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5 Moving Dog Rescues

5 Moving Dog Rescues

February 25, 2013 www.care2.com | “Sometimes you just need some good news. Care2 Causes knows how you feel, and we’re here to help with five stories of kind-hearted men rescuing dogs in despair. Note that 60 percent of these rescues involve firefighters. I’m heading out to find one to hug.”

5 Moving Dog Rescues
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Enjoy five stories of kind-hearted men rescuing dogs in despair. Note that 60% of these rescues involve firefighters. I’m heading out to find one to hug.
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Filed under: Animals, Animals & Plants, Compassionate Actions

France Unveils Measures to Decrease Energy Use

Feb 26, 2013, www.enn.com | “Even after the election of François Hollande as President of France, an energy conservation measure of the previous government will be implemented.”

A VICTORY FOR STARGAZERS AND CLIMATE
All nonresidential buildings will be required to shut off their lights an hour after the last worker leaves or by 1 a.m. each morning. Lights can be turned on again until 7 a.m. or just before they open. Similarly, the lights on building facades will have to be turned off.
LIGHTS OFF AT NIGHT! – France Unveils Measures to Decrease Energy
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Filed under: Business Policy, Economics, Energy, Energy - Renewable

Blazing tires will no longer power Illinois homes

Tires should not be burned for electricity

Feb 26, 2013, grist.org | “Take a cloud of carbon monoxide. Mix in nitrogen oxide, sulfur oxide, and ammonia. Sprinkle it with a heap of soot.  That poisonous recipe is cooked up and released into the air when tires are burned. And it’s what residents of the heavily polluted, low-income, predominantly black community of Ford Heights, Ill., have been breathing, on and off, since a tire-incinerating power plant began operating in their neighborhood in 1995.”

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“Blazing tires will no longer power Illinois homes. A company that burned tires to produce dirty electricity in Illinois has agreed to shutter its facility following civil rights complaints.”
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Filed under: Air, Climate, Energy - Polluting, Local Policy, Pollution

Indian Farmers Produce Record Amounts of Crops, Without GMOs

Wheat Farmer

February 26, 2013, greatist.com | “For years, much of the news to come from India’s farming regions was dismal. The country was facing an agrarian crisis, and thousands of farmers were committing suicide in the face of dwindling economic prospects.  Now it seems the farmers’ luck has turned. The UK newspaper The Guardian recently ran a feature on the “rice revolution” in India, where people have been producing record amounts of rice as well as wheat, potatoes, and other crops.”

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Indian Farmers Produce Record Amounts of Crops, Without GMOs | Greatist
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Some call it a “rice revolution.” Farmers in India are growing record-breaking amounts of rice, wheat, potatoes, and other crops, all without the use of genetically modified seeds.
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Filed under: Business Policy, Buy Local, Community Gardens, Economics, Education, Farms & Gardens, GMO Bans, GMO set backs, GMOs, Green Jobs, Local Food, Organic Farming, Urban Agriculture

U.S. Power Giant to Cut Coal Emissions Polluting Eastern States

February 25, 2013, ens-newswire.com | “The U.S. EPA, eight states and 13 citizens groups have reached an agreement with American Electric Power that requires the nation’s largest power company to cut air pollution at 16 of its coal-fired power plants across the Midwest and South.”

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Filed under: Business Policy, Climate, Coal, Coal Seam Gas, Energy - Polluting, Materials

BP oil spill trial starts today

Feb 25, 2013, www.treehugger.com | “The civil trial over the disastrous 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico begins today in New Orleans. BP is facing civil fines of up to $17.6 billion, which would be the largest civil fine in history.”

