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Why is Obama having Napolitano claim climate change is the greatest risk we face in America?

And it’s just weird to hear Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security, describe her department’s focus on environmental justice and climate adaptation. (Audio, our transcript):
So as we look at climate change, the climate change that we are in, and think about the environmental phenomenon that is happening in the course of our own lives, we translate that into increased drought. We translate that into increased likelihood of wildfires, particularly catastrophic fires in the West, we translate that into more category four and five hurricanes, and that affects communities around the gulf but also up and down the Atlantic seaboard and the Pacific as well, and other natural occurrences that are affected by changes in climate.

Changes in climate really translate into huge environmental changes that have impacts on communities and also on national security, because they raise not only the issues of making sure that we are taking into account and caring for the most at-risk populations, but that we are also looking at and planning for the potentiality of mass migrations, demographic changes, patterns, concentrations of economic assets, population growth in different areas, deteriorating infrastructure. All of this gets knit together under this umbrella of climate change and environmental adaptation.

That’s an expansive, expensive agenda, isn’t it? We thought Congress formed the Department of Homeland Security to more effectively address imminent threats to the American people, priorities like fighting terrorism, controlling our borders, and handling security at our ports and airports. Turns out the Department is instead working on EVERYTHING!

http://shopfloor.org/2010/12/if-jobs-are-the-priority-whats-environmental-justice/16902

http://shopfloor.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Napolitano-at-Environmental-Justice-Conference.pdf

Somebody could translate it into Spanish? 10 points + 5 stars?

Cheryl: So, Nick, you’ve worked as an environmental scientist in Australia.

Nick: Yeah, I have. I worked in my hometown in Tasmania, and in Tasmania, there’s many environmental issues, particularly involving logging of native forests there.

Cheryl: Oh, logging.

Nick: Yeah, logging.

Cheryl: I recently heard about logging problems in Brazil, I mean Belize in Central America. But what kind of logging issues do you have in Tasmania?

Nick: So, in Tasmania, there’s some very old forests, maybe hundreds of thousands of years old, and some companies are destroying them, clear-filling the forest, parts of the forest there.

Cheryl: Really! What are the companies using the forests for?

Nick: To make paper actually. To make wood chips, and then turn wood chips into paper.

Cheryl: So, there all paper companies?

Nick: Mm, paper companies.

Cheryl: Oh, really.

Nick: Or paper companies in the end. So initially, loggers, the people which log, go in, they take the trees, they take the trees to big industry, which then break them to wood chips, then make them into paper. And my job was to try to find out how we could minimize the destructiveness of that operation.

Cheryl: So what kind of destructiveness would the impact of having deforestation in Tassie …?

Nick: In Tassie?

Cheryl: Well, like many animals die obviously, and much biodiversity is taken away, but there’s ways to change that process and make it better, so some solutions are instead of clear-filling, just destroying the entire forest section, just take sections out of the forests. Make the forests look like, maybe a checkerboard, so you only take patches of forests, small patches and hopefully don’t kill too many animals in the process.

Cheryl: But wouldn’t that still destroy a percentage of wildlife living in those patches?

Nick: Yes, yeah, it will but we still use paper everywhere in the world, so if we use paper, well, the trees need to come from somewhere, so we need to get the practice possible.

Cheryl: Mm, I see.

Nick: So, it’s a bit of give-and-take.

Cheryl: We can’t stop using paper right?

Nick: Oh, I think we should stop using paper. I think we can, but at this stage it’s difficult maybe.

Who are the real anagonists in the political life of America today?

Is it really a political war between cons and libs or have the neocons managed to get us to fight with each other and ignore the real threat that they pose to our civil liberties, economic and environmental health….real conservatives and liberals have both evolved as time goes by, sometimes I have agreed more with conservatives on some issues, sometimes more with liberals…for instance, I thought Clinton should have been removed from office, not because of his affair, but because he lied to a grand jury….all my life I have respected the position of conservatives whether I agree or not, argue strongly, then go have a beet together, but lately the atmosphere has been poisoned.

Does this surprise anyone concerning Obama?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20100121/pl_bloomberg/a8uii1bcrdmy

Let’s be real, Obama never had a real job in his life, never had to work for a living and no wonder investors don’t trust him on his ability to handle the issues of America. Dana once said that Obama was the best environmental president ever. Wow, Obama most likely never once considered the environment or ever walked in the wilderness in his entire life yet a liberal thinks he is an environmentalist. Lot’s of Wilderness areas in Chicago I hear.
Beren, the climate hoax is a political issue. Where have you been?

