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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If keeping temperature rise to +2°C seems out of reach, and doing nothing means 5°C+, shouldn't we be working towards a middle target of 3°C, Dr Robert Socolow argues. See the original post here: Should We Work Towards A 3°C World, If A 2°C Target Is Really Out of Reach?
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The draft EIR for San Joaquin Delta Plan was recently released, this is your opportunity to comment before January 2012. Go here to see the original: What Should California Do With Its Delta? Speak Up!
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Image: quinn.anya / Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Construction Fund Raiser News Flash! Men and Women are different. OK, have a chuckle, we know there are plenty of studies that prove men are from Mars and women from Venus. And just as many policy papers about how we can achieve equality between men and women in the workplace. But ...
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Image: 8 year old Kenzie Brown with her Science Project, photo from Josh Brown, Kenzie's Father We Affect Weather? Do you ever have the feeling it always seems to rain on the weekends but not on the weekdays? So did 8 year old Kenzie Brown, of Phoenix, Arizona. But Kenzie did more than just curse nature's folly for raining ...
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Image: NOAA NOAA 's been really pretty great about generating compelling and informative animations and graphics in the wake of natural disasters, and the Japanese earthquake and tsunami is no exception. Check out the one below (h/t SmartPlanet ):... Read the full story on TreeHugger More here: Watch Powerful NOAA Animation of Japan Tsunami Racing Across Pacific (Video)
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photo: OxOx / Creative Commons One more of the amazing things about elephants : Researchers at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center have determined that Asian elephants cooperate with one another at least as well as chimpanzees.... Read the full story on TreeHugger See the original post: Elephants Cooperate With One Another As Well As Apes Do
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photo: Mandy / Creative Commons The following is a guest post from Skeptical Science by Dana Nuccitelli A "mass extinction" event is characterised as a period during which at least 75% of the Earth's species die out in a period of a few million years or less. In the past 540 million years, five such mass extinction events have ...
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photo: Hans Splinter / Creative Commons The following is a guest post from Skeptical Science by Daniel Bailey "It's cold out!" ??Not strange to hear that during the winter, here in the Northern Hemisphere. But strange to hear that raised as an objection in the warming world in which we live today. How much w... Read the full story on ...
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photo: Michael Dolan / Creative Commons The link between extreme weather and climate change , including heavy snowfall even though global temperatures continue to climb, has been made again and again by scientists. The most recent iteration comes from the Union of Concerned Scientists . TreeHugger has covered the science of th... Read the full story on TreeHugger Original ...
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The Guardian reports that one of the world's most advanced rainforest restoration and research projects in the world, the Seeds of Heaven Biodiversity Research & Development Centre in the Bulang Mountains of southern China, is ablaze with 100' flames. The flames appear to have spread from the direction of a neighboring cow farm. Local officials say the spark was ...
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The office building, going for LEED Platinum, is built on top of a brick factory from another era. It rises to the challenge. Go here to read the rest: The Centre For Green Cities At Evergreen Brickworks Demonstrates How To ...
"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
