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1.05.2012

Climate Change and the Trillion-Dollar Disruption Forbes

Climate Change and the Trillion-Dollar Disruption

Forbes -
That's what happened with tobacco and the credit bubble, and it's what's happening with climate change. The economic consequences are going to be disruptive, to say the least.

EPA Boosts Transparency By Releasing Chemical Info Safety.BLR.com

EPA Boosts Transparency By Releasing Chemical Info

Safety.BLR.com -
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making available to the public hundreds of studies on chemicals that had formerly been treated as confidential business information (CBI).

1.04.2012

Another rough year for manatees MiamiHerald.com

Another rough year for manatees

MiamiHerald.com -
A cold snap helped drive up the annual death toll to the second-highest on record for the endangered sea cows. BY CURTIS MORGAN Frigid weather was largely to blame for making 2011 the second-deadliest year on record for Florida's endangered manatees.

Police: Homeless slayings work of serial killer San Jose Mercury News

Police: Homeless slayings work of serial killer

San Jose Mercury News -
AP ANAHEIM, Calif.—Authorities said Wednesday they believe a serial killer was responsible for the slayings of three middle-aged homeless men who were stabbed to death last month.

Violence you say? Kidding, right? Okla. Woman Shoots, Kills Intruder: 911 Operators Say It's Okay to Shoot Teen mom Shot and Killed Intruder to Protect her Three-Month-old Baby

Okla. Woman Shoots, Kills Intruder: 911 Operators Say It's Okay to Shoot

Teen mom Shot and Killed Intruder to Protect her Three-Month-old Baby

'I'm somewhere between crushed and regrouping.' SL

The Left'll protect him, right? LOL. Oil industry: Keystone rejection will have 'huge political consequences' for Obama The Hill

Oil industry: Keystone rejection will have 'huge political consequences' for Obama

The Hill (blog) -
By Andrew Restuccia - 01/04/12 01:16 PM ET A top oil industry official delivered a clear warning to President Obama Wednesday: approve the Keystone XL pipeline or face “huge political consequences.

Whistleblower Calls Keystone XL a Potential “Disaster”

December Heat Records Exceed Cold By 80%, Annual Ratio Hits 2.8-to-1

Climate Change Will Impact Human Migration and Conflict Worldwide Center For American Progress

Climate Change Will Impact Human Migration and Conflict Worldwide

Center For American Progress - ‎44 minutes ago‎
The costs and consequences of climate change on our world will define the 21st century. Even if nations across our planet were to take immediate steps to rein in carbon emissions—an unlikely prospect—a warmer climate is inevitable.
US Funds Nearly 50% -- $31 Million -- of UN's Global Warming Panel CNSNews.com

Climate Change Models May Underestimate Extinction, Study Shows BusinessWeek

Climate Change Models May Underestimate Extinction, Study Shows

BusinessWeek -
4 (Bloomberg) -- Climate change projections may “grossly” underestimate the extinction of animal and plant varieties because the models don't account for species movement and competition, US researchers said.

1.03.2012

Netanyahu seeks to ensnare US in Israeli War against Iran - IPS

Obama Seeks to Distance US from Israeli Attack

Inter Press Service - ‎2 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON, Jan 3, 2012 (IPS) - President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are engaged in intense maneuvering over Netanyahu's aim of entangling the United States in an Israeli war against Iran. Netanyahu is exploiting the ...

Effect of climate change on food prices stressed The Nation

Effect of climate change on food prices stressed

The Nation -
Climate change is the factor that worries the Commerce Ministry the most, as it could send food prices skyrocketing and drive up the cost of living for consumers this year.

'I'm well into compiling a book, for INSHE Warrior wannabees.' SL

It's probably another full months work to finish, but today I'm feeling encouraged with both progress, process, and importance / value. 

My sense was that I owed the latent, aching INSHE Warrior wannabe of the future - days, years, centuries... an accessible view of SL in 2011.  So for days I've been working out the technical process for tracking and executing the manual/automated process of transcribing my video logs of the last year.  The process is shaping up better than I'd expected, the technical tools I've gathered are working, well, and as to the quality, we'll I'M Learning, I'm Growing, I'm Encouraged by re-listening to these vlogs, so my hope and confidence that some other, at some other point in time, can profit, has, well, increased a lot!

