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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Snake River salmon. Image credit:American Rivers The lower Snake River has landed on our America’s Most Endangered Rivers list seven times because of the threat posed by four outdated dams. Now, things are looking up for the river, its communities, and its endangered salmon. A federal judge recently told NOAA Fisheries that its plan for operating dams on the ...
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The soon-to-be-released documentary, The End of the Line , is about the terrible damage to the world's fishing stocks due to overfishing. But we do have one successful model of sustainable fishing: feisty little Iceland. Famous for its fish and infamous for its collapsing banks, Iceland has become the poster country for developing a quota system for its fishermen ...
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Immediately after word came out that Sonia Sotomayor was the President's pick for the Supreme Court, the environmental community (this author included) immediately went searching for the green angle. We found it in one decision: Riverkeeper v. EPA , which was seized upon as proof of Judge Sotomayor having a modicum of green cred. However, in a new Huffington ...
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With word coming in the President Obama has nominated Sonia Sotomayor to serve on the Supreme Court—if confirmed she'll be the first Hispanic person on the court, by the way—we thought it appropriate to highlight a bit of her environmental record. We'll keep you updated with more as it comes out, but this bit from SCOTUS Blog highlights one ...
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Smoking is not only bad for your health, but cigarette butts are equally as dangerous for the environment. That's the message from San Diego State University resea... More here: Smokers, Treat Your Cigarette Butts as Toxic Waste (Video)
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BC Relief Map via Wikimedia Commons British Columbia (BC) is a fabulous place to live. The province's largest city, Vancouver, is consistently rated as one of the most livable cities in the world, and a visit to the fertile Fraser Valley and Gulf Islands will quickly demonstrate why the 100 Mile Diet germinated here. North and east beyond the ...
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While these dams won't be as large as the Three Gorges Dam downstream, picture here, the environmental impact could well be negative. Photo: Wikipedia Not content with the Three Gorges Dam , at the 3rd Yangtze Forum in Shanghai it's come out that China plans 20 more dams on the headwater tributaries of the Yangtze Riv... Go here to ...
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Photo of Lake Powell, Arizona via Wolfgang Staudt The EPA has decided to hand over $82 million in Recovery Act funds to Arizona for water projects that will hopefully create jobs, give a sugar shot to local economies, and update old water and wastewater infrastructure. It's one small chunk of $6 billion dollars in funds that will go to ...
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Turkey is building new wind turbines and throwing away more cell phones. Photos by jesse.millan (left) and Gaetan Lee via Flickr. Though it was hard to get beyond the Obamania this month, the U.S. president's visit to Turkey helped spotlight climate-change issues and demonstrate the capabilities of Istanbul's public... Here is the original post: April Eco-Tidbits from Turkey
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Photo via Jaymi Heimbuch Major rivers around the world are drying up due to climate change, according to US National Center for Atmospheric Research , which has released a study showing that a third of the world's biggest and most vital rivers have suffered significant changes over the last half century. And the study is pinning it on climate ...
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Contrary to previously held notions of how whale songs are shared between neighboring populations, a surprising study finds that whales living the same ocean basin are singing different songs. Read the original post: Study: Humpback Whales Living in Same Ocean ...
"The technology that we have here gives us a first-ever look at the Amazon in its full three-dimensional detail, over very large regions," says the study's lead researcher. Here is the original post: Lasers Used to Generate Remarkably Detailed 3D ...
