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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Carbon offsets. Did the hair on your neck stand up a little? Most people brace themselves for a bit of debate, or at least defense, when the topic comes up. On one side of the issue sit people who see carbon offsets as a way to negate what impact they have on the planet through daily activities. On the ...
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President Mohammed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives, whose small island nation is existentially threatened by rising sea levles caused by climate change, has called on the world to set a target of returning the levels of CO2 in our atmosphere to 350 parts per million--the level Dr. James Hansen of NASA says we need to be below to stabilize ...
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Photo: Michael Graham Richard Big News for Plug-In Hybrid Maker Fisker Automotive First, Tesla got a low-interest loan ($465 million) from the Department of Energy (DOE), and now it's Fisker's turn. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced a $528.7 million (!) conditional loan for the development of two lines of plug-in hybrids. The DOE says that "the project will result ...
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Photo via cpchannel Back in January, California made a splash in the electronics sector by saying that it wanted to relieve potential burden on the grid by banning energy hog televisions from store shelves . The state has now released a proposal for efficiency standards that would go into effect in 2011, and tighter standards to follow in 2013. ...
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Who designed this, who approved it, and who let it get out of the marketing department at HP? This company just can't seem to stay out of the spotlight for doing utterly mindless, un-green things . Despite the fact that they're shooting to lighten the carbon footprint of their products and operations, they're bound and determined here to ensure ...
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A future populated by robot armies working tirelessly to complete our most mundane jobs is a staple of science fiction. Increasingly, however, engineers, inventors, and scientists are developing robots that could make such a vision a reality. Many have big implications for the environment as well. Indeed, they could be our allies in a bright green future but only ...
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Making Super Lithium-Ion Batteries with Silicon Nanotubes Researchers from Stanford University and Hanyang University in Ansan, Korea, in collaboration with Go here to see the original: Li-Ion Battery Breakthrough: Silicon Nanotubes Boost Capacity 10x
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Source: EPA Don't Underestimate Good Ol' Recycling! When it comes to reducing CO2, we almost always talk about power plants and vehicles . But a new study by the EPA (pdf) shows that, if you consider the whole life-cycle, a huge chunk of greenhouse gas emissions (42%) are caused by the way peop... Read the full story on TreeHugger ...
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Photo by Remy Steinegger This week something fairly monumental is taking place: It's Climate Week NYC, where among other things, top government leaders from 90 countries are gathering for the United Nations climate session. It's also time for things to kick into high gear for TckTckTck , an innovative global alliance of people, businesses, even faith groups, with a ...
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Clarence Darrow, defense attorney in the Scopes evolution case, and William Jennings Bryan, associated prosecuting counsel. The big California utility PG&E Corp announced today, the same day that President Obama addressed the United Nations on the importance of climate action, that they'll be leaving the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over the business group's objections to the global warming bill ...
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The GeoSpring hybrid electric water heater is not only super-efficient, it's being manufactured in America at a plant that has lay idle for decades. Here is the original: Super Efficient Water Heater is First New Product to Roll Off GE ...
The GeoSpring hybrid electric water heater is not only super-efficient, it's being manufactured in America at a plant that has lay idle for decades. Read more here: GE's New Hybrid Water Heater is Super Efficient—and Manufactured in America