Do you support “America’s Climate Security Act of 2007?”?

S. 2191 was introduced Oct. 18th by Senators Lieberman and Warner, who are Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Senate Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection.

A key supporter of the bill, Environmental Defense, issued a statement saying that the bill would require that covered sectors, about 80% of the U.S. economy, reduce emissions by 15% below 2005 levels in 2020, a “strong target” that they say “helps put the U.S. on the path to much deeper reductions by the middle of the century.”

The bill also has support from the National Wildlife Federation, Exelon Corporation, PGE Corp; Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies.

http://lieberman.senate.gov/documents/acsabill.pdf

Why don’t we live in a resource based economy?

A resource-based economy would replace the need for the current monetary economy, which is “scarcity-oriented” or “scarcity-based”. Resource-Based Economy is a system in which all goods and services are available without the use of money, credits, barter or any other system of debt or servitude.

Modern society has access to highly advanced technology and can make available food, clothing, housing and medical care; update our educational system; and develop a limitless supply of renewable, non-contaminating energy. By supplying an efficiently designed economy, everyone can enjoy a very high standard of living with all of the amenities of a high technological society.

A resource-based economy would utilize existing resources from the land and sea, physical equipment, industrial plants, etc. to enhance the lives of the total population. In an economy based on resources rather than money, we could easily produce all of the necessities of life and provide a high standard of living for all.

Should we be moving towards a resource based economy? If not why not? Can we get away from the scarcity based economy we are currently in and take a great leap forward towards a resource based economy? If we can, how will it happen? If we can’t, why not?

What do you think of the venus project?

It’s useless to criticize the culture without providing alternatives. The Venus Project proposes plans for social change that work toward a peaceful and sustainable global civilization. It outlines an alternative social design where human rights are not just paper proclamations, but a way of life. The Venus Project has a vision of what the future can be if we apply what we already know to achieve a sustainable world civilization. It calls for a scientific redesign of our culture in which war, poverty, hunger, debt, and unnecessary human, suffering are viewed as not only avoidable, but unacceptable. Anything less will result in a disastrous continuation of the problems inherent in today’s world.

Simply stated, a resource-based economy focuses on resources rather than money, and provides an equitable distribution thereof in a humane and efficient manner. It is a system in which goods and services are available without the use of money, credit, barter, debt, or servitude.

The first objective is to eliminate scarcity. A resource-based economy overcomes scarcity by using renewable sources of energy, plus computerized automated manufacturing and inventory. It would design safe energy-efficient cities with advanced transportation systems, and would provide universal health care and more relevant education.
The aim of this new social design is to encourage an incentive system based on human and environmental concerns, and to avoid the shallow and self-centered goals of individual wealth, property, and power. These new incentives would help people evolve self-fulfillment and creativity, both materially and spiritually.

Does this make you made Republicans!?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/11/MNI6116RIU.DTL&type=printable

Senate Democrats pushed a vote Tuesday on a bill to impose a windfall profits tax of 25 percent on the major oil companies, the proceeds going to subsidize new renewable energy. The bill’s sponsors said it is obscene that Exxon Mobil Corp. and other oil companies are making the largest profits in history while consumers are suffering.

But Republicans countered that imposing a punitive tax would only discourage oil companies from new oil exploration. The measure failed on a 51-43 vote, falling nine votes short of the 60 needed to break a potential filibuster.

Republicans also blocked debate on a measure to extend tax credits for wind, solar and other renewable energy sources. The bill failed on a 50-44 vote; GOP senators opposed the bill because it would have raised taxes on hedge-fund managers to pay for the tax credits.

Does this not just scream oil for the oil gods to you!!!
Republican plan

Arctic drilling: Open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil drilling.

Coastal drilling: Allow states to approve drilling for oil and natural gas off their coasts.

Encourage refineries: Offer incentives to oil companies to build new refineries.

More tax breaks: Create new tax breaks to speed the development of coal-to-liquid fuels.

Nothing about trying to find ways to remove ourselves from oil at all!!! Its all about the oil baby!!!

