2.09.2013
And U? Public Pressure, Background Checks Central To Obama Gun Control Strategy. NPR
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Gun
control historically has been one of the most divisive issues in
Congress, between the parties and even inside the Democratic coalition.
02.09.13 AVERTING ECOCIDE - WAR ROOM - Tracking Plan B blog
- Higher Oil Taxes Would Lift the Economy. Council on Foreign Relations
- Fossil fuel subsidies and tax breaks are still rising The Guardian
- Will Solar Eclipse Wind Power In 2013? KCET
- Despite uncertainties in solar sector, 31 GW solar installations made in 2012 Times of India
- Solar set for a comeback? MSN Money
- 4.4 GW Of New Solar Power Infrastructure Expected To Be Announced In India ... CleanTechnica
- The Scary Truth About How Much Climate Change is Costing You, Your Kids... National Journal
- ***** nd 'To Save Earth, Pr. Obama should APPROVE Keystone - Massive Political Capital gained - Mid term un-Economics will Kill Keystone. OBVIOUSLY. And the Furry of the Lip-service Libs will Unify the Does-Stuff Committed Ctr w/ Pr. Obama, and disarm the Raving Right.' Loving
- ***** Climate change is National Security 'threat multiplier' Politico
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Posted: 08 Feb 2013 09:44 AM PST
Higher Oil Taxes Would Lift the Economy
Council on Foreign Relations - 1 hour ago
Higher Oil Taxes Would Lift the Economy.
Authors: Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy
and the Environment and Director of the Program on Energy Security and
Climate Change, and Daniel P. Ahn, Adjunct Fellow for Energy ...
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Posted: 08 Feb 2013 06:32 AM PST
Fossil fuel subsidies and tax breaks are still rising
The Guardian (blog) - 1 hour ago
Last week the OECD published two new reports which shine a light on our complex and confused relationship with fossil fuels.
The first looks at how we subsidise them, the second at how we tax
them. The picture they paint can be summed up in two words: ...
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Posted: 08 Feb 2013 06:29 AM PST
EcoChunk
Will Solar Eclipse Wind Power In 2013?
KCET - 18 hours ago
According to one energy executive, solar
power will likely outstrip wind in the pace of new installations in
2013. This is as a result both of uncertainty late last year over the
fate of the Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) and the ever-decreasing ...
Solar Energy MapsCrowdsourcing.org
In
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Posted: 08 Feb 2013 06:27 AM PST
Despite uncertainties in solar sector, 31 GW solar installations made in 2012
Times of India - 1 hour ago
The
fall in prices has continued to be a boon for installers and downstream
companies, particularly third-party finance providers, who have
profited from the falling module prices, with many of them deploying solar leasing finance models, according to ...
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Posted: 08 Feb 2013 06:27 AM PST
International Business Times
Solar set for a comeback?
MSN Money - 19 hours ago
This Arizona-based maker of solar modules and photovoltaic solar
power systems has a market cap near $2.5 billion. Its forward earnings
multiple is less than the industry average price-to-earnings (P/E)
ratio, but the long-term earnings per share (EPS) ...
Solar: Citi Sets Buys On
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Posted: 08 Feb 2013 06:26 AM PST
Financial Times (blog)
4.4 GW Of New Solar Power Infrastructure Expected To Be Announced In
India ...
CleanTechnica - 10 hours ago
20130207-010126.jpg. The group is anticipating the “announcement of 1.6
GW of new solar capacity under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar
Mission (NSM) along with an additional 2.8 GW of projects under five
state solar programs,”
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Posted: 08 Feb 2013 05:29 AM PST
The Scary Truth About How Much Climate Change is Costing You
National Journal - 8 hours ago
The reason: rapidly rising sea levels due to climate change. Among the
chief causes for that rise, according to the Nobel Prize-winning
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, are carbon emissions from
burning fossil fuels, which trap heat in the ...
