02.13.13AVERTING ECOCIDE - WAR ROOM - Tracking Plan B blog

***** Fracking seen by EPA as No. 2 emitter of greenhouse gases.     Study: Climate change could devastate U.S. agriculture.     Glacially Slow: Solar PV Installations Hit 32 GW In 2012, 35 GW Projected For 2013, According To IHS     Too slow to matter - Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Fall in U.S. Power Plants on Coal Cuts. Bloomberg     Sea urchin nickel 'trick' could be key to capturing carbon. BBC News     Are mini-reactors the future of nuclear power?     Billions Of Animals Die Because Of Cats     Science establishment has been rocked by claims that trees may also be the heart of its climate.     The future of energy: Batteries included? Produce the right battery at the right price, many engineers think, and you could make the internal-combustion engine redundant and usher in a world in which free fuel, in the form of wind and solar energy, was the norm. That really would be a revolution. Economist     Outgoing energy secretary Chu's parting warning on warming. TIME     US carbon emissions fall to lowest levels since 1994.     Manmade Carbon Pollution Has Already Put Us On Track For 69 Feet Of Sea Level Rise     Tribal members sign treaty calling for an end to Alberta oil sands development and Keystone XL.     Fisheries business threatened by ocean acidification.     US backs off goal of one million electric cars by 2015.     ***** US Missing Out On Its Share Of $1 Trillion In Total Global Solar Energy Revenue     Biochar cookstoves boost health for people and crops.     Report underscores vulnerabilities of U.S. coastlines.     Wind Enegy Surpasses Nuclear As China’s 3rd Largest Source Of Electrical Power     What Would Make an All-Electric Car Appeal to the Masses? TIME     China now burning as much coal as the rest of the world combined. Washington Post     Smart Grid Spending Rost to $13.9 Billion Driven by China. Bloomberg     Smart Grid May be Shortest Route to Obama's Green Energy Goals. Forbes     Protesters in Maine rally against tar sands oil     Air Travel - One Ton / 1000 miles: Your biggest carbon sin may be air travel ***** Fracking seen by EPA as No. 2 emitter of greenhouse gases. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:52 PM PST Fracking seen by EPA as No. 2 emitter of greenhouse gases. Natural gas and oil production is the second-biggest source of U.S. greenhouse gases, the government said, emboldening environmentalists who say tighter measures are needed to curb the emissions from hydraulic fracturing. Bloomberg News

Study: Climate change could devastate U.S. agriculture. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:51 PM PST Study: Climate change could devastate U.S. agriculture. Climate change could have a drastic and harmful effect on U.S. agriculture, forcing farmers and ranchers to alter where they grow crops and costing them millions of additional dollars, a government report said on Tuesday. Gannett News Service

Glacially Slow: Solar PV Installations Hit 32 GW In 2012, 35 GW Projected For 2013, According To IHS Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:43 PM PST Solar PV Installations Hit 32 GW In 2012, 35 GW Projected For 2013, According To IHS

Too slow to matter - Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Fall in U.S. Power Plants on Coal Cuts. Bloomberg Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:36 PM PST Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Fall in U.S. Power Plants on Coal CutsBloombergGreenhouse-gas emissions from U.S. power plants fell 4.5 percent in 2011 from the previous year as those facilities burned less coal, the most-intense source of carbon-dioxide pollution. In its second-annual accounting of greenhouse-gases, the U.S. ...See all stories on this topic » German Electricity for 2014 Advances

Sea urchin nickel 'trick' could be key to capturing carbon. BBC News Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:25 PM PST Sea urchin nickel 'trick' could be key to capturing carbonBBC NewsResearchers say that the natural ability of sea urchins to absorb CO2 could be a model for an effective carbon capture and storage system. Newcastle University scientists discovered by chance that urchins use the metal nickel to turn carbon dioxide ...See all stories on this topic »

Are mini-reactors the future of nuclear power? Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:08 PM PST Are mini-reactors the future of nuclear power? The U.S. government is investing millions of dollars in what it considers a promising new industry for American manufacturing: nuclear reactors. Morning Edition