These are the reason I am an independent voter!!! As you can see these people in office have sold off their souls a long time ago and should be removed!!!
Error in question, not made its MAD!!!!
fouro33

Sorry, I am not going to buy into the whole supply and demand crap they are spiting out at us. Its one thing to make a buck and its another thing to make a buck off the backs of your fellow man!!

Should a group of people be allowed to control all aspects of a company. I think that falls under the laws of monopoly of which is against the law if I am not correct!

Have you ever see the movie a Beautiful Mind.

I dont think anybody in American minds profit!! Then again people in American do mind when they are being ran blantly over by the government and these companies.
Robert J

If they are just pandering for vote then why dont they pony up and show it down their throats.

As far as the companies goes they are getting any and everything they want from the government. I dont forsee them leaving any time soon even if things did change.

Could you commit on the other information please as well?
Brotherj

Maybe somebody should pony up the government and to the big oil companies. Maybe somebody should put their money where there mouth is. Why not pony up to them because you willing to settle for what they give you then change to make things better.

If this is the case they when everything keeps going to hell, you can say to the man on top can I please have a scrap of that bread and part of the meat because I am unable to buy gas to get to my job. Sounds like you sold yourself short sir!
Derail

Sometimes changes comes at a cost, American Revolution! We need to better our way of life and staying with the oil GODS is not one of them. We can either fall behind in the world or move forward to stay on top. I for one wound like to say that this country is still first place in 10 years.
Vote_usa

Point well made their sir and I do enjoy the fact that you understand how most think these two parties work on different side! In fact they work together for the better of themselves.

You point shows that we need more parties in office!

Are Republicans in Congress more concerned with Hedge Fund Profits than developing alternatives to Oil?

Republicans also blocked debate on a measure to extend tax credits for wind, solar and other renewable energy sources. The bill failed on a 50-44 vote; GOP senators opposed the bill because it would have raised taxes on hedge-fund managers to pay for the tax credits.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/11/MNI6116RIU.DTL

Blood and Gore. Can you believe that Al Gore’s carbon credit trading company has that name?

You people are being led like sheep to the slaughterhouse with Al Gore’s mindless carbon nonsense:

The Money and Connections Behind Al Gore’s Carbon Crusade
by Deborah Corey Barnes

10/03/2007

Al Gore’s campaign against global warming is shifting into high gear. Reporters and commentators follow his every move and bombard the public with notice of his activities and opinions. But while the mainstream media promote his ideas about the state of planet Earth, they are mostly silent about the dramatic impact his economic proposals would have on America. And journalists routinely ignore evidence that he may personally benefit from his programs. Would the romance fizzle if Gore’s followers realized how much their man stands to gain?

Earlier this year Gore experienced a notable public relations debacle. The Tennessee Center for Policy Research, a state think tank, revealed that he was an energy hog. Public records show that Gore’s Nashville mansion used in one month more than twice the electricity the typical American household uses in a year: His average monthly electric bill was more than $1,359. Moreover, Gore’s household energy use increased after An Inconvenient Truth, his film about global warming, was released to ecstatic reviews.

Never mind that the scientific community is divided over what causes global warming, how bad it is and how to deal with it. Gore plays Chicken Little to the media’s applause, insisting that the world is warming dangerously and that he has the solution.

The ‘Cap-and-Trade’ System

To resolve the “climate crisis,” Gore wants to put a cap on the production of greenhouse gases. He calls for an immediate freeze on U.S. emissions, a ban on new coal-fired power plants, tough new fuel-economy and energy-efficiency standards, renewable energy mandates, carbon taxes and mandatory targets and timetables for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. Those emissions consist mostly of carbon dioxide (CO2), the byproduct of fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas, which supply 85% of all U.S. energy. Gore’s blueprint to save the planet moves the United States towards a command economy in which government regulators hold sway over what kinds and amounts of energy will be made available to the private sector. His principal regulatory tool is what’s called carbon-credit trading.

Under a so-called “cap-and-trade” system, government places a ceiling or “cap” on private-sector emissions of CO2 and other “greenhouse gases.” Each sector, industry or business is allocated a fixed quantity of carbon credits that allow it to emit specific quantities of greenhouse gases. As an example, one tradable carbon credit might permit the emission of one ton of CO2. If a business emits more tons of CO2 than its supply of credits allows, it has the option to buy surplus credits from other firms — or it will have to pay a fine in proportion to the amount of the excess emission. By contrast, businesses that emit less than their allocation can sell their excess credits.

