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 October 17, 2010 and has No Comments
Zion National Park. Photo: Rene Schwietzke / Creative Commons . With many roads closed today for a marathon cutting through the city, parts of Istanbul were wonderfully -- if eerily -- quiet and peaceful. Though I've become accustomed to the constant drone of urban noise, its occasional absence reminds me just how much sound is a key, if little-considered, ...
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Ahead of its upcoming report Fossil Foolishness: Utah's Pursuit of Tar Sands and Oil Shale Western Resource Advocates has produced the above short video detailing, as you might imagine from the title, why even though it may be ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the rest here: Exploiting Utah's Oil Shale Deposits is Fossil Foolishness (Video)
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Image from Gasland of everything and the kitchen sink with director Josh Fox. This year's environmentally-conscious Sundance Film Festival opens today in Park City, Utah with Hollywood heavies and aspiring filmmakers abuzz. Last year, it premiered a respectable batch of eco-themed films that got some serious attention, including Crude , View original post here: Sundance Film Fest 2010 Debuts New ...
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Curious high school science teacher, Andy Swapp, of Milford, Utah wondered just how well a wind turbine might work in Milford. Given that he has a fresh supply of eager (well, at least some of them) minds, he decided to involve his kids in the experiment. What started as a simple hunch has now caught the eye of Fresh Wind ...
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Haena Beach. Photo by randystoreyphotography via Flickr. Lets face it: Camping is even better when you have a fantastic waterfront view. And there's nothing to keep you going through a tough winter like dreaming up some ideas for your next green outdoor adventure. We've picked 10 sweet camping sites with a variety of waterfront locations -- on lakes, rivers, ...
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Good to see some bigger wind power projects being completed... First Wind has announced that the first 203 MW phase of the Milford Wind Corridor in Utah has been completed. Located on land in Millard and Beaver County, the 97 wind turbine project will supply enough power for 45,000 homes: All of the power produced by the project is ...
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Photo via CW56 In the last few weeks of his term, the Bush administration controversially approved 77 sites for oil drilling in Utah . The move was immediately challenged by environmental groups, and a federal judge agreed--he said the review process for opening up the lands was hasty and faulty. Now, it appears that the Obama administration has sided ...
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Photo: Mission Motors Mission Motors Can Say: Mission Accomplished When we first wrote about the Mission One electric motorcycle by Mission Motors , some people were skeptical that it would perform as well as the company claimed. Well, today Mission Motors announced that its e-bike broke the national AMA top speed record for an electric motorcycle at the Bonneville ...
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Utah's wind power potential: 23 Million MWhrs/yr. Image credit :UtahCleanEnergy Utah currently gets 93% of it's energy from burning coal. Mercury emitted by Utah's coal consuming habit helps make hunting and fishing there sports of ' catch and toss .' See Coal Released Mercury Ruins Fishing and Duck Hunting for details. Easy to understand US Senatorial claims that "Utahns ...
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Logan Utah, Environmental Department operated regional wastewater treatment plant - 460 acres of lagoons, and 240 acres of wetlands. Image credit: Logan UT Environment Department. For years I've been reading press releases about impractical-sounding inventions for growing algae in arrays of plastic tubes, genetically modifying algae to optimize biofuel yield, and so on. Pretty much all of it is ...
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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
