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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Most serious climate watchers already know the name Joe Romm pretty well. A physicist, author, and a top Dept. of Energy official during the Clinton Administration, Romm now runs Climate Progress , a must-read for followers of green politics and climate science. His latest book is Original post: Straight Up Tackles Climate in the Blog Era: Book Review
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Wikipedia It isn't a particularly big volcano by Icelandic standards. Even its name is boring; it translates into English as "island-mountains glacier." But it has been fascinating to watch its effects around the world. Jeff Rubin says "It may well be a dress rehearsal for what lies ahead." ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the original post: Lessons ...
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Photo: Sundance, with permission A Spawn of 'Green Porno' Isabella Rossellini's weird and delightful 'Green Porno' series gave us a very original look at the love life of various creatures, from shrimps to snails. Now Ms. Rossellini is back in the director/writer/actor seat for a spin-off called 'Seduce Me', a new series of 5 mini-episodes exploring the unconventional seduction ...
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photo: Bart Heird via flickr. What's the good news in that headline? According to the UK's Soil Association , estimates by the UN that to feed our ever-increasing population we will have to double food production by 2050 are too high and based on flawed data. Instead, an increase of about 70% is more accurate. Still a daunting task, ...
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Image credit: AP Photo/WWF Malaysia, Stephen Hogg, HO The sighting of a potentially pregnant female Sumatran rhino has given conservationists new hope for the critically endangered species —which has fewer than 300 individuals left in the wild. Though the population is larger than the Javan rhino, population fragmentation, habitat loss , and poaching place greater pressure on the species.... ...
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photo: Alessandro Giangiulio via flickr. It may be a serious headache if you're in the middle of it and trying to get someplace, but the Iceland volcano eruption shutting down air travel has had one decidedly positive environmental effect. Resurgence magazine has posted on their Facebook page an interesting stat attributed to the Plane Stupid : "200,000 ton... Read ...
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photo: yaybiscuits123 via flickr Chalk this one up in the interesting but not earth-shaking category: GreenBiz reports that because of a shift in the products it sells, from less flour to more processed cereals, General Mills is finding it harder to meet its own emission reduction targets.... Read the full story on TreeHugger The rest is here: More Cereal, Less ...
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Photo via How Green Is My Blog? Just now, the EPA has formally announced that it will delay regulating greenhouse gas emissions from the nation's biggest polluters until next year. However, in issuing the announcement, the agency affirms that it will indeed commence regulation in 2011. The delay is intended to give businesses more time to prepare their carbon ...
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Photo via Chron Oh fine lines, how hard ye are to walk, as the senators crafting bipartisan clean energy reform are certainly well aware by now. See, hope was growing (though it's been stagnant for a bit) that Lindsey Graham's support , along with measures to bolster See more here: 10 Senate Dems Say They'll Bail on Energy Reform if ...
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Photo via NY Times Perhaps the most frequent argument we hear against any energy reform that would require pricing carbon is this: It would cripple the economy. It would devastate the economy. You know, that sort of thing. As the popular argument goes, making the nation's worst polluters pay for their carbon pollution amounts to--"let's call it what it ...
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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
