Here Well, this is a good surprise! What's up here? "In
a surprise reversal, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it
is withdrawing its plan to suspend environmental protections for an area
of Alaska that is home to the world's most valuable wild salmon
fishery.
[The EPA
proposed last year to "reverse clean water safeguards" for the Bristol
Bay watershed, paving the way for a massive gold and copper mine to be
built in the region.]"
Here "Bloomberg Gadfly’s Liam Denning
reports
that the tariffs will set the cost of solar electricity back by only
around one year -- bad, but not much of a bump for a technology
undergoing exponential growth."
So, whether Trump mainly wanted costs to go up for solar to help his moribund pet coal industry, or wants American solar panel companies to make more profit and market share, it's a bump in the road. The horse has already left the corral for clean energy, and Trump ought to get with the desirability of local, clean energy for all the right reasons too. The rest of us are.
Elevated thoughts and positive mojo. Take notes Mr. Trump. This guy is burying you in the 'ought to be a leader' category. You should #resign and go back to being a full-time con man.
LeBron James honored King's memory today:
For us to stand here even though we're trying
to be divided right now by somebody, today is a great day for people to realize
how America was built and how we all have to stand united in order to be one…
Especially as Americans because we believe,
we all know and we all believe, this is the greatest country in the world…
The state of racism will never die, but what
we cannot do is allow it to conquer us as people. We can't allow it to divide
us…
The guy in control has given people and
racism, and negative racism, an opportunity to be out and outspoken without
fear…
But he's allowed people to come out and just
feel confident about doing negative things…
We can't allow that to stop us from
continuing to be together and preach the right word of living and loving and
laughing and things of that nature...
We are in a difficult state right now as
Americans as well with the leader of our country…
But no matter the religion, no matter the
shapes and sizes, we all have to continue to come together and shine a brighter
light on ...
I don't want to use the word stupidity, but that's basically what
it comes down to...
And because we've built such an incredible
country and for us to be able to live free lives and be able to work and work
together, no matter the color of skin tone or things of that nature. Or
religion…
And we have to continue that…
To continue
to keep people involved...
And giving the youth an opportunity to be as
creative and as aware as they can be.
Historic wildfires still barely contained after a month in California.
Trump, sold out to GOP fossil fuel trolls, teases of the cold ‘where is that global warming’?
I see the two headlines below, Dec. 5, 2018.
Surely this can’t be happening.
Climate Change Is Suffocating Large Parts of the Ocean - National Geographic
Coral reefs could die by 2050 as bleaching episodes get worse, report says - Toronto Star
Hope it was a beautiful holiday season to you. Hope the season was restorative. And hope that 2018 brings warmth, kindness and goodness to you and yours. And extends in circles beyond that too. Happy New Year!
#OneLove
I've been thinking some about the Winter Solstice, the Mayan end of the 30,000-year-cycle on 12/21/12.
What if in fact the world did end? Even though this probably will not happen, to live consciously it is honest for us to take a bit of an inventory.
Am I happy with how I've lived my life? (Yesterday, I thought mostly yes, with some areas for improvement, as below.) Are there changes I would make?
Would I have tried to forgive those that were hostile or disappointing to me?
Would I spend more time with those I loved the most, telling them that, feeling that more?
Would I be happier, grateful for what I have, what I've experienced, the joy, the beauty in this world?
Maybe the answer is yes to all of the above.
So this time can serve as a point of rebirth for all of us. If we think about it.
Because somewhere along the line I realized I think maybe mankind deserves it. !
The way we are killing each other, killing the planet.
How selfish we are, and snotty to those around us. Petty, competitive. Why is this? Do we have to behave this way? (I say no, it greatly detracts and misdirects energy from the full-time celebration in which we could engage, the great multi-cultural, multi-rhythmic dance we can sustain here.)
Maybe God or the Great Universe is fed up, and will pull the rug out from under us.
Don't think I can say we could blame Him/Her/It.
But it probably won't happen. (Probably not! This time.)
Still we are finite on this ride.
It is a time to think, am I happy with how I've lived my life?
Hopefully most of us can say yes.
For the part of us that have a little worry, a little sadness....
This is the time to be present.
This is the time to be the person you want to be, that can die at peace, that can hope to every day be able to look yourself and the Universe in the eye and say, how beautiful, smiling, and thank you. Let's do that.
Antidotes to Violence, a.k.a., Take Charge of Where Your Head's At - here
Tell Congress to Strengthen Gun Control Laws NOW - here
Good News & Brain Food News - Christians & Muslims Gather, for Peace here
Good News - Top RIO+20 Summit Posts here
The 'Busy' Trap - NYTimes.com here
