cutesy
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Rabbit chow filters sex hormones out of wastewater
Faced with a crapload of sex hormones slipping through water treatment facilities, researchers have hopped onto a possible solution for our oversexed waste solutions: rabbit chow.
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Hipster puppies hate on cars
Hipupcracy What do you get when an insufferable breed of the two-wheeled species meets a fey brand of urban canines? Hipster puppies: Photo: elizabeth e via hipsterpuppies.tumblr.com lola bean believes “cars suck” and cyclists have a “right to the road” — but has no idea how mean and annoying she is to pedestrians. Furthermore, hipster […]
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The Fish and Wildlife Service once again hearts critters
Sign No. 1 that the critter-huggers are now in charge at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Agreeing to consider whether they should protect the “boulder bunny” under the Endangered Species Act because climate change is disrupting its Alpine habitat. Sign No. 2: Valentine’s e-cards …
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It’s important that we preserve winter
Otherwise where would puppies find snow to romp in?
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Berlin Zoo might have to send their once-famed polar bear packing
No longer the adorable baby polar bear who once graced the pages of Vanity Fair, apparently Knut is now under the threat of eviction from the Berlin Zoo. He’s almost 500 pounds, in need of a bigger home, and even, ahem, a mate. The zoo says rising costs and falling revenues mean they might have […]
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Grist poll: Which candidate has bucked his base more on the environment?
Now that we know both presidential candidates are OK with occasionally being unpopular — especially when it comes to the environment — who do you think has differed more from his base on this issue? </object> Quizzes by Quibblo.com
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Take a fun quiz on energy
Friends at West Virginia University have just compiled a 20 question energy quiz that provides some rather interesting “a ha” moments. (There is no coherence to the abbreviated list of questions below other than the fact that I find the answers interesting and/or counterintuitive.) See how you do: If all of the CO2 produced in […]
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Could you be the next energy czar?
We could be over-thinking this whole energy crisis. Maybe we need just a wink and the chant, “Drill, baby, drill.” Maybe we need a healthy helping of “clean coal and safe nuclear.” Or maybe what we need is you. What do you think: Could you be the next energy czar? Side note: If the last […]
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War and stagflation — surprisingly cute!
“As you all probably know, in Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana and Texas, they think oil rigs are pretty.” — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), self-styled “Godfather of Green“