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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You know the word, but do you really know what the commons is? Hint: you're a stakeholder. The commons is the internet, the atmosphere, the airwaves, and the oceans. It's the stuff that belongs to everybody and nobody. After being editor of the Utne Reader for years, Jay Walljasper wrote All That We Share: A Field Guide to the ...
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Image: Seaturtle.org Easier to Protect if We Know Where They're Going The leatherback sea turtle, which is categorized as "critically endangered" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , has a mysterious life. We know where its main breeding colonies are located (the largest one is off the coast of Gabon in Central Africa), but until recently, we ...
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photo: Forest Wander / Creative Commons Back in October, Lloyd wrote a post on how for many people the stars don't come out anymore , all because of increasing urbanization and light pollution --it included a great image of the differences in star visibility from urban to rural... Read the full story on TreeHugger Go here to see the ...
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photo via flickr There are a lot predators in Congress, so maybe it's not a total surprise that the Senate has joined the House to protect sharks by banning shark finning, the brutal practice of cutting off a shark's fin and throwing its body back into the sea. Specifically, the " Shark Conservation Act " prevents vessels from coming ...
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Image via Oceana video Oceana has launched a new PSA for sea turtles that takes a silly approach to a serious issue. The ad features comedians Angela Kinsey ("The Office") and Rachael Harris ("My Boys" and "The Hangover") as the two work very hard to be the next Bond girls. Watch the video after the jumo. ... Read the ...
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Image: Lophelia II 2010, NOAA OER and BOEMRE If BP was hoping that "out of sight, out of mind" would help memories of the Deepwater Horizon gulf oil spill disaster fade, news from an ongoing NOAA exploration of coral communities in the deep gulf sea floor could dash their hopes. The findings of a team led by Penn State ...
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Photo credit: poplinre / Creative Commons Placing invasive species on the menu to curb their expansion has been attempted with everything from squirrels to kangaroo to camel , and now conservationists are asking diners to turn their attention—an... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read more: Eat a Lionfish to Protect Caribbean Reefs
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Photo: MAR-ECO/Oystein Paulsen, Courtesy of the Census of Marine Life Sure, you've heard there are plenty of fish in the sea -- but according to biologists there may be even more than you ever imagined, many more. After ten years mapping the ocean's biodiversity in the most comprehensive marine life censuses ever undertaken, researchers have arrived at a humbling ...
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Credit: Kate Spencer, Randy Kochevar via GreatMarlinRace.org The Pacific blue marlin is one of the largest billfish to swim the open ocean. Just how far can they swim, and where exactly are they going? Scientists are tracking the movements of 10 marlin as part of this year's Great Marlin Race, and showing the results on the Internet. Last year, ...
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Image Credit: mattk1979 via Flickr Global warming has done a lot of damage this summer, from deadly flooding in Pakistan to the heat wave of the millennium in Russia. Now, the New York Times reports , there's another vict... Read the full story on TreeHugger View original post here: Bad News for Coral Reefs: Global Warming Causes Bleaching & Death
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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
