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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Green:Net 09 is rapidly approaching. The event, being held March 24 in San Francisco, focuses on how the tools of the Internet can be used to fight global climate change. It's something we talk about a lot here on TreeHugger, for obvious reasons, and we're excited to be attending the conference and sharing with you all the great happenings. ...
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On of my biggest complaints about the Hemeroscopium house was its construction in Spain without a bit of shading on the windows. Architect Nicolás del Campo shows how it is done right, with his Casa Viguet in Buenos Aires. It has decent overhangs, a sliding louvre systems and fixed screens.... Read more: Casa Viguet Shows How To Build in Sunny ...
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Carbon reductions. Image credit: Governance Focus No 'Black Chippers' were included in the newly offered S&P U.S. Carbon Efficient Index (a pdf file). Good thing, because S&Ps decision to use a positive investment screen avoided all-out climate war with the high-carbon business elite . See below for details. From the S&P press release... Read the original: Standard & Poors Offers ...
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You don't have to like masala dosa (though I admit a profound fondness...) to be vegetarian. Ultimately just not including meat in you diet has large climate change mitigation benefits. Photo: Paul Joseph via flickr It's no secret by now that I'm always recommending that giving up meat eating entirely (or at the minimum, becoming a weekday vegetarian) is ...
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Want to reduce pollution and fight climate change? Coal-to-liquid fuel won't do it. Photo: Addictive Picasso via flickr In addition to all of the oral presentations and the Copenhagen Climate Congress over the past couple of days, there were dozens of poster presentations. These are just what they sound like, a large poster summarizing a piece of research. One ...
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Image via Vanity Fair Some people seem to have gotten just a little too comfortable with the concept of global warming. That's not to say anyone's OK with it—in fact, most actively want to help fight climate change . Gone are the days when the idea of climate change first publicly emerged—and terrified the public as some sort of ...
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Image credit:USEPA USEPA reported this week that total U.S. emissions rose 17.1 percent from 1990 to 2007 (a shade over 1% per year, as a long-term average). Emissions accelerated in the last year of that period, (1.4%). Primary contributors to the higher ending emission rate were: a cooler winter and warmer summer, greater electricity consumption, and a 14.2% fall-off ...
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"The Greenhouse and the Shed" (2002) by Gilles Bruni and Marc Babarit (Photo via artists' website ) When the going gets tough, the tough... make art. For the last few decades, environmental artists have been provoking much-needed dialogue about a new way of thinking about the environment and our relationship to nature. More often than not, environmental art is ...
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Powershift 09 Rally on Lawn of the Capitol photo from Fritz Meyr's flickr page Powershift 2009 was an energetic and informative conference that culminated with a march of 3,000 plus young (and young at heart) people demanding clean energy and green jobs. The inclement weather only made the march more inspiring. Other Powershift 2009 highlights included: Protestors visiting their ...
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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
