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: B Balaji via flickr Last month The Hindu managed to get a look at a draft of the India's National Solar Mission plan and saw that installing 20 GW of solar power by 2020 is on the table. Now Reuters has gotten a look too, confirming some details and fleshing out others. It's not likely to be formally... ...
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photo: chadly via flickr A few months back researchers shows how climate change is going to shift wildfire hotspots , now scientists are saying that global warming could well burn parts of the Western US to a crisp -- Only a modest increase in average temperatures could nearly triple the area in some places burnt by forest fires:... Read ...
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What beats this?? Remember when we posted last year about HP's ridiculous packaging issue ? The company shipped a few pieces of paper in a lot of boxes. Wasteful, right? Well, it just completely outdid itself. You'll never guess what record for excessive packaging it managed to set...... Read the full story on TreeHugger See the original post: HP Tops ...
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Earlier this year, TreeHugger awarded Sokol Blosser Winery with the Best Green Winery award in our inaugural Best of Green Awards . We knew they were doing lots of different green things -- practicing organic viticulture, green building, and so forth -- but wondered what that really looked like. So, when Alison Sokol Blosser, the winery's co-president, invited me ...
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Image from Preloved Preloved has been creating fashionable one-of-a-kind pieces of clothing from second hand and vintage fabrics for years. As in since 1995 --they are Canadian eco-royalty when it comes to sustainable design. Starting in Toronto, moving onto Montreal and then Sydney Australia, their clothes for women and now children are stylish and fun. So what next for ...
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Image credit: Waste Management We often get questions from people wondering how they can recycle Tyvek, the non-woven polyethylene fabric used to wrap buildings, bracelet wrists, hold DVD's, and to envelope shipments. For the business or government Tyvek recycler, Waste Management offers a US$15 recycling "kit" for direct shipping scrap Tyvek to a recycling center (as pictured). The kit ...
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Video courtesy of Mother Nature Network Due to its relative small size, the conventional wisdom says that Chrysler just doesn't have the money to invest in new technologies and then take a chanc... Read the original here: Will Chrysler's Electric Cars Get a Chance?
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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