This system, which may sound market-friendly, is something only a bureaucrat could dream up. The twist is that the carbon market exists only because the government’s imposition of a cap creates an artificial scarcity in the right to produce energy. In a cap-and-trade system, buyers will purchase their offsets from a broker or through an electronic trading platform. In Europe, carbon trading is already a reality. Since 2005, carbon offsets have been traded electronically on the European Climate Exchange (ECX).

Most carbon cap-and-trade programs also allow regulated entities to earn credits by taking actions that supposedly reduce emissions outside of the firm’s facilities or operations. In one popular version of the carbon-offset concept, firms earn credits by buying seedling trees for planting in less-developed countries. Supporters claim the CO2 intake of the trees will balance out the carbon emissions of the sponsoring firm’s industrial activity. Despite its public relations value, scientists scoff at the notion that it’s possible to plant enough trees to balance out man’s production of CO2. But carbon-offset projects are popular in the environmentalist community.

More Chances to Cheat

However, the most radical environmentalists reject cap-and-trade. They say it allows polluters to continue to pollute by purchasing carbon credits. That is true but irrelevant. A ton of CO2 emitted in Beijing has the same climatologic effect as a ton emitted in New York. The real problem is that every country’s government has an incentive to cheat on behalf of its domestic producers. This has been the European Union’s (EU) experience with the Emissions Trading System (ETS) that the EU established to implement the Kyoto Protocol. In just about every EU country except Britain, the credits allowed exceed the corresponding tons of emissions.

Carbon offsets provide even more opportunities to cheat. For example, some aluminum com

You say Obama is making promises he cant keep but mccain isnt making promises at all?

He says vote for me because he was a POW. He says hes for energy independence but is in bed with oil companies. News flash to you republicans we will never get alternative energy if we continue to drill because alternative energy is competition for the oil companies. Nobody who works for the oil companies would create competition for them. Do you people really think john mccain will bring about energy independence? Do you even care? John mccain stands for nothing he will not fix anything.

do you agree with out President that nuclear energy is a safe and green alternative to coal?

http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/International/18-Jun-2011/US-orders-news-blackout-over-crippled-Nebraska-Nuclear-Plant-report

Did you read this news item: The Green Bubble is about to Burst?

The temperature trend used by the IPCC (the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) to support their conclusion about anthropogenic global warming (AGW) is likely to turn out to be fake.

By S. Fred Singer at American Thinker

EXCERPTS:
The situation will become clear once Virginia’s attorney general, Kenneth Cuccinelli, obtains information now buried in e-mails at the University of Virginia. Or Hearings on Climategate by the U.S. Congress may uncover the “smoking gun” that demonstrates that the warming trend used by the IPCC does not really exist….

Once the public accepts these scientific conclusions, it should have immense consequences for policy. It will mean that the impact of rising CO2 levels is negligibly small, as has already been concluded by the NIPCC (Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change), a group of scientists skeptical of the U.N.-supported IPCC. It would also mean that wind energy, solar energy, and other “non-carbon” energy sources are not needed and are in fact counterproductive.

One may expect a huge outcry and serious and protracted opposition from those who have built their careers on global warming hype and who have made investments in alternative energy or are looking for immense profits from carbon trading.

The Green Bubble is about to Burst

I read a news about the risks of biofuel energy in yahoo and searched for the subject, wherefore a big list of sources were shown but I could not open most of the sources (saying, ”sorry, your page is not available”). The one I could open read as above!

We know for long that a dichotomy of ideas existed among scientists about the ”global warming” phenomenon. Particularly the UN’s steps to restrain the use of carbon emitting (fossil fuels) energy had raised controversy about the road blocks for industrial progress of developing nations.

In the US however, the taxation policy involved in the use of petro fuel also generated much antagonism to the GW theory! Now what do you feel about the emerging revelation? Conversion of large scale food crop area to biofuel yielding plants is feared in Europe! Some articles claim that the bio fuels would not solve carbon emission rates, but increase it!