Billions Of Animals Die Because Of Cats Posted: 12 Feb 2013 12:54 PM PST Billions Of Animals Die Because Of Cats

Science establishment has been rocked by claims that trees may also be the heart of its climate. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:44 AM PST Branching out on climate. The world's great forests have long been recognised as the lungs of the earth, but the science establishment has been rocked by claims that trees may also be the heart of its climate. The Australian

The future of energy: Batteries included? Produce the right battery at the right price, many engineers think, and you could make the internal-combustion engine redundant and usher in a world in which free fuel, in the form of wind and solar energy, was the norm. That really would be a revolution. Economist Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:38 AM PST The future of energy: Batteries included? Produce the right battery at the right price, many engineers think, and you could make the internal-combustion engine redundant and usher in a world in which free fuel, in the form of wind and solar energy, was the norm. That really would be a revolution. Economist

Outgoing energy secretary Chu's parting warning on warming. TIME Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:27 AM PST Outgoing energy secretary’s parting warning on warming.  Steven Chu was the embodiment of an ideal: that the truly best and the brightest could come to Washington to serve the public at our moment of need. He ended his characteristically detailed final memo with a reminder of the ethical need to fight climate change. Time Magazine

US carbon emissions fall to lowest levels since 1994. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:24 AM PST US carbon emissions fall to lowest levels since 1994. America's carbon dioxide emissions last year fell to their lowest levels since 1994, according to a new report. Carbon dioxide emissions fell by 13% in the past five years, because of new energy-saving technologies and a doubling in the take-up of renewable energy.

Manmade Carbon Pollution Has Already Put Us On Track For 69 Feet Of Sea Level Rise Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:03 AM PST Manmade Carbon Pollution Has Already Put Us On Track For 69 Feet Of Sea Level Rise

Tribal members sign treaty calling for an end to Alberta oil sands development and Keystone XL. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:01 AM PST Tribal members sign treaty calling for an end to Alberta oil sands development and Keystone XL. Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman’s approval of that state’s section of the disputed Keystone XL pipeline has united not only indigenous from the U.S. and Canada but also non-Native ranchers, farmers and concerned citizens who oppose the pipeline.

Fisheries business threatened by ocean acidification. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:01 AM PST Fisheries business threatened by ocean acidification. Between 2005 and 2009, billions of oyster larvae began dying at hatcheries around Washington state before anyone knew what was going on or could do anything about it. The reason, scientists learned, was ocean acidification. Everett Herald

US backs off goal of one million electric cars by 2015. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:59 AM PST US backs off goal of one million electric cars by 2015. The U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday eased off President Barack Obama's stated goal of putting 1 million electric cars on the road by 2015, and laid out what experts called a more realistic strategy of promoting advanced-drive vehicles and lowering their cost over the next nine years.

***** US Missing Out On Its Share Of $1 Trillion In Total Global Solar Energy Revenue Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:47 AM PST US Missing Out On Its Share Of $1 Trillion In Total Global Solar Energy Revenue

Biochar cookstoves boost health for people and crops. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:38 AM PST Biochar cookstoves boost health for people and crops. Three billion people worldwide rely on open-fire cookstoves. A recent study found that the fumes from those stoves are the largest environmental health threat in the world. Cookstoves that burn cleaner can help fight this epidemic, and when configured to produce biochar, can become a prized asset for rural

Report underscores vulnerabilities of U.S. coastlines. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:37 AM PST Report underscores vulnerabilities of U.S. coastlines. No part of the U.S. will escape the harsh consequences of climate change, which has already begun to cause trouble, and which will worsen as the century goes on. But according to a new report, the nation’s coastlines — Atlantic, Gulf, Pacific and Great Lakes — are likely to get the worst of it.

