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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Spotted over at Wooster Collective , John Fekner's ephemeral tribute to the American clunker appears just in time, before " Cash For Clunkers " clears the streets of decaying rustbuckets. We set Fekner's photo-commentary on the modern condition of man into a slideshow accompanied by lines from Oliver Goldsmith's 18th century poem mourning the decay of man in the ...
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photo: Plankton Power In about a year Cape Cod will have its first algae biofuel facility. Plankton Power and the Regional Technology Development Corp. have announced that they have formed a public-private consortium to build a pilot-scale biorefinery at the Massachusetts Military Reservation in Bourne:... Read the full story on TreeHugger Original post: Plankton Power to Build Algae Biofuel Facility ...
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Kiribati, photo: Luigi Guarino via flickr Meeting ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum summit meeting in Cairns, Australia, the Economic Times is reporting that leaders of seven nations whose very existence is all but assured to be ended by rising sea levels over the course of this century have again called on the wealthy nations of the world to ...
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photo: Ted Johnson / Creative Commons via flickr Forget changing your lightbulbs , driving a car with high fuel efficiency , adopting a vegetarian diet or even switching to Read more here: The Best Way You Can Go Green: Have Fewer Children
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Flickr: madiko83 Taking advantage of a slowdown in electricity demand, China has sped up a campaign to close small, inefficient coal-fired power plants , often considered a major source of the country's pollution. But even as the country improves its energy efficiency in advance of climate talks in December, China's overall power demand will keep r... Read the full ...
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Photo via digitalART2 Just a quick tip. But then again, if you're going to kill an endangered animal, please do take it to the taxidermist so that you can be caught and properly sentenced for being a dolt, as this man was who killed an endangered Canadian Lynx and wanted to make a trophy of it.... Read the full ...
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Image Source: Solatube Dear Pablo: Is it more cost effective to install an attic fan or add additional insulation? ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Original post: Attic Fan or Insulation?
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photo: netlancer2006 via flickr India may still maintain it will not accept binding emissions targets , but it's sure stepping up on solar power , and now on carbon storage through forest preservation. Reuters... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the original: India to Spend $200 Million on Forest Conservation & Preservation - All For Carbon Storage
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The Avaaz Action Factory is at it again. This time its target is Secretary Clinton; its quest is to get her to stop a new pipeline that would send Canadian tar sands oil into the US. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger Excerpt from: Young Climate Activists Call On Clinton to Stop Tar Sands Pipeline
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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
