3.05.2012
Fuel for thought - MIT Economist - STOP ARTIFICIALLY DEFLATING GAS PRICE PhysOrg.com
Note, YES, sLoving took liberties in the title incinerating some of the political correctness in the article.
Fuel for thought
PhysOrg.com -
You can point to this and say, 'Here is a more immediate, salient reason for a gas tax.'” According to Knittel and Sandler, 70 percent of the costs of a gas tax of $1 per gallon could be recouped by immediate health benefits from reduced pollution.
Must-Read: Economist William Nordhaus Slams Global Warming Deniers, Explains ... ThinkProgress
ThinkProgress -
By Joe Romm on Mar 2, 2012 at 11:42 am Yale economist William Nordhaus has eviscerated the 16 scientists who wrote a disinformation-filled Wall Street Journal piece in late January.
3.04.2012
Netanyahu says he appreciates Obama's positions on Iran Jerusalem Post
Jerusalem Post -
By HERB KEINON Ottawa -- Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said an hour after Obama's speech to AIPAC Sunday that "he very much appreciates that fact that [US President Barack] Obama reiterated the position that Iran must not be allowed to develop ...
STUNNING PEACE MAKER: Obama: I make no apologies for pursuing peace Jerusalem Post
Jerusalem Post -
COM STAFF US President Barack Obama said Sunday that he "make[s] no apologies for pursuing peace" between Israelis and Palestinians.
Insurers Confirm Global Warming Is Real, Continued Political Paralysis Costly The Moderate Voice
The Moderate Voice -
I.) on Friday, before the weekend's mayhem, see humans as a cause: “From our industry's perspective, the footprints of climate change are around us and the trend of increasing damage to property and threat to lives is clear,” said Franklin Nutter, ...
Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf Crack Shows Dramatic Calving Process (VIDEO) Huffington Post
Huffington Post -
The Pine Island Glacier ice shelf in western Antarctica is in the process of "calving" a massive iceberg that, when it breaks away, will have an area of about 350 square miles (900 square kilometers) -- 15 times the size of Manhattan.
Tree plantation campaign starts Pakistan Observer
Pakistan Observer -
As many as 9.820 million saplings of different species would be sown during the campaign in the province to offset the dangerous effects of challenges of climatic change, global warming and desertification. The province has been divided into six ...
Erosion initiative protects 750000 acres of US cropland Western Farm Press
Western Farm Press -
For 25 years, CRP has improved water and air quality, preserved habitat for wildlife, and prevented soil erosion. Programs such as CRP are important conservation safeguards.
Methane digester helps dairy farmer convert manure into moolah The Chesapeake Bay Journal
The Chesapeake Bay Journal -
Energy from the digester, which turns cow manure into methane, powers about 100 homes in the Central Pennsylvania valley where Reinford raises his 500 dairy cows.
The Pedophile Guys: Cardinal asks Catholics to become more political Tampabay.com
Tampabay.com -
HICKSVILLE, NY - Cardinal Timothy Dolan told Roman Catholics on Saturday that in an era when the church is fighting the government on several fronts, they need to make their voices heard in the political sphere.
Arizona - Home of Unlimited Guns: Shooting outside Arizona club leaves 14 wounded Boston.com
Boston.com -
Tempe police officer T. Williams secures the scene at the Clubhouse Music Venue, Saturday, March 3, 2012 in Tempe, Ariz. Police in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe say they've made one arrest and are looking for two other suspects after a shooting outside a ...
US must seize opportunity to support Palestinian non-violence Institute for Middle East Understanding
Institute for Middle East Understanding -
Khader Adnan spent 66 days on hunger strike, a symbolic, self-denying act of non-violent resistance to Israel's practice of "administrative detention" or imprisonment without charge.
German wind power capacity stands at 29075 MW. REVE
REVE -
Germany's wind power market sales up to 2 GW. The 895 wind turbines installed added 2007.4 MW of wind farm capacity in 2011. The country's 2011 results were a huge improvement on those of 2010, when only 1551 MW of capacity was installed - the lowest ...
The birth of a wind turbine Boston.com
Boston.com -
By Jessica Bartlett A s the crowning piece on the $6 million Scituate wind turbine was lifted 270 feet into the air and attached to the tower on Feb. 19, the overwhelming feeling was relief.
3.03.2012
Michigan Says Wind Energy is Cheaper Than Coal SustainableBusiness.com
SustainableBusiness.com -
The report is an annual requirement, reporting on the impact of Michigan's Renewable Energy Standard (RES) to the state legislature.
UK rises to fifth place in global renewable investment league Solar Power Portal
Solar Power Portal -
A report published by Ernst & Young shows that the UK has climbed up to fifth place in its global rankings of attractiveness for investment in renewable energy. However, the paper warns that the global outlook for the clean energy market is far less ...
2011 saw record levels of renewable energy investment – uncertainty for 2012 Renewable Energy Focus
Renewable Energy Focus -
Despite the international economic crisis and the reduction of Government incentives, renewable energy is continuing to have a growing impact on the world energy market. Experts from Lahmeyer International and the Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum ...
Study: Climate change threatens life in oceans with extinction Albany Times Union
Albany Times Union -
The change - known as ocean acidification - is associated with several massive extinctions of marine life in that period of Earth's history, and now presents a growing threat, said study lead author Barbel Honisch, a paleoceanographer at Columbia ...
Quitter! Tar Sand Employee Quits Over Damage Gas 2.0
Gas 2.0 -
A few weeks ago, however, a Reddit user claiming to work for a tar sand oil extraction company says he quit his job over moral objections to the destruction his work was causing.
Obama warns on "false choice" between growth, environment Reuters
Reuters -
Republicans, citing Democrat Obama's rejection of TransCanada's Keystone XL
Hightower: Keystone XL would feed exports, do nothing to ease high gas price LubbockOnline.com
LubbockOnline.com -
The dirty little secret that those pushing so urgently for building Keystone XL don't want you to know is the tar sands oil producers are in cahoots with Texas refineries to move the product onto the lucrative global export market, selling it to buyers ...
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