BP is facing civil fines of up to $17.6 billion
A Rachel Maddow video that explains the basis for these fines can be found at this link.
BP oil spill trial starts today.
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The trial over the BP oil spill begins today and it may become the biggest civil trial in history.
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Filed under: Business Policy, Climate, Economics, Energy - Polluting, Lawsuits - Climate, Ocean Pollution, Oceans, Oil

Conservation Groups Applaud Alaska Reserve Plan

Photo: VICTORY AT LAST! In case you missed the big news this week, a staggering 11 MILLION ACRES of the most important wildlife habitat in the Western Arctic gained protection in a move hailed by conservation groups and Alaska Natives. http://ow.ly/hXIdtThe Western Arctic - the largest expanse of undisturbed public land in the US - is home to some of the world's greatest caribou herds as well as the country's largest concentration of grizzly bears. It's also home to gray wolves, peregrine falcons, muskoxen, bald eagles, and beluga whales. The announcement from the Obama administration that roughly half of the entire Western Arctic will be protected from harmful activities like oil and gas development is a huge relief to all those who care about the majestic Arctic.Click SHARE and LIKE if you are thrilled with the good news! Share your thoughts below.(This incredible photo of muskoxen in the Western Arctic is courtesy of Florian Schulz / www.visionsofthewild.com)

Feb 21, 2013, earthjustice.org | “Today, the Department of the Interior issued a Record of Decision that formally adopts a new Integrated Activity Plan for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (Reserve). Located on Alaska’s North Slope and almost 22 million acres in size, the Reserve is our country’s largest single unit of public land.”

“VICTORY AT LAST! In case you missed the big news this week, a staggering 11 MILLION ACRES of the most important wildlife habitat in the Western Arctic gained protection in a move hailed by conservation groups and Alaska Natives. http://ow.ly/hXIdt“
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Filed under: Animals, Animals & Plants, Business Policy, Compassionate Actions, Endangered Species, National Policy, Ocean Fish, Oceans, Protection, Rivers & Wetlands

Landmark Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Celebrates First Anniversary Coalition taking fast action to reduce black carbon, HFCs, and methane

February 19, 2013, www.enn.com | “‘In its first year the Coalition has been brilliant in developing a spirit of urgent optimism, a spirit that is critical for solving the daunting problem of climate change,’ stated Durwood Zaelke, President of the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development, one of the NGO members.  ‘And it’s already working on plans for taking its strategies to the scale it needs to meet the bold challenge of cutting the rate of warming in half for the next 40 years, with the World Bank pledging billions of new dollars for their efforts. The Coalition is a rare climate success story.'”

fast-action initiatives: reducing methane from urban landfills and from the oil and gas industry; reducing black carbon emissions from brick kilns and from heavy duty diesel vehicles and engines; promoting alternatives to HFCs; scaling up finance to reduce all SLCPs; and developing SLCP National Action Plans. The Coalition is also developing additional proposals to address open burning of biomass and pollution from cookstoves.
1st Anniversary -> Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
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Filed under: Business Policy, Climate, Economics, International Policy, Local Policy, National Policy

The wonders of detailed satellite imagery

mountain wave wp The wonders of detailed satellite imagery

Feb 19, 2013, blogs.channel4.com | “Satellite imagery has a very important part to play in weather. It not only allows us to see what is happening right now, it also gives invaluable information that can be put into weather computer models to predict what is going to happen in the future.”

The wonders of detailed satellite imagery
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When glancing at a satellite image, it’s easy to just see bits of cloud, but if you look closely, so much information can be gained – giving an understanding of what is going on in the sky above.
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Filed under: Air, Climate, Oceans, Outdoor Programs, Uncategorized, Water

Whales to benefit from a reduction in shipping noise

Feb 19, 2013, www.enn.com | “One of the rarest of the large whales, the North Atlantic right whale is thought to have a population of just 500 individuals, and it is believed that excessive noise along shipping routes is likely to negatively affect this threatened species.”

“An iPad application has been developed which enables sea captains to visualise the locations of whales across the USA’s entire East Coast, and to know when to slow their ships down. Results indicate that this change in operations has already helped to significantly lower the amount of noise pollution in the area.”
Whales to benefit from a reduction in shipping noise
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