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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Levee break, Sacramento-San Joaquin River in California. Image credit: American Rivers/Aquafornia blog. From outdated flood control schemes to harmful dams and mining projects, our nation’s rivers and clean water are at risk. Today, we released America’s Most Endangered Rivers: 2009 edition, spotlighting ten rivers in need of urgent action. Learn more and take action to help the rivers at ...
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PETA photo of a rabbit said to be undergoing a Draize test. Image credit: Wikipedia Environmental Leader has a well written report explaining how EPA is Changing the Way it Tests Chemical Toxicity "Using recent advances in molecular biology, genomics, and computational sciences, the new toxicity testing methods will allow the EPA to screen thousands of environmental chemicals quickly ...
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CO2 Capture Cost of Electricity (COE) Impact Image credit:Existing Plants Emissions and Capture R&D Program ...National Energy Technology Laboratory, "Program Goal and Baseline Plant," March 2009. slideshow . (pdf file) Some carbon capture and storage (CCS) is going to happen. It's inevitable. I suggest that it would be smart strategy for environmental activists to support taking the earth's virginity ...
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Detroit News Staff Writer Charlie LeDuff, left, watches Beasley butcher a raccoon. Image credit:Detroit News, To urban hunter, next meal is scampering by. Detroit News has a wonderfully written article about an elderly gentleman who lives the life of a nocturnal hunter-gatherer on the derelict periphery of Detroit Michigan. The recent downsizing of Detroit from a population of 2 ...
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Rhubarb growing. Image credit: Wikipedia Growing up in the rural US Midwest, I thought everybody had a rhubarb plant in their back yard. Ours was off in the corner by the sandbox. When I moved to Chicago, living in a rental flat in an old European-settled neighborhood, every other backyard had a patch growing by the alley. Long after ...
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US Department of Energy recently issued their annual report on energy (fits with the name, right?): Annual Energy Outlook 2009 with Projections to 2030 . As you can see by this excerpted graphic from the Executive Summary of the report (pdf file), insignificant change is anticipated: i.e SUV's continue their prevalence. Note that the graphic is not about fleet ...
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Kids in nature. I mage credit: Nature Conservancy, Paul Barwick Is creating the next generation of environmental stewards as easy as sending your kids outside to play? Research suggests the answer is yes. A study done several years ago by Louise Chawla tried to understand what factors went into the make-up of people who demonstrated significantly pro-environmental behavior. After ...
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Amargosa River Natural Area, California; 2009 addition to National Landscape Conservation System. Image credit: BLM,Barstow Images The roots of my organization are embedded in land preservation, and nowadays that puts our focus on finding a solution to climate change; if we don't fix that problem, there will be no land to preserve, and no future generations to preserve it ...
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Image credit: Issues in Focus, USDOE, Annual Energy Outlook (pdf file download) This well constructed graphic conveys valuable insights for consumers. It will be especially useful for evaluating the incremental cost of a new PHEV-model vehicle derived from a standard ICE platform. ... Continued here: Graphic Of The Day: Gasoline Savings For Plug-In Hybrids (PHEVs)
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With all the hype surrounding the recently unveiled American Clean Energy and Security Act , it seems appropriate to reflect upon the policy framework Amory Lovins and his colleagues at the Rocky Mountain Institute put together a few months ago. Based on rigorous analysis and modeling, Rocky Mountain Institute found the following 17 policy aims, if adopted, could reduce ...
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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
