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  Good news: civil disobedience against coal plants

  I was outraged when I read the above news. Then I learned that Wendell Berry and Bill McKibben are leading a mass act of civil disobedience against coal plants in early March, and inviting us to join them. Details at http://www.diamondcutlife.org/join-wendell-berry-and-bill ...On EPA says ignore CO2 when issuing permits for coal plants posted 10 months, 3 weeks ago 3 Responses

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  perhaps the topic should be how to cut emissions

  I see 40 island nations sending an alarm call to the world because they are in the process of being submerged due to global warming. Maybe we should be talking and writing about how to reduce our emissions as sharply as they are suggesting.

  I suggest starting with travel, a huge carbon emitter: http://www.diamondcutlife.org/rethinking-the-entitlement- ...

  Alison Wiley at Diamond-Cut Life
  Portland, OregonOn Island nations call for steep emission cuts to curb rising seas posted 11 months, 1 week ago 5 Responses

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  We can do better than that!

  The degree of change we need to navigate in the developed world is much greater than 18 percent fleet emission reduction by 2015. The auto industry needs to accept an ongoing downsizing (the world already has way more cars than it needs) and many autoworkers need to retrain for different industries.
  Moreover, everyone who has a car of any type has the option of reducing their own emissions by 18% right now (not waiting for 2015) by driving less via trip-chaining, carpooling, walking, biking, working from home, etc. More at http://diamondcutlife.org/
  Alison in Portland, OregonOn E.U. agrees on emission rules for cars posted 11 months, 1 week ago 4 Responses

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  Solar Panel Roofs

  Very happy to hear that the Vatican, with all its leadership stature in the world, has invested in a solar-panel roof. Hopefully many will follow this example, especially businesses that use lots of energy. The largest solar-panel roof in the Northwest recently had its grand opening: http://www.diamondcutlife.org/living-out-the-triple-botto ...On Vatican goes solar posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago 3 Responses

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  Less Power Is Real Power

  The utilties are spooked because it means lower profits for them, but for consumers to use less energy is the best possible thing for climate change, given that coal-burning is the most prevalent source of our energy. We've got to redefine what economic progress means, and using less energy and gasoline is part of that new definition.  We also need to buy carbon offsets to reflect what we DO use. My household just bought our offsets easily and inexpensively: http://www.diamondcutlife.org/buying-our-carbon-offsets/On Big drop in U.S. electricity consumption confounds utilities posted 11 months, 3 weeks ago 14 Responses