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Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith.
Ronald Reagan
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The Google dropped $5.16 million dollars on lobbyists in 2010, according to the Lobbying Disclosure Act Database. The sum represents a 29% increase over the $4 million the company spent in 2009.The Google dropped $5.16 million dollars on lobbyists in 2010, according to the... more
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Latest Sports News Updates Mr. Korie Lucious made one too many mistakes at Michigan State. The player who will long be known around these parts as Mr. Korie Lucious "Bleeping" Lucious has been kicked off Michigan State's basketball team because of an unspecified violation of team rules.Latest Sports News Updates Mr. Korie Lucious made one too many mistakes at Michigan... more
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Recently Complete News Updates The city of Fort Lauderdale honored Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity on Jan. Former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Mr. John E. Wallace of Washington Township will receive “A Drum Major...Recently Complete News Updates The city of Fort Lauderdale honored Kappa Alpha Psi... more
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Saturday - January 22, 2011 - Calling Owners of Historic Buildings!
Saturday, January 22, 2011 at the Coupeville Library (788 Alexander Street), you are invited to a heritage building grants workshop, and an energy efficiency homeowner clinic.
From 9-9:45am, learn about the new Heritage Building Grants Program to support preservation of the Reserve's historic Buildings. Pick up an application, learn about the process, and get your questions answered.
From 10am-Noon, using two case studies within Ebey's Reserve, learn about the main energy issues facing residents of historic homes. Hear from an Energy Auditor and building expert about the best ways to increase efficiency, lower energy costs and maintain the historic character of your home.
This event is free, and light refreshments are provided.Saturday - January 22, 2011 - Calling Owners of Historic Buildings!
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Sea Shepherd representative Libby Katsinis is keeping watch on the killing cove of Taiji, Japan. Recently she has watched Dolphins throw themselves on coastal rocks and die of suicide rather than be killed. You can read her daily reports with photos and video on our Cove Guardian page.
http://www.seashepherd.org/dolphins/cove-guardian-reports/Sea Shepherd representative Libby Katsinis is keeping watch on the killing cove of... more
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Hoosiers Can Get A Hand In The Face.Northwestern is in a bit of tailspin itself, having lost four of five, but I’m certain the Wildcats are looking at IU as a team they could get well against.Hoosiers Can Get A Hand In The Face.Northwestern is in a bit of tailspin itself,... more
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Recently Complete Sports News Updates Mr. Marshawn Lynch absolutely destroyed the Saints defense on this 76-yard run where he broke no less than 6 tackles and embarrassed no less than anyone. It was pretty much assumed that the winner of last week's Seahawks vs. Rams game...Recently Complete Sports News Updates Mr. Marshawn Lynch absolutely destroyed the... more
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by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger
For the environmental community, this coming year offers a chance to regroup, rethink and regrow. Two years ago, it seemed possible that politicians would make progress on climate change issues—that a Democratic Congress would pass a cap-and-trade bill, that a Democratic president would lead the international community toward agreement on emissions standards. And so for two years environmentalists cultivated plans that ultimately came to naught.
What comes next? What comes now? It’s clear that looking to Washington for environmental leadership is futile. But looking elsewhere might lead to more fertile ground.
Our new leaders
On Wednesday, the 112th Congress began, and Republicans took over the House. They are not going to tackle environmental legislation. This past election launched a host of climate deniers into office, and even members of Congress inclined to more reasonable environmental views, like Rep. Fred Upton, now chair of the House Energy and Commerce committee, have tacked towards the right. Whereas once Upton recognized the need for action on climate change and reducing carbon emissions, recently he has been pushing back against the Environmental Protection Agency’s impending carbon regulations and questioning whether carbon emissions are a problem at all.
“It’s worth remembering that Upton was once considered among the most moderate members of the GOP on the issue,” writes Kate Sheppard at Mother Jones. “No longer.”
Good riddance
The climate bill is really, truly, dead, and it’s not coming back. But as Dave Roberts and Thomas Pitilli illustrate in Grist’s graphic account of the bill’s demise recalls, by the time it reached the Senate, the bill was already riddled with compromises.
And so perhaps it’s not such bad news that there’s space now to rethink how progressives should approach environmental and energy issues.
“It’s refreshing to shake the Etch-a-Sketch. You get to draw a new picture. The energy debate needs a new picture,” policy analyst Jason Grumet said last month, as Grist reports.
Already, in The Washington Monthly, Jeffrey Leonard, the CEO of the Global Environmental Fund, is pitching an idea that played no part in the discussions of the past two years. He writes:
If President Obama wants to set us on a path to a sustainable energy future—and a green one, too—he should propose a very simple solution to the current mess: eliminate all energy subsidies. Yes, eliminate them all—for oil, coal, gas, nuclear, ethanol, even for wind and solar. … Because wind, solar, and other green energy sources get only the tiniest sliver of the overall subsidy pie, they’ll have a competitive advantage in the long term if all subsidies, including the huge ones for fossil fuels, are eliminated.