Wind Enegy Surpasses Nuclear As China’s 3rd Largest Source Of Electrical Power Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:35 AM PST Wind Enegy Surpasses Nuclear As China’s 3rd Largest Source Of Electrical Power

What Would Make an All-Electric Car Appeal to the Masses? TIME Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:26 AM PST   What Would Make an All-Electric Car Appeal to the Masses?TIMEIt's widely assumed that the car of the future will be powered by gasoline. At least partly powered by gas, that is, and at least for the near future. When, if ever, will the pure electric car—one powered solely by battery, without a drop of gas—go ...See all stories on this topic »

China now burning as much coal as the rest of the world combined. Washington Post Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:23 AM PST China now burning as much coal as the rest of the world combinedWashington Post (blog)Coal, of course, is the world's premier fossil fuel, a low-cost source of electricity that kicks a lot of carbon-dioxide up into the atmosphere. And China's growing appetite is a big reason why global greenhouse-gas emissions have soared in recent ...See all stories on this topic »

Smart Grid Spending Rost to $13.9 Billion Driven by China. Bloomberg Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:05 AM PST Smart Grid Spending Rost to $13.9 Billion Driven by ChinaBloombergInvestments in smart-grid technologies that boost efficiency and curb energy waste rose 7 percent last year to $13.9 billion, driven by spending in China, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. China raised investments by 14 percent to $3.2 billion ...See all stories on this topic »

Smart Grid May be Shortest Route to Obama's Green Energy Goals. Forbes Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:03 AM PST Smart Grid May be Shortest Route to Obama's Green Energy GoalsForbesA smart grid could have profound implications on electric power markets, affecting the whole utility supply chain — from the way power is generated to the way it is delivered to customers, and ultimately how much energy is consumed. At the moment ...See all stories on this topic »

Protesters in Maine rally against tar sands oil Posted: 12 Feb 2013 08:55 AM PST Protesters in Maine rally against tar sands oil. More than 1,000 people rallied in Portland on Saturday in what was billed as the largest protest yet against the possibility of so-called tar sands oil being piped in from Montreal. Associated Press

Air Travel - One Ton / 1000 miles: Your biggest carbon sin may be air travel Posted: 12 Feb 2013 08:54 AM PST Your biggest carbon sin may be air travel. One round-trip flight from New York to Europe or to San Francisco creates about 2 or 3 tons of carbon dioxide per person. The average American generates about 19 tons of carbon dioxide a year; the average European, 10. New York Times

Keystone XL pipeline protester arrested in Oklahoma. Tulsa World

Keystone XL pipeline protester arrested in Oklahoma
Tulsa World
Norman resident Elisabeth Leja chained herself to a piece of construction equipment Monday to protest the Keystone XL pipeline and the transportation of diluted bitumen from Canada's oil sands. By JAY F. MARKS NewsOK.com. Published: 2/5/2013 8:22 ...
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Joe Romm vid on autobiography: "Lacking Intelligence"

Video: My Interview On Climate, Obama, Keystone, and Language Intelligence

nd 'Loving, is Loving in DEED, or it is not Loving.' Loving

nd 'Loving, is Loving in DEED, or it is not Loving.' Loving

***** nd 'Jesus Entire Gospel: The Secret of Life (Escaped even Gandhi, Tolstoy, King, Sorokin...): Loving (in Deed, Our Neediest) is Living, the Only Means of Joy; Heaven; the Ultimate Gratification.' Loving

***** nd 'Jesus Entire Gospel: The Secret of Life (Escaped even Gandhi, Tolstoy, King, Sorokin...): Loving (in Deed, Our Neediest) is Living, the Only Means of Joy; Heaven; the Ultimate Gratification.' Loving

Jane Goodall on climate change: 'We've just been stealing, stealing, stealing ... Raw Story

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Jane Goodall on climate change: 'We've just been stealing, stealing, stealing ...

