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 February 11, 2011 and has No Comments
From Collin's dad's solar geodesic greenhouse , through a greenhouse built from soda bottles , to a simple DIY hoop house , we're not shot on self-built grow spaces here on TreeHugger. but the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia has a very detailed post and time-lapse slideshow by Rob Avis about how he built a Read the original here: How ...
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Photo Credit: Marielle van Leewen for Oat Shoes We've written a bit here on Treehugger about the quest for a more sustainable sneaker. We've covered sneakers made from recycled materials and talked about how to recycle your sneakers when they're worn out. But now, thanks to OAT Shoes , you can marry your love of sustainable clothing with your ...
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Image credit: numb3r , used under Creative Commons license. Perhaps predictably, the debate over heated environmental rhetoric continues. When I noted that an angry tone can come from greens too , I quoted George Monbiot as claiming that "every time someone dies as a result of floods in Bangladesh, an airline executive should be dragged out of his office ...
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Photo: Jun Sato/WireImage/Getty Images From sexy Leo's mega donation to tigers to Kevin Costner's surprise knowledge of oil clean-up technology, celebrities were on fire this year. There were a few mistakes, however....such as NBC's "Tonight Show" debacle, which sent a barely used set to landfill. Here's a look back at the year in green hits and misses when it ...
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Image: Kew It looks like there's yet another reason for some holiday cheer this season: Scientists have discovered a new, exotic species of mistletoe in Mozambique. The new mistletoe is rather striking looking -- folks might hesitate before pecking beneath this plant, at least before the third or fourth round at the office Christmas party.... Read the full story ...
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Mikael Colville-Anderson is as entertaining in video as he is at Copenhagenize.com. He explains in this TED talk why he thinks bicycle helmets promote a culture of fear, that pedestrians and drivers have far higher rates of head injuries but nobody tells them to wear helmets, and that cycle helmets are a conspiracy by the auto makers to scare people ...
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Image credit: Matthew McDermott , used under Creative Commons license. (This photo was taken in Copenhagen, not Cancún.) From a point-by-point debunking of his slideshows , to the House of Lords telling him to stop using their emblem , Lord Monckton is one of ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read more from the original source: Lord Monckton Crashes ...
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Photo credit: NRDC You'd be hard pressed to think of anyone or anything that has done more to protect the American environment over the last 40 years than John Adams and the organization he founded, the NRDC . The Natural Resource Defense Council may not boast a name that rolls off the tongue, but they do boast perhaps the ...
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International efforts to reduce fishing quotas for Icritically endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna , or better yet ban the trade outright, may have failed (again...), but that doesn't mean you can't help take action to reduce demand. The Center for Biological Diversity has just launched a boycott campaign urging chefs, restauranteurs and consumers to not buy or serve the bluefin... ...
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Photo: WireImage/Getty Images Leonardo DiCaprio is serious about saving tigers: He'd already partnered with the World Wildlife Fund for its Save Tigers Now campaign, and this week he donated $1 million to the campaign through his self-named fund.... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read more from the original source: Leonardo DiCaprio Donates $1 Million to Tiger Conservation, Sheryl Crow ...
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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
