Zuckerberg Promoting Dirty Fuels? Dislike! | Sierra Club | causes.com
Hey Zuck, pull your head out of those filthy tar sands. Pull your ads supporting the Keystone XL Pipeline and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Your brand is taking almost a permanent hit here.
The rest of you, sign the petition! We want a sustainable future.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Mark Zuckerberg's New Political Group Spending Big On Ads Supporting Keystone XL And Oil Drilling | ThinkProgress
Mark Zuckerberg's New Political Group Spending Big On Ads Supporting Keystone XL And Oil Drilling | ThinkProgress
For those annoyed with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, for among other things, lack of respect for customer privacy, and saw in The Social Network some strong character and moral flaws, the jury is no longer out.
He's started a group supporting the XL Pipeline and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Among other R-SC Lindsay Graham supporting ads. READ: He's just clearly a complete asshole. Sell Facebook, buy Google.
For those annoyed with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, for among other things, lack of respect for customer privacy, and saw in The Social Network some strong character and moral flaws, the jury is no longer out.
He's started a group supporting the XL Pipeline and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Among other R-SC Lindsay Graham supporting ads. READ: He's just clearly a complete asshole. Sell Facebook, buy Google.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Inequality Widened During Post-Recession Period
Inequality Widened During Post-Recession Period
"New figures show inequality has sharply widened in the two-year recovery following the period known as the Great Recession. According to the Pew Research Center, the top 7 percent of U.S. households saw their income jump 28 percent, while that of the remaining 93 percent declined."
And those protecting the wealthy figure, 'nothing to see here, everyone keep stumbling along please.'
The fibers America's popular foundation are dehydrating and peeling away. What will be left? Will or when will we be like England, the superpower rotted away by aristocracy and over-reaching?
"New figures show inequality has sharply widened in the two-year recovery following the period known as the Great Recession. According to the Pew Research Center, the top 7 percent of U.S. households saw their income jump 28 percent, while that of the remaining 93 percent declined."
And those protecting the wealthy figure, 'nothing to see here, everyone keep stumbling along please.'
The fibers America's popular foundation are dehydrating and peeling away. What will be left? Will or when will we be like England, the superpower rotted away by aristocracy and over-reaching?
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
LA Moves Past Coal! In 12 Years. Don't Inhale: SoCal Still Has The Nation's Dirtiest Air: LAist
Don't Inhale: SoCal Still Has The Nation's Dirtiest Air: LAist
Obvious news.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dwp-coal-20130424,0,5270283.story
Much better news! But still late, for health and climate reasons.
Yes the last coal plant sending electricity to LA is in Utah, and contractually has until 2025 until the coal burning stops, but if we had a cleaner grid and electric cars already, all the above would be history.
Obvious news.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dwp-coal-20130424,0,5270283.story
Much better news! But still late, for health and climate reasons.
Yes the last coal plant sending electricity to LA is in Utah, and contractually has until 2025 until the coal burning stops, but if we had a cleaner grid and electric cars already, all the above would be history.
L.A. City Council votes to move away from coal-fired energy
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
BBC News - Transatlantic flights 'to get more turbulent'
BBC News - Transatlantic flights 'to get more turbulent'
Great. Another unforeseen serious problem of climate change, among countless millions of unforeseen no doubt.
Here's to more uncomfortable, dangerous, and expensive trips, as pilots have to take longer routes to avoid the problems areas.
"Flights across the North Atlantic could get a lot bumpier in the future if the climate changes as scientists expect. Planes are already encountering stronger winds, and could now face more turbulence, according to research led from Reading University, UK."
Great. Another unforeseen serious problem of climate change, among countless millions of unforeseen no doubt.
Here's to more uncomfortable, dangerous, and expensive trips, as pilots have to take longer routes to avoid the problems areas.
"Flights across the North Atlantic could get a lot bumpier in the future if the climate changes as scientists expect. Planes are already encountering stronger winds, and could now face more turbulence, according to research led from Reading University, UK."
Monday, April 8, 2013
Gallup: Global Warming Concerns On The Rise In U.S. « CBS Houston
Gallup: Global Warming Concerns On The Rise In U.S. « CBS Houston
You can't hide the truth. It's reprehensible to try.
Ninety-seven percent--97%--of climate scientists know global warming is man-made and real.
People know it too.