What are your thoughts on this news?

when, and by how much, will uncle sam tax you for energy you do NOT use?

reading along, trying to get a grip on what legislation will pass the senate (cap & trade bill passed by the house of reps already at the urging of mr. obama, who refuses to consider offshore drilling for oil until our alternate energy is good enough…), i came across a news article about the state of missouri and how its governor is proudly announcing a new cost to consumers of energy in MO which, he claims, will end up costing missouri businesses and citizens less than what they will be charged… huh, you say? me too:

http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/1307200.html

how is it that government gets away with making us pay more now and promises that we will recoup those costs in the future? have you ever had any new tax recouped to you? what was it, a tax credit? what good does a tax CREDIT do for you if you go broker every day?

how about the taxes charged on toll roads? that’s a great example! when toll roads were built, everyone paid a toll to use them, supposedly a temporary tax only until the road was finished. but the crooked politicians NEVER stopped, but they did increase, the amount of the tolls that were paid. the tolls are a TAX.

inflation, especially to those of you without a job, is also a TAX. now the governor of MO says that the new energy-conservation tax must be charged NOW and that it will get “recouped” back to businesses, which are going to have to lay more workers off because of the increase that they will pay to the utility companies. when the workers are laid off, how will the utility bills at home be paid?

politicians in DC are getting quite excited learning about the governor of missouri’s ideas to help utility company contain costs, but when our president took the oath, he told us that we’d have to wait 8 months to learn if offshore drilling for oil would be allowed, since, he said, he wants rigs (which take about 2 years each to build) to be powered entirely by alternate forms of energy themselves! i have not heard a peep out of obama lately or within the 8 weeks after he gained the office of president, about offshore oil drilling. huh! the chinese are drilling for it off of cuba, which is actually part of our own eastern continental shelf. oh, yeah, but they are communists (as though that makes any difference)…???

democrats in the house, who control the house, say that cap & trade will only cost the consumer about $100 a year, but republicans say that it will cost (initially) somewhere around $770 per year and more than that, since alternative energy forms and “green industry” is certainly NOT in place now. we really have a long way to go on that. so who cares if the united states becomes the *shining example* of countries that are ahead of the game of conventional energy consumption?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/26/house-passes-milestone-energy-climate-change/

i say, who cares, since if these increased costs (taxes) are going to put you out of a job, how will the federal government pay for more research and implementation of this foreseen, but not yet concrete, plan to run entirely on the new green energy? if you are out of a job, you will not pay income taxes, will you? and won’t you cut back on what you spend in the general marketplace? so, it is another domino effect, just like when the housing bubble broke. do you realize how many small companies have gone under after that? in chicago, i see more and more and more small businesses closing their doors, leaving their storefronts vacant. it is happening here ALL OVER our city of about 2.5 million people! and, it is happening ALL OVER all of the big cities and everywhere in our country, isn’t it?

so, do you think that we will have no federal taxation to offset research and development, as well as implementation of perfected green energy machines? how so?

what will you tell your senator? what will you do to prevent the house of reps and your state’s politicians from pulling the wool out from under you?

How excited are you that Heinz invented a new ketchup packet?

I don’t know why they have been wasting time on alternative energy and stuff like that while we were stuck with those crappy old ketchup packets. I am glad they got their priorities straight and I can die happy now

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_bi_ge/us_heinz_ketchup

How is drinking from a straw related to sustainable development?

This is an essay that I have to answer in our English class. I really need it before september 18 so please if you have any idea please do answer! Thanks! =D

What is Canada’s role in sustainable development projects?

I need to study for my Biology test (grade 12) and I can’t seem to find this information anywhere.
If someone could give me a link or something helpful, that would be great.
Thank you!

Is ecotourism a form of sustainable development?

My teacher’s notes say so but Google says ecotourism may not necessarily be sustainable tourism. Can you clarify it pls I have an exam in 1 week!

How is a drinking straw connected to sustainable development?

my english professor asked us to do an essay on this.
please help me.

What is an example of a country with sustainable development?

Please help. And please give an explanation of why.

Sources are asked for, but I don’t really care if you have them.

It’s ok to wear leather if I’m raw vegan?

Eco friendly shoes and clothing are sometimes much more expensive and I think the leather can be used since in the end it is of no use, all wasted.

Agree or disagree and why?

Thank you!

I’m looking for eco-friendly events;?

ones that are similar to Earth Hour, One Day Without Shoes, etc.. where they have dates in which you take action around your community. Earth Hour was March 27, 2010 and One Day Without Shoes is April 8th.

Any events like this would be helpful, as I have to make a promotion poster for a Digital Image and Design class.

TIA!

What would go well with these Keds Green Label shoes?

