Fuel for thought - MIT Economist - STOP ARTIFICIALLY DEFLATING GAS PRICE PhysOrg.com

Note, YES, sLoving took liberties in the title incinerating some of the political correctness in the article.

Fuel for thought

PhysOrg.com - ‎3 hours ago‎

You can point to this and say, 'Here is a more immediate, salient reason for a gas tax.'” According to Knittel and Sandler, 70 percent of the costs of a gas tax of $1 per gallon could be recouped by immediate health benefits from reduced pollution.

Must-Read: Economist William Nordhaus Slams Global Warming Deniers, Explains ... ThinkProgress

Must-Read: Economist William Nordhaus Slams Global Warming Deniers, Explains ...

ThinkProgress - ‎Mar 2, 2012‎

By Joe Romm on Mar 2, 2012 at 11:42 am Yale economist William Nordhaus has eviscerated the 16 scientists who wrote a disinformation-filled Wall Street Journal piece in late January.

Global Crisis Wrap-up (Global Crisis Series) planetsave

Global Crisis Wrap-up (Global Crisis Series)

ARGH@#$#)()&*. I'M ON IT. I see that some of the 'links' I post are incorrect. (no detai)

Deutsche Bank: Big Energy Efficiency Push Could Save Americans $1 Trillion, Cut CO2 10%, Create 3 Million Jobs tpg org

Deutsche Bank: Big Energy Efficiency Push Could Save Americans $1 Trillion, Cut CO2 10%, Create 3 Million Jobs

Netanyahu says he appreciates Obama's positions on Iran Jerusalem Post

Netanyahu says he appreciates Obama's positions on Iran

Jerusalem Post - ‎1 hour ago‎

By HERB KEINON Ottawa -- Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said an hour after Obama's speech to AIPAC Sunday that "he very much appreciates that fact that [US President Barack] Obama reiterated the position that Iran must not be allowed to develop ...

STUNNING PEACE MAKER: Obama: I make no apologies for pursuing peace Jerusalem Post

Obama: I make no apologies for pursuing peace

Jerusalem Post - ‎2 hours ago‎

COM STAFF US President Barack Obama said Sunday that he "make[s] no apologies for pursuing peace" between Israelis and Palestinians.

Insurers Confirm Global Warming Is Real, Continued Political Paralysis Costly The Moderate Voice

Insurers Confirm Global Warming Is Real, Continued Political Paralysis Costly

The Moderate Voice - ‎4 hours ago‎

I.) on Friday, before the weekend's mayhem, see humans as a cause: “From our industry's perspective, the footprints of climate change are around us and the trend of increasing damage to property and threat to lives is clear,” said Franklin Nutter, ...

Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf Crack Shows Dramatic Calving Process (VIDEO) Huffington Post

Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf Crack Shows Dramatic Calving Process (VIDEO)

Huffington Post - ‎Feb 23, 2012‎

The Pine Island Glacier ice shelf in western Antarctica is in the process of "calving" a massive iceberg that, when it breaks away, will have an area of about 350 square miles (900 square kilometers) -- 15 times the size of Manhattan.

Tree plantation campaign starts Pakistan Observer

Tree plantation campaign starts

Pakistan Observer - ‎Feb 19, 2012‎

As many as 9.820 million saplings of different species would be sown during the campaign in the province to offset the dangerous effects of challenges of climatic change, global warming and desertification. The province has been divided into six ...

Erosion initiative protects 750000 acres of US cropland Western Farm Press

Erosion initiative protects 750000 acres of US cropland

Western Farm Press - ‎Feb 21, 2012‎

For 25 years, CRP has improved water and air quality, preserved habitat for wildlife, and prevented soil erosion. Programs such as CRP are important conservation safeguards.

Methane digester helps dairy farmer convert manure into moolah The Chesapeake Bay Journal

Methane digester helps dairy farmer convert manure into moolah

The Chesapeake Bay Journal - ‎Feb 29, 2012‎

Energy from the digester, which turns cow manure into methane, powers about 100 homes in the Central Pennsylvania valley where Reinford raises his 500 dairy cows.

One Out Of Every Ten Wall Street Employees Is A Psychopath, Say Researchers

The Pedophile Guys: Cardinal asks Catholics to become more political Tampabay.com

Cardinal asks Catholics to become more political

Tampabay.com - ‎9 hours ago‎

HICKSVILLE, NY - Cardinal Timothy Dolan told Roman Catholics on Saturday that in an era when the church is fighting the government on several fronts, they need to make their voices heard in the political sphere.

Arizona - Home of Unlimited Guns: Shooting outside Arizona club leaves 14 wounded Boston.com

Shooting outside Arizona club leaves 14 wounded

Boston.com - ‎2 hours ago‎

Tempe police officer T. Williams secures the scene at the Clubhouse Music Venue, Saturday, March 3, 2012 in Tempe, Ariz. Police in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe say they've made one arrest and are looking for two other suspects after a shooting outside a ...

