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NYC’s Largest Solar Power Plant Planned To Cover World’s Largest Landfill

November 30, 2013, cleantechnica.com | “On Monday, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that Freshkills Park on Staten Island, once the world’s largest landfill, will soon be converted into the city’s largest solar energy facility. Once completed, the plant will produce up to 10 megawatts of power — five times more than any solar energy system in the city and enough to power approximately 2,000 homes.”

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NYC’s Largest Solar Power Plant Planned To Cover World’s Largest Landfill
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Originally published on Climate Progress. By Kiley Kroh On Monday, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that Freshkills Park on Staten Island, once the world’s largest landfill, will soon be converted into the city’s largest solar energy facility. Once completed, the plant will produce up…
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  • Robert Brothers ~ “The installation will span 47 acres and will consist of up to 35,000 high-efficiency solar panels, installed and operated by Sun Edison at no cost to the city.”
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Gateway Centre Hotel Complex in Rocky Mount, NC Adds Tesla Motors Supercharger Electric Vehicle Charging Station to Campus

November 26, 2013, www.enn.com | “The Gateway Centre Hotel Complex in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, recently celebrated their partnership with Tesla Motors to add a SuperCharger Electric Vehicle Charging station to the hotel campus with a ribbon cutting ceremony on November 14th. The Gateway Centre Hotel Complex, which consists of the Gateway Convention Center, DoubleTree by Hilton, Comfort Inn, Residence Inn and Courtyard by Marriott hotels, is excited to offer two universal chargers and four Tesla SuperChargers to guests.”

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Gateway Centre Hotel in North Carolina Adds Tesla Motors Electric Vehicle Charging Station
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Filed under: Automobiles, Energy - Renewable, Investments, Transportation

Victory over nuclear waste in Saskatchewan

Rally against Nuclear Waste Dumps, at the Saskatchewan Legislature, 2011. Photo by Daniel Johnson / Media Co-op (CC BY-NC 2.5 CA) Nov 26, 2013, intercontinentalcry.org | “Two Indigenous communities from northern Saskatchewan have finally been dropped from the selection process for a nuclear waste disposal site. One of them, Pinehouse, is a mostly Métis community on the shore of Pinehouse Lake. The other one, English River First Nation, is a Dene community to the northwest of Pinehouse. After several years of grassroots resistance spearheaded by the Committee for Future Generations and supported by other organizations, it was announced on Nov. 21 that both communities were unsuitable for further study.”

“Victory over nuclear waste in Saskatchewan
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Two Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan will not become nuclear waste disposal sites, thanks to grassroots resistance.”
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Filed under: Energy - Polluting, Energy - Renewable, Native Peoples, Native Peoples, Land, Nuclear

Large Study Shows Pollution Impact On Coral Reefs, and Offers Solution

November 26, 2013, www.sciencedaily.com | “One of the largest and longest experiments ever done to test the impact of nutrient loading on coral reefs today confirmed what scientists have long suspected — that this type of pollution from sewage, agricultural practices or other sources can lead to coral disease and bleaching.”

“…..corals were able to make a strong recovery within 10 months after the nutrient enrichment was stopped.” Vega-Thurber
Large study shows pollution impact on coral reefs, and offers solution
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One of the largest and longest experiments ever done to test the impact of nutrient loading on coral reefs today confirmed what scientists have long suspected — that this type of pollution from sewage, agricultural practices or other sources can lead to coral disease and bleaching. But there was un…”
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Filed under: Ocean Pollution, Oceans, Pollution, Trash cleanups, Water

Ban on Trapping in the Municipality

VICTORY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA!!
-IT´S A VERY GOOD DAY FOR THE FUR-BEARING ANIMALS!

LAST WEEK, COUNCIL PASSED BOTH FIRST & SECOND READINGS OF A MOTION THAT WOULD SEE A BAN ON TRAPPING IN THE MUNICIPALITY.

NANAIMO RESIDENTS BEGAN AN UPROAR WHEN THEY discovered active trapping occurring on a property in Linley
Valley, an area popular for hikers, families and dog walkers.
“When someone found out that the owner of a few parcels of
land was using leg-hold traps, they got quite excited and
angry, even though the landowner was, according to the law, doing everything by the book,” Pattje explained.
“But it started a conversation.”

THAT CONVERSATION DIDN´T TAKE LONG IN LOCATING APFA, who brought Executive Director Lesley Fox to a meeting with Pattje and his fellow councillor Bill Bestwick.
Within days of that meeting several weeks ago, Pattje and Bestwick introduced a notice of motion at Nanaimo Council,
which would see an end to the use of traps in the community.
On Monday, November 18, the motion passed first, second
and third readings without any significant opposition.

APFA WANTS TO CONGRATULATE THE RESIDENTS OF
Nanaimo, Councillor Fred Pattje and the rest of the Nanaimo Council for standing up for what they believe and working to protect the fur-bearing animals of their community.

