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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The following piece, by Dana Nuccitelli, originally appeared in Skeptical Science . Now that the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) study results are in, and have confirmed the accuracy of the surface temperature record (see here and here ), those "skeptics" who spent years disputing the accuracy of the record despite all the evidence pointing to... Read the full ...
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Elvert Barnes / CC BY-SA 2.0 One of the reasons why there's been such a big push by TransCanada and the tar sands industry more broadly for the approval of the proposed and embattled Keystone XL pipeline , stretching from Canada to Texas, goes beyond the immediate profits of the pipeline and onto a much bigger issue: A coming ...
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Photo: Flickr , CC Sh.. Just Got Real As we've written about previously , tuna's in trouble, and it's not just limited to one species and/or one geographical region. A new study conducted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and published in the prestigious journal Science found that 5 out of the 8 tu... Read the ...
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Photo: jepoirrier / cc Just the sight of smoggy, polluted air looming over a cityscape is often enough to make one feel a bit down in the dumps, but apparently breathing in the stuff is only making things worse. Study after study into the effects of air pollution on the human body has turned up a grim laundry-list of ...
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Photo: DVIDSHUB , Flickr , CC BY-SA Get used to droughts sweeping the south in the summer and more massive floods during rainy season. More rain, more snow. This, ladies and gentleman, is the new normal, thanks to a climate that's changing on account of us humanfolk pumping excessive amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. "Shut up, you crazy ...
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Google has been hatching a new project that connects household accessories such as lightbulbs to the Android platform, which makes it easier for homeowners to keep tabs on their energy consumption and control their home from afar. Google has picked Arduino for its Open Accessories "kit", which will help developers start building new hardware accessories that can work on ...
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Heated water running through Paris' sewers will be put to use heating a school. Photo: Shadowgate under a Creative Commons license . Paris has been on an alternative energy roll as of late: installing hydropower turbines in the Seine , testing the limits of urban wind power and using solar power to Original post: A Paris School Turns to the ...
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Images via ZenRobotics When it comes to sorting recyclables from trash bound for the landfill, much of the work has to happen by the people throwing away the materials, before waste management comes to pick up trash bins. However, robotics companies are continually working on ways that trash-sorting robots can ensure fewer recyclables head into landfills. ZenRobotics, a Finnish ...
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Photo: Wikipedia , CC Penguins are an Indicator Species in the Region A new study confirms that a warming planet won't only impact species of penguins that live and feed in icy habitats. "A 30-year field study of Adélie (ice-loving) and chinstrap (ice-avoiding) penguins shows that populations of both species in the West Antarctic Peninsula and Scotia Sea have ...
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Image: George Hotelling As of today, New Yorkers can recycle their electronics—computers, TVs, DVD players, etc.—at no charge. The Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act , which was signed into law last year but goes into effect today, requires manufacturers to take back electronics—no matter who made it—for recycling whenever customers purchase a new product. ... Read the full ...
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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
