photo: Fibonacci Blue via flickr With the news that BP has cemented the leaking well head , and word that 75% of all the oil which poured into the Gulf of Mexico either collected or somehow dispersed, you’re right for starting to breath a sigh of relief. But it occurred to me, if 25% of the oil is still in the water and in the marshes, and rough… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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25% of BP Oil Still in the Water is World’s Eighth Largest Oil Spill All By Itself
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photo: Stuart Caie via flickr In case you needed more convincing that developing the United States’ oil shale deposits into liquid fuel is an environmental nightmare and a complete non-starter from an energy perspective, Western Resource Advocates has just released a new assessment of the energy return on investment for that details it all. Here ar… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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What’s the Energy, Water and Greenhouse Gas Intensity of Oil Shale? High, High & High
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Image credit: Carl Montgomery /Flickr Typically, when an area is fenced off from human populations, nature moves in and flourishes. This simple idea—on which all conservation land management is founded—seems obvious. But in the Chernobyl exclusion zone—an area that was isolated after the 1986 disaster—the opposite is true. Even after decades free of human contact, animals still struggle to survive in this wildlife preserve nearly 200 square miles … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Chernobyl: Wildlife Haven or a Dangerous Wasteland?
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Photo: Flickr, CC Not Sexy But Useful Some of the most important scientific and technological breakthroughs are the invention of tools that allow you to make better tools, or to do research faster. The general public never sees these things, but it still reaps the benefits. A new technique to test electric car and hybrid car batteries more quickly might just be such a breakthrough, because it could allow engineers to know within weeks how a new battery chemistry performs instead of having to wait months or even years. A faster EV development cycle should drive down costs and increase the pace of innovatio… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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New Battery-Testing Technique Could Mean Faster Electric Car R&D
Image: Wikipedia , public domain. Important Milestone BP has started the ‘ static kill ‘ procedure on Macondo oil well on Tuesday afternoon, a day later than originally hoped because 2 minor leaks were found on valves on the new cap. After the valves were fixed, heavy drilling mud was pumped into the well for 8 hours until the pressure reached equilibrium. Since then, engineers… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The ‘Static Kill’ of BP’s Oil Well Appears to be Working (So Far)
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Mauricio Alejo in Wired Phil Daoust of the Guardian questions the traditional home-to-office commute, First there is the actual getting to work, with the unreliable bus or overcrowded train and the time it takes to get there. He asks: ” Do you arrive stressed, exhausted, ripped off, degraded, suicidal, homicidal or all of the above?” Once you get there, being in the office isn’t always a joy either. Shirley Borrett, head of the Telework Associ… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Working From Home Increases Productivity, Keeps Workers Happy and is Good For the Environment
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Image via Space Daily Scientists have been calling out for clever ideas on how to clean up space junk for years now, and with President Obama’s recent backing of getting the outskirts of our planet cleared of debris, more ideas seem to be pouring in. Some have been way out there, such as
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Giant GOLD Balloon to Clean Up Space Junk
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Image credit: Jane Fulton Alt When news broke on April 20, 2010 that an explosion had occurred on the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform , artist Jane Fulton Alt was in the hospital, meeting her new grandson for the first time. He had been born the previous day. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Artist Drenches Models in Fake Oil to Protest Gulf Oil Spill (Slideshow)
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Image via Ellie Marie When I first started Terracycle, I spent a lot of my time explaining what upcycling was . It was this foreign concept whose name wasn’t on a lot of people’s radar. Now, a handful of years later, more than 10 million people are collecting the brand specific waste that we’ve used to make a range of products; it has become increasingly common and may some day be as conventional as recycling. Currently, several startups are building their busi… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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How to Turn a Toothbrush Into Gold
Photo by Alex Tipple, via the Telegraph We thought wave photography had reached its pinnacle when we saw Clark Little’s colorful and dramatic images of cresting waves last year. But an equally creative and committed photographer has pushed the perspective and drug us underneath the crashing waves for a clear sight of what it looks like to be right there in the tumbling water. Alex Tipple photographs… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Incredible Underwater Photography of Breaking Waves by Alex Tipple
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