Source:
http://www.furbearerdefenders.com/blogs/blog/66-11-2013/409-victory-in-nanaimo

Photo: VICTORY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA!! -IT´S A VERY GOOD DAY FOR THE FUR-BEARING ANIMALS! LAST WEEK, COUNCIL PASSED BOTH FIRST & SECOND READINGS OF A MOTION THAT WOULD SEE A BAN ON TRAPPING IN THE MUNICIPALITY. NANAIMO RESIDENTS BEGAN AN UPROAR WHEN THEY discovered active trapping occurring on a property in Linley Valley, an area popular for hikers, families and dog walkers. "When someone found out that the owner of a few parcels of land was using leg-hold traps, they got quite excited and angry, even though the landowner was, according to the law, doing everything by the book," Pattje explained. "But it started a conversation." THAT CONVERSATION DIDN´T TAKE LONG IN LOCATING APFA, who brought Executive Director Lesley Fox to a meeting with Pattje and his fellow councillor Bill Bestwick. Within days of that meeting several weeks ago, Pattje and Bestwick introduced a notice of motion at Nanaimo Council, which would see an end to the use of traps in the community. On Monday, November 18, the motion passed first, second and third readings without any significant opposition. APFA WANTS TO CONGRATULATE THE RESIDENTS OF Nanaimo, Councillor Fred Pattje and the rest of the Nanaimo Council for standing up for what they believe and working to protect the fur-bearing animals of their community. Source: http://www.furbearerdefenders.com/blogs/blog/66-11-2013/409-victory-in-nanaimo

 

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Oysters Come Back After Humans Ate So Many They Disappeared

Oysters Come Back After Humans Ate So Many They Disappeared

November 23, 2013, www.care2.com | “It only took one century for “ravenous San Franciscans” to catch and devour so many oysters that they disappeared from the waters where they had lived for millennia. In 1893, Olympia oyster beds covered 8,033 acres — about a half-million per acre — in Newport Bay, Elkhorn Slough, San Francisco Bay and Humboldt Bay but by 1911, all the region’s native oyster beds had disappeared.”

Over the past year, two million oysters have settled on human-made reefs composed of mesh bags filled with discarded shells from Drakes Bay Oyster Co.
Oysters Brought Back to San Francisco Bay — 100 years after the last oyster from the Bay was eaten
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Thanks to the good work of conservationists, oysters are coming back to the San Francisco Bay.
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Filed under: Animals, Animals & Plants, Compassionate Actions, Endangered Species, Oceans, Species Re-discovered

Yakama Win in $97 Million Historic Land Mega-Deal

November 22, 2013, indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com | “It took three years and $97 million, but the largest land purchase in Washington State history to benefit resource and conservation management has just been finalized, and the Yakama Nation was instrumental in its orchestration.”

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Yakama Win in $97 Million Historic Land Mega-Deal
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The biggest public land purchase in Washington State history has been finalized for $97 million, and the Yakama Nation was instrumental.
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Filed under: Earth Ceremonies, Forests, Native Peoples, Native Peoples, Land, Protection, Restoration, Sustainable Forestry, Tree-plantings

Ontario Premier’s Bill Bans Coal-Fired Power in the Province

Wynne, Gore

November 22, 2013, ens-newswire.com | “Ontario is going coal-free. The largest coal-burning power plant in North America, Nanticoke Generating Station on the north shore of Lake Erie, will stop burning coal this year, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne announced on Thursday.”

It can be done: Ontario will be the first jurisdiction in North America to ban coal.
Photo: It can be done: Ontario will be the first jurisdiction in North America to ban coal.
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Filed under: Coal, Economics, Energy - Polluting, Energy - Renewable, Investments, Solar, Wind

TVA Closing 8 Coal Units At Plants In Alabama And Kentucky

November 21, 2013, www.lex18.com | “The nation’s largest public utility is shuttering eight coal-fired boilers at plants in Alabama and Kentucky, and more reductions could be in store over the next few years.  The Tennessee Valley Authority relied on coal to generate a majority of its electricity for decades, but at a Thursday board meeting in Oxford, Miss., CEO Bill Johnson said he hopes to reduce coal to just 20 percent of the utility’s portfolio over the next decade. It currently stands at 38 percent.”

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“TVA Closing 8 Coal Units At Plants In Alabama And Kentucky — for economic and health reasons
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(AP) – The nation’s largest public utility is shuttering eight coal-fired boilers at plants in Alabama and Kentucky, and more reductions could be in store over the next few years. The Tennessee Valley Authority relied on coal to generate a majority of its electricity for decades, but at a Thursday b…”
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Govts pledge $280M to slow deforestation for agriculture

Forest cover by climate domain 2012
November 21, 2013, news.mongabay.com | “The governments of Norway, Britain and the United States pledged $280 million toward a new initiative that aims to reduce emissions associated with forest conversion for agriculture, reports Reuters. The money will come out of previously committed funds for climate change.”

“Govts pledge $280M to slow deforestation for agriculture
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The governments of Norway, Britain and the United States pledged $280 million toward a new initiative that aims to reduce emissions associated with forest conversion for agriculture, reports Reuters. The money will come out of previously committed funds for climate change. The initiative, called the…”
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