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- Canadian Oil Sands Flyover
An aerial/telephoto exploration of the Canadian Oil Sands operations. Two trillion barrels of oil in the ground. Pyramids of sulfur and coke. Lakes of oil stretching to the horizon. At $200k/yr, it's easy to understand how one might get roped in, gold rush style. - Clean energy will unfortunately be political
Conservative thinktanks step up attacks against Obama's clean energy strategy, as revealed by ALEC bills and other PR documents. This morning at the World Renewable Energy Forum, in response to a (long winded) question about how we might re-frame the energy discussion in light of the unfortunate hay which was made from Solyndra's failure, US Energy Secretary Stephen Chu re-iterated that clean energy should not be a political issue -- that it's just common sense. That may be true, but it doesn't mean it will remain apolitical. As Pericles once said... "Just because you do not take an interest in - The Dangerous World of Underground Chemistry
A look at the increasingly outsourced world of underground pharma. Domestic black-market chemists handle R&D and distribution, and the actual manufacturing is done in China. Seems that way with everything. - Google Street View for building energy efficiency
Essess is doing drive-by thermal imaging in high density urban areas across the US, hoping to target possible building energy efficiency opportunities. Another company is using urban satellite imagery to choose the best rooftops for solar energy siting. Big Brother may be watching you... but at least occasionally he's got the right idea. - The Neapolitan Mob’s Most Dangerous Family
A character sketch of Paolo di Lauro, one of the Neapolitan Camorra's former leaders. Southern Italy it seems, like some parts of Mexico, operates with more than one quasi-state organization governing in parallel. A tacit negotiation between the official and unofficial systems, which sometimes erupts into violence -- ironically, at those times when the so-called "criminal" organizations have become weak.
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- Incredible photo essay on the Athabasca Tar Sands operations: businessinsider.com/canadian-oil-s… 4 days ago
- At a great talk about individual cities as the right scale for renewable energy systems innovation at #wref2012 1 week ago
- Heard rural Wyoming folk talking local Chinese coal/gas investments, hacking of their SCADA water system. I live in a @GreatDismal future. 1 week ago
- The tar sands have to stay in the ground. Stop the pipeline… again. And again. And again, if necessary. act.350.org/sign/kxl/ 3 months ago
- Roughly 2/3 of all the humans who have ever reached the age of 65 are alive today. 4 months ago
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Wall Street Isn’t Winning, It’s Cheating
Matt Taibbi blows his stack at a fellow commentator who accuses the OWS protestors of simply being envious of the rich. He gives a litany of examples of how, in fact, the Wall St. illuminati have gotten to where they … Continue reading
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Tagged banking, banksters, collapse, finance, money, occupy, politics, protest, wall street
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Legalizing Crowdfunded Startups
Crowdfunding, Why the SEC Bans It, Obama Wants It, and Banks Fear It. Kickstarter would be illegal if you were making investments in a business, instead of donations to a cause. Even so, people have raised on occasion hundreds of … Continue reading
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Tagged crowdfunding, economy, internet, investing, kickstarter, law, money, startups, technology
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College Students Using Sugar Daddies To Pay Off Loan Debt
Something like 15-30% of female undergraduates claim to be willing to use sex work to pay off their student loans, and there are apparently dozens of websites designed to help them do just that. Apparently Belle de Jour was only … Continue reading
A license to lie, backdated
Investment management firms have license to lie, backdated, courtesy of the Supreme Court decision in the Janus case. It’s hard to believe, but the court decided that ultimately, nobody could be held accountable for misleading statements made in the mutual … Continue reading
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Tagged etf, investing, janus, law, money, mutual fund, prospectus, stocks, vanguard
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Climate of Denial
Understanding American climate change politics by analogy with the World Wrestling Federation. The Carbon Lobby is the “evil” wrestler, scientists the “good” one, and the media plays referee. The kind of referee that’s always preoccupied with something outside the ring … Continue reading
Links for the week of November 6th, 2010
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Tagged bailout, billmoyers, corporations, corruption, democracy, economics, election, finance, government, howardzinn, law, money, politics
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For Richer or for Poorer: How Much is “Enough”?
I am wearing a sweater. It was made in Italy, from some of the fuzziest sheepies on the planet. New it cost more than $100; I know because it had the original tags on it when I bought it, never … Continue reading
Links for the week of October 12th, 2010
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Tagged america, demographics, economics, gdp, maps, money, politics, science, socialism, society, statistics, sweden, usa, wealth
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Links for the week of August 20th, 2010
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Tagged film, globalization, government, history, law, money, photos, politics, russia, sunlightfoundation, technology, tools, transparency, war
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Links for the week of August 13th, 2010
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Tagged architecture, argentina, data, dumpster, energy, freegan, government, maps, money, nasa, NIH, photos, policy, research, science, sustainability, war
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