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Posted: 08 Feb 2013 05:03 AM PST
*****
nd 'To Save Earth, Pr. Obama should APPROVE Keystone - Massive
Political Capital gained - Mid term un-Economics will Kill Keystone.
OBVIOUSLY. And the Furry of the Lip-service Libs will Unify the
Does-Stuff Committed Ctr w/ Pr. Obama, and disarm the Raving Right.'
Loving
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Posted: 08 Feb 2013 05:01 AM PST
Climate change is 'threat multiplier'
Politico-9 hours ago
The CNA Military Advisory Board — a panel of our nation's
highest-ranking retired military leaders — has identified climate change
as a “threat ...
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2.08.2013
***** "Ahimsa [nonviolence] - Infinite Loving" Gandhi
"Ahimsa [nonviolence] - Infinite Loving" Gandhi
“ Ahimsa [infinite love] is a weapon of matchless potency. It is the summum bonum of life. It is an attitude of the brave, in fact it is their all. It does not come within the reach of a coward. It is no wooden or lifeless dogma but a living and lifegiving force. It is the special attribute of the soul. ” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
“ Ahimsa [infinite love] is a weapon of matchless potency. It is the summum bonum of life. It is an attitude of the brave, in fact it is their all. It does not come within the reach of a coward. It is no wooden or lifeless dogma but a living and lifegiving force. It is the special attribute of the soul. ” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
nd 'By 'Truth' Gandhi meant: What needs to be done for our global neediest by me, right now. The one thing worth instantly dying for, he said; correctly.' Loving
nd' By 'Truth' Gandhi meant: What needs to be done for our global neediest by me, right now. The one thing worth instantly dying for, he said; correctly.' Loving
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Malala Yousafzai discharged from hospital. The Guardian
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The hospital said Malala
would continue her rehabilitation at her family's temporary home in
Birmingham and visit occasionally for outpatient appointments.
'DC City Threatening to Throw Out All my Belongings' Loving
While I was at the library making final preparations for 6 months in chemo prison the DC City guys came by to throw out my belongings. I'll guess the Canadian Embassy made a complaint. I bear no grudges. The City is within their Rights. I Pray it doesn't come down to my stuff being thrown out with just several weeks before I enter prison, and have the stuff stored. Hmmmm.
I'll stay on a much shorter leash than I have in recent weeks, as I've been preparing for prison, and fortunately that prep work is all but done.
We'll see. If someone is out to get me, they will. I'll still leave for 20 min if I need the rest-room and late afternoon for 50 min for the homeless dinner truck.
If they are not out to 'get' me, it will be ok. We'll see.
I have a 3 hour med cancer screening next week, and a three hour cancer consult the following week. It will be interesting. There probably isn't anyone to watch it for me. :-(
NOTE: The reason I know of the city's visit? A homeless guy, black, late 60ish, very staunch, very solitary, not 'friendly,' saw the city messing with the stuff and spoke up for me. I've been here 8 months, and he maybe 15 years, I've heard. In all but the last 3 weeks he has treated me like pariah. But while respecting his space, I'm his brother, and when I know of a bad-weather report, I'll quickly pass word to him. When I receive extra food, I'll offer it to him. I literally don't look at him for a reply, because that is what I think he expects, someone offering something expecting something in return, even 'thanks.' I NEVER look for anything in return. My every breath is given as a brother. The 'giving' is the Joy - it is the Gift, to Self. But obviously it has engendered in him a higher level of humanity. That is the entire reason we are here - to bring Loving into the world. That is the work of Saving.
I'll stay on a much shorter leash than I have in recent weeks, as I've been preparing for prison, and fortunately that prep work is all but done.
We'll see. If someone is out to get me, they will. I'll still leave for 20 min if I need the rest-room and late afternoon for 50 min for the homeless dinner truck.
If they are not out to 'get' me, it will be ok. We'll see.
