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
published April 10, 2009 and has No Comments
Dean Kamen is the kind of inventor we don’t imagine exists anymore—a fervent polymath like Thomas Edison. Best known as the creator of the Segway, Kamen is also responsible for major breakthroughs in clean energy , water purification , prosthetics, and other urban transport devices . He is the owner of a small island off the coast of New ...
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Jay Coen Gilbert must be doing something right; after all, you don’t get invited to the White House to advise on economic policy just because you smell good. Along with two of his brainy Stanford buddies, Gilbert has built a certifying system for business. A certified B Corporation is a new breed of company (the B stands for beneficial) ...
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Good business or just good marketing? Green business or greenwashing? Even the most hawk-eyed, label-scouring consumer can’t always know. B Corporation 's mission is to replace the guessing game with rigorous standards to judge what makes a truly “beneficial” company. To date, 179 companies representing almost a billion dollars have become certified B Corps. Jay Coen Gilbert, one of ...
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In a caravan of solar-powered vehicles, the Climate Solutions Road Tour traveled India for five weeks, gathering good news of homegrown sustainability solutions. We managed to get three of these messengers on the phone: Caroline Howe and Jitin Abraham—both in Delhi—and Deepa Gupta, in Vadodara. They met the president of India, they took Thomas Friedman of the New York ...
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“Radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity,” that’s the X Prize Foundation’s stock in trade. In the second part of our conversation with Peter Diamandis, the Foundation’s founder and CEO, we hear about other avenues for creating big changes in the realms of clean energy, space travel, and the importance of crazy ideas. Read or listen to the first ...
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Save the sea creatures! Handcraft your own natural specimens using these these simple patterns, some yarn and a crochet hook. View post: 8 Enchanting Sea Creatures You Can Crochet
A Finnish designer has made a working surfboard from broken skateboards. Read the original here: Hollow Surfboard Is Made from Broken Skateboards
