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But on the other side, House Republicans continue to indicate they oppose any action to address climate change, including executive actions.
2.15.2013
Hill Climate Legislation Purpose: To provide Political Cover for EPA Regulation
***** nd 'Like Jesus before me, I came for those Dying for Joy, Peace of Heart, Loving, Passion... Heaven. To all others I'm merely needless pain. God, help me remember this and to act accordingly!' Loving
***** nd 'Like Jesus before me, I came for those Dying for Joy, Peace of Heart, Loving, Passion, the End of Global Suffering... Heaven, and the End of Hell. To all others I'm merely needless pain. God, help me remember this and to act accordingly!' Loving
nd 02.15.13 'Thank God I'm near completely alone now. None want what I have to offer [tho ALL are Dying for lack of it], so only needless pain comes to those near me. How terribly slowly I learn. But learn, I do, in the end, sorry I'm so slow. "Son, you are slower than molasses in January" my mom lovingly said of me, often. Still true.' Loving
nd 02.15.13 'Thank God I'm near completely alone now. None want what I have to offer [tho ALL are Dying for lack of it], so only needless pain comes to those near me. How terribly slowly I learn. But learn, I do, in the end, sorry I'm so slow. "Son, you are slower than molasses in January" my mom lovingly said of me, often. Still true.' Loving
nd ' "Donkey Body" - Francis of Assisi thought of his, that way. Me too now, thank Goodness (God). My Avatar - nothing more, nothing less, nothing else. The Christ Spirit, Loving, knows nothing other than this, ever. We are here to Serve our Neediest, never to serve the avatar.' Loving
nd ' "Donkey Body" - Francis of Assisi thought of his, that way. Me too now, thank Goodness (God). My Avatar - nothing more, nothing less, nothing else. The Christ Spirit, Loving, knows nothing other than this, ever. We are here to Serve our Neediest, never to serve the avatar.' Loving
***** nd 'Why does it take dozens, hundreds, thousands of Unviolents Paying ALL to bring Sane Change? Why do ads need to run doznes, hundreds of times before having impact? DNA and Culture.' Loving
***** nd 'Why does it take dozens, hundreds, thousands of Unviolents Paying ALL to bring Sane Change? Why do ads need to run doznes, hundreds of times before having impact? DNA and Culture.' Loving
***** nd 'Part of Each of us is our Spirit of Loving (Christ). ALL of my focus in every interraction needs to be EMPOWERING to this, in me, in the other(s). Can I learn to do this!?!?!?' Loving
nd 'Part of Each of us is our Spirit of Loving (Christ). ALL of my focus in every interaction needs to be EMPOWERING to this, in me, in the other(s). Can I learn to do this!?!?!?' Loving
2.14.2013
Conservatives Skeptical Of Expanding Preschool. New York Times
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ATLANTA - President Obama's
plan to expand preschool for the nation's children faces deep
skepticism among Republicans, who fear the creation of another federal
entitlement program that they say could add to the nation's deficit and
swell the ranks of ...
Thousands rally for gun control in Newtown's name. USA TODAY
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They said they did not want them overshadowed by vocal gun rights advocates who've successfully defeated gun control measures in Connecticut in the past, such as limits on the size of ammunition magazines.
02.14.13 AVERTING ECOCIDE - WAR ROOM - Tracking Plan B blog
- Global Wind Capacity Increased Almost 20% In 2012 to 282 Gigawatts
- Melting ‘Permafrost’ Releases Climate-Warming CO2 Even Faster Than We Thought
- Gleick’s Significant Figures: Is The Keystone XL Pipeline A Symbol Or A Piece Of A Puzzle?
- Way too little and late: The 17% Cut In Carbon Pollution By 2020: Yes We Can Get There From Here
- NASA to launch new earth-observing satellite.
- Texas Wind Power Transmission Set To Skyrocket As Energy Exec Hints At End Of Nukes
- Bangladesh faces mass migration, loss of land from climate change.
- National Journal Warns The Economic Price Of Climate Change Is Already Here, And Growing
- Cities to avoid as sea levels rise.
- Record snow in a warming world: The science is clear.
- ***** Energy Efficiency Could Save US Billions, Create 1.3 Million Jobs By 2030
- The scary truth about how much climate change is costing you.