"My life's blood is slowly dripping away." SL

Oh, this definitely is a dramatic way of putting it, but not entirely.  I've 'sacrificed,' allowed to slip away, every support we consider necessary in our society, except for a few low-end sleeping bags that allow me to survive the winter cold, and the $2 per day that salves my conscience for the 10-14 hours per day that I work in the back corner of the God-send coffee shop that somewhere between tolerates and is fulfilled with my presence.  $2, every day, pretty much, tho when weather permits, I'll either be among the few promising souls at Occupy DC, doing what leavening I can, or in front of the White House, with my Kill Carbon posters, in either case.

$2 per day... drip, drip, drip.  I have  no replenishment.  Drip, drip, drip.

Park visitor: Slain ranger 'saved my life' msnbc.com Staff

Military's Gold Star families often feel disconnected USA TODAY

'PA gives 'borders and security' positions to Israel' Jerusalem Post

'PA gives 'borders and security' positions to Israel'

Jerusalem Post - ‎52 minutes ago‎
By JPOST.COM STAFF AND KHALED ABU TOAMEH First direct meeting between Israel and the Palestinians in over a year ends in Amman; Jordanian foreign minister says he "doesn't want to raise expectations but dialogue shouldn't be discounted.
ABC News - MiamiHerald.com - The Associated Press - gulfnews.com

Top 10 Global Weather Events of 2011

Media Herd’s Coverage of Climate Change Drops Sharply — Again

And what about you? When Nurses Catch Compassion Fatigue, Patients Suffer Wall Street Journal

Hero talks about dramatic rescue of kids msnbc.com Staff

Making a fetish of 'Pulse.' Death and Taxes Alan Colmes sorry after calling Rick Santorum 'crazy' for dead baby visit Death and Taxes - ‎1 hour ago‎ By Andrew Belonsky 16 mins ago In 1996, Rick Santorum's wife Karen gave birth to a premature baby at 20-weeks. The couple then took the corpse, whom they named Gabriel, home to introduce “your brother Gabriel” to the other children.

Alan Colmes sorry after calling Rick Santorum 'crazy' for dead baby visit

Death and Taxes -
By Andrew Belonsky 16 mins ago In 1996, Rick Santorum's wife Karen gave birth to a premature baby at 20-weeks. The couple then took the corpse, whom they named Gabriel, home to introduce “your brother Gabriel” to the other children.

Climate change – our real bequest to future generations The Guardian

Climate change – our real bequest to future generations

The Guardian -
It is remarkable how efforts to reduce the government deficit/debt are often portrayed as a generational issue, while efforts to reduce global warming are almost never framed in this way. This contrast is striking because the issues involved in ...

How could anyone?!?!?! Oh wait. Nevermind. 'I hate America' Christian Science Monitor

Expert: Fracking Wastewater well in Ohio triggered quakes BusinessWeek

Expert: Fracking Wastewater well in Ohio triggered quakes

BusinessWeek -
By THOMAS J. SHEERAN An earthquake expert says a northeast Ohio well used to dispose of wastewater from oil and gas drilling almost certainly caused a series of 11 minor quakes in the Youngstown area since last spring.

Developed world failing on climate funds pledge, says Bangladeshi minister The Guardian

Developed world failing on climate funds pledge, says Bangladeshi minister

The Guardian -
Dipu Moni said wealthier nations must begin immediately delivering the billions of pounds' worth of aid they have earmarked for climate change projects. "Our achievements - social, economic, environmental - of the past decades will be reversed if [rich ...

1.02.2012

Tortured Afghan girl to go to India for treatment The Associated Press


Tortured Afghan girl to go to India for treatment

The Associated Press - ‎10 hours ago‎
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A 15-year-old Afghan girl severely tortured for months by her in-laws in an attempt to force her into prostitution...

Ruskin boy hit by 'celebratory' New Year's gunfire remains critical Tampabay.com

Ruskin boy hit by 'celebratory' New Year's gunfire remains critical

Tampabay.com -
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer RUSKIN - The Durans don't have any guns. Neither do their landlords, creating 10 acres of freedom in rural Ruskin for 12-year-old Diego and his two sisters.

Developed world failing on climate funds pledge, says Bangladeshi minister The Guardian

Developed world failing on climate funds pledge, says Bangladeshi minister

The Guardian -
Dipu Moni said wealthier nations must begin immediately delivering the billions of pounds' worth of aid they have earmarked for climate change projects. "Our achievements - social, economic, environmental - of the past decades will be reversed if [rich ...