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Jane Goodall on climate change: 'We've just been stealing, stealing, stealing from our children, and it's shocking'.

vlog 'I may be verging on Learning the Psychological jiu jitsu of causing Loving.' Loving

***** nd 'Loving - Its own Ultimate Reward. Loving, is the Optimal Human Experience, the Ultimate Gratification [sole means of Joy generation]: So Odd that Tolstoy, Sorokin, Gandhi... came so close to seeing this, but couldn't lock in on it. Jesus nailed it, Teresa of Calcutta got close.' Loving

nd 'Loving - Its own Ultimate Reward. Loving, is the Optimal Human Experience, the Ultimate Gratification [sole means of Joy generation]:  So Odd that Tolstoy, Sorokin, Gandhi... came so close to seeing this, but couldn't lock in on it. Jesus nailed it, Teresa of Calcutta got close.'  Loving

nd 'To avoid Personal Responsibility: Why Joe Romm, McKibben, environmental hactivists Blame, focus on, whine at... Pr. Obama. [Oh, it brings in good money, too.' Loving

nd 'To avoid Personal Responsibility: Why Joe Romm, McKibben, environmental hactivists Blame, focus on, whine at... Pr. Obama. [Oh, it brings in good money, too.'  Loving

Israel advances plan to steal new Palestinain land. MiamiHerald

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Israel advances plan to build in Jewish settlement

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JERUSALEM -- An Israeli official says the government has given final approval for construction of 90 new homes in a West Bank settlement, a move that could cause tensions with the U.S.

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Medal of Honor to Afghan battle hero Clinton Romesha. NBCNews

Medal of Honor to Afghan battle hero Clinton Romesha

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Slideshow: Medal of Honor recipients. Mark Wilson / Getty Images. A look at heroes from a post-9/11 era of war. Launch slideshow. By Daniel Arkin, Staff Writer, NBC News. President Obama will award the Medal of Honor to a celebrated Army veteran on ...

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***** Phil Oachs: Love me, I'm a [activist] Liberal

 

See lyrics below.

Phil Ochs -- Love me, I'm a liberal by passingremark

İ cried when they shot Medgar Evers
Tears ran down my spine
I cried when they shot Mr. Kennedy
As though I'd lost a father of mine
But Malcolm X got what was coming
He got what he asked for this time
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

I go to civil rights rallies
And I put down the old D.A.R.
I love Harry and Sidney and Sammy
I hope every colored boy becomes a star
But don't talk about revolution
That's going a little bit too far
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

I cheered when Humphrey was chosen
My faith in the system restored
I'm glad the commies were thrown out
of the A.F.L. C.I.O. board
I love Puerto Ricans and Negros
as long as they don't move next door
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

The people of old Mississippi
Should all hang their heads in shame
I can't understand how their minds work
What's the matter don't they watch Les Crain?
But if you ask me to bus my children
I hope the cops take down your name
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

I read New republic and Nation
I've learned to take every view
You know, I've memorized Lerner and Golden
I feel like I'm almost a Jew
But when it comes to times like Korea
There's no one more red, white and blue
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

I vote for the democratic party
They want the U.N. to be strong
I go to all the Pete Seeger concerts
He sure gets me singing those songs
I'll send all the money you ask for
But don't ask me to come on along
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

Once I was young and impulsive
I wore every conceivable pin
Even went to the socialist meetings
Learned all the old union hymns
But I've grown older and wiser
And that's why I'm turning you in
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal

nd 'Honestly, I may be on different planet than Tolstoy, and Jesus, if Truly, shooting someone about to hammer an infant is 'Violence.' That is insanity to me. I don't think Jesus meant that, nor that, given time, Tolstoy would have, either. Gandhi's more with me.' Loving

nd 'Honestly, I may be on different planet than Tolstoy, and Jesus, if Truly, shooting someone about to hammer an infant is 'Violence.'  That is insanity to me.  I don't think Jesus meant that, nor that, given time, Tolstoy would have, either. Gandhi's more with me.' Loving

'Loving, is it tough living with a cancer diagnosis,' a friend asked? 'Nope....'

Hi.  The other day in an email, among the things a friend commented on,

very compassionately, was how difficult it must be with a cancer diagnosis.

