Bloomberg -
Global investment in renewable energy climbed to a record $260 billion last year, and the race for clean power is just getting started.
3.19.2012
US Dirty Oil on Public Lands. Guess why Oil Co's vote Republican? valuewalk
ValueWalk -
Roughly two-thirds of the US's oil shale fields in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah are in federally-protected areas and closed to development.
Keystone pipeline will spill, study predicts Salon
Salon -
Tar sands oil - known in energy circles as diluted bitumen - may be more damaging to environments and communities than regular crude.
Natural Gas a Weak Weapon Against Climate Change, New Study Asserts Boulder Weekly
Boulder Weekly -
Although natural gas burns more cleanly than coal, a new study argues that replacing all the world's coal power plants with natural gas would do little to slow global warming this century. "There are lots of reasons to like natural gas, but climate ...
HOPE: ND Democrats ready to 'fight back' in 2012Grand Forks Herald
Jamestown Sun -
... North Dakota Democrats hope 2012 will be the year voters here finally elect a woman - and maybe two - to the US Congress.
'Jesus said, 'Love your Enemies.' He did NOT say, 'Ignore,' 'Deny,' 'Unoppose' them!!!' sLoving
Relative to 'Enemies' I am recognizing two deadly pitfalls I've been in all my days, at least, typical pitfalls for one raised in the Light of Jesus, as I was:
1. Not recognizing Enemies. Jesus clearly teaches to Love the enemy, and for me, that has meant being 'blind,' in 'denial,' to their existence.
2. Mis-Representing 'Enemies' to oneself. NEVER can they be the person. NEVER. BUT THEY MUST BE SEEN AS THE EVIL (OPPOSITE OF 'LIVE,' LIFE PRODUCING) WITHIN THE PERSON, PERSONS, ORGANIZATIONS....
3. Not Warring, Unviolently, against them with every particle of being.
1. Not recognizing Enemies. Jesus clearly teaches to Love the enemy, and for me, that has meant being 'blind,' in 'denial,' to their existence.
2. Mis-Representing 'Enemies' to oneself. NEVER can they be the person. NEVER. BUT THEY MUST BE SEEN AS THE EVIL (OPPOSITE OF 'LIVE,' LIFE PRODUCING) WITHIN THE PERSON, PERSONS, ORGANIZATIONS....
3. Not Warring, Unviolently, against them with every particle of being.
URGENT. Loving Here: I may need Funding Help, Manpower help, Immediately. Circulate This.
YOU NEED TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER HELPING WITH THIS - $$$$, FUNDRAISING, MANPOWER FOR RESEARCH. FOR GOD'S SAKE, DON'T BLOW THIS OFF. LET ME KNOW. CIRCULATE TO YOUR FRIENDS. NOW. Tomorrow, is too late.
I envision my role three fold going forward the next 3 months or so:
1. Continuing to 'be' opposition, 'the' opposition with every breath. To be the other 'side,' the alternative to living with the status quo of environmental armageddon. This is the most important thing that I, you or anyone can do.
2. Filling the Planning/Progress Report Void. Would you have a crucial flight to catch, yet not know - where the airport is, what time the plane leaves, how to get there, what time it is now, how fast you are traveling, what the wait time at check-in is...???? No. Yet this is precisely the situation regarding environmental armageddon. There are literally dozens if not thousands of articles every day on the environment, but no plan, no status report, no benchmark, no reference mark to judge what they mean! 'Brazil has reduced forest destruction 80%,' for example. So what? It that 80% of what we need, or .0001%? 'Wind power growth doubled last year.' So what? Is that twice what we needed to be on track to reducing the use of carbon 80% by 2020, or is it .00001% of what we needed. NO ONE KNOWS, RIGHT NOW. What the Hell do we need all these articles for, if they don't tell us anything?!?!? If, IF I devote myself, I can begin to move us out of this total darkness. Correction. I can begin to move ME out of this total darkness. I have every reason so far to expect that just as my efforts thus far have been carefully ignored, they will be ignored going forward. But that isn't my responsibility. And no, I am not feeling sorry for me. I'm feeling sorry for Humanity.