I have a 3 hour med cancer screening next week, and a three hour cancer consult the following week. It will be interesting. There probably isn't anyone to watch it for me. :-(
NOTE: The reason I know of the city's visit? A homeless guy, black, late 60ish, very staunch, very solitary, not 'friendly,' saw the city messing with the stuff and spoke up for me. I've been here 8 months, and he maybe 15 years, I've heard. In all but the last 3 weeks he has treated me like pariah. But while respecting his space, I'm his brother, and when I know of a bad-weather report, I'll quickly pass word to him. When I receive extra food, I'll offer it to him. I literally don't look at him for a reply, because that is what I think he expects, someone offering something expecting something in return, even 'thanks.' I NEVER look for anything in return. My every breath is given as a brother. The 'giving' is the Joy - it is the Gift, to Self. But obviously it has engendered in him a higher level of humanity. That is the entire reason we are here - to bring Loving into the world. That is the work of Saving.
Hmmmm. Survival rate Colon, Liver cancer -
Colon Cancer
Colon cancer diagnosis is often delayed due to absence of definite symptoms. The treatment option at this stage include surgical removal of the tumor along with affected surrounding organs. However, this treatment option is not viable in case the cancer has spread to other organs like liver, lungs etc. Five year survival rate for this cancer is about 8 to 15%.
Liver Cancer
It is pretty rare in western countries but quite common in developing countries. If stage 4 liver cancer goes untreated, about 90% of patients will succumb to disease within a year. If a successful liver transplant with no complications has been performed, the patient may leave for another 5 years. About 36% people may live beyond that.
Read more at Buzzle: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/stage4-cancer-survival-rate.html
Colon cancer diagnosis is often delayed due to absence of definite symptoms. The treatment option at this stage include surgical removal of the tumor along with affected surrounding organs. However, this treatment option is not viable in case the cancer has spread to other organs like liver, lungs etc. Five year survival rate for this cancer is about 8 to 15%.
Liver Cancer
It is pretty rare in western countries but quite common in developing countries. If stage 4 liver cancer goes untreated, about 90% of patients will succumb to disease within a year. If a successful liver transplant with no complications has been performed, the patient may leave for another 5 years. About 36% people may live beyond that.
Read more at Buzzle: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/stage4-cancer-survival-rate.html
Gunmen in Nigeria kill nine polio health workers. The Guardian
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Gunmen
on motorbikes have shot dead nine health workers who were administering
polio vaccinations in two separate attacks in the northern city of
Kano.
China jails 1, detains 70 to quell Tibet protests USA TODAY
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BEIJING
(AP) - A Chinese court sentenced a Tibetan man to 13 years in prison
Friday for goading a monk to self-immolate, as Beijing steps up a
crackdown on self-immolations aimed at protesting communist rule.
Fox: Solar doomed in US cuz unlike Germany - it is not sunny here
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Thanks to Fox News and its expert commentators, millions of Americans now understand the real, hidden reason why Germany's solar-energy industry is so much further along than ours. Turns out it has nothing to do with the fact that Germany's government ...
***** Climate change is National Security 'threat multiplier' Politico
Climate change is 'threat multiplier'
Politico-9 hours ago
The CNA Military Advisory Board — a panel of our nation's highest-ranking retired military leaders — has identified climate change as a “threat ...
***** nd 'To Save Earth, Pr. Obama should APPROVE Keystone - Massive Political Capital gained - Mid term un-Economics will Kill Keystone. OBVIOUSLY. And the Furry of the Lip-service Libs will Unify the Does-Stuff Committed Ctr w/ Pr. Obama, and disarm the Raving Right.' Loving
nd 'To Save Earth, Pr. Obama should APPROVE Keystone - Massive Political Capital gained - Mid term un-Economics will Kill Keystone. OBVIOUSLY. And the Furry of the Lip-service Libs will Unify the Does-Stuff Committed Ctr w/ Pr. Obama, and disarm the Raving Right.' Loving
02.08.13 AVERTING ECOCIDE - WAR ROOM - Tracking Plan B blog
Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:02 PM PST
Smog Exposure During Pregnancy Tied to Tinier Babies
U.S. News & World Report - Feb 6, 2013
WEDNESDAY,
Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women exposed to particulate air
pollution -- commonly known as smog -- have a significantly greater risk
of having a baby with a low birth weight, according to a large new
international study.
