Cool designs for you weekend enjoyment… A creative advertisement campaign to raise awareness about global warming and climate change. By the team at Leagas Delaney, Hamburg, Germany. “Every leaf traps CO2 – Plant for the planet”
Very cool leafy graphics – for the Plant for the Planet climate campaign
March 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
David Brin – More cool science!
March 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By David Brin A few bits of cool science for your weekend: Bright idea … I first saw glimmers of this some years ago. What if every light bulb in the world could also transmit data? At TED Global, Harald Haas demonstrates a device that flickering the light from a single LED too quickly for the human eye to [...]
As bees die, conservative farmers learn environmentalists were right all along
March 29, 2013 by 2 Comments
Without bees, farmers are screwed. And now, with more bees dying than ever, farmers are finally starting to actually look at what us crazy radical environmentalists have been saying all along… and realizing that we were actually on their side. And knew what we were talking about. But Mr. Adee [the South Dakota owner of [...]
We told you so – Fracking causes earthquakes
March 27, 2013 by 1 Comment
It’s been apparent for a couple of years, but a new study in the journal Geology has the smoking gun – fracking does indeed cause earthquakes. Fracking (or hydraulic fracturing) pushes deep pockets of gas to the surface by injecting a nasty chemical brine deep into rock layers. Then the wastewater is re-injected as well. [...]
Why are we cutting spending NOW? This is just stupid.
March 6, 2013 by 1 Comment
What should be happening right now in the US is INVESTMENT. Instead, everybody in Washington – all the Very Serious People – are convinced that our true crisis is spending… because sometime 25 years down the road or so we will run out of money. Let me repeat: This is just STUPID. As Nobel Laureate [...]
Can Australia frack its way to energy supremacy? Not so fast…
March 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
There have been reports of a huge energy find in the Australian outback. Some outlets are breathlessly reporting the shale oil reserves around the tiny town of Coober Pedy in the Arckaringa region could be worth $20 trillion. But there are a few problems with that idea – starting with the basics: Shale oil means [...]
The sequester truth: The GOP doesn’t give a damn about the deficit
March 5, 2013 by 2 Comments
(In honor of the sequester, and the games being played this month in Washington, I’m updating a post that first ran last year…) You’ve been hearing the drumbeat: We can’t afford clean energy, or high-speed rail, or a green economy, because there just isn’t any money, and unless we cut the deficit RIGHT NOW, the [...]
Sequester – John Boehner makes a strong case for filibuster reform
March 4, 2013 by 1 Comment
We’ve been telling you for several years that, unless we get serious filibuster reform, the broken Senate will never be able to pass anything that we care about – environmental legislation, clean energy, green jobs. The Tea Partiers and their GOP allies have made it clear that if it’s something we support, they hate it, [...]
BP goes on trial – were they negligent, or GROSSLY negligent?
February 25, 2013 by 1 Comment
This is not a position any corporation wants to be in. But in their trial for damages and fines for the worst oil spill in US history, BP’s big play is that they were negligent, but not GROSSLY negligent. The trail, which opened today in New Orleans, will also feature as much fingerpointing as possible, [...]
Now the GOP wants you to cut back on meat?
February 19, 2013 by 1 Comment
One result of the impending sequester could be a meat shortage, starting in April. Remember all those fun salmonella outbreaks? The FDA has a team of inspectors that go out there and make sure your meat isn’t going to kill you, but not very many of them (hence all the outbreaks), and if the sequester [...]