3. Filling a crucial 'visibility' void - in front of the White House. The Hope for Saving HomeEarth is that the Children, the Youth will wake up to what we are doing to their home. The next possibility isn't one millionth as hopeful. 10,000 kids or more from all over the country, and world, will go thru the WH park this spring. I want to be there 12 hours per clement day blaring KIDS VOICES like these - http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/2012/03/i-beg-you-get-this-seen-nick-news.html . But I'm under massive constraints - I live on the streets for the privilege of devoting 100%, not 99% of my Life to these issues; hence, I am massively constrained on where, when, and how I can power sound equipment, and my computer. I need sound power loud enough to get noticed in that massive park, and that lasts 14 hours. And, it needs to fit in my already bulging suitcase. I have no home. I have no storage. I have much experience with this, and massive practice. I know the batteries. I know the PA systems. I have tech question emails out to several vendors, but it looks like: A. I have the loudspeaker (but the criminally shoddy, international vendor, Beringer (epa40), has neglected to import replacement batteries for over a year. Literally, and mine's dead. Wish I had a lawyer.). B. The Battery I need must be able to fully recharge in 8 hours, and then last 12, every day. The one battery that can do that is this, and it needs an inverter http://www.amazon.com/Goal0-Ranger-Battery-Universal-Inverter/dp/B004FT5OIA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1332166307&sr=8-4 .
3. Streamlining Start Loving blog to be more of an environmental resource center. For weeks now I've devoted many hours per day culling the articles that apply to the 4-prongued Plan B 3.0, and posting them. But Start Loving blog's main page is crammed with much, much, much stuff, diminishing it's ability to be a readily searchable resource center. I envision re-orienting the site, breaking it into sub-pages / tabs, so that the main page is clear as a searchable resource center.
I'm already throwing myself at this. But I haven't a fraction of the resources necessary. You need to step up, yourself, with friends, with acquaintances....
I envision my role three fold going forward the next 3 months or so:
1. Continuing to 'be' opposition, 'the' opposition with every breath. To be the other 'side,' the alternative to living with the status quo of environmental armageddon. This is the most important thing that I, you or anyone can do.
2. Filling the Planning/Progress Report Void. Would you have a crucial flight to catch, yet not know - where the airport is, what time the plane leaves, how to get there, what time it is now, how fast you are traveling, what the wait time at check-in is...???? No. Yet this is precisely the situation regarding environmental armageddon. There are literally dozens if not thousands of articles every day on the environment, but no plan, no status report, no benchmark, no reference mark to judge what they mean! 'Brazil has reduced forest destruction 80%,' for example. So what? It that 80% of what we need, or .0001%? 'Wind power growth doubled last year.' So what? Is that twice what we needed to be on track to reducing the use of carbon 80% by 2020, or is it .00001% of what we needed. NO ONE KNOWS, RIGHT NOW. What the Hell do we need all these articles for, if they don't tell us anything?!?!? If, IF I devote myself, I can begin to move us out of this total darkness. Correction. I can begin to move ME out of this total darkness. I have every reason so far to expect that just as my efforts thus far have been carefully ignored, they will be ignored going forward. But that isn't my responsibility. And no, I am not feeling sorry for me. I'm feeling sorry for Humanity.
3. Filling a crucial 'visibility' void - in front of the White House. The Hope for Saving HomeEarth is that the Children, the Youth will wake up to what we are doing to their home. The next possibility isn't one millionth as hopeful. 10,000 kids or more from all over the country, and world, will go thru the WH park this spring. I want to be there 12 hours per clement day blaring KIDS VOICES like these - http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/2012/03/i-beg-you-get-this-seen-nick-news.html . But I'm under massive constraints - I live on the streets for the privilege of devoting 100%, not 99% of my Life to these issues; hence, I am massively constrained on where, when, and how I can power sound equipment, and my computer. I need sound power loud enough to get noticed in that massive park, and that lasts 14 hours. And, it needs to fit in my already bulging suitcase. I have no home. I have no storage. I have much experience with this, and massive practice. I know the batteries. I know the PA systems. I have tech question emails out to several vendors, but it looks like: A. I have the loudspeaker (but the criminally shoddy, international vendor, Beringer (epa40), has neglected to import replacement batteries for over a year. Literally, and mine's dead. Wish I had a lawyer.). B. The Battery I need must be able to fully recharge in 8 hours, and then last 12, every day. The one battery that can do that is this, and it needs an inverter http://www.amazon.com/Goal0-Ranger-Battery-Universal-Inverter/dp/B004FT5OIA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1332166307&sr=8-4 .
