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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Images via Designboom After traveling 130 days and 8,000 miles, the Plastiki sailed in to Sydney earlier today, ending the trek to bring attention to the problem of plastics in our ocean . Headed up by David de Rothschild, the project's purpose was to show that there is no "away" and that our wasteful ways are causing havoc in ...
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Image credit: MichaelFranti.com From his appearance on TreeHugger Radio , to chatting with Planet Green while on tour with John Mayer , Michael Franti has become somewhat of a regular around here. And not without good reason.Both with Spearhead, and his previous bands the Beatnigs and the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Michael has been an advocate for peace, justice, ...
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Image Credit: !ola via Yoxi When challenged to come up with a way to inspire more people to bike for transportation in addition to recreation, three three "former non-bikers" from New York City proposed a campaign to focus on mutual respect between drivers and bikers. The team, calling itself "!ola," was one of four competitors in a contest sponsored ...
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A labeled satellite image taken July 11 by the European Space Agency. Image via BBC . The 30 bottles of pre-French Revolution champagne recently recovered from the bottom of the Baltic Sea were a pretty awesome find. But the latest thing to show up in the far northern body of water is hardly anything to pop a cork over: ...
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Image via Climate Culture We need to make commitments for decreasing our reliance on oil. That's no news flash. But when it comes to making real change, it can be confusing on where to start -- oil is, after all, ubiquitous. To help get the ball rolling, Climate Culture has launched a new tool for taking action with measurable ...
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Image credit: Friends of the Earth UK What's a herd of cows doing on the London Underground? Having enlisted singing cows to help fix the food chain , Friends of the Earth UK has now launched an underground (sorry!) "Moovement" to demand rainforest free meat and dairy. Click below the fold to see some very confused commuters. The only ...
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Image via Ecorazzi Olivia Munn is the latest animal activist to add her sex appeal to PETA's clothes-less forces. PETA held an event at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA to protest the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus, which reportedly has a terrible record for animal abuse. Munn stated, "When you look at something like the ...
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Screenshots from using InstantOilSpill Wonder what it's like to be an endangered sea turtle in the Gulf of Mexico right now, to be bobbing along and suddenly your vision is filled with oil? A Cleaner Future has created Instant Oil Spill, an interactive website that provides just such a perspective by showing crude oil bubbling up on any website ...
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Washington DC Bike Transit Center. Credit: KPG Design Studio. It's not hard to find innovation in bike parking - lots of funky and functional designs are constantly being created for parking fixtures - the staples, rungs, and poles that help cyclists secure their bikes to something in hopes of avoiding theft. But what about cyclists that want more, more ...
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Photo via Oceana Entourage actor Adrian Grenier suited up for a new Oceana PSA that finds him diving in for a swim with one some of the ocean's fastest hunters: bluefin tuna. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger View original post here: Adrian Grenier Swims with Tuna, Pearl Jam Supports Ocean Conservation, and More
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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
