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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Though frankly I try to stay as far away from Times Square as I can on New Years Eve, and have always found the tradition of watching the ball drop to be singularly anti-climactic, this Earth Day I got to climb to the top of One Times Square to view " The Ball ." Why? Because it's now be ...
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photo: The Woodlands Green Children that grow up green are more likely to pass that knowledge on to their children and Earth Day is the perfect opportunity to instill some great green info. This Earth Day was no exception, with kid-friendly activities in South Carolina.... More: A Kid-Friendly Earth Day in South Carolina
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Photo credit: Getty Images It's been another rough year for the animal kingdom—all that rarefied air at the top of the food chain must be leaving us brain-addled—but a few small victories for our furred, feathered, finned, hooved, and scaled cohorts make us wonder if there's hope for us all yet. Below, just some of the wins we've seen ...
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Photo via the New York Times Designed to coincide with Earth Day, Congress has begun three full days of hearings on climate and energy bills in the House and the Senate—according to Politico , it's the "mother of all climate weeks." A parade of 54 witnesses, including EPA head Lisa Jackson , Energy Secretary Steven Chu, trout fishermen, Catholic ...
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Notwithstanding their Screw Earth Day campaign, Grist has the grace to publish posts like this one by Bill Christofferson, entitled Screw Earth Day? Not so Fast. He quotes Earth Day founder, Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson. Our goal is an environment of decency, quality and mutual respect for all human beings and all other creatures—an environment without ugliness, without poverty, ...
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Ed Begley, Jr., star of the award-winning hit series “ Living with Ed ” and author of “Living Like Ed: A Guide to the Eco-Friendly Life,” is scheduled to make his QVC debut this Earth Day at 7 PM (ET) and 10 PM (ET), to demonstrate and share ways to reduce impact on the planet. ---- I had lunch ...
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Ed Markey speaks to EPA Chief Lisa Jackson at Sunday's Green Apple Festival in DC (credit: Alex Pasternack) On Sunday, Republican leader John Bohner said he thinks the idea of CO2 as a pollutant is "almost comical" . Later that day Democratic congressman Ed Markey, a co-author with Henry Waxman of the massive renewable energy draft bill before Congress, ...
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Photo via Earthfirst It could, according to an agency charged with monitoring and assessing it. A Climate Wire report notes that the North American Electric Reliability Corps is worried that the aging US electric network may have a tough time handling an influx of energy from new sources—energy that would have to be monitored and transferred in entirely new ...
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Photo via USGS The EPA announced that 50 of the most polluted, most hazardous waste sites in the country will be cleaned up, thanks to $582 million in stimulus funds. Each of the sites is heavily contaminated with mining waste, out-of-control landfills, and chemical spillage—just to name a few. As you might recall, Superfund cleanup was one of the ...
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Photo via Taipei Times Here's a troubling plan—the ironically named US company EnergySolutions is seeking approval to import 20,000 tons of radioactive waste from Italy. The waste would be processed in Tennessee, then shipped on over to Utah, where it would be buried in the desert. Given that Yucca Mountain is such a controversial issue, it's surprising that this ...
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A Bicycling Magazine survey of women cyclists showed them choosing to give up sex for a month rather than give up biking. So much for 'sexy' cycle chic. Here is the original post: Female Cyclists Say They'd Give Up Sex ...
The office building, going for LEED Platinum, is built on top of a brick factory from another era. It rises to the challenge. Go here to read the rest: The Centre For Green Cities At Evergreen Brickworks Demonstrates How To ...
