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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Image credit: Fugue State Films From a $50,000 portable recycled house to a tiny green egg house for Chinese students , TreeHugger has already offered plenty of posts that prove that green living doesn't have to mean high-end LEED certified luxury. Rollo, from Knoxville, Tennessee, is another such example. On 7 acres of ... Read the full story on ...
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Photo via southerntabitha After a storm hit Tennessee last Sunday and Nashville saw record-shattering rainfall, the Cumberland River swelled to overflowing and the city experienced an epic flood. As soon as it was safe, residents were out recording the flood levels and the city's plight. The waters are finally receding, but these images showing Nashville underwater bring home the ...
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Photo via Obvious 16 years ago, Horrace Burges had a divine vision, a calling from heaven. And, like the ark-crafting Noah before him, Horrace picked up a hammer and built a large wooden structure of his own--the world's largest tree house . At 10 stories tall, with roughly 10,000 square feet, the tree house may be more aptly called ...
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photo: Ryan via flickr. Regardless of the outcome of high profile public debate--viz Waterkeeper Bobby Kennedy Jr v. Dirty Coal Don Blankenship smackdown tomorrow night at the University of Charleston--or vehement protest from the likes of youth activists to seasoned scientists, Appalachian coal is set for big declines in the coming... Read the full story on TreeHugger See the ...
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Sad Anniversary A year ago, a massive coal ash spill took place in Tennessee. About 5.4 million cubic yards of ash ended up in a river and covering the private property of local citizens. The EPA this week ... Read the full story on TreeHugger See the original post here: One Year Later, TVA Coal Ash Spill Problems Still Far ...
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Image via: neilalderney123 on Flickr.com Beating out New York City, the small Tennessee town of Signal Mountain is the first in the nation to pass a Green Food Resolution. But, just what does a Green Food Resolution mean for farmers, consumers, and even the livestock themselves? Read on to find out more. Farm Sanctuary, the organization fueling these resolutions ...
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Photo via Golf.com . While we've seen many celebrities jumping on the green bandwagon , we've also seen them doing it for the real deal . Many have been eco-conscious for years--some are just realizing how important it is to promote a sustain... Read the full story on TreeHugger Original post: 8 Celebrity Eco-Businesses We Can't Stop Talking About
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Photo via OHVEC Protests have been sprining up more and more against the practice of mountaintop removal mining --where, basically a mountaintop is simply clear cut of trees and blown off with explosives to get at the coal seams underneath. In the process, we pollute the surrounding area, contaminate drinking water, and oh, yeah blow the tops off mountains ...
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Photo via Flickr The bicycle is an amazing technological innovation, and creative people never seem to run out of amazing ways to use it. While the riders in the Tour de France are now using their bikes to descend mountain passes at speeds in excess of 60 mph, others are using bikes for more practical and charitable purposes. Case ...
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Image credit: Jeff Kravitz With 80,000 people, America's biggest music fest is a colossus. But Bonnaroo keeps making good on its commitment to get greener each year. TreeHugger Radio chatted at length with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. who is calling people to civil disobedience in Appalachia to fight mountaintop mining. We also heard from director Robert Stone about his ...
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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