3. Streamlining Start Loving blog to be more of an environmental resource center. For weeks now I've devoted many hours per day culling the articles that apply to the 4-prongued Plan B 3.0, and posting them. But Start Loving blog's main page is crammed with much, much, much stuff, diminishing it's ability to be a readily searchable resource center. I envision re-orienting the site, breaking it into sub-pages / tabs, so that the main page is clear as a searchable resource center.
I'm already throwing myself at this. But I haven't a fraction of the resources necessary. You need to step up, yourself, with friends, with acquaintances....
Brazil delays vote on bill regulating deforestation CNN International
CNN International -
Over the past decade, Brazil has cracked down on clear-cutting, especially in the biodiverse Amazon rain forest, reducing the rate of deforestation by 80%. Environmentalists are concerned that some of those gains could be threatened if the new ...
In Africa's Vanishing Forests, the Benefits of Bamboo New York Times
New York Times (blog) -
Bamboo may provide a solution to a very serious problem: deforestation. In sub-Saharan Africa, 70 percent of the people cook their meals over wood fires.
Green: Death of the Forests Aljazeera.com
Aljazeera.com -
A visual essay about the impact of deforestation in Indonesia as seen through the eyes of a dying orangutan. A visual essay about deforestation in Indonesia as experienced by a dying orangutan whose habitat has been destroyed.
Climate change could increase fires, logging, and hunting in rainforests Mongabay.com
Mongabay.com -
The combined impacts of deforestation and climate change will bring a host of new troubles for the world's tropical rainforests argues a new study in Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
Surging demand for vegetable oil drives rainforest destruction Mongabay.com
Mongabay.com -
Surging demand for vegetable oil has emerged as an important driver of tropical deforestation over the past two decades and is threatening biodiversity, carbon stocks, and other ecosystem functions in some of the world's most critical forest areas, ...
Monarch Butterflies Drop 28 Percent in Mexico ABC News
ABC News -
Others say damage to wintering grounds in central Mexico's mountains remains a factor in the decline, citing deforestation of the fir and pine forests they favor. The numbers of butterflies spending the winter in Mexico have varied wildly in recent ...
Indigenous communities help prevent deforestation better than conservation Women News Network
Women News Network -
Their coordinated care with the land helps prevent deforestation. Image: Ferrari/LPFN (WNN/LPFN) GLOBAL: Two peer-reviewed studies published recently by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the World Bank show that strict ...
v. THIS Is what Activism Looks Like! What Occupy must, MUST become.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDdgu71oaC8&feature=share
My comment:
OH MY GOD. THIS IS SO HOPEFUL. OH MY GOD. OCCUPY FROM WHAT I CAN SEE HAS BEEN A SELF-CENTERED, INFANTILE, 'ME' CENTERED PIECE OF SH*T. BUT THIS IS THE OPPOSITE!!! OMG. FOCUSED ON THE GLOBAL NEEDIEST?!?!?!?!? AMERICANS DON'T DO THAT! BUT YOU ARE! GOD BLESS YOUR HEARTS. GOD BLESS YOUR HEARTS.
My comment:
OH MY GOD. THIS IS SO HOPEFUL. OH MY GOD. OCCUPY FROM WHAT I CAN SEE HAS BEEN A SELF-CENTERED, INFANTILE, 'ME' CENTERED PIECE OF SH*T. BUT THIS IS THE OPPOSITE!!! OMG. FOCUSED ON THE GLOBAL NEEDIEST?!?!?!?!? AMERICANS DON'T DO THAT! BUT YOU ARE! GOD BLESS YOUR HEARTS. GOD BLESS YOUR HEARTS.
3.18.2012
det. 'You are to be called 'Loving,' now. There's no more time for 'Start.'' sLoving
I totally didn't see 'Start Loving,' coming. Wham, one morning, early February, 6am or so, in front of the White House, deep in pondering, wham - 'Start Loving' is what you are, I 'hear;' there is no time for you to waste being called otherwise. 'OK,' was my response.
I'm now understanding that there is no more time to be called 'Start.' What's that, anyway? Well, I wasn't 'Loving' 5 years ago when 'Start Loving' emerged as my name. I was a 'Start' toward that. When it became clear that 'Start Loving' was who I was, what I was, what I stood for, what I believed in, what I yearned for, obviously 'Start Loving' is what would serve my work the best. That there would be a further change never occurred to me.
But here it is. I wasn't 'Loving' 5 years ago. I didn't think of it like that, but looking back, I was a 'Start' toward 'Loving,' but I wasn't 'Loving.' I couldn't be under that name.
