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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Image credit: Permaculture TV Back in 2006 the Dervaes' family's Path to Freedom urban homestead project hit the airwaves of TreeHugger TV. Since then we've seen a proliferation of urban farm tours , awesome small-scale permaculture projects , See the original post here: Growing 6000lbs of Food on 1/10th of an Acre (Video)
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See the rest here: Today on Planet 100: McDonalds Pays for Making Employee Fat (Video)
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See the rest here: Today on Planet 100: United Nations Agrees on Biodiversity (Video)
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All images credit Lara Swimmer and MS&R I am fond of repeating Steve Mouzon's dictum that the greenest brick is the one that's already in the wall . That's why I was attracted to MS&R' s welcome center for the University of Minnesota at Morris. It is a mix of preservation and restoration with a bright new redo and ...
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Photo: Indyposted We all know how Glenn Beck feels about environmentalists -- his standard line holds that they're some kind of undercover socialist agents looking to overthrow the American way of life. That's not an exaggeration, either -- that is essentially the message that he sends to his audience on a daily basis. But not only are environmentalists plotting, ...
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More: Today on Planet 100: Are You Falling for These Common Electric Car Myths? (Video)
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Photo: B. Alter Dozens of sheep grazed happily in the sun on Savile Row, home to London's most prestigious tailors. They were there to promote National Wool Week , a campaign to support sheep farming and the British wool industry. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Originally posted here: Get Warm and Woolly at National Wool Week
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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
