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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Suunto Core Wrist-Top Computer Watch with Altimeter, Barometer, Compass, and Depth Measurement (Light Green) . Image and caption credit: Amazon . Fashion watches will soon disappear from department stores, extirpated by the same thing that's wiping out phone books and yellow pages: digital devices. When a fellow wants to know what time it is there's usually cell phone in ...
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Yet another Super Bowl has come and gone, and the one thing most of us will remember about the whole bloated, noisy event will be ... a cute kid with a Darth Vader mask using the force on a Passat. Super Bowl ads, for all their obnoxiousness and over-emphasis in the media, do provide us one of the best reflections ...
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Photo by Prince Roy via Flickr Creative Commons Water rights holders get paid to leave water in streams, businesses pay to clean up water... it sounds too good to be true, yet it's a solution that is already in practice and working today. Rob Harmon of the nonprofit Bonneville Environmental Foundation, explains the plan they put together for a ...
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Photo: Chloe Crespi The Christie's Bid to Save the Earth second annual auction--don't miss our video interviews from last year's red carpet --to benefit environmental non-profits has an eco-fashion spin this year, Vogue reports, with new program, See more here: Top Luxury Designers Join "Runway to Green" Fashion Show
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Cutting up the credit cards is probably the greenest thing anyone could do but sometimes, buying new stuff—or patronizing a favorite restaurant —is necessary. When those times come, there's no reason to feel guilty—especially when choosing a company that respects the environment as much as the bottom line.... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the original post: Today on ...
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Image: AFE The shooting that rocked Tucson was an atrocious act of violence, and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, her staff, and innocent bystanders were the victims of a terrible deed. We don't need any additional reason to keep Giffords in our thoughts. But as we keep hopes high for her continued recovery , let's honor her in the green community ...
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Photo: A Green Living If you're not a regular reader of TreeHugger or any other environmentally-focused outlet, you'd be forgiven for thinking that global climate change really wasn't all that big of a deal anymore. Not because scientists have determined the threats to be less than they once were -- to the contrary, climate scientists have more and better ...
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Boston, MA. Photo: Wikipedia , CC That's the Plan, Anyway... Ian Bowles, the secretary of the Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), has announced an ambitious (compared to some) greenhouse gas emission limit for his state. The goal is a 25% reduction compared to 1990 levels, and that has to be achieved by 2020. "Massachusetts has already taken great ...
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Photo credit CES For the last couple years we've been covering the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. It's the biggest tradeshow in the world for electronics, and there is always a lot of interesting items and news about the ups and downs of the industry. Today I'm off to CES to dig up the best and worst ...
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Image via PerpetualKid It's been awhile since we've added to the "Just What We Needed" pile, but this item was too much -- it had to be tossed onto the heap. This is one of those pieces of plasticrap that when you see it, all you can do is tilt your head to one side and think, "Yep, it's ...
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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
