Enough Climate Denial! 24 Hours of Climate Reality Starts Tonight! (WATCH NOW)
published September 15, 2011 and has No Comments
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Read more...The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
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?
Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
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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Trent Lott Calls for a Higher Gas Tax (Video)
published August 5, 2011 and has No Comments
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Read more...Less Sharks Mean an Ocean Jam-Packed With Sardines
published April 17, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: Jacob Davies Sardines have made a serious comeback in terms of sustainable food trends . Sardines are on the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch green list . There's also an over population of sardines as a result of a lack of predators, namely sharks and other larger fish species, according to a story in the Go here to ...
Read more...Weekday Vegetarian: Lemon Parmesan Israeli Couscous
published March 8, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: Kelly Rossiter Here is a simple side dish of Israeli couscous that is light and bright tasting and a little out of the ordinary. The texture of this is entirely different from the regular couscous that I'm used to. This is very chewy in an unusual, but pleasing way. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger See the ...
Read more...Why Vegans are Welcome to Call me a Murderer
published March 7, 2011 and has No Comments
Image credit: Martijn van Exel , used under Creative Commons license. I seem to be thinking a lot about the ethics of meat eating recently. From wondering why I don't feel bad for eating meat yet still apologize for it , to posting about The Moneyless Man's comparison between meat eating, genocide, eugenics and cannibalism , it's a ... ...
Read more...Scientists Call for "Swifter and Sounder" Chemical Testing
published March 6, 2011 and has No Comments
Image: The National Guard In a letter to the journal Science (subscription only, or see the letter republished with permission at WSUnews ), associations representing over 40,000 scientists have proposed a resourceful solution to the less-big-government versus protection-of-the-people problem: they have volunteered their vast experti... Read the full story on TreeHugger See more here: Scientists Call for "Swifter and Sounder" ...
Read more...Bill McKibben: Tim DeChristopher "Should be Getting a Medal, Not a Sentence" (Video)
published March 4, 2011 and has No Comments
As you're likely aware, Tim DeChristopher was found guilty on two felony counts yesterday -- meaning the renowned environmental hero now faces up to 10 years in prison and $750,000 in fines. Bill McKibben, perhaps the nation's preeminent climate activist, and a friend of DeChristopher's, immediately decried the ruling on Twitter . McKibben also happened to be at the Garrison ...
Read more...Weekday Vegetarian: Indian Spiced Lentils
published March 4, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: Kelly Rossiter My daughter and I paid a visit to the Art Gallery of Ontario the other day, where they have a magnificent exhibit called Maharaja . After wandering through the exhibit that runs the gamut from intricate paintings, to furniture, to more diamonds and rubies than you can shake a stick at, my daughter turned to me ...
Read more...4,200 Energy Efficiency Projects Saved AT&T $44 Million Last Year
published March 4, 2011 and has No Comments
AT&T announced today that because of 4,200 energy efficiency projects installed at company facilities during 2010, it saved $44 million in annual energy costs. The projects included things like installing desktop power management software on 169,000 computers, a measure that generated $614,000 in savings alone, and installing LED light bulbs at over 1,100 cell sites. ... Read the full ...
Read more...Cargill to Start Flying Kites Across the Ocean: SkySails Will Reduce Carbon Emissions of Shipping Vessels
published February 28, 2011 and has No Comments
Image: Maritime Connector Food and agriculture giant Cargill will soon start using giant kites on its shipping vessels to generate propulsion—and reduce fuel consumption by up to 35 percent. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger The rest is here: Cargill to Start Flying Kites Across the Ocean: SkySails Will Reduce Carbon Emissions of Shipping Vessels
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The Centre For Green Cities At Evergreen Brickworks Demonstrates How To Work With industrial Relics, Graffiti and All 2012-02-08
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 ...
More in this category ...Geoengineering is a Technical Fix for a Political Problem
"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