- Nine US states announce deal to cut greenhouse gases.
- First-time reports from industry reveal massive methane emissions.
- China Accounted For 35% Of Global Onshore Wind Capacity
- 282 GW Wind World Wide. If that were US only it'd be something.
- Nanoimprinting triples efficiency of solar panels. The Daily Princetonian
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Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:31 PM PST
Global Wind Capacity Increased Almost 20% In 2012 to 282 Gigawatts
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Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:30 PM PST
Melting ‘Permafrost’ Releases Climate-Warming CO2 Even Faster Than We Thought
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Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:24 PM PST
Gleick’s Significant Figures: Is The Keystone XL Pipeline A Symbol Or A Piece Of A Puzzle?
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Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:23 PM PST
The 17% Cut In Carbon Pollution By 2020: Yes We Can Get There From Here
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Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:19 PM PST
NASA to launch new earth-observing satellite.
If the weather holds, NASA will launch its
newest Earth-observing satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in
southern California late Monday morning. The satellite can monitor
changes in the earth's surface, including those linked to climate
change.
Climate Central
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Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:08 PM PST
Texas Wind Power Transmission Set To Skyrocket As Energy Exec Hints At End Of Nukes
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Posted: 13 Feb 2013 01:00 PM PST
Bangladesh faces mass migration, loss of land from climate change.
Rising sea levels could flood 17 percent of
Bangladesh – or erode the land – and create between 20 million and 30
million refugees, experts say.
Toronto Star
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Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:56 PM PST
National Journal Warns The Economic Price Of Climate Change Is Already Here, And Growing
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Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:51 PM PST
Cities to avoid as sea levels rise.
Sydney, Tokyo and Buenos Aires watch out.
These cities will experience some of the greatest sea level rises by
2100, according to one of the most comprehensive predictions to date.
New ScientistC
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Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:49 PM PST
Record
snow in a warming world? The science is clear.
As the Northeast digs out from under a mammoth
blizzard, it might seem easy for climate change skeptics to point to
such intense storms as evidence that global warming isn't real. They
would be wrong.
Daily Climate
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Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:47 PM PST
Energy Efficiency Could Save US Billions, Create 1.3 Million Jobs By 2030
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Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:44 PM PST
The scary truth about how much climate change is costing you.
While policymakers fiddle, the threat of
economic harm posed by rising sea levels, devastating storms, and
drought is growing every day.
National Journal
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Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:41 PM PST
Nine US states announce deal to cut greenhouse gases.
Nine northeastern and mid-Atlantic states
agreed Thursday to strengthen existing limits on carbon dioxide
emissions from power plants that burn fossil fuels.
Associated Press
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Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:12 PM PST
First-time reports from industry reveal massive methane emissions.
U.S. EPA's addition of oil, gas and coal
methane emissions to its online greenhouse gas tracking tool revealed an
82.6-million-metric-ton increase in carbon dioxide equivalents over
numbers from the previous year, when those figures were not available.
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Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:08 PM PST
China Accounted For 35% Of Global Onshore Wind Capacity
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Posted: 13 Feb 2013 07:50 AM PST
Surge in global wind power capacity
DAWN.com - 12 hours ago
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power expanded by almost 20 per cent in 2012 around the world to reach a
new peak of 282 gigawatts (GW) of total installed capacity.
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Posted: 13 Feb 2013 07:46 AM PST
Nanoimprinting triples efficiency of solar panels
The Daily Princetonian - 13 hours ago
A new method for creating solar panels using nanotechnology can double
or triple their efficiency in capturing and converting light to
electricity.
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Obama's LBJ Moment: The War on Inequality is the New 'War on Poverty.' The Atlantic
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In an audacious State of the Union address Tuesday, President Barack Obama made sweeping proposals to reduce poverty, revive the middle class and increase taxes on the "well off.
nd 'From unwilled blindness I've continued to dis-serve folks by allowing those to travel near me that were not determined Unviolent Warriors.' Loving
nd 'From unwilled blindness I've continued to dis-serve folks by allowing those to travel near me that were not radically determined Unviolent Warriors to their unnecessary suffering.' Loving
2.13.2013
02.13.13 Cancer Update
MRI brain scan fnished just moments ago. Took about 40 min. Huge machine. Massive magnet. Lie still the whole time. No idea what they found. Oncologist meeting Monday at 2pm.
