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: GM Other EVs to Follow Not to be outdone by its competitor Hertz, which announced that many models of electric cars will be available in 2011 , Enterprise car rental says that it will have Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrids on offer for daily and weekly rentals later this month, though at first only at the Mark Christopher Auto ...
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Photo: Kelly Rossiter A website I follow called The Kitchn is doing a series on soups this week and there are lots of interesting looking things there, but today miso soup with a poached egg caught my eye. Of course, their recipe called for making dashi first, but I muddled though just using water because I didn't want to ...
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Speakers at Conversations in Design, credit IDS Crowdsourcing, or "tapping talent from the crowd" is a controversial subject in the design community. Some think it to be evil, a way of getting a lot of ideas for free. One critic ranted that crowdsourcers "have managed to figure out a way to get thousands of people -- some skilled enough ...
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Did the Vancouver Convention Centre give green building a bad name? Image credit the Tyee Many have said that this is the year for the green building revolution to take off; Others see increasing challenges ahead. Chris Cheatham predicts more battles over green building codes, such as this one in Arizona; In Ohio, builders are fighting changes that would ...
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photo: DorkyMum / Creative Commons The UK may have just had the coldest December in a century, but here's an example of how the rest of the planet as a whole is still warming, even more so in the northern latitudes: As Climate Progress reports, the View post: Arctic Sea Ice Sets New Low December Record
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Photo: Kelly Rossiter Lots of people swear by greasy bacon and eggs to help a hangover , but here is a healthier recipe for congee, which British chef Simon Hopkinson says is the best cure after imbibing too much. If you overindulged last night, make yourself a pot of this and feel better. It takes a while to cook, ...
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Photo: malias Not even the teachers are exempt from St. Paul's new "sweet-free" zoning. In fact, even the school principal is having to learn that rewards for a job well done can no longer include a candy bar because all the public schools in the St. Paul school district are to be declared free of all sweets by the ...
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photo: Grüne Baden-Württemberg / Creative Commons More from Wikileaks of interest to the environmentally-minded, shedding light on the mindset of the Bush administration on the European Union's actions on genetically modified crops: US Ambassador to France recommended the US "calibrate a target list that causes some pain across the EU" because both Continued here: Bush Admin Officials Advised Retaliation Against ...
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Photo: woodleywonderworks It's one thing for adults to make the decision to eat vegetarian but what if you're making that decision for someone else? And what if that someone else is your child? Well according to a recent article in the Washington Post , kids can thrive on a vegetaria... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read more: Can Kids ...
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Image: Screenshot via HSUS Despite what seems like increased media attention on some of the cruelty and environmental abuses at factory farms over the last year, the worst practices continue unchecked. The latest exposé comes from a factory farm owned by a subsidiary of the world's largest pork producer, Smithfield Foods. Through an undercover investigation in Virginia, the Humane ...
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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
