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Essay: Real Nature is not Green
At the edge of the woods along the motorway near the Dutch town of Bloemendaal, there stands a mobile telephone mast disguised as a pine tree. This mast is not nature: at best, it is a picture of...
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[app] Warning: the fracking risks of shale gas extraction
«Sand, water, pressure»: the recipe for shale gas extraction found on Halliburton’s official web site resembles that of a sandpie. Perhaps the original blend wasn’t very different when the procedure...
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Shale Gas: Energy revolution or Ecological threat?
After revolutionizing the American energy market, shale gas extraction is now coveted around the world … Despite the operating method being environmentally very risky. — In North Texas, Barnett Shales’...
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Director of anti shale gas film Josh Fox classified as a ‘terrorist’
Director Josh Fox had nothing but his camera to assist him for the documentary. It all started, with a simple letter from a gas company which arrived at his family home in Pennsylvania, a haven of...
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Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology
The dream of capturing the infinite energy of the sun, wind, and waves has inspired innovators for centuries, yet fossil fuels dominate today mostly due to their portability, energy density, and...
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washed up
I stumbled upon this fascinating and mega eye-opening project called Washed Up, by artist Alejandro Durán and just had to share- I think it’s something everyone should see! (via Notcot) From the...
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Cognitive Cities: How Network Technology is Changing the City
I moved to Amsterdam a couple years ago, with a background in multimedia art and an acquired interest in architecture. It turned out that, if you like both new media and the built environment, the...
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US Biotech Giant Never Tested Poisonous Ingredient
On February 13, the High Court in Lyon found in favour of a French farmer in his case against the American biotech company Monsanto. The firm, which has appealed, was declared responsible for the...
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Canada’s Creeping Suppression of Dissent
Overshadowed by student protests in Quebec against university reform, a proposed budget bill is raising concern among Canadian activists and environmental organisations. Tabled by the Conservative...
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The Petroleum Panacea of French Guiana
Drilling for oil off the coast of French Guiana will not lift the social stagnation afflicting this French overseas department. Permission, granted on June 22, to prospect for oil beneath the ocean...
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