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: flick.com/jpmatth , CC I know, I know -- I already penned a post with a very similar headline last week . The GOP wants to gut the Environmental Protection Agency, stripping out a huge chunk of its funding. So what's the news? Well, that chunk just got a lot bigger. As in, twice as huge. The proposed cuts ...
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photo via flickr The Conservative Political Action Conference, an annual event where conservative politicians and activists get together in something akin to a pep rally, has come to an end. The event can be seen as a sort of a bellwether for the pet causes of the movement, and this year conservatives placed a target squarely on the back ...
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Aboard the Arctic Sunrise, leaving New York City. Photos: Brian Merchant Over the last few weeks, Greenpeace's iconic ship the Arctic Sunrise has been traveling up the East Coast on the Coal Free Future tour . Greenpeace has been making a fresh push to spread the word about the ills of coal, and reaching out to communities in cities ...
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Image: Wikimedia Commons, Sudika , CC The EPA has been put through hell this week -- first, there were the Congressional hearings in which the new chairman of the House Energy Committee, along with others, railed against the expanded Clean Air Act rules that would hold the nation's biggest polluters to stricter standards. Then, the GOP announced its proposals ...
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Photo: americaspower , Flickr, CC Debunking the Notion that Creating Green Jobs is Bad for the Economy A newly released study suggested that upholding the new, stricter EPA Clean Air Act rules would create a slew of new jobs -- something along the order of 1.5 million of them . On the face of it, it's a win-win: Cleaner ...
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If you read just one article about climate change this week, make it Dave Roberts' piece on the climate science vs. climate economics . Climate scientists are becoming increasingly worried as the evidence mounts that our current emissions path is leading us to some of the worst-case scenarios that climate models project -- sea level rise, increased precipitation, more ...
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Photo credit: stuff_and_nonsense / Creative Commons Uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, and across the Middle East at the start of 2011 have reminded the world just how politically fragile some countries are. But the focus of international politics has been shifting for some time now. After a half-century of forming new states from former colonies and from the breakup of ...
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Photo Credit: Colleen Vanderlinden I always laugh when people say that gardeners have to be patient. I'm a completely obsessed gardener, and I'm easily the most impatient person I know. So there goes that theory. The good news is that while I grow many plants that are worth the wait (tomatoes, pumpkins, corn...) there are plenty of things I ...
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Photo: akeg , Flickr, CC Who wants clean air? How about 1.5 million jobs? I know someone who does ... America! Well, this fine nation of ours is in luck. According to a new study, enforcing the new Clean Air Act requirements would create a jobs boom in professions like plumbing, construction, engineering, and pipefitting. Which is interesting new, ...
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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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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