These are the shoes:
http://www.kedsgoesgreen.com

I’m looking for your style recommendations – hopefully other eco–friendly shirts, jeans, etc. It is important that they are 100% organic cotton (like the shoes). Thanks 🙂

I have no idea what shoes to wear?

I’m going for and eco–friendly look. I have a white lose shirt with cropped jeans, but i have no idea what kind and color shoes to wear with it. i’m in a major fashion crisis.

I was reading a rolling stones magazine in the june 2007 issue with the police on the front. There was an ad..

that had some eco–friendly shoes that didn’t look so bad, under it it said made from Tires and 2 other things but i don’t remember what they were.

How do I create a personalized news search on Yahoo and combine more than one source but not all sources?

I would like to create an RSS feed that focuses on one keyword (focused on alternative energy) with information from several select sources (i.e. Business Week, Forbes and Reuters). However, the current Yahoo new search function either gives you a million sources (with many too tiny for me) or you can limit it to one source (which is too confining). I eventually want to add this RSS feed to our website – http://www.cutoilimports.org

Thanks in advance.

Is Government getting out of the way so that Natural Gas companies can provide us with an alternative to gas?

The Natural gas companies are moving ahead with their plans. They told Obama and the others in Washington to mind their own business and to stay out of the way. If the Government doesn’t screw it up we should have real alternative energy vehicles that actually work. Yes they will build natural gas stations. Remember the piping is already there in all of our houses. All they have to do is tap into it when creating the Natural Gas stations. Its a real plan if you ask me.

I love it and yes this is exactly what Capitalism is all about. Imagine all the jobs and money that something like this will provide for every day Americans. We don’t have to fight for oil anymore and we can take our time building electrical alternatives while still enjoying clean air right now.

I say its a win win situation.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52171706-78/energy-government-western-gas.html.csp

All this new energy and getting all of those who are unemployed back to work. Should help us pay off our debt. This is an opportunity we cannot let go. That is what I like about Ron Paul he wants Government to get out of the way. After all he says it all the time.
@sjesusreality- I don’t own the stocks yet but if Government moves out of the way I will.

So I read in the news how we are all driving less and using less gas. This is good, right? So what are some?

members of congress trying to do, persuade congress to raise gas taxes as much as $.50 per gallon. Their reason, not enough taxes coming in to pay for road repairs and improvement. I guess they don’t understand the connection between higher gas prices and fewer miles being driven. Why don’t they use some of that bail-out money to get serious about alternative sources of energy? Their other suggestion was more toll roads or another tax on total miles being driven. What are your ideas on this subject.

Have the “green energy” programs being pushed by governments actually been a front for the Mafia?

Headline:

Mafia arrests reveal mob was ‘going green’

Police in Italy have seized Mafia-linked assets worth $1.9 billion – the biggest mob haul ever – in an operation revealing that the crime group was trying to “go green” by laundering money through alternative energy companies.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/8002496/Mafia-arrests-reveal-mob-was-going-green.html

Does it make you wonder how much of a Mafia kick back politicians and scientists are getting for “Global Warming”

What’s some good science news?

I need to write 2 current events for science class. What a good topic to write them on? I really want them to be on green energy/alternative fuels(<3) but it needs to be something from the news. It doesn’t have to be totally recent though.

What is Yahoo doing to become more sustainable?

What kind of things Yahoo is investing in to make the firm more sustainable?
Roughly, how much does it cost to invest in making the firm sustainable.

Would paying people low wages be socially sustainable and why?

Let’s say migrants working in the primary industry such as farming are happy to work at low wages, would this be socially sustainable and why?
If its not socially sustainable what it is?

Thanks!

What level would be sustainable for our human growth rate and why?

What level would be sustainable for our human growth rate and why?

Can we have a sustainable environment (world) is we do not first create sustainable relationships with each ot?

Can we have a sustainable environment (world) is we do not first create sustainable relationships with each other? What might those look like? Can you give an example?

How and why is MDF wood and Jelutong Wood sustainable?

How and why is MDF wood and Jelutong Wood sustainable?
What makes it sustainable?

where can i buy vegan leather in chicago and surrounding areas?

im a furniture designer just starting out in the business. i design animal/eco friendly furniture and accessories. ive been doing lots of research, sketching and some building but now that ive come to the leather look in my collection ive hit a road block. please let me know what you know. all answers will be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
c.
everything needs to be eco and animal friendly
maybe i should put leather in quotations.
people would be disappointed to find that i use REAL leather since id be advertising as an animal friendly designer.