But I can now. I must, now. There's no time for anything else.
Loving
I'm now understanding that there is no more time to be called 'Start.' What's that, anyway? Well, I wasn't 'Loving' 5 years ago when 'Start Loving' emerged as my name. I was a 'Start' toward that. When it became clear that 'Start Loving' was who I was, what I was, what I stood for, what I believed in, what I yearned for, obviously 'Start Loving' is what would serve my work the best. That there would be a further change never occurred to me.
But here it is. I wasn't 'Loving' 5 years ago. I didn't think of it like that, but looking back, I was a 'Start' toward 'Loving,' but I wasn't 'Loving.' I couldn't be under that name.
But I can now. I must, now. There's no time for anything else.
Loving
det. 'Establishing the 'other side:' Luke Skywalker did, French Resistance did, etc, etc.' sLoving
I never saw this before. How infinitely easier to become an opposition, an effective [unviolent] warrior, when one can see a True, Righteous, Goodly, Noble... 'side' to join. 'Be the change the world needs to be.' They show a 'different way to be.' That's the Start. That's the beginning.
All hope springs from that. Be the person fighting unviolently, as a way of Life, as a way of Being, for our Global Neediest. Just being that, holding the position, being the position, being the 'way,' if the position is held long enough, despite overwhelming odds, THAT ALONE, makes it real, makes it something evident, something possible, something that can be joined - I can do that, I will do that.
At the end, when Luke is fighting the Emperor, I always saw that as Darth facing, seeing for the first time, really, the choice between his son, and Empire. I now see it in a much better light. Darth saw that there was a different side, a different way to be, a different direction to fight for, and he saw that it was preferable.
In the movie Iron Jawed Angels, we saw in the beginning, Alice Paul and her sergeant at arms, organizing outside a mill. A thin, eastern European immigrant woman, a poor mill worker, dismissed them, at least that was her intention, but when she saw that they didn't brush aside, she saw they were substantial, that they stood for something, they became material, they became a real alternative way of being, and she made that choice. Later in the movie, spoiler alert, a hideous matron guard, cruel, brutal, mean..., well, things changed.
'Be what the world needs to be.' This is the work. If you walk the 'Path,' you establish the Path, you make it real, visible, a choice, that others didn't have before, but they do now.
All hope springs from that. Be the person fighting unviolently, as a way of Life, as a way of Being, for our Global Neediest. Just being that, holding the position, being the position, being the 'way,' if the position is held long enough, despite overwhelming odds, THAT ALONE, makes it real, makes it something evident, something possible, something that can be joined - I can do that, I will do that.
At the end, when Luke is fighting the Emperor, I always saw that as Darth facing, seeing for the first time, really, the choice between his son, and Empire. I now see it in a much better light. Darth saw that there was a different side, a different way to be, a different direction to fight for, and he saw that it was preferable.
In the movie Iron Jawed Angels, we saw in the beginning, Alice Paul and her sergeant at arms, organizing outside a mill. A thin, eastern European immigrant woman, a poor mill worker, dismissed them, at least that was her intention, but when she saw that they didn't brush aside, she saw they were substantial, that they stood for something, they became material, they became a real alternative way of being, and she made that choice. Later in the movie, spoiler alert, a hideous matron guard, cruel, brutal, mean..., well, things changed.
'Be what the world needs to be.' This is the work. If you walk the 'Path,' you establish the Path, you make it real, visible, a choice, that others didn't have before, but they do now.
Straightening Titanic's Chairs: Solar power growth jumps to new record Reuters
Reuters -
Solar installers built 1855 megawatts of photovoltaic projects in 2011 for a total of $8.4 billion, up from 887 MW in 2010, according to a report released by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). The growth in US demand comes ...
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: David Brooks: Population implosion is taking a global toll Post-Bulletin
Post-Bulletin -
If the 20th century was the century of the population explosion, the 21st century, as Eberstadt notes, is looking like the century of the fertility implosion.
Condition of Bahrain hunger striker seen worsening Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune -
DUBAI (Reuters) - The condition of a jailed Bahraini activist who has been on hunger strike for over a month is deteriorating and prison authorities may force-feed him, a lawyer who visited him this week said on Wednesday.