No impact? No sweat
Federal policies aren’t the only part of the picture that can be re-drawn. Even as Congress failed to act on climate change, an ever-increasing number of Americans decided to make changes to decrease their impact on the environment.
Colin Beavan committed more dramatically than most: his No Impact Man project required that he switch to a zero-waste life style. This year, he partnered with Yes! Magazine for No Impact Week, which asks participants to engage in an 8-day “carbon cleanse,” in which they try out low-impact living. Yes! is publishing the chronicles of participants’ ups and downs with the experiment: Deb Seymour found it empowering to give up her right to shop; Grace Porter missed her bus stop and had to walk two miles to school; Aran Seaman found a local site where he could compost food scraps.
The long view
Perhaps, for some of the participants, No Impact Week will continue on after eight days. After Seaman participated last year, he gave up his car in favor of biking and public transportation.
On the surface, giving up a convenience like that can seem like a sacrifice. But it needn’t be. Janisse Ray writes in Orion Magazine about her decision to give up plane travel for environmental reasons. Instead, she now travels long distances by train, and that comes with its own pleasures:
Through the long night the train rocks down the rails, stopping in Charleston, Rocky Mount, Richmond, and other marvelous southern places. People get on and off. Across the aisle a woman is traveling with two children I learn are her son, aged twelve, and her granddaughter, ten months. In South Carolina we pick up a woman come from burying her father. He had wanted to go home, she says. She drinks periodically from a small bottle of wine buried in the pocket of her black overcoat. The train is not crowded, and I have two seats to myself.
Our true leaders
Ultimately, though, sweeping environmental changes will require leadership and societal changes. American politicians may have abdicated that responsibility for now, but others are still fighting. In In These Times, Robert Hirschfield writes of Subhas Dutta, who’s building a green movement in India.
“The environmental issue is the issue of today. The political parties, all of them, have let us down,” Dutta says. “We want to be part of the decision-making process on the state and national levels. The struggle for the environment has to be fought politically.”
One person who understood that was Judy Bonds, the anti-mountaintop removal mining activist, who died this week of cancer. Grist, Change.org, and Mother Jones all have remembrances; at Change.org, Phil Aroneanu shared “a beautiful elegy to Judy from her friend and colleague Vernon Haltom:”
I can’t count the number of times someone told me they got involved because they heard Judy speak, either at their university, at a rally, or in a documentary. Years ago she envisioned a “thousand hillbilly march” in Washington, DC. In 2010, that dream became a reality as thousands marched on the White House for Appalachia Rising….While we grieve, let’s remember what she said, “Fight harder.”
This post features links to the best independent, progressive reporting about the environment by members of The Media Consortium. It is free to reprint. Visit the Mulch for a complete list of articles on environmental issues, or follow us on Twitter. And for the best progressive reporting on critical economy, health care and immigration issues, check out The Audit, The Pulse, and The Diaspora. This is a project of The Media Consortium, a network of leading independent media outlets.by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger
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"Employers in the U.S. added fewer jobs than forecast in December, confirming Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s view that it will take years for the labor market to heal.
Payrolls increased 103,000, compared with the median forecast of 150,000 in a Bloomberg News survey, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. Employment the prior two months rose more than initially estimated. The jobless rate fell to 9.4 percent, partly reflecting a shrinking workforce."
Felt that it was about time I started posting more relevant news back on current.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-07/u-s-adds-fewer-than-estimated-103-000-jobs-unemployment-declines-to-9-4-.html"Employers in the U.S. added fewer jobs than forecast in December, confirming... more
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He has helped write popular television dramas and has stroked many a sweet drop shot on the tennis court. He has written a book about education in developing countries.He has helped write popular television dramas and has stroked many a sweet drop shot... more
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Washington, the Pentagon, and the U.S. military need to enter rehab for their addiction to waging war and empire across the planet.Washington, the Pentagon, and the U.S. military need to enter rehab for their... more
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A U.S. offer to supply Pakistan with its own fleet of surveillance drone aircraft delighted Islamabad a year ago but now threatens to turn into another source of friction between the two nations.
The offer was made by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates during a trip to Islamabad in January 2010 but talks have failed to gain traction, with Pakistan privately voicing concern about what it says are exorbitant prices and a snail-pace delivery timeline.
http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/reuters/National/76576A U.S. offer to supply Pakistan with its own fleet of surveillance drone aircraft... more
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has been successfully pushing back against White House attempts to more severely cut into weapons program funding than what the Pentagon had been bracing for, an analyst and defense company source said on Tuesday.
http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/reuters/International/75936U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has been successfully pushing back against White... more
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President Barack Obama, bracing for battles with Republicans over the budget and other issues, is weighing several staff changes, including the hiring of a new top economic adviser and the possible selection of a new chief of staff.
http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/reuters/International/75927President Barack Obama, bracing for battles with Republicans over the budget and other... more
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VANCOUVER, Wash. - Police are trying to track down a pair of suspects who drove into a bowling alley and drove off with an ATM machine.