Legislators who would cite the 3% as cause for 'controversy' are some special kind of mathematical idiot and/or with too serious ties to the fossil fuel industry which is causing this mess.
Fact.
The next generation should, and probably will, convene war crime-like trials against the legislators delaying serious action. These people are guilty of crimes against humanity, no more and no less. They deserve to be locked up, with the harshest of penalties for those guilty of such crimes. The costs of chemical warfare, in terms of both lives lost and overall damage, has got nothing on climate change.
Book it. Note it. Note the truth, note the players. Take down names.
Get ready for change.
You can't hide the truth. It's reprehensible to try.
Ninety-seven percent--97%--of climate scientists know global warming is man-made and real.
People know it too.
Legislators who would cite the 3% as cause for 'controversy' are some special kind of mathematical idiot and/or with too serious ties to the fossil fuel industry which is causing this mess.
Fact.
The next generation should, and probably will, convene war crime-like trials against the legislators delaying serious action. These people are guilty of crimes against humanity, no more and no less. They deserve to be locked up, with the harshest of penalties for those guilty of such crimes. The costs of chemical warfare, in terms of both lives lost and overall damage, has got nothing on climate change.
Book it. Note it. Note the truth, note the players. Take down names.
Get ready for change.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Ice That Took 1,600 Years to Form in Peru’s Andes Melted in Only 25, Scientists Say - NYTimes.com
Ice That Took 1,600 Years to Form in Peru’s Andes Melted in Only 25, Scientists Say - NYTimes.com
Tragic. For the loss of the glacier. And the upheaval of change it portends.
And for humankind's failure to lift it's eyes more than two feet in front of it, and take enough meaningful action.
And perhaps worse, for the selfish greed and coal-black heartedness of those who would make many suffer, so they could profit enough to bury silver in the ground.
Tragic. For the loss of the glacier. And the upheaval of change it portends.
And for humankind's failure to lift it's eyes more than two feet in front of it, and take enough meaningful action.
And perhaps worse, for the selfish greed and coal-black heartedness of those who would make many suffer, so they could profit enough to bury silver in the ground.
ALEC-Sponsored Bill To Repeal North Carolina's Renewable Energy Standard Narrowly Passes Out Of Committee | ThinkProgress
ALEC-Sponsored Bill To Repeal North Carolina's Renewable Energy Standard Narrowly Passes Out Of Committee | ThinkProgress
How black-hearted are those trying to repeal clean energy jobs, economic benefit, reduced bills, and reduced pollution in states? Pitch black. As black as coal.
"North Carolina now has over 1,100 clean energy companies that have contributed $3.7 billion in annual gross revenue. This clean energy development has led to a net gain in employment of 21,162 jobs in just five years. Moreover, the renewable energy standard has lowered residential bills and these savings will more than double within a decade, with expected savings of up to $173 million to ratepayers. The RES standard also catapulted North Carolina to fifth in the nation in solar energy development and the state is expected to move to fourth place this year. “It’s an extraordinary success story that there’s an industry that hardly existed several years ago,” said Michael Shore, CEO of FLS Energy in Asheville."
How black-hearted are those trying to repeal clean energy jobs, economic benefit, reduced bills, and reduced pollution in states? Pitch black. As black as coal.
"North Carolina now has over 1,100 clean energy companies that have contributed $3.7 billion in annual gross revenue. This clean energy development has led to a net gain in employment of 21,162 jobs in just five years. Moreover, the renewable energy standard has lowered residential bills and these savings will more than double within a decade, with expected savings of up to $173 million to ratepayers. The RES standard also catapulted North Carolina to fifth in the nation in solar energy development and the state is expected to move to fourth place this year. “It’s an extraordinary success story that there’s an industry that hardly existed several years ago,” said Michael Shore, CEO of FLS Energy in Asheville."
Opinion: More renewables for states - Dennis McGinn - POLITICO.com
Opinion: More renewables for states - Dennis McGinn - POLITICO.com
"Well, according to recent polls conducted by George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communications, 77 percent of Republicans support using much more renewable energy than we use today, something policymakers and Norquist should take note of.
"Well, according to recent polls conducted by George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communications, 77 percent of Republicans support using much more renewable energy than we use today, something policymakers and Norquist should take note of.
