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 via Snap While it doesn't rank on par with killing an endangered animal like a tiger or bluefin tuna in the name of art, killing 200,000 ants to create a piece of art is still falls on the odd, and cruel side. Chris Trueman from California bought batches of ants at a cost of $500 per 40,000. After ...
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Image via YouTube video Unless you're paying zero attention to sustainable seafood, you're aware of the plight of bluefin tuna. These apex predators are being fished to the brink of extinction. Ocean has teamed up with Entourage and Alter Eco star Adrian Grenier to get the word out to more seafood lovers that bluefin needs to come off the ...
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Image credit: Marcin Wichary /Flickr For years, owners of hybrid cars like the Toyota Prius enjoyed a special privilege: The free use of HOV-reserved lanes anytime of the day, regardless of the number of passengers. Thanks to new legislation signed by the Governor, however, this will change on December 31, 2010.... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the ...
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Oil spill cleanup vehicle photo: US Coast Guard via flickr Coming through a variety of sources all through the afternoon, not the least of which is the AP talking to Obama administration officials speaking on condition of anonymity, is word that a new offshore oil drilling moratorium will be issued--a little more than two weeks after Here is the ...
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Photo via Alex E. Proimos San Jose, California is having a lot of trouble closing its budget deficit. After cutting back on public benefits like library hours and reducing pay for city workers, it is now looking at selling municipal water to a private corporation for a gain of around $50 million. Mayor Chuck Reed told Mercury News, "I'm ...
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Photo via foxypar4 In the face of an increasing water shortage, last November state regulators told Monterey County to curb its withdrawals from the Carmel River, the current main water source, by 70% by 2016. With no where else to turn for water, the county is turning its eyes to the ocean, and launching an enormous desalination project to ...
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Palm Springs, California Not surprisingly, hot places like Phoenix or Palm Springs have a lot of backyard pools. Warren wrote recently about their environmental cost in terms of energy and water, but a new life cycle analysis of all of the inputs and outputs, from electricity to water to pool chemicals, shows the true scale of the impact. And ...
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Photo by audreyjm569 When we think of copper and water, we usually think of long-lasting pipes. However, copper and water have a more intertwined relationship than that. Each time drivers hit their breaks, or boaters put a new coat of paint on their vessel's hull, they're contributing to the level of copper found in the waterways, which becomes toxic ...
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photo via flickr California Senate candidate Cary Fioina is looking for an edge over her opponent, Sen. Barbara Boxer, and it looks like she may have settled on the issue of national security and climate change. Boxer, a long-time champion of clean energy and climate action, has been vocal about the link between national security and a changing climate, ...
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Contrary to previously held notions of how whale songs are shared between neighboring populations, a surprising study finds that whales living the same ocean basin are singing different songs. Read the original post: Study: Humpback Whales Living in Same Ocean ...
"The technology that we have here gives us a first-ever look at the Amazon in its full three-dimensional detail, over very large regions," says the study's lead researcher. Here is the original post: Lasers Used to Generate Remarkably Detailed 3D ...