Time to abandon the illusion of negotiations with NetanyahuMiddle East Monitor

Time to abandon the illusion of negotiations with NetanyahuMiddle East Monitor

MUST READ: Insider info on Netanyahu's office shows Israel may be in untrustworthy handsHaaretz

Insider info on Netanyahu's office shows Israel may be in untrustworthy handsHaaretz

US must seize opportunity to support Palestinian non-violence Institute for Middle East Understanding

US must seize opportunity to support Palestinian non-violence

Institute for Middle East Understanding - ‎4 hours ago‎

Khader Adnan spent 66 days on hunger strike, a symbolic, self-denying act of non-violent resistance to Israel's practice of "administrative detention" or imprisonment without charge.

German wind power capacity stands at 29075 MW. REVE

German wind power capacity stands at 29075 MW.

REVE - ‎14 hours ago‎

Germany's wind power market sales up to 2 GW. The 895 wind turbines installed added 2007.4 MW of wind farm capacity in 2011. The country's 2011 results were a huge improvement on those of 2010, when only 1551 MW of capacity was installed - the lowest ...

The birth of a wind turbine Boston.com

The birth of a wind turbine

Boston.com - ‎8 hours ago‎

By Jessica Bartlett A s the crowning piece on the $6 million Scituate wind turbine was lifted 270 feet into the air and attached to the tower on Feb. 19, the overwhelming feeling was relief.

'History's Biggist Story, Unreported: Our War of Mass Destruction, by Omission, on Our Kid's Home; Earth.' sLoving (no details)

Michigan Says Wind Energy is Cheaper Than Coal SustainableBusiness.com

Michigan Says Wind Energy is Cheaper Than Coal

SustainableBusiness.com - ‎Mar 2, 2012‎

The report is an annual requirement, reporting on the impact of Michigan's Renewable Energy Standard (RES) to the state legislature.

SDG&E REACHES MILESTONE IN DELIVERING RENEWABLE POWERU-T San Diego

UK rises to fifth place in global renewable investment league Solar Power Portal

UK rises to fifth place in global renewable investment league

Solar Power Portal - ‎Feb 28, 2012‎

A report published by Ernst & Young shows that the UK has climbed up to fifth place in its global rankings of attractiveness for investment in renewable energy. However, the paper warns that the global outlook for the clean energy market is far less ...

Trade Rules MatterHuffington Post (blog)

United States Named Global Leader in Renewable Energy InvestmentMarketWatch (press release)

2011 saw record levels of renewable energy investment – uncertainty for 2012 Renewable Energy Focus

2011 saw record levels of renewable energy investment – uncertainty for 2012

Renewable Energy Focus - ‎Mar 2, 2012‎

Despite the international economic crisis and the reduction of Government incentives, renewable energy is continuing to have a growing impact on the world energy market. Experts from Lahmeyer International and the Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum ...

State Renewable Energy Rankings Place California In The Top SpotHuffington Post

Study: Climate change threatens life in oceans with extinction Albany Times Union

Study: Climate change threatens life in oceans with extinction

Albany Times Union - ‎11 hours ago‎

The change - known as ocean acidification - is associated with several massive extinctions of marine life in that period of Earth's history, and now presents a growing threat, said study lead author Barbel Honisch, a paleoceanographer at Columbia ...

Quitter! Tar Sand Employee Quits Over Damage Gas 2.0

Quitter! Tar Sand Employee Quits Over Damage

Gas 2.0 - ‎Feb 27, 2012‎

A few weeks ago, however, a Reddit user claiming to work for a tar sand oil extraction company says he quit his job over moral objections to the destruction his work was causing.

Obama warns on "false choice" between growth, environment Reuters

Obama warns on "false choice" between growth, environment

Reuters - ‎15 hours ago‎

Republicans, citing Democrat Obama's rejection of TransCanada's Keystone XL

Hightower: Keystone XL would feed exports, do nothing to ease high gas price LubbockOnline.com

Hightower: Keystone XL would feed exports, do nothing to ease high gas price

LubbockOnline.com - ‎11 hours ago‎

The dirty little secret that those pushing so urgently for building Keystone XL don't want you to know is the tar sands oil producers are in cahoots with Texas refineries to move the product onto the lucrative global export market, selling it to buyers ...

Keystone XL Leak is STILL a Disaster (w/ video)Gas 2.0

Keystone XL Leak is STILL a Disaster (w/ video)Gas 2.0

STUPID TRUTH-TELLER: Obama: Fuel-Efficient Cars an Answer to Gas Prices ABC News

Obama: Fuel-Efficient Cars an Answer to Gas Prices

ABC News - ‎1 hour ago‎

President Barack Obama says vehicle fuel economy standards set under his administration and better cars built by a resurgent US auto industry will save money at the gas pump over the long term, a counterpoint to Republican criticism of his energy ...