What do you think of my development?

As my last question http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApwXTJYYq1hVoKkSFKR_xOAazKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20101022050936AA1dp7g

#1 I mean when I get eco–friendly furniture I’ll not throw away the other, It’ll go to charity.

#2 Yes we do have lots of sun. And I don’t really care of taxes.

#3 I agree now that taking down a building to make a prefabricated won’t be very clean.

#4 It’s not that it need replacing I just need to desalinate more water.

#5 The rule of forbidden disposable cups and plate ok. But I’ll think of the cups cause why not cool the drinks in fridges with everything else instead of cooling some things and the rest with Ice.

#6 When I meant a electricity system I meant the one with putting the key in the slot so when the key is with him in the lobby or saw nothing will work in the room.

#7 What I meant about food I’ll have International food I just mean I don’t want to buy imported food.

#8 About the materials. After I get the materials made of organic cotton everything I have will be send to either charity, sale or recycling.

And and of course I’ll do it all one by one I know if all is done at ones there is no going back.

THE USE OF BEESWAX AND OTHER NATURAL WAX TO BE USED AS FINISHING COMPOUND FOR FURNITURE FINISHINGS LIKE WOOD?

can beeswax to be used as buffing compound for wood surfaces on table tops as well as rattan peel/skin used in hand weaving material for furniture like wicker rattan chairs/baskets wares and other decor home items. the purpose of this use of natural wax is to avoid in using chemical solvents in furniture finishings like top coatings. and to promote GREEN FURNITURE IN THE MAKING AND ECO –FRIENDLY.

How can I dispose of old cutlery safely?

I have recently been completely refurbishing my home. I have managed to sell old furniture and carpets etc in newspapers and online, and most other things have gone for re-cycling. Now; the kitchen! All of my old crockery, casserole dishes etc, I have smashed into small pieces, ready to use as drainage in plantpots in the garden….so, most of the stuff has been disposed of in an eco–friendly way. My problem now is, how do I dispose of old cutlery, particularly things like carving knives, bread knives etc safely?

What is a good, creative, environmental-friendly way of disposing of pet waste?

I’m about to start up a small pet-waste disposal business, and i want to do everything with a twist-make it as eco–friendly as possible.

I know I can make a cheap compost outlined on this site:
http://www.plantea.com/dog-waste-compost.htm

but it says to sprinkle Septic Starter and water to help decompose wastes back into the soil.

Is Septic Starter eco–friendly?

What else could I do besides double-bagging the doodoo and tossing it in a trashcan?

I don’t think every customer would like me digging a hole in their yard for a compost, although that would be ideal! lol.

I also will be providing yard treatment for fleas and ticks, as well as replacing stains, and treating indoor/outdoor furniture, carpeting, hardwood flooring, decks, etc. with all eco–friendly product. Also to include dog-walk/jogging and providing all-natural dog baths with eco–friendly shampoos and conditioners.

Thanks.

Whats the cost of 100% renewable energy for an average home?

I live in Australia and Im wondering how much would it cost (in australian dollars) to have all my household energy come from a renewable source?

I would like to know industry recognized online courses in green / renewable energy?

I would like to know industry recognized online courses in green / renewable energy . Would like to explore my options in renewable energy firms post the course. I am in my mid 30’s and have under grad degree in engineering.

How and where to start a thesis related to sustainability and renewable energy?

I want to do my Bachelor’s thesis in the field of Sustainability and Renewable Energy in an economical perspective (e.g. how to apply it in our society without given up something) . But how to start?

What would be the best Engineering speciality to take to be involved with renewable/ alternative energy?

I am currently in a pre-engineering program and am really interested in renewable energy such as solar, windmill, and the like. How would I get involved in projects likes this? Mechanical or maybe electrical? I was thinking maybe nuclear, but I dont like chemistry that much. I am also aware of some schools that offer renewable degrees but there are none in my area.

When you hear renewable energy, what is the first type that comes to mind?

There are many sources of renewable energy, and I am partial to one kind because I work in the industry(I won’t say which one until I pick best answer-because I don’t want to alter the results, but I was wondering what type comes to mind first for most.

Thanks for your answers.

What do I do with my girlfriend!!?