I didn't mean to blow past that, it was  just that other things in that

email grabbed my attention.

In well over a decade I'm unaware of any second that my own mortality

has concerned me personally, as it might have in my earliest years.  HOWEVER, my mortality as it relates to the benefit or cost thereof to those to whom I

am trying to be a benefit concerns, and conerned me throughout adulthood,

greatly.  Even 20 years ago, or so, off and on, when business downturns

threatened my income, layoffs, whatever, and my life was of little emotional benefit to the woman I was married to, and the two bio-sons I had, otherwise, my only thought was how to commit suicide in such a way that they could collect on the insurance, that I would not lead the boys to ever do the same, and in a way that they all would not be too embarrassed, or traumatized (grossed-out) by how I off'd myself.  Obviously I squeakedby on this one, never figured out a way that satisfied all those requirements. Well, except I 'killed' myself to be sure the income kept coming, thru the downturns, fulfilling my Loving duty as husband and father, as best I knew to do.  LOL.

It will be interesting to see if things change, but regarding the cancer, so far

not a twinge of personal concern.  My guess is that if and when it takes me,

I'll probably be able to get into a hospice to manage the pain, tho even when

just weeks ago I was guessing till-death institutionalization due to the Death Fast, guessing the cancer would take me, painfully, in a psych ward, still, no twinge of concern for myself.  

It is pretty simple - Life is ONLY found in the face of the emergency of others - I greedily do whatever I have to to Live there - now, averting global Ecocide - I soooo completely identify with the billions we are torturing that there just isn't room to be concerned with myself, EXCEPT as it relates to removing a tool, an avatar, a Loving Spirit from a role that may be beneficial to them.  I am not reckless, casual or irresponsible with these tools I've been given to work for others. But these tools, me, are of interest as a means to an end not in themselves. It is Heaven. Sanity.  "If you seek to hold on to your life, you will lose it.  If you seek to lose (totally give) your Life for the sake of our global neediest Family, you will Gain your Life."  Amen. 

What may seem confusing, and contradictory to this is, well, my depression

of last week or so - completely gone now.  That was zero concern about

my own mortality or suffering -it was horror at how to keep serving in view of

nice, Nurse Ratched-responding folks around me that seemed all to happy

to have me 'Dead' for 6 months in a place like Christ House (no internet, no working, no laptop...) while 60% of that time I otherwise maybe could be fighting for our kids! That was a horror to me, "Cuckoo's Nest,"  the prospects of being useless to our billions for half a year!  The horror of the nice folks around me so zombie-like, dead, clueless, heart-dead.  Did you ever see "The English Patient?"  And of course, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?"

nd 'I KNOW I'm 'different,' 'difficult,' 'irritating,' maddening....' Imagine what it's like for me! Living with this 24/7!?!?!?! [It's Heaven, by the way, and Hell, inseparably, all the time.]' Loving

nd 'I KNOW I'm 'different,' 'difficult,' 'irritating,' maddening....'  Imagine what it's like for me! Living with this 24/7!?!?!?!  [It's Heaven, by the way, and Hell, inseparably, all the time.]' Loving

nd 'Huh. If your policy is Always, Unconditionally, Loving [as mine has been], you automatically return Good for Evil - Jesus teaching. I hadn't noticed, till now.' Loving

nd 'Huh.  If your policy is Always, Unconditionally, Loving [as mine has been], you automatically return Good for Evil - Jesus teaching.  I hadn't noticed, till now.' Loving

'Know when it was decided Jesus was God? 300-500 years after he died. Amazon.com: "When Jesus Became God." ' Hmmmm.' Loving

Amazon.com: When Jesus Became God

***** nd 'Ushering more Loving into the world: The Sole Healthy, Divine, Joyful purpose of Every Breath.' Loving

nd 'Ushering more Loving into the world: The Sole Healthy, Divine, Joyful purpose of Every Breath.' Loving

Ways and Power of Love [EPUB, PDF] P. Sorokin - Harvard

"GOSPEL IN BRIEF," Tolstoy, Leo

vlog 02.10.13 Cancer Update. 'Time may be short, when maybe I need it LONG! Argh! ROFL!' Loving

vid Pr. Obama - West Wing Week: 02/08/13

***** MALALA vid. Hosp. Release: "I WANT TO SERVE."

And U? Public Pressure, Background Checks Central To Obama Gun Control Strategy. NPR

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Public Pressure, Background Checks Central To Obama Gun Control Strategy

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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.

