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:EPA USEPA was formed in 1970, the same year Earth Day was created. And, as EPA's Earth Day celebration website points out in an online history , it was " a time when rivers caught fire and cities were hidden under dense clouds of smoke. " It's also the year that yours truly was graduating from college. 'What ...
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City of Wisconsin Rapids:- Ahdawagam Trails. A city trail system combining dedicated, paved, off-street trails, and city streets where paint markings designate restricted bike lanes. Image credit: VisitWisRapids . When the economy is tough, and and especially while it's still too cold to get out on the bicycle and enjoy spring (as it is now in Wisconsin), people need ...
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TreeHugger has been reporting for years about the dangers of phthalates, the endocrine disruptor that is used to make vinyl flexible. We have noted previously that it might cause "phthalate syndrome" - smaller penises, and undescended or incompletely descended testicles- in humans. Now a new study links it to autism. Scientific American says that the Swedish study was looking ...
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A HUGE field of potato plants... Image credit: Flickr, Acksaw , excerpted. Investor Environmental Health Network reports that " Responding to shareholder concerns, McDonald’s Corporation has agreed to formally survey and promote best practices in pesticide use reduction within its American potato supply chain ." What makes this agreement unique is that the sharehold resolution that drove it forward ...
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A HUGE field of potato plants... Image credit: Flickr, Acksaw , excerpted. Investor Environmental Health Network reports that " Responding to shareholder concerns, McDonald’s Corporation has agreed to formally survey and promote best practices in pesticide use reduction within its American potato supply chain ." What makes this agreement unique is that the sharehold resolution that drove it forward ...
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Signing ceremony for Wild & Scenic Rivers Act expansion, March 30, 2009 . Image credit:Rebecca Wodder Today, President Obama signed into law the second largest Wild and Scenic Rivers package in history . Today’s law expands the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System by more than 50 percent, bringing the total number of Wild and Scenic Rivers to 252.... ...
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Here comes that "smart metering" thing again. With politicians and TreeHugger publicly praising "smart meters;" and, with GE networking a huge number of them in Houston Texas, it's clear the day will soon come for retiring our 'dumb meters'. Ready. Set. GE Digital Energy reports it is under contract with Houston Texas electric power utility CenterPoint Energy, Inc. to ...
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On March 12, President Obama spoke with Business Roundtable 's members - dozens of chief executives of America’s top companies – at their quarterly meeting in Washington. The President outlined his administration’s top priorities for the coming year, touching on the budget, regulatory reform, international tax fairness, workforce training and other issues. ... Here is the original: We Can Solve ...
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Time to update the drawing That's the title of an article by Wendy Koch in USA Today , where she talks to three architects seen a lot on TreeHugger: Sarah Susanka, Michelle Kaufmann and Marianne Cusato. Koch notes that according to census data, last year, for the first time in at least 10 years, the average square footage of ...
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Drilling rig used for Phase III of Illinois Basin–Decatur Project Image credit: Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium CO2 for the first "Big Sink" project in the USA apparently comes from one of ADM's grain-to-ethanol facilities, located on the outskirts of Decatur Illinois. The mile+ CO2 injection well also will be ADM property. CO2 injection begins early next year, closely followed ...
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Contrary to previously held notions of how whale songs are shared between neighboring populations, a surprising study finds that whales living the same ocean basin are singing different songs. Read the original post: Study: Humpback Whales Living in Same Ocean ...
"The technology that we have here gives us a first-ever look at the Amazon in its full three-dimensional detail, over very large regions," says the study's lead researcher. Here is the original post: Lasers Used to Generate Remarkably Detailed 3D ...
