Showing posts with label Action. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Action. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Protesters in Maine rally against tar sands oil

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

Thursday, February 7, 2013

***** Legislators' Climate Change Panel Catches Ag Industry's Attention Farm Futures

Legislators' Climate Change Panel Catches Ag Industry's Attention

Farm Futures - ‎6 hours ago‎
Though it's a controversial topic, U.S. Rep Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., stand firmly behind climate change as a risk to the country - and now National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson announced his ...

Saturday, January 26, 2013

33% Of All Global PV Shipments Ended Up In China In The 4th Quarter. CleanTechnica

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 07:00 AM PST
According to new research from the NPD Solarbuzz Quarterly report, the Chinese end-market received 33% of global solar photovoltaic (PV) shipments in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Friday, January 25, 2013

Coal exporters hit local opposition in the Northwest.

Whether by river or rail, coal exporters hit local opposition in the Northwest. Rainier town is one of a score of communities that lie between the Powder River Basin, home to 40 percent of U.S. coal reserves, and five proposed export terminals in Oregon and Washington. Kinder Morgan's Port Westward project would send 12 coal-packed trains per day through here. ClimateWire

Thursday, January 24, 2013

U.S. Should Act Unilaterally on Climate Change Bloomberg

U.S. Should Act Unilaterally on Climate Change

Bloomberg - ‎14 hours ago‎
Those who make the Sophisticated Objection acknowledge that climate change is a serious problem, and that the world's nations should be doing something about it.

Saturday, January 19, 2013

***** 01.18.13 D16 - vid. In TEARS. This answers my Prayer of 4 years now. Watch. Join. Share.

In TEARS. This answers my Prayer of 4 years now.  Watch.  Join.  Share.



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Friday, January 18, 2013

Coal Export Resistance Solidarity Actions. Wild Idaho Rising

Coal Export Resistance Solidarity Actions

by WIRT
BC Train Blockade
In early May 2012, police arrested 13 concerned British Colombia residents along with scientists, when they blocked four Wyoming coal export trains (350.org photo).
As the environmental impact statement (EIS) scoping period for the proposed Gateway

The Quiet Clean Energy Innovation Revolution at the Department of Energy. Forbes

The Quiet Clean Energy Innovation Revolution at the Department of Energy
Forbes
Since 2009, clean energy leaders at the Department of Energy (DOE) have undertaken the difficult task of reforming it from within, the goal being to more effectively spur the development of advanced clean energy technologies. As President Obama's ...
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Friday, January 4, 2013

China Renews Subsidy to Rooftop Solar Projects, China Daily Says Bloomberg

China Renews Subsidy to Rooftop Solar Projects, China Daily Says

Bloomberg - ‎1 hour ago‎
China has approved a plan to provide subsidies to rooftop solar installations, China Daily reported, citing the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development

Friday, October 5, 2012

ARPA–E: A “$400 million Manhattan Project tucked inside the $800 billion ... PhysicsToday.org

ARPA–E: A “$400 million Manhattan Project tucked inside the $800 billion ...

PhysicsToday.org - ‎Sep 12, 2012‎
But concerning the new Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy, or ARPA–E, that Secretary of Energy Steven Chu started during the Obama administration, consider a recent statement from Linda Stuntz.

Monday, September 24, 2012

BREAKING: Eight People Climb Trees And Start Indefinite Tree Sit to Stop ... It's Getting Hot In Here

BREAKING: Eight People Climb Trees And Start Indefinite Tree Sit to Stop ...
It's Getting Hot In Here
This pipeline is a disaster for everyone it touches, from the cancer tar sands extraction is causing indigenous communities, to the water poisoned by inevitable tar sands spills, to the landowners whose land has been seized, and to everyone that will ...
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Saturday, September 22, 2012

The hypocrisy over the faux war on coal The Detroit New

The hypocrisy over the faux war on coal

The Detroit News (blog) - ‎8 hours ago‎
Recent conservative media reports suggest the jobs picture won't get better unless President Obama and the EPA roll back clean air regulations that are leading to job losses in the coal industry. It should be noted that the job losses in the coal ...

TREASON: Senate votes to shield US airlines from EU's carbon scheme Chicago Tribune

Senate votes to shield US airlines from EU's carbon scheme

Chicago Tribune - ‎53 minutes ago‎
The European Commission has been enforcing its law since January to make all airlines take part in its Emissions Trading Scheme to combat global warming, prompting threats of a trade fight. The Senate approved the bill shortly after midnight, as it

Fox News Distorts Climate Science; in Other News, the Pope Is Catholic Scientific American

Fox News Distorts Climate Science; in Other News, the Pope Is Catholic

Scientific American (blog) - ‎3 hours ago‎
In the six months from February to July 2012, the UCS searched for the terms “climate change” and “global warming” during primetime Fox News Channel programs, which consist of political commentary shows such as The O'Reilly Factor and Hannity.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Global warming: Businesses see 'tangible and present risk' Summit County

Global warming: Businesses see 'tangible and present risk'

Summit County Citizens Voice - ‎7 hours ago‎
According to a survey of 405 of the biggest global companies conducted by the Carbon Disclosure Project, 37 percent say they are already seeing the impact of climate change on their business - up from 10 percent in 2010. The Carbon Disclosure Project ...

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Climate group sees progress in US board rooms Chicago Tribune

Climate group sees progress in US board rooms

Chicago Tribune - ‎39 minutes ago‎
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) said its 2012 survey showed a growing number of top-tier executives and company boards of the 500 top publicly traded U.S.

Waxman, Rush Call For Hearing on Climate Change and Energy Production KCET

Waxman, Rush Call For Hearing on Climate Change and Energy Production

KCET (blog) - ‎11 hours ago‎
In response to a troubling Washington Post article on how climate change might impede our ability to generate electrical power, Los Angeles Representative Henry Waxman and Representative Bobby Rush of Illinois are calling for Congressional hearings on ...