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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

Higher Oil Taxes Would Lift the Economy. Council on Foreign Relations 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 ...

Fossil fuel subsidies and tax breaks are still rising The Guardian 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: ...

Will Solar Eclipse Wind Power In 2013? KCET 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

Despite uncertainties in solar sector, 31 GW solar installations made in 2012 Times of India 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 ...

Solar set for a comeback? MSN Money 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

4.4 GW Of New Solar Power Infrastructure Expected To Be Announced In India ... CleanTechnica 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,”

The Scary Truth About How Much Climate Change is Costing You, Your Kids... National Journal 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 ...

***** 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 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

***** Climate change is National Security 'threat multiplier' Politico 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 ...

***** "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

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

JOIN TarSandsBlockade National Action March 16-23

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Howdy, Last week I was arrested for telling the truth. I became one with the sound system at a pipeline industry convention where TransCanada was lecturing on pipeline safety compliance. I chained myself to the loud speaker because I had a message to deliver! [1]   The tar sands industry and its investors are spending billions on dangerous pipelines to open the Canadian tar sands to unbridled exploitation: the Keystone XL, the Northern Gateway, and the Trailbreaker, to name a few….but there’s one thing standing in their way: you. Yes, you!    Grassroots resistance begins with you, and together, we can send a message to TransCanada and their profiteers: Stop scheming to expand Alberta tar sands exploitation and bankrolling Keystone XL.   Investors are becoming uncertain about the future of Keystone XL and that’s why Tar Sands Blockade and our allies are calling for a Week of Action to Stop Tar Sands Profiteers, March 16 – 23.    Join the Week of Action to Stop Tar Sands Profiteers, March 16-23!    From my indigenous brothers and sisters in Alberta most impacted by tar sands extraction to the environmental racism of refining in Houston’s toxic East End, TransCanada’s business as usual means death and destruction for the biosphere and our communities. Together we can confront these toxic profiteers by showing up at their offices, public events, and extraction sites to demonstrate that we won’t stop until they do. You don't need to come to Texas or Oklahoma or go to DC to rise up and defend your home!   Find a TransCanada investor in your community and hold your own action.   Extreme energy extraction like mountain top removal, fracking, and tar sands exploitation are fueling climate chaos and disproportionally poisoning low income and communities of color at an alarming rate. Institutional avenues of change –corrupt politicians and regulators – have failed to protect our most impacted, vulnerable communities. Tar Sands Blockade has done many things to stop KXL, from tree sits to locking ourselves to heavy machinery, and we've asked for help before. But to help us stop KXL now means we must go straight to the folks investing in the projects that are poisoning our friends and families and tell them enough is enough! Investing in Keystone XL is as toxic as the contents of their pipe! Sign up to plan an action to Stop Tar Sands Profiteers, March 16-23!   To stop the most destructive project on Earth and preserve any hope of a liveable planet, we must put a end to “business as usual.” It’s time to act now and stop those working to poison our world and strip-mine our future. It's time to take direct action to build the world we know is possible.     In Solidarity,   Ramsey Sprague  Tar Sands Blockade PS. A new direct action group just sprung up in Oklahoma! Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance is brand new and already taking action to stop KXL. They’ve announced a Training Camp March 18-22nd. Sign up today on their website. 1. Video: Ramsey disrupts TransCanada Exec at Oil and Gas Conference in Houston: http://www.tarsandsblockade.org/17th-action/