techniques, and coloring that make them different from your average creepy-crawly.... Read the full story on TreeHugger View ...
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Our seas and oceans are badly contaminated, especially with plastic waste, which affects animals and plants in the waters. Jeremy wrote in The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Out of Sight, Out of Mind that "the floating expanse of waste and debris in the Pacific Ocean is now covering an area twice the size of the continental U.S. believed to ...
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Photo by the_toe_stubber via Flickr. Conservation efforts sometimes create unlikely bedfellows. By keeping tracts of land off-limits, high-security prisons , closed borders , and wars and other conflicts can inadvertently protect natural landscapes from degradation. Now, it seems, we can add brothel owners to the list of accidental environmentalists.... Read the full story on TreeHugger See the original post ...
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Haena Beach. Photo by randystoreyphotography via Flickr. Lets face it: Camping is even better when you have a fantastic waterfront view. And there's nothing to keep you going through a tough winter like dreaming up some ideas for your next green outdoor adventure. We've picked 10 sweet camping sites with a variety of waterfront locations -- on lakes, rivers, ...
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Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. Credit: Anthony Pepitone, CC. International sea-derived skincare brand H2O Plus has partnered with Hudson River Sloop Clearwater --an environmental education sailing vessel committed to protecting and preserving the Hudson River--in the official launch of their all natural skincare collection Sea PureÔ. Beginning this month H2O Plus will donate all proceeds from their limited-edition Sea Pure ...
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Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., which produces a most excellent Pale Ale that's currently in my fridge (but not for too long), has helped to raise $73,342 for Western Rivers Conservancy from the beer maker's 2009 "Wild Rivers" campaign. Sierra Nevada donated 25 cents to the Conservancy from the sale of every 12-pack of Pale Ale and Summerfest Lager purchased ...
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Image via: CanonFire09 on Flickr.com That's right, reports the Sacramento News & Review , - Nestle Waters North America has pulled out of its bid to get water from McCloud, near Mt. Shasta and instead is setting up shop in Sacramento. We reported just this year that this area is the #1 most threatened river basin , so why ...
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The Alps provide 40 percent of Europe's fresh water. Photo by rKistian via Flickr. Picturesque views of the snow-covered Alps may soon be relegated to picture books due to increasing climate change, a new European environmental report says. And it's not just skiers and tourism officials who are getting nervous about the fate of the continent's famous mountains.... Read ...
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Floods caused heavy damage in the Istanbul region. Photo via Today's Zaman . The devastating, tragic floods in Istanbul and northwestern Turkey earlier this month--which killed at least 41 people and did $70 to 80 million in damage--offered yet another reminder of the danger such incidents pose to the country. Floods are the second most destructive type of natural ...
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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
