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10.19.2011

D85+42 'Health-Going-Critical Approached? Kill Carbon Fast update.' SL


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Wallets will soon feel effect of climate change www.vancouversun.com

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Wallets+will+soon+feel+effect+climate+change/5572296/story.html
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Higher costs for city water, rising home-insurance rates as sea levels rise, and programs to encourage people to leave their fossil-fuel-burning cars at home were cited Tuesday as ways that climate change is, or soon will be, hitting home for B.C. residents.

The U.S. Could Get 120+% of Power From Solar Transmission Line and Highway land thinkprogress.org

http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/10/18/346974/solar-transmission-lines/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climateprogress%2FlCrX+%28Climate+Progress%29
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by John Farrell What if the U.S. could get 20 percent of its power from solar near transmission lines without covering virgin desert? It could. Transmission right-of-way corridors, vast swaths of vegetation-free landscape to protect high-voltage power lines, could provide enough space for over 600,0...

Major investors seek new carbon emissions treaty www.google.com

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i1mQb4r-v6t3epq3-JphpBB0hfwA?docId=6f13aa5704514dbfb4928ef5401c0707
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By JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press – 4 hours ago if (gbar.lPWF) { gbar.lPWF(function() { gapi.plusone.render('plusone-div', { "size" : "small", "count" : "true", ...

Irish firms start to see fiscal benefits of carbon reporting

Irish business leaders are starting to put sustainability and carbon reporting at the core of their business-planning strategies, recognising both the challenges and the opportunities arising from climate change and emissions reduction strategies. That’s according to the latest Carbon Disclosure Pro...

10.18.2011

Evidence Builds That Scientists Underplay Climate Impacts thinkprogress.org

http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/10/18/346333/evidence-builds-that-scientists-underplay-climate-impacts/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climateprogress%2FlCrX+%28Climate+Progress%29
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Far from being “alarmist,” predictions from climate scientists in many cases are proving to be more conservative than observed climate-induced impacts. The observed rate of Arctic ice loss exceeds the projections of all IPCC climate models — by NSIDC scientist Julienne Stroeve updated through 2011 (...

Five Ways Your Bible Translation Distorts the Original Meaning of the Text www.huffingtonpost.com

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-joel-hoffman/five-ways-your-bible-tran_b_1007058.html
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Unfortunately, etymology, internal structure, and cognates are the three pillars of Bible translation. And with them, the power of history and a focus on the wrong parts of metaphor degrade all English Bibles even more.

Group says Tibetan set herself on fire in protest www.google.com

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By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press – 49 minutes ago if (gbar.lPWF) { gbar.lPWF(function() { gapi.plusone.render('plusone-div', { "size" : "small", "count" : "...

10.17.2011

Norman Morrison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Morrison
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Norman Morrison (December 29, 1933 - November 2, 1965), born in Erie, Pennsylvania, was a Baltimore Quaker best known for committing suicide at age 31 in an act of self-immolation to protest United States involvement in the Vietnam War.

Climate 'grave' security threat www.bbc.co.uk

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15342682
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Climate change poses "an immediate, growing and grave threat" to health and security around the world, according to an expert conference in London.

US military says clean energy, dealing with climate change is a matter of national security redgreenandblue.org

http://redgreenandblue.org/2011/10/17/us-military-says-clean-energy-dealing-with-climate-change-is-a-matter-of-national-security/
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By Peter Lehner, Executive Director, NRDC/New York City When you’ve seen your soldiers die protecting a fuel convoy, you know that the need for clean energy and efficiency is real, urgent, and transcends political squabbling. Last week four high-ranking officials from the Army, Navy, Air Force...

Media Ignore Study On Real Price Of Coal-Fired Power | Media Matters for America www.mediamatters.org

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201110120006
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A study published in the prestigious journal American Economic Review estimates that the costs imposed on society by air pollution from coal-fired power plants are greater than the value added to the economy by the industry. The study concluded that coal may be "underregulated" since the price we pa...

Another Tibetan Sets Fire to Self Over China Rule www.post-gazette.com

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11290/1182802-82.stm
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10.16.2011

Alaska woman joins protests with Occupy the Tundra banner www.reuters.com

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - When Diane McEachern ventured out onto the foggy western Alaska tundra a week ago to show solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, she had no idea her tiny demonstration

DON'T MISS: Herman Cain’s deep ties to FASCIST Koch brothers key to campaign www.washingtonpost.com

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/long-ties-to-koch-brothers-key-to-cains-campaign/2011/10/16/gIQAKTLPoL_story.html
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Cain’s economic ideas, support and organization have close ties to two billionaire brothers who bankroll right-leaning causes through their group Americans for Prosperity.

Sean Penn: Tea party wants to ‘lynch’ Obama - CLICK www.politico.com

http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/1011/Sean_Penn_Tea_party_wants_to_lynch_Obama.html
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‎(Photo Credit: AP) Sean Penn – actor, activist and outspoken liberal – unloaded on the tea party during an appearance on CNN’s “Piers Morgan” on Friday. Looking particularly scruffy, Penn echoed comments made by his Hollywood colleague Morgan Freeman last month, explaining why he thinks the tea pa...

Obama GOP appointee says GOP lawmakers are do-nothings - CBS News www.cbsnews.com

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/14/ap/cabstatepent/main20120536.shtml

10.13.2011

N.H. Retail Politics Seen as Boon to Climate Change Issue www.nytimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/10/11/11greenwire-nh-retail-politics-seen-as-boon-to-climate-cha-15441.html
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New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation presidential primary may be as little as two months away, and it is clear that the contes...

Perry Officials Censored Climate Change Report, Mother Jones Says www.huffingtonpost.com

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/12/perry-officials-climate-change-report_n_1007339.html
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Rick Perry takes Texas pride in being a climate change denier--and his administration acts accordingly.

Engineering the climate is last and scariest option, says US scientist www.guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/12/engineering-planets-climate-scientist?newsfeed=true
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Yale Environment 360: The lack of international action on cutting emissions highlights need to research geoengineering further, says Jane C S Long

Global CO2 emissions at record high; extreme steps needed says new research uk.ibtimes.com

http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/20111013/global-co2-emissions-record-high-extreme-steps-needed-says-research.htm
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10.12.2011

Canadian firms warming to climate-change measures www.theglobeandmail.com

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/canadian-firms-warming-to-climate-change-measures/article2197896/
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Large Canadian companies see business opportunities in becoming greener, survey by Carbon Disclosure Project finds

D85 41 'When the Rapist's your dad, Country, Way-of-life, Self? Don't know, Derrick Jensen. Yet.' SL

D85+41 'Nov 16 SL's 4G Internet Ends.' SL

EU Considered 30 Euro Floor for CO2 Starting in 2013, Lobby Says - Businessweek www.businessweek.com

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-11/eu-considered-30-euro-floor-for-co2-starting-in-2013-lobby-says.html

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The European Commission considered installing a floor price in its carbon market for the third phase from 2013 to 2020 to spur clean investment, said the Carbon Markets & Investors Association.