Pollution has shrunk Indian newbornsTimes of
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 01:14 PM PST
Climate Action Programme
Poll: Americans back climate change regulation, not taxes
EurekAlert (press release) - 3 hours ago
DURHAM, N.C. -- Now that President Obama has put climate change
back on the table in his second inaugural address, a new national poll
finds growing public support for regulating greenhouse gas emissions and
requiring utilities to switch to
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 08:53 AM PST
NPR
Blizzard alert: Northeast snowstorm could be among the worst of all time
NBCNews.com - 1 hour ago
Millions
of Americans brace for a massive storm that threatens to pummel the
Northeast and dump more than 2 feet of snow on parts of New England.
Winter Storm Warning Issued for FridaySalamanca Press (blog)
Northeast Braces For Powerful Winter Storm,
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 07:29 AM PST
Climate change threatens food security
ABC Online - 5 hours ago
SARAH CLARKE: With climate scientists warning of a long term global
warming trend, the forecast across the Asia Pacific region is one of
greater variability.
See realtime coverage »
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 07:23 AM PST
Environmental Leader
Head of IMF: climate change is 'the greatest economic challenge of the
21st ...
Mongabay.com - Feb 6, 2013
Climate change not debt or austerity is "the greatest economic challenge
of the 21st Century," according to Christine Lagarde, the head of the
International Monetary Fund (IMF).
"Future generations will be roasted, toasted, fried and
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 07:07 AM PST
Columbus Dispatch
A Cleaner Way to Use Coal Kevin Bullis
MIT Technology Review - 9 hours ago
In ordinary coal plants, coal is pulverized to make a fine powder and then burned in air to produce steam to drive turbines.
OSU process gets 'clean coal' energyColumbus Dispatch
New Coal Technology Harnesses Energy Without Burning, Nears Pilot-Scale ...Science Daily (
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 06:44 AM PST
Areva Studies Asia Offshore Wind Projects as Turbines Get Bigger
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
Areva, Vestas Wind Systems A/S and Siemens AG aim to expand in Asia as China plans 5,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2015.
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 06:19 AM PST
Solar farm eyed for closed landfill
The Daily News of Newburyport - 5 hours ago
Mayor
Thatcher Kezer and city councilors this week confirmed there is
interest in using the former landfill at the intersection of Route 150
and South Hunt Road for solar power, which could bring a considerable amount of revenue into Amesbury. But ...
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 06:17 AM PST
Nanoantenna Solar Cell Efficiency Can Blow Silicon Out Of The Water
CleanTechnica - 5 hours ago
Today, conventional silicon solar cells are 10% to 20% efficient (this
means that they generate 100 watts to 200 watts per square metre of
cells, respectively).
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:40 AM PST
Changing the Conversation on Climate Change. Bloomberg
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:35 AM PST
Farm Futures
Legislators' Climate Change Panel Catches Ag Industry's Attention
Farm Futures - 6 hours ago
Though
it's a controversial topic, U.S. Rep Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and U.S.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., stand firmly behind climate change as a
risk to the country - and now National Farmers Union President Roger
Johnson announced his ...
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:34 AM PST
Media Let Climate Change Off The Hook In Fishing Debate
Media Matters for America (blog) - 17 hours ago
As
government scientists and policymakers attempt to safeguard
disappearing populations of Atlantic Cod off of the New England coast
with stricter catch limits, state and national media continue to ignore
the role of anthropogenic climate change in ...
Climate change
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:32 AM PST
Straits Times
Amazon forest more resilient to climate change than feared - study
Reuters - 18 hours ago
The boost to growth from CO2, the main gas from burning fossil fuels
blamed for causing climate change, was likely to exceed damaging effects
of rising temperatures this century such as drought, it said.
Climate science: Global warming and tropical
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Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:31 AM PST
MiamiHerald.com
Report outlines climate change options for Obama administration
MiamiHerald.com - 14 hours ago
...
Resources Institute, a think tank that focuses on the environment and
socioeconomic development, looks at the technical and legal authority
President Barack Obama could use to build on the pledge in his inaugural
address to address climate change.
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2.07.2013
02.07.13 AVERTING ECOCIDE - WAR ROOM - Tracking Plan B blog
- US Moves Toward Near-Zero Emission Coal-Fired Power Plant. Yahoo
- Minnesota Power to convert coal plant to gas. Duluth News Tribune
- US power plant emissions drop as coal loses favour. Sydney Morning Herald
- NAACP Releases Coal Blooded Report and Toolkit. Clean Energy News
- A Manmade Island to Store Wind Energy. MIT Technology Review
- Wind Power Breaks Records In Spain — Produces More Electricity Than Any ... CleanTechnica
- Every Two Megawatts of Wind Power in Your County Create One Job and Make ...Motherboard (blog)
- Novel Designs Are Taking Wind Power to the Next Level Kevin Bullis MIT Technology Review
- How Climate Change Impacts America's Energy Infrastructure. World Resources Institute
- IMF Chief: 'Unless We Take Action On Climate Change, Future Generations Will ... ThinkProgress
- New England climate change results 'dramatic'. Eagle-Tribune
- Climate change means catastrophe in UK, not café culture says professor. Telegraph.co.uk
- Report: Climate change could devastate agriculture. USA TODAY
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Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:12 AM PST
PennEnergy (press release)
US Moves Toward Near-Zero Emission Coal-Fired Power Plant
Yahoo! News (blog) - 19 hours ago
The
U.S. Department of Energy announced this week that Phase II of an
agreement with FutureGen Industrial Alliance has begun, taking the
country one step closer to making commercial-scale carbon capture and
storage technology -- and dramatically
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Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:09 AM PST
Finance and Commerce
Minnesota Power to convert coal plant to gas
Duluth News Tribune - Jan 30, 2013
Minnesota Power announced Wednesday it will convert its coal-fired power
plant in Hoyt Lakes to natural gas and close one of three coal units at
its Taconite Harbor plant on the North Shore as the utility continues a
move away from carbon dioxode ...
Minnesota
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Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:08 AM PST
San Francisco Chronicle
US power plant emissions drop as coal loses favour
Sydney Morning Herald - 19 hours ago
In
its second-annual accounting of greenhouse gases, the US Environmental
Protection Agency today released details of emissions from about 8,000
factories, power plants and refineries. Two Southern Co. coal-fired power facilities topped the list ...
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Posted: 06 Feb 2013 09:07 AM PST
Clean Energy News (blog)
NAACP Releases Coal Blooded Report and Toolkit
Clean Energy News (blog) - 2 hours ago
Coal Blooded systematically studies 378 coal-fired power plants
nationwide and evaluates each plant in terms of its environmental
justice performance - how the plant affects low-income communities and
communities of color. This same type of analysis is ...
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Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:24 AM PST
MIT Technology Review
A Manmade Island to Store Wind Energy
MIT Technology Review - 20 hours ago
When the wind
farm produces excess energy for the local electricity grid, such as
off-peak times in the overnight hours, the island will store the energy
and release it later during peak times.
See realtime coverage »
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Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:23 AM PST
Wind Power Breaks Records In Spain — Produces More Electricity Than Any
...
CleanTechnica - 4 hours ago
Denmark, the US, and Germany aren't the only countries breaking wind
power records these days. Spain is also a notable leader seeing strong
wind power growth. In fact, it just saw its wind farms produce more
electricity than any other source for a 3 ...
Spanish Wind Farms'
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Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:21 AM PST
Every Two Megawatts of Wind Power in Your County Create One Job and Make ...Motherboard (blog)
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Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:20 AM PST
KOKH FOX25
Novel Designs Are Taking Wind Power to the Next Level Kevin Bullis
MIT Technology Review - 8 hours ago
The technology is part of a trend that's made wind power almost as cheap
as fossil fuels. In 1991, wind power cost 15 cents per kilowatt hour.
Wind War in OklahomaKOKH FOX25
Wind-farm efficiency examined at UWWyoming Business Report
See realtime
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Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:16 AM PST
World Resources Institute
How Climate Change Impacts America's Energy Infrastructure
World Resources Institute - 15 hours ago
As we've seen recently with Hurricane Sandy, epic drought, and
wildfires, climate change visibly impacts lives and livelihoods
throughout the United States.
See realtime coverage »
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Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:11 AM PST
ThinkProgress
IMF Chief: 'Unless We Take Action On Climate Change, Future Generations Will ...
ThinkProgress - 13 hours ago
At
the World Economic Forum in Davos, she said, “the real wild card in the
pack” of economic pivot points is “Increasing vulnerability from
resource scarcity and climate change, with the potential for major social and economic disruption.”
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Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:09 AM PST
MPBN News
New England climate change results 'dramatic'
Eagle-Tribune - 7 hours ago
“No doubt we've seen some very important changes to the ecological
system from climate change,” said Rick Wahle, a research associate
professor from the University of Maine.
Report: Climate change affects region's wildlifeSan Francisco Chronicle
Report: Climate Change Causing Rapid
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Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:08 AM PST
Climate change means catastrophe in UK, not café culture says professor
Telegraph.co.uk - 59 minutes ago
Professor Kevin Anderson, Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate
Change Research, said Government and local authorities are failing to
grasp the risks to Britain for global warming.
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Posted: 06 Feb 2013 05:06 AM PST
Report: Climate change could devastate agriculture
USA TODAY - 15 hours ago
A
comprehensive USDA study concludes rising temperatures could cost
farmers millions as they battle new pests, faster weed growth and get
smaller yields as climate change continues. farming. The country was battered by the worst drought to hit in more ...
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Federal Prison Population Spiked 790 Percent Since 1980. ThinkProgress
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The U.S. federal prison population
has increased almost 790 percent since 1980 from about 25,000 inmates
to 219,000 in 2012, according to a new Congressional Research report.
02.07.13 Cancer Update
Pet scan from base of brain to lower thighs completed on the 5th.
Brain scan the 13th.
Meeting with oncologist 18th.
Met with Dr. that did the colonoscopy today. Asked him, 'what stage is my cancer?' We don't know yet. It depends on what the PET scan showed about that spot on your liver. If that is spot is cancer, uh, not so good - stage IV - it has spread. If that spot is NOT cancer, then maybe not so bad. Depends on what else the PET scan shows.
Given the current issues, Pr. Obama likely to make global warming center to his SOTU, Organizing for Action... I'd be of more use to our kids if this less than stage IV. However, not business - Creator's business. I'm fine with whatever She He It decides [but my preference is as long as I can be given.]
If it is Stage IV, might not be worth the resources for the chemo - too little upside. I'll inquire on the 18th, and reevaluate then.
Brain scan the 13th.
Meeting with oncologist 18th.
Met with Dr. that did the colonoscopy today. Asked him, 'what stage is my cancer?' We don't know yet. It depends on what the PET scan showed about that spot on your liver. If that is spot is cancer, uh, not so good - stage IV - it has spread. If that spot is NOT cancer, then maybe not so bad. Depends on what else the PET scan shows.
Given the current issues, Pr. Obama likely to make global warming center to his SOTU, Organizing for Action... I'd be of more use to our kids if this less than stage IV. However, not business - Creator's business. I'm fine with whatever She He It decides [but my preference is as long as I can be given.]
If it is Stage IV, might not be worth the resources for the chemo - too little upside. I'll inquire on the 18th, and reevaluate then.
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