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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Photo via New York Times To aid in hunt for fossil fuels and minerals to mine China has evidently entered the arena of deep sea submersible building, which is hardly surprising considering the nation's current thrust towards achieving various feats of technological derring-do. According to the New York Times , Chinese researchers have built a sub intended to descend ...
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photo: Heather Thorkelson via flickr In an event that the US Geological Survey is saying is "directly related to the lack of sea ice" in the Chukchi Sea , tens of thousands of walruses have come ashore in northwest Alaska. The Read the original here: 10,000+ Walruses Come Ashore in Alaska As Arctic Ice Melts
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photo via flickr A bunch of treehugging greenies sounded off today about the Senate passing a Renewable Energy Standard, which would mandate that a percentage of energy from utilities come from renewable sources. Wait, upon closer inspection, they are actually responsible governors from both parties and a diverse collection states. I guess it's not just environmentalists who know that ...
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Images: Esan Rahmani and Mukul Damle Forget yesterday's commune -- 'communal living' nowadays can refer to any number of situations -- from pricier market housing to low-income developments , or to temporary applications like refugee shelters . Falling somewhere in between is this Bamboo Pavilion -- a... Read the full story on TreeHugger Original post: Bamboo Pavilion: Low-Cost Communal Living
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Louis Sullivan said "Form Follows Function" and designer Joe Doucet listened. He has designed a flatpack table that proudly shows how it is put together. Core77 writes that it "wears its joinery method on its sleeve, so to speak."... Read the full story on TreeHugger The rest is here: Flatpack Never Looked Better Than Joe Doucet's Screwtop Table
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Photo: Peter J. Bryant A shockingly high percentage of female sea snails off the coast of Perth, Australia , have been found with a troubling new feature - penises growing from their heads! Researchers say that at one point, 100 percent of the snail species Thais orbita were found with the male appendage, and that the anti-fouling chemical TBT ...
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Photo via Globo For the last six days, a 50-foot-long right whale has been stranded on a beach in Brazil, still alive but too weak to return to the sea - and for the last six days, authorities have been puzzled with what to do with it. Teams of biologists and volunteers have worked tirelessly, bucketing water over the ...
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Tasmania's Tahune Forest Reserve. Image Credit: ctudball via Flickr In a major victory for the Australian environmental movement, Tasmanian timber company Gunns Limited announced on Thursday that it will no longer engage in native forest logging. Instead, the company, which is the world's largest woodchip exporter, will turn to plantation-based products. So why has the timber giant suddenly turned ...
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Some of Libya's most important coastal ruins could be irreparably harmed by an oil spill. Photo by moscayan via Flickr. With its rich ancient sites only recently opened up to visitors, Libya 's slowly developing tourism industry may be in trouble before it really even gets going. According to archaeologists, 7th-century-BC cities and historic shipwrecks -- many o... Read ...
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Image credit: Flickr/CharlotteSpeaks With an overpopulated planet a serious concern, you're likely not trying for a that perfect little bundle of feminine joy made of sugar and spice and everything nice. But if you are in the off chance, and still ending up with little boys made of frogs and snails and puppy dog dogs tails, you may want ...
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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