Self Immolations in Tibet, Hunger Strikers in New York Huffington Post
Huffington Post -
It is day 21 of an "Indefinite Hunger Strike." They do so in solidarity and representation of the suffering their fellow Tibetans bear under the Chinese regime, on the Tibetan plateau.
Palestine children traumatized by Israeli jail-report Reuters
Reuters -
By Jihan Abdalla | RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Of the hundreds of Palestinian children locked in Israeli jails each year, the vast majority suffer nightmares, bed-wetting and anxiety after their release, Save the Children said in a report published ...
NaziIsrael: Israel calls for dismissal of UN agency tweeter Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jewish Telegraphic Agency -
Khulood Badawi, the information and media coordinator for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Jerusalem, on March 10 tweeted a photo showing a dead Palestinian girl covered in blood in the arms of her father, ...
Tibetan protest erupts after farmer burns self Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times -
A protest calling for the return of the Dalai Lama and an end to Chinese rule has erupted as thousands of Tibetans gathered to mourn a farmer who burned himself to death, according to rights groups.
METEORIC: Israelis Agree Iran Hasn't Decided on Atom Bomb ABC News
ABC News -
Despite saber-rattling from Jerusalem, Israeli officials now agree with the US assessment that Tehran has not yet decided on the actual construction of a nuclear bomb, according to senior Israeli government and defense figures.
Global warming: Early snowmelt hits Colorado butterflies Summit County Citizens Voice
Summit County Citizens Voice -
But as the climate warms - April temps in particular have increased dramatically - it may become a much less common sight. A trend toward earlier snowmelt, documented at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Crested Butte, means the common ...
Making heretics of scientists casts a shadow Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald -
Photo: Paul Jones Recent revelations that several prominent global warming sceptics are in the pay of the free-market American think tank the Heartland Institute come as no surprise to many who have witnessed the slow descent of the debate from the ...
Study says global warming could push DC's cherry blossoms to one day bloom in ... The Republic
The Republic -
According to the more dire global warming scenario the scientists used - one with unchecked global population growth - the District's cherry trees could be blooming 29 days earlier by 2080 and 13 days earlier by 2050.
Global Warming: Flood Risk Rising For Coastal Residents, Reports Say Huffington Post
Huffington Post -
By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) - For the nearly 5 million people who live along the US coasts from Maine to the Gulf of Mexico and the West Coast, rising seas fueled by global warming have doubled the risk of so-called ...
Global warming: Doctors foresee major health impacts Summit County Citizens Voice
Summit County Citizens Voice -
Pinkerton said that some of the prospective respiratory health impacts from global climate change will be direct, such as more asthma due to increases in particulate matter in the atmosphere because of desertification, or increases in pollen because of ...
GOPigs, DEMparasites - kill baby kill: More severe droughts and floods The Australian
The Australian -
Furthermore, with climate change now in the mix, it is even more important to take a broader, long-term perspective. Climate change is influencing more than just droughts, as the recent CSIRO-Bureau of Meteorology State of the Climate 2012 report ...
GOPigs, soooo Christlike: "Don't Re-Nig 2012.” Seller of Controversial Anti-Obama Sticker Says It's Not Racist Forbes
Forbes -
And they're selling their own version of an anti-Obama bumper sticker that reads “Don't Re-Nig 2012.” Ms. Smith told me in a telephone conversation on Saturday afternoon that the bumper sticker has been in their inventory since June 2010, ...
Ah, the Pedophile Gang: Santorum Defends Attacking Obama on Pornography, Iran Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal (blog) -
By Kristina Peterson GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum on Sunday defended his escalating attacks against President Barack Obama, who he said was going easy on pornographers and the government of Iran. The former Pennsylvania senator backed up his ...
GOP War on God (Truth): Obama Sets Gas Prices? Just Another GOP Myth New York Times
New York Times -
Bobby Jindal of Louisiana or Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma - does not flay President Obama for driving up oil prices by denying the industry access to oil and gas deposits and imposing ruinous environmental rules.
nd. 'I totally don't get Occupy. I totally don't get it. A Gathering of Gripers, police provokers? What else?' sLoving
nd. 'I totally don't get Occupy. I totally don't get it. A Gathering of Gripers, police provokers? What else?'
det. 'Synonyms: Christ, Courage, Christlike, Couragous. Opposite: Coward, Cowardly.' sLoving
Jesus - 'Run toward your crucifixion, carrying your cross.' 'If you try to hold onto life, you will lose it. Only in risking your life, do you gain it.' Paