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: Land Rover Our Planet / Creative Commons We've been long documenting China's rapid rise to the top tiers of wind power , both in manufacturing and installed capacity. Worldwatch's Revol... Read the full story on TreeHugger Continued here: One Quarter of China's Wind Power Still Not Connected to Electricity Grid
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Image: Maritime Connector Food and agriculture giant Cargill will soon start using giant kites on its shipping vessels to generate propulsion—and reduce fuel consumption by up to 35 percent. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger The rest is here: Cargill to Start Flying Kites Across the Ocean: SkySails Will Reduce Carbon Emissions of Shipping Vessels
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Photo via Wind Explorer The Wind Explorer --a kite-assisted lightweight electric car--drove 3,107 miles across Australia in 18 days using only $15 worth of electricity. As if that was... Read the full story on TreeHugger Excerpt from: Kite-Powered Electric Car Crosses Australia Using Only $15 Worth of Electricity
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van jones, via Ted Talks It took " An Inconvenient Truth" and then " The Age of Stupid " to wake many people up to the reality of climate change and what our role is in causing it. Yet while those films were long on pointing out the problem, they were short on presenting solutions, leaving many feeling powerless. ...
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Image credit: Patrick Finnegan , used under Creative Commons license Wind farms may often face opposition from NIMBY protesters , but it doesn't always have to be that way. Not long ago I reported on how residents near a proposed wind farm were greatly in favor of the project . And now we come across a story of a ...
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Photo: Rule Hibernia And the federal invest-a-thon in clean technologies continues -- first a smidgen for solar , then a huge boost for high speed rail , and now, a decent investment in offshore wind. The Obama administration announced plans to sink $50.5 million into research and development for offshore wind power ... Read the full story on TreeHugger ...
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Photo: Leverage Academy According to a report from a wind turbine manufacturer, China has now installed more wind power capacity than the United States. Wind installation surged there last year, far outpacing the US, and now China has an estimated base of 40,000 MW of wind power installed. The US, which was the previous leader, ended the year with ...
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Photos via Jaymi Heimbuch Urban Green Energy is showing off eddy, their urban wind turbine, at CES. The vertical wind turbine can be installed in under an hour, and has a 20-year life span. This is their 600 watt model, though they have higher capacity models available. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the rest here: CES 2011: ...
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photo: FranceHouseHunt.com / Creative Commons We've covered the issue (or non-issue, depending on which side you're on) of wind farms causing health problems in people living nearby for some time--the whooshing sound is reportedly disruptive of sleep if you're constantly and closely exposed to it. But if you need an overview of s... Read the full story on TreeHugger ...
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Image credit: Good Energy On Tuesday I posted on the fact that more Brits die from cold than Siberians , and George Monbiot's assertion that government and utilities were to blame. One UK company, however, is taking a different path—declaring a winter price freeze as the big utilities jack up their rates. The best part? These guys are 100% ...
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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
