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
published March 24, 2011 and has No Comments
BLW Photography via flickr While all eyes are on Japan and a few eyes are on nuclear plants in the U.S. , there's other news on the radiation front, this story coming out of southern Illinois. Honeywell pled guilty earlier this month to one felony offense ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Original post: Radioactive Pollution in Illinois: Honeywell ...
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Japan is well-known for its engineering prowesses in the field of robotics, yet apparently no robots have yet been used at the Fukushima I nuclear plant. Reuters writes: While robots are commonplace in the nuclear power industry, with EU engineers building one that can climb walls through radioactive fields, the electric power company running Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi plant has ...
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Image: Screen capture of Discovery News Our colleagues at Discovery News have done a great job of covering the Japanese nuclear crisis caused by last week's huge earthquake and tsunami. I recommend that you check out these articles: Nuclear Workers Brave Crisis to Avert Catastrophe Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: Before and After Original post: Japan's Nuclear Crisis Coverage at Discovery ...
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Photo credit: Jesslee Cuizon / Creative Commons This guest post was written by Care2 , the largest online community of people making a difference in healthy and green living, human rights and animal welfare. While international relief organizations are pouring into Japan to help people after the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, a handful of animal welfare groups are pulling ...
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Image: NOAA NOAA 's been really pretty great about generating compelling and informative animations and graphics in the wake of natural disasters, and the Japanese earthquake and tsunami is no exception. Check out the one below (h/t SmartPlanet ):... Read the full story on TreeHugger More here: Watch Powerful NOAA Animation of Japan Tsunami Racing Across Pacific (Video)
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Image: Details from Kent Ng 's Tribute "Stay Strong Japan!" One Japanese expat blogger reports that life is beginning to return to normal away from the devastated northern coast, with the Shinkansen train running again between Kyoto and Tokyo. But as rescuers continue seeking tens of thousands of missing people and delivering aid to stranded victims, news in the ...
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Nicosia, Cyprus. Photo: Franco Pecchio / Creative Commons . Key reservoirs in Cyprus are drying up. In some parts of the Greek side of the divided island, 50 percent of the trees have died due to drought, damaging soil quality and agricultural productivity. Experts say the Mediterranean island could end up with as little water as Abu Dhabi. It's ...
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van jones, via Ted Talks It took " An Inconvenient Truth" and then " The Age of Stupid " to wake many people up to the reality of climate change and what our role is in causing it. Yet while those films were long on pointing out the problem, they were short on presenting solutions, leaving many feeling powerless. ...
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Image: Hydrogen spectrum, cosmiccandace Last time we checked in on Thomas Mallouk's work applying biomimicry to generate hydrogen , he was reporting about 0.3 percent efficiency. According to his projections, the proof-of-concept device for producing hydrogen using the same trick applied in plants for photosynthesis could eventually reach efficiencies of 10-15%, beating nature's average of 1 to 3 percent. ...
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Photo: Alex Davies At TreeHugger, we've got a bit of a thing for good wood furniture: tables, chairs, shelves and other pieces that are beautiful and built to last. A few weeks back, I wrote about Olivier Dollé, whose furniture evokes the trees that are the source of the wood he uses. Now I give you the work of ...
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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
