Comments ken1 has made

Perry is a politician. He's co-opting the secessionist movement for who knows what. 

According to my calculations there is $112 billion in green stimulus funding out of our $787 billion "stimulus" bill. Of course it's all borrowed debt from Fed Reserve Banks and foreign countries... but better some green than none!

This means that 1/4 of the world's green stimulus funding is directly US-based.

Zen

good points in your comment. Politicians are generally followers, not leaders. By following polls, you are a follower, not a leader. That's built-in.

Terry Tamminen, Arnold's old environment advisor and author of Lives Per Gallon, shouldn't be forgotten either.

http://www.terrytamminen.com/projects/livespergallon/defa ...

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What James Hansen says

"Coal is the dirtiest fuel. Coal burning has released and spread around the world more
than 100 times more radioactive material than all the nuclear power plants in the world.
Mercury released in coal burning contaminates the world ocean as well as our rivers, lakes
and soil. Air pollution from coal burning kills hundreds of thousands of people per year. If
such consequences were occurring from nuclear power, nuclear plants would all be closed.
Mining of coal, especially mountaintop removal, causes additional environmental damage
and human suffering. It is time for all the coal plants to be closed, indeed, averting climate
disasters demands that all coal emissions be phased out. Coal is best left in the ground.
Nevertheless, R&D for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) deserves strong support.
It is needed to provide the full range of options in energy choices, for countries that insist on
exploiting their coal resources. Moreover, CCS has another potentially more important role
to play: it could be used at power plants that burn biofuels, such as agricultural wastes. This
sort of `geoengineering', which draws excess CO2 out of the air and puts it back in the
ground where it came from, may be needed to get atmospheric CO2 back to a safe level.
Transition to the post-fossil-fuel era with clean atmosphere and ocean, requires a carbon
tax. That tax will cause unconventional fossil fuels to be left in the ground, as well as much
coal and some oil and gas that resides in remote regions. The public will accept such a tax if
the funds are returned entirely to the public, no funds going to Washington and other capitals
for politicians and lobbyists to determine its fate. Tax and 100 percent dividend is not
sufficient by itself - many other actions are needed - but it is necessary. No time remains for
a transition via ineffectual half measures."

From material submitted to then-President-elect Obama.

http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/20081121_Obama.pdf ...

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New mountain-top removal coal cartoon!

Way to go Bill!

See this related cartoon then join ilovemountains.org even if you can't make the 350 march!

http://www.greengorilla.com/video-post/turn-it-up-day

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No he didn't!

If you know of any other "green success stories" of keeping down with the Jones'es, or cool public transit action in your 'hood, city or region, we want to know about them. You may even win 100 cowrie shells, enough to get a new beater bike or several kegs of New Belgium!

http://www.sustainlane.com/us-city-ranking/green-urban-li ...

Contest ends September 12th.

Cheers!
Ken.On The unbearable cost of high gas prices posted 1 year, 2 months ago 4 Responses

Greed: pigs get slaughtered

Well, it also goes without saying that climate change is birthing freakishly larger storms.

"Burma: What Climate Change Devastation Looks Like"
http://www.commoncurrent.com/notes/2008/05/burma-what-cli ...

Back to the victory gardens!On Deforestation may have increased impact of devastating cyclone posted 1 year, 6 months ago 4 Responses

Dude

This is good news for Vancouver--but everyone knows that Vancouver has best-in-world transit systems!

It also begs comparison with Calgary's "Ride the wind" CTrain -- don't forget to compare Vancouver to the rest of Canada.

However, as others point out, the main advantage is city planning. Dense urban infill development of a peninsula (like SF, NYC). Vancouver has NO freeways running into it either, and there are active plans for reducing further auto use by citizens.

Check out Vancouver's sustainability site here:

And while you're at it, check out how major US cities fare compared to Seattle and Portland -- here! http://www.sustainlane.com/us-city-rankings/

You can rate how your own city is doing at sustainlane.com (it's not officially built in, but add your city as a "local business/ngo" and later they should make the category)

For instance, Oakland:
http://www.sustainlane.com/listing/D4QZMPDIVS4BC8QUTFUP8S ...

Enjoy!On Making public transit work posted 2 years, 6 months ago 9 Responses