Renewable Portfolio Standards drive renewable energy development, but more importantly in difficult economic times, RPS policies can decrease electricity rates. For example, in Michigan, the Public Service Commission found that renewable energy plants produce electricity at a rate 30 percent cheaper than new coal. And contrary to the inaccurate studies touted by Norquist and politically charged organizations like the John Locke Foundation, North Carolinians save about a $1 per month on their electricity bills because of their RPS. The falling costs of renewable energy for consumers is a result of solar prices decreasing nearly 80 percent in the past 10 years and wind prices decreasing nearly 40 percent in the past five years."
Survey Finds Most Republicans Seek Action on Climate Change - NYTimes.com
Survey Finds Most Republicans Seek Action on Climate Change - NYTimes.com
Let's go.
"In a recent survey of Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents conducted by the Center for Climate Change Communication (4C) at George Mason University, a majority of respondents (62 percent) said they feel America should take steps to address climate change. More than three out of four survey respondents (77 percent) said the United States should use more renewable energy sources, and of those, most believe that this change should begin immediately."
Let's go.
"In a recent survey of Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents conducted by the Center for Climate Change Communication (4C) at George Mason University, a majority of respondents (62 percent) said they feel America should take steps to address climate change. More than three out of four survey respondents (77 percent) said the United States should use more renewable energy sources, and of those, most believe that this change should begin immediately."
April 3 News: World Bank President Calls Climate Change A 'Fundamental Threat' To Economic Development | ThinkProgress
April 3 News: World Bank President Calls Climate Change A 'Fundamental Threat' To Economic Development | ThinkProgress
Thank you Jim Yong Kim. Now you and the IMF put an end to investing in climate damaging projects worldwide.
Thank you Jim Yong Kim. Now you and the IMF put an end to investing in climate damaging projects worldwide.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
NASA climate scientist James Hansen will leave job, fight government | Science Recorder
NASA climate scientist James Hansen will leave job, fight government | Science Recorder
Thank you James Hansen. And thank you for the work to come.
Thank you James Hansen. And thank you for the work to come.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
My Open Letter on Keystone XL Pipeline and State Department Draft Report
<repost, updated; sent to State Department, as well as numerous national newspapers>
I was
completely shocked and disturbed that the initial State Department
report so underestimated the effects of the Keystone XL pipeline on
climate. The impacts of the project to climate alone are significantly adverse and unmitigatable. The Pentagon has concretely said that climate change is one of the largest
threats to our national security and well being in the future.1 This
would accelerate that irreversibly.
The
environmental impacts are significantly adverse to the Canadian Boreal forests, Athabasca
watershed, water quality, wildlife, and humans there (see new accelerated cancer rates of native people along the watershed) and potentially communities in the US through which
the pipeline would travel.2
The statement that Canada will extract for
eventual burning all that Tar Sands 'oil' (it's bitumen actually, and worse than oil) without the pipeline anyway is unproven.3
Canadians themselves are resisting a pipeline be built of this dirty,
difficult and expensive to extract and environmentally devastating bitumen in
their own country.4
Why should we allow it? For several thousand jobs for a couple months? The U.S. is unlikely to even use most of that 'oil', which is slated for foreign export.5 So that can't be it. The ONLY people to benefit in the long-term are the owners of the oil company and the refinery on the Gulf. That's it.
Why should we allow it? For several thousand jobs for a couple months? The U.S. is unlikely to even use most of that 'oil', which is slated for foreign export.5 So that can't be it. The ONLY people to benefit in the long-term are the owners of the oil company and the refinery on the Gulf. That's it.
LET'S PLEASE think of the long-term for the rest of us. The long-term damage this pipeline will help wreak far outweighs any other benefits, for the few and fleeting, it could provide.
We must work with Canada on renewable, affordable, non-destructive energy, and to leave this obsolete, climate-changing dirty oil in the ground, forever. If the State Department is truly looking after our best interests and enforcing its Environmental Impact Statement duties, denying this permit is the only choice to make.