The entrance at Allen's Crosley Lanes on Evergreen Boulevard just off of Mill Plain boulevard in Vancouver was heavily damaged by the theft.
The smash-and-grab robbery happened at around 2:40 a.m. Monday and was caught on security video. Investigators said one of the suspects was dressed in camouflage.
In the video, the suspects drive a black minivan right through the front doors of the bowling alley, knocking over video machines and a Christmas tree.
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http://www.kboi2.com/news/local/112812469.htmlVANCOUVER, Wash. - Police are trying to track down a pair of suspects who drove into a... more
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Western states facing 'all-day onslaught' from massive winter storm
By the CNN Wire Staff
December 19, 2010 1:04 p.m. EST
California's bleak weekend weather
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* Up to 10 feet of snow is possible in the Sierra Nevadas
* Lower elevations will see up to 18 inches of rain
* Mudslides are a possibility in southern California
(CNN) -- A huge winter storm was affecting the West Coast on Sunday, poised to dump up to 10 feet of snow in some higher elevations, and causing flooding and potential mudslides in lower spots while impacting driving conditions and air travel, forecasters said.
A winter storm warning remained in effect through Monday afternoon for California's Sierra Nevada mountains, from Yosemite to Kings Canyon, according to the National Weather Service. "Storm totals of 5 to 10 feet above 7,000 feet are likely," the weather service said, and periods of heavy snow will continue through Monday. High winds are also forecast for the region.
"Travel into the high country of the southern Sierra Nevada may be difficult, if not impossible," according to forecasters.
"It's going to be an all-day onslaught," CNN meteorologist Reynolds Wolf said. Areas from Denver westward will see rain, he said.
At lower elevations, heavy rain was causing flash flooding in a number of locations. Flood advisories and watches were posted almost the entire length of California, from Redding to San Diego. Los Angeles had received 2 to 3 inches of rain as of about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, and "more significant rain" was on the way, forecasters said.
Flooding in the San Joaquin valley, which includes Fresno and Sacramento, is a "firm possibility," Wolf said. Footage from Sacramento showed drivers creeping through water on roadways.
And with the heavy rain comes the threat of mudslides, especially in areas near Los Angeles affected by this year's wildfires, where there is no vegetation to hold the soil in place, Wolf said. The soil becomes saturated, and gravity pulls it downward.
"Some minor debris and rock slides have already been reported early this morning," said a Southern California flood advisory issued by the National Weather Service, "and this threat will likely continue through this morning." The threat could also be delayed, meaning it will not abate when the rains stop and could occur later, Wolf said.
The storm -- actually a series of storms -- were triggered by "deep persistent moisture" originating from the subtropical Pacific and surging northeastward, CNN meteorologist Sean Morris said. The phenomenon is often called the "Pineapple Express," he said, because the moisture originates near the Hawaiian islands.
The series will affect the region through Wednesday, with the strongest portions yet to come, Morris said Saturday. Rainfall amounts could reach 10 to 12 inches in some spots and 18 inches in isolated areas, he said.
The storms could be the strongest to hit southern California since January 2005, he said, when up to 32 inches of rain came in a five-day period.
On Saturday, there were more than 260 freeway crashes in Los Angeles County and unincorporated areas because of the rain, said California Highway Patrol Officer Ed Jacobs. That is compared with 48 last Saturday, when it was not raining, he said.
Most of the crashes were "minor fender-benders," he said, but two people died in a crash in Santa Clarita. "We think the driver was just going too fast in that case," he said.
About 5,000 customers lost power in southern California, said Steve Conroy of Southern California Edison, but he noted that is a small percentage of the company's 5.4 million customers.
The biggest problem the company faced Saturday was drivers traveling too fast and sliding into poles, causing some service interruptions, Conroy said. The company serves some of the mountain areas and has crews in place there, he said. "Overall, we're in good shape."
About 2,100 customers lost power early Sunday in the Highland Park area of Los Angeles, but power had been restored as of about 6:30 Sunday morning, said Maychelle Yee, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The outages were probably weather-related, she said.
Further north, high winds affected Seattle, downing trees and power lines, and knocking out power to about 100,000 people. Most of those had been restored as of Sunday. Footage from Spokane, Washington, showed drivers crashing as they slid down a snowy hill.
Besides the potential for road closures, air travel could be affected in cities including San Francisco; Los Angeles; Seattle; Portland, Oregon; and Salt Lake City, Wolf said. Those delays could have a ripple effect elsewhere as a busy holiday travel week approaches.
As of 8:20 a.m., the only delay posted on the Federal Aviation Administration's website was in San Francisco, where arriving flights were experiencing a delay of more than an hour.
CNN's Nick Valencia contributed to this report.
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President Obama received 12 stitches after suffering an injury during a basketball game, according to a White House statement:Barack Obama received 12 stitches in his upper lip after being socked in the mouth by an errant elbow during a holiday basketball ...President Obama received 12 stitches after suffering an injury during a basketball... more
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