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We Were Promised Jetpacks – It’s Thunder And It’s Lightning
We Were Promised Jetpacks is an indie rock band from Edinburgh, Scotland, comprising Adam Thompson (vocals, guitar), Michael Palmer (guitar), Sean Smith (bass) and Darren Lackie (drums). The band’s debut album, These Four Walls, was released on 15 June 2009 on Fat Cat Records. I recently just came across them while I was digging through [...]
Sufjan Stevens – Vesuvius
The Age of Adz (pronounced odds) is Sufjan Stevens’ first full-length collection of original songs since 2005’s civic pop opus Illinois. This new album is probably his most unusual, first, for its lack of conceptual underpinnings, and second, for its preoccupation with Sufjan himself. Vesuvius off of The Age of Adz pulls you in right [...]
Lemolo
Lemolo followed me on twitter this last week and I noticed they were local to Seattle so I decided to check them out. When I first hit play I was honestly skeptical when a extremely simplistic electronic beat started. In hopes that it would get better I waited to see if it would build but [...]
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How Toxic Is the Gulf? Research Is Being Released Today
WASHINGTON – Paul Anastas, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s assistant administrator for Research and Development, will hold a press conference call TODAY, June 30 at 2:30 p.m. to discuss the data from EPA’s first round of independent dispersant testing. On May 22, EPA directed BP to analyze potential alternative dispersants for toxicity and effectiveness. BP [...]
Read MoreEnvironmentalist Love To Point Fingers But Hate When Others Point Back
Environmentalist are well known for pointing their fingers at eco-wrongdoers however they usually take criticism very poorly themselves. In fact, given the nature of their work, environmentalists might even be more susceptible to erring than others. The “environment” in “environmentalism” is that surpassingly messy and mutable information field known as the real world. The real world [...]
Read MoreThe Cycle Of Green Innovation
A new Center for American Progress (CAP) report by Sean Pool presents the “network lifecycle” approach to clean energy innovation. The paper shows how the innovation lifecycle of clean energy technology can be divided into five phases, each involving a different an evolving network of participants with its own challenges and policy needs. Freeing our economy [...]
Read MoreSamsung Releases The First Solar Powered Cell Phone in India
The first solar powered cell phone was released recently by Samsung in India. One hour of solar charging provides roughly 5 – 10 minuets of talk time and to fully charge the phone you’ll have to leave the phone in the sun for 40 min. This isn’t the most impressive stats as you can imagine [...]
Read MoreNo Lessons Learned From the Gulf; UK Opens More of the North Sea for Drilling
With the catastrofy of the gulf the UK is opening the largest area since 1964 for drilling in the North Sea “The North Sea remains an important hub for investment and will continue to be at the heart of the UK’s energy security for years to come.” Charles Hendry, Energy Minister The vital role of [...]
Read MoreStop Climate Change With Diet Change
A groundbreaking 2006 United Nations report found thatraising animals for food generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars and trucks in the world combined[1]. Luckily, we can help fix this problem by changing our diet. According to a 2006 study done by researchers at the University of Chicago, most Americans can reduce more greenhouse [...]
Read MoreVisit to Cat Island (47th Day of the BP Oil Spill)
As the oil spill continues to flood the Gulf of Mexico some people are taking action to document and show what’s happening in the area. Below is a 5 min video that was sent to me by Greenpeace that will give you snapshot of some of the damage that is happening to the coastline. If [...]
Read MoreHow does the oil spill compare to the Pacific Garbage Patch?
What is the Pacific Garbage Patch? You know what a landfill looks like; mounds of trash piled up where bulldozers and other exotic heavy machinery smash, grind and burry the trash, right? Well the Pacific Garbage Patch is quite similar but it floats out in our ocean with nothing to hide it unless parts [...]
Read MoreCan a bladeless Fan compete with your traditional air conditioner?
As we dive deeper into the summer and things heat up, more than likely the average consumer will be consuming more energy than normal through intensive air conditioning, generating even-higher greenhouse gas emissions. Considering that the average American household already uses 2,822 kWh of energy each year to cool off, spending $276 a year. Eco [...]
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