I continue to be 100% Joyful, Loving, Peaceful of Heart, Passionate, Procuductive. Not my business what the results are.
If the liver is not cancer the decision is probably pretty easy - 6 months chemo.
If the liver is cancer, and the prognosis is low odds that treatment will give more than months - is 6 months partial death, for a few months additional, maybe, is that the right choice, use of our kids funds (ALL funds are our kids funds)? Uh, probably not.
Interesting. Oh, given the choice, I'll take the availability of another 30 years, to serve, tho I could end it all in a death fast 12 months from now. LOL. But I'd take the option, if it is available. If not? Hmmm. How to best serve in the little time left - how to make every precious second left - count for our kids - tho this has been my Life for 12 years now. Heaven, on Earth, what Jesus died to give us - the Joy of Complete Service to our Neediest. Mine.
I continue to be 100% Joyful, Loving, Peaceful of Heart, Passionate, Procuductive. Not my business what the results are.
If the liver is not cancer the decision is probably pretty easy - 6 months chemo.
If the liver is cancer, and the prognosis is low odds that treatment will give more than months - is 6 months partial death, for a few months additional, maybe, is that the right choice, use of our kids funds (ALL funds are our kids funds)? Uh, probably not.
Interesting. Oh, given the choice, I'll take the availability of another 30 years, to serve, tho I could end it all in a death fast 12 months from now. LOL. But I'd take the option, if it is available. If not? Hmmm. How to best serve in the little time left - how to make every precious second left - count for our kids - tho this has been my Life for 12 years now. Heaven, on Earth, what Jesus died to give us - the Joy of Complete Service to our Neediest. Mine.
An Arresting Way for Boomers to Protest. New York Times
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Mr.
MacDonald is the founder of Fifty Over Fifty, a new group that hopes to
recruit baby boomers to engage in civil disobedience to promote action
on climate change. The name refers not only to their age range, but also to creating a cadre in each of ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Daryl Hannah arrested at White House protest
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Daryl Hannah arrested at White House protest
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***** nd 'Second to second this question has Saved my life: Loving, do you really want to focus on ... (female bodies, food, your discomfort, personal fears...) instead of focusing on Loving (being With GOD)??? "NO," was immediately obvious to me, WHEN I AT LAST SAW, FELT, THE CHOICE! With that question coming to me 6 yrs ago, my failed struggles ended.' Loving
nd 'Second to second this question has Aaved my life: Loving, do you really want to focus on ... (female bodies, food, your discomfort, personal fears...) instead of focusing on Loving (being With GOD)??? "NO," was immediately obvious to me, WHEN I AT LAST SAW, FELT, THE CHOICE! With that question coming to me 6 yrs ago, my failed struggles ended.' Loving
"American History is Really a War; A Civil War that Never Ends [between those wanting to expand rights, opportunity, liberty freedom to all, and those trying to restrict them. In the end, the expansion wins out.]" Chris Matthews, MSNBC
"American History is Really a War; A Civil War that Never Ends [between those wanting to expand rights, opportunity, liberty freedom to all, and those trying to restrict them. In the end, the expansion wins out.]" Chris Matthews, MSNBC
100th Tibetan self-immolation protest reported in Nepal The Hindu
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A
Tibetan monk in Nepal on Wednesday became the 100th Tibetan to carry
out a self-immolation protest since 2009, even as the Chinese government
has moved to stop the protests spreading within its borders and warned
of heavy punishments for ...
02.13.13AVERTING ECOCIDE - WAR ROOM - Tracking Plan B blog
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Posted: 12 Feb 2013 12:54 PM PST
Billions Of Animals Die Because Of Cats
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:03 AM PST
Manmade Carbon Pollution Has Already Put Us On Track For 69 Feet Of Sea Level Rise
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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.
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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
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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.
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Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:47 AM PST
US Missing Out On Its Share Of $1 Trillion In Total Global Solar Energy Revenue
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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
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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.
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Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:35 AM PST
Wind Enegy Surpasses Nuclear As China’s 3rd Largest Source Of Electrical Power
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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
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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
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