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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Well, there are even more polls coming out showing that Americans are still strongly in favor of jump starting the transition to a clean energy economy--the most recent two focus on African American and Latino voters. And guess what? Both groups, in sizable majorities, said that they think fighting global warming is important, and that they will vote in ...
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Photo via Life A recent Washington Post/ABC poll reveals that the issue which Democrats are most trusted with is Energy Policy --by a long shot. The poll asked citizens this question: "Which political party, the (Democrats) or the (Republicans), do you trust to do a better job handling (Issue)?" And when "Energy Policy" was placed in the "Issue" box, ...
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What We Can Learn from RGGI Around this time last year, as talks in Congress about how to curb carbon and give clean energy and jobs a boost were intensifying, I briefly exhorted Obama to take a gander at the cap and trade system already up and running in the United States. Called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, it's ...
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Image credit: Good For Coal River Wind and their supporters, saving one mountain in West Virginia is about more than protecting the environment, more than securing the health of nearby residents, and more than preserving a landscape famed throughout history for its beauty. While the battle to save Coal River Mountain is about all of these things, it's also ...
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Photo via SLM There's going to be an interesting addition to the Labour Party's government budget when it's unveiled on Wednesday--a $3 billion dollar green investment bank which will "help Britain's transformation to a low carbon economy," according to the Washington Post. The bank will be half funded by government funds, and half funded by the private sector. And ...
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My original title for this post was going to be "Just what we needed dept: an electric ATV" when editor Meg pointed out that ATVs are used by many as working tools around farms and in the forests, and that they are not all noisy smelly horrible things that tear up the countryside and can be big annoyance . ...
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Image: Environment Canada Warm & Dry The preliminary numbers are out for the winter of 2009-2010 in Canada, and it turns out that it was the warmest and driest winter since records began in 1948. "The national average temperature for the winter 2009/2010 was 4.0°C (7.2 °F) above normal The previous record was 2005/2006 which was 3.9°C above normal. ...
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Photo via the Huffington Post Health Care Reform Has Passed I'm a little late posting today, as I've been scouring the ol' intertubes for every last word written about last night's passage of health care reform--which, regardless of your opinions of that bill, will stand as a monumental event in America's political history. Whether you believe that the measures ...
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Image via SF Gate Over at the San Francisco Chronicle, Dr. Peter Gleick, the president of the Pacific Institute has come up with the most believable argument against global warming that I've yet encountered. And so, I'll close out my Friday by sharing it.... Read the full story on TreeHugger See the original post: And Now For The Best Argument ...
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Photo via Guardian Most cap and trade schemes proposed by governments include provisions that allow polluting companies to buy carbon offsets --initiatives that pay for tree planting in South America or solar panel installation in India and so forth--instead of cutting emissions exclusively from their own operations. So, surprise, surprise, a recent report from the AP in the Huffpo ...
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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
