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 via lowjumpingfrog If you dreamed of being a scientist but took a different career path, here's your opportunity to do some side work to save the planet as a citizen scientist. ... Read more here: Be a Citizen Scientist for Climate Change
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Photo Courtesy: Pop Sugar Poor Madame "M"! Madonna just can't seem to catch a break. The eco-minded blast her massive carbon footprint . Her ex-husband, Guy Richie, refers to her publicly as "It." Now, PETA singles her out as their worst dressed celebrity of 2009. The animal rights activists claim she is the biggest fur offender - by a ...
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Saul Griffith led off Greener Gadgets 2009 with one of the best 40 minute explanation of why (to use his words) we're all a bunch of "planet fuckers" and what we can do to change that in terms of our energy u... Original post: Greener Gadgets 2009: Saul Griffith on Climate Change and the Amount of Renewable Energy Needed to ...
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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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images: Bellona Undoubtedly you've heard all the talk about clean coal technologies. Leaving aside the absurdity of calling coal clean under any circumstance, the prime technology being referred to in that statement is capturing and storing the carbon emissions from that coal. But CCS could also be deployed at a natural gas or oil-fired power plant to capture emissions. ...
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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
