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: Flickr , CC Sh.. Just Got Real As we've written about previously , tuna's in trouble, and it's not just limited to one species and/or one geographical region. A new study conducted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and published in the prestigious journal Science found that 5 out of the 8 tu... Read the ...
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Photo Credit: j-oh , Flickr Creative Commons. In the quest to grow more of our own food on our 1/4 acre city lot, we've spent a bit of time bemoaning the fact that we are quickly running out of space. The good news is that there are plenty of ways to make your limited garden space work harder for ...
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Photo: Fashion Girls for Japan In the aftermath Japan's earthquake and tsunami , people are rallying here at home to support relief efforts. This weekend, fashion meets philanthropy with Fashion Girls for Japan , a massive sample sale with more than sixty designers, from Diane von Furstenberg to Thakoon, in New York City. One hundred percent of proceeds will ...
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Dangerous chicken wire chemicals you need to know about. Image credit: Wikipedia Into the daylight. The fracking industry has declared it's ready to totally change direction from the course set by former VP Dick Cheney (which was to hide from the public, information about the hazardous characteristics of fracking fluids). As you read this, a fracking chemicals Read the ...
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Photo credit: Klobetime / Creative Commons In 1994, I wrote an article in World Watch magazine entitled "Who Will Feed China?" that was later expanded into a book of the same title. When the article was published in late August, the press conference generated only moderate coverage. But when it was reprinted that weekend on the front of the ...
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Photo Credit: krossbow , via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution License . From giant, starchy baking potatoes to small, waxy fingerlings; from pale white to deep purple, there are almost endless options available to you when you grow your own. The flavors and colors far exceed what's available in most grocery stores. And, with a little planning, even those of ...
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Taking this photo, apparently from the side of the road, would be a criminal act. Photo: InspireFate Photography / Creative Commons . Grist highlights what Norman wants to do: SB 1246 by Sen. Jim Norman, R-Tampa, would make it a first-degree felony to photograph a farm without first obtaining written permission from the owner. A farm is defined as ...
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Here is another diet plan, designed by 87 year old billionaire David Murdock. New York Times food writer Frank Bruni writes: He wants to reach 125, and sees no reason he can't, provided that he continues eating the way he has for the last quarter century: with a methodical, messianic correctness that he believes can, and will, ward off ...
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Image via YouTube video The first ever San Francisco Green Film Festival launched this weekend and with an impressive line-up of environmental documentaries, not the least of which was a powerful film called Sweet Crude . It is the story of the oil industry's presence on Nigeria's Niger Delta, but more importantly, the movement against the oil companies that ...
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Borough Market in Southwark, London. Photo: Herry Lawford / Creative Commons . Shoppers in England and Wales who have been carefully seeking out locally produced foods while making their market rounds came in for a shock this week when a government body announced that foods labeled "local" actually came from other European countries, and even from as far away ...
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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 ...
"The stakes are very high and scientists are not the best people to deal with the social, ethical or political issues that geoengineering raises." View original here: Geoengineering is a Technical Fix for a Political Problem