2 Pipeline leak brings crude reality to Arkansas http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/01/us/arkansas-pipeline-spill/ There are currently over 720 billion litres of toxic tailings on the landscape in the Athabasca oil sands area. There is currently a lack of publicly available information on the rate and volume of seepage from oil sands tailings ponds, despite known incidents involving tailings seepage. http://www.resilience.org/stories/2009-09-22/environmental-impacts-oil-sands-development-alberta
What does environmental devastation look like? http://www.ted.com/talks/garth_lenz_images_of_beauty_and_devastation.html http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/borealbirds.pdf Wildlife/birds http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/borealbirds.pdf Impacts http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5287
3 Estimates by the Environmental Protection Agency found that Keystone would increase annual carbon emissions by “up to 27.6 metric tons, or the equivalent of nearly 6 million cars on the road.” Without the pipeline, tar sands production is estimated to fall flat by 2020. http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/03/03/1663291/states-keystone-report-is-the-tar-sands-pits/
4 While it is entirely possible that Canada could and will choose to ship its oil sands crude to Asia, that would require a another pipeline that some native groups in Canada have opposed in the past. http://science.time.com/2013/03/01/state-dept-build-the-keystone-pipeline-or-not-the-oil-sands-crude-will-flow/#ixzz2MVuHbF48
5 By skipping over refineries and U.S. consumers in the Midwest, tar sands producers will be able to send Canadian crude to the Gulf Coast refineries in tax-free Foreign Trade Zones, where it can be refined and then sold to international buyer--at a higher profit to big oil.
http://priceofoil.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/KXL_undermine_energy_security_2page_Web.pdf
Stop Keystone XL by April 14 - 5000 COMMENT CHALLENGE!
Stop Keystone XL by April 14 - 5000 COMMENT CHALLENGE!
keystonecomments@state.gov
Can even make it real easy. Copy & paste: "I'm not in favor of this dirty and unneeded pipeline. It's not good for us, the environment or the climate. Please deny this permit. And help give use cleaner, sustainable energy please."
keystonecomments@state.gov
Can even make it real easy. Copy & paste: "I'm not in favor of this dirty and unneeded pipeline. It's not good for us, the environment or the climate. Please deny this permit. And help give use cleaner, sustainable energy please."
Must-See Video On The True Cost of Tar Sands | ThinkProgress
Must-See Video On The True Cost of Tar Sands | ThinkProgress
Wow. Completely irrefutable look at why the XL Pipeline and Tar Sands development can not go another inch forward. Garth Lenz, thank you.
Wow. Completely irrefutable look at why the XL Pipeline and Tar Sands development can not go another inch forward. Garth Lenz, thank you.
Monday, April 1, 2013
Connecticut Lawmakers Agree to Tighten Gun Laws in Newtown Wake - SFGate
Connecticut Lawmakers Agree to Tighten Gun Laws in Newtown Wake - SFGate
Good. Another state, good.
"...ban sales of semiautomatic rifles like the one used in the Newtown school massacre and require background checks on buyers in all firearms transactions."
"...bar sales of ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds and put about 100 more weapons on the banned roster."
Good. Another state, good.
"...ban sales of semiautomatic rifles like the one used in the Newtown school massacre and require background checks on buyers in all firearms transactions."
"...bar sales of ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds and put about 100 more weapons on the banned roster."
Lake Erie buried by out-of-control algae; Researchers warn it could become ‘toxic’ | Science Recorder
Lake Erie buried by out-of-control algae; Researchers warn it could become ‘toxic’ | Science Recorder
Can there be any question it is better for humans to leave things well enough alone whenever we can?
"Researchers say fertilizer runoff is a major factor. Over the past several years, regional farmers have increased the use of fertilizers, according to the study, and they have been applying it earlier in the season to the bare ground. Additionally, they have been cutting back on tillage, the practice of working the fertilizer into the soil. The confluence of the changing practices have led to more fertilizer seeping from the farmland into the lake, where it feeds the growth of algae populations."
Can there be any question it is better for humans to leave things well enough alone whenever we can?
"Researchers say fertilizer runoff is a major factor. Over the past several years, regional farmers have increased the use of fertilizers, according to the study, and they have been applying it earlier in the season to the bare ground. Additionally, they have been cutting back on tillage, the practice of working the fertilizer into the soil. The confluence of the changing practices have led to more fertilizer seeping from the farmland into the lake, where it feeds the growth of algae populations."
(Video) Exxon cleans up Arkansas oil spill; Keystone plan assailed - Yahoo! News
Exxon cleans up Arkansas oil spill; Keystone plan assailed - Yahoo! News
This is filthy greed dumped into the communities of those along the pipeline. :(
Really freaking awful.
This is filthy greed dumped into the communities of those along the pipeline. :(
Really freaking awful.
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