I have a problem, i just got together with my girlfriend, who has been a long time friend, with only one issue, in october im heading to Africa to do charity work ( Which im pretty thrilled about) But the problem is
a) Im going to be there for five months with no access to communication
b) She is REALLY unsupportive of any of my environmental/charity efforts.

Im fifteen, and its getting really tought balancing what i really want to do with my life, and my love life. She always makes me feel guilty when i go to plant trees or have to coach my little kids baseball team, cause she wants me to spend time with her, when i already spend heaps of time doing things with her. I’ve already given up two of my projects to spend more time with her..so its got me a bit stuck.

I guess ive got to the point where im wondering if girls would even like a girl who has a lot of stuff on their plate already. Do you think i would make myself more appealing by dropping the volunteer work?
Zellparis- Well, im glad that youre thinking about feeding the hungry…lol 😛

Blah, girlfriend problems…?

I have a problem, i just got together with my girlfriend, who has been a long time friend, with only one issue, in october im heading to Africa to do charity work ( Which im pretty thrilled about) But the problem is
a) Im going to be there for five months with no access to communication
b) She is REALLY unsupportive of any of my environmental/charity efforts.

Im fifteen, and its getting really tought balancing what i really want to do with my life, and my love life. She always makes me feel guilty when i go to plant trees or have to coach my little kids baseball team, cause she wants me to spend time with her, when i already spend heaps of time doing things with her. I’ve already given up two of my projects to spend more time with her..so its got me a bit stuck.

I guess ive got to the point where im wondering if girls would even like someone who has a lot of stuff on their plate already. Do you think i would make myself more appealing by dropping the volunteer work?

Has the whole climate change issue about to fall apart?

“There is no way costly mitigation measures will have a meaningful effect on the climate”
By Professor Will Alexander

An extremely serious situation has developed. The whole climate change issue is about to fall apart. Heads will roll.

I have followed the observation theory route. After a prolonged and diligent study of one of the largest and most comprehensive hydrometeorological databases in the world, I have been unable to detect the postulated changes in the hydrometeorological processes against the background of natural variability.
I also have an extensive knowledge of natural environmental conditions in southern Africa in all its moods. I have been unable to detect any of the alarmist claims of desertification or damage to the indigenous plant or animal species claimed by climate change scientists.

Over the years I have demonstrated a predictable periodicity in hydrological processes and its synchronous linkage with sunspot activity. Together with four co-authors we have gone even further and related these linkages to the sun�s wobble as it moves along its trajectory through galactic space.

This movement results in changes in the earth to the sun distance and corresponding variations in received solar energy. We were able to demonstrate that these variations in received solar energy were considerably larger than the variations due to greenhouse gas emissions.

Not only do our studies completely negate the claims made by climate change scientists, but we can demonstrate with a high degree of assurance that all the proposed measures to limit greenhouse gas emissions will be an exercise in futility.

There is no way whatsoever that the costly mitigation measures will have a meaningful effect on the world’s climate.

Need a creative gift idea!!!!!?

So here’s the deal my teacher is leaving because of health issues and she is the very best teacher anyone can ask for. I really want to get her a gift that shows how much i loved her. One thing you should know is that she is very environmental ,into saving the world, child labor, very into Africa and everything is basically eco in our class. So I can’t really buy anything from the store because it will create too much waste and we will have no idea if it was made from slave labor or not. What I was thinking of was a clay scene of our classroom (I have a job working with clay)with all of her Africa pictures and posters everywhere, the kids and a few important details, or I was think a large clay tie dye peace sign that says #1 teacher or something. I’m in grade 8 and she is leaving on Tuesday I could really use lots of creative idea on what to make fore her. Thanks in advanced!!

Opinions needed! What kind of career should I look for?

I love volunteering. I love travel, hate schedules. Global, political, environmental, and humanitarian affairs interest me. I really want to go to Africa, and I’m especially interested in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the issues they’re currently facing. I’m interested in the United Nations, but I don’t want to be stuck behind a desk all day, until I get promoted, only to be stuck behind another desk all day, but one in a larger room with a better view. I’m interested in conservation and animal welfare as well. So what are some good options for me? I really want to be based in Africa or South America, either dealing with endangered animal welfare or humanitarian affairs.
And since it’s probably relevant, I’m 17 and a senior in high school. I’m looking to take at least a year off to hopefully volunteer in Africa. I’m thinking about going with VFP (UN volunteer organization), but I’m open to other organizations. If you know of any, please let me know!