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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Excerpt from portrait of Donald Trump speaking at CPAC in Washington D.C. on February 10, 2011. Image credit, Wikipedia , George Skidmore Republican political strategy. bypassing the the failed 'birther' tactic, is likely to move to ' what you going to do about high gas prices? '. That, naturally, involves attacking EPA generally, resurgent "drill baby drill" chants, demanding ...
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Asian carp, meet your worst nightmare. Not poison. Not an electric barrier, or a predator from your native land. No, this is good ol' American ingenuity. With a touch of Ted Nugent , or maybe Chuck Norris . People dressed in spiked body armor with Wolverine -style claws and samurai swords are taking to the Illinois River to battle Asian ...
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Illustration depicting both male and female flowers of maize Image credit: Wikipedia Corn is such a cultural cornerstone in America. Lend an ear to John Fahey playing " Give Me Corn Bread When I'm Hungry ." Rememberr Thoreau buying sacks of cracked corn for his Walden Pond stay. Tortillas and Katchina Dolls, and marbled beef, and corn root borers ...
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Mortality risks associate with major categories of electrical power generation. Image credit: New Scientist Every nuclear power plant failure, regardless of resulting mortality, breathes new life into the dread the whole world shared during the Cold War. Iranian government chest-thumping and political fear mongering about dirty bomb dangers have infected new generations with the dread. Coal is more dangerous, ...
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image credit Christian Haugen Earth Hour started in Sydney in 2007; by 2009 it had spread around the world, becoming a very big deal everywhere but in the USA, where it never really caught on; even the website is empty and looks bogus . This year, the Australian organizers promise over a billion participants in 133 countries. A lot ...
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Top-ten US states for power plant CO2 emissions, 2009 & 2010. Image credit:Environmental Integrity press release and final report. Citing USEPA-gathered data, the non-partisan, activist group Environmental Integrity reports that in 2010, carbon dioxide emissions from US power plants rose 5.56% over year prior. The top-ten states for cumulative CO2 emissions from power plants are as listed above. The ...
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Photo: National Parks Conservation Association There's something romantic about the image of two young valentines, in an idyllic pastoral scene, etching their initials in the side of a tree to commemorate their affection, but tree carving isn't just for lovers. In a burgeoning field of archeological study, researchers are looking to some of the world's oldest tree carvings, known ...
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Image credit: Amazon , for about US$120. My Milwaukee 12V, 3/8" electric drill (pictured) is extremely handy for infrequent home repairs and bench-top projects. This and similar rechargeable drills have light weight Li-Ion batteries that hold a charge for weeks. My Milwaukee has the entire juice-box built into the handle - so I can holster it in my jeans ...
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Fish fry. Image credit: Wikpedia , by Jon Sullivan. As all you corporate types know, for a business to succeed over the long term it must have define - up and down the value chain - how 'progress' will be measured: going far deeper than ROCE, cash flow, or profit. Having a supply chain metrics are equally or more ...
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Image Credit: Green Roofs for Healthy Cities It's ten years since the start of construction of the green roof on top of the big River Rouge plant. Kevin described it in TreeHugger in 2004: "The 10.4 acre sedum roof insulates the building, provides a habitat for birds and insects, produces oxygen to offset the factory's carbon dioxide emissions, and ...
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"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
Google leads the pack in Greenpeace's annual ranking of IT companies based on their efforts to use clean energy and reduce their environmental impact. Here is the original: Google Tops Greenpeace's Clean IT List
