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: Jeffrey Beall By a 9-1 vote the California Air Resources Board has voted in support of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard . What's more, the standard includes a penalty for the carbon emissions caused by indirect land use changes associated with the production of biofuels. When the regulations take effect in 2011 this is what will be mandated:... ...
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Photo via SOCIALisBETTER Word on the street is that Apple is looking at getting 15" OLED displays from LG to use in its new notebooks due out in June. Apple is barreling on to be the greenest in the land , so this announcement isn't too surprising considering View post: Apple Going With OLED in New Notebooks?
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A dielectric permittivity spectrum over a wide range of frequencies. A little confusing, right? Maybe that's why EEStor still doesn't have a product announcement... Image via Kenneth A. Mauritz via wikipedia EEStor is a bit of a specter in the energy storage industry - we can always feel its presence, yet we can't see it. That's still the case, ...
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Logo via The Daily Green We know a few things about honoring the people, organizations, and companies that are at the top of their game when it comes to spreading the green message (see our Best of Green package for details). But we always like to see where our peers stand, too—and tonight The Daily Green offers up its ...
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Franke James is an author, artist, photographer and writer who has been on TreeHugger and Planet Green before with her illustrated essays like MySUV and Me Say Goodbye . They were recently published in her book Bothered By My Green Conscience , where the printer made a mistake and didn't print the inside covers red. (Which frankly is probably ...
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Okay, we checked the fine print and it seems legit. JetBlue is spearheading this green sweepstakes for the grand prize of a 3rd Generation Toyota Prius along with some other very cool eco prizes. Seems easy enough to click over to the website and make your pledge, perhaps more difficult to stick to it, so please allow us to ...
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Okay, we checked the fine print and it seems legit. JetBlue is spearheading this green sweepstakes for the grand prize of a 3rd Generation Toyota Prius along with some other very cool eco prizes. Seems easy enough to click over to the website and make your pledge, perhaps more difficult to stick to it, so please allow us to ...
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Campaigning for Earth Day every day. Photo via Flickr: by Alexindigo It’s easy being green on Earth Day with everybody jumping on the green train from supermarkets to big box stores offering eco-friendly marketing campaigns . It’s a little like helping out food banks only on Thanksgiving Day. So what about the other 364 days of the year? The ...
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Happy Earth Day! For Earth Day this year, Discovery is launching a new page called Discovery Green , and I have the pleasure to be in charge of it. For those of you won't don't know me, I've been with TreeHugger since 2005. Between 2006 and 2008, I was editor-in-chief, and I'm now editor of the Science & Technology ...
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Photo via the Climate Project Score another one for "An Inconvenient Truth." The founders of Cool the Earth, a group that does climate education in the San Fransisco Bay Area, started the project after being inspired by Al Gore's hit film. Now Cool the Earth is partnering with Gore's Climate Project to grow their influence and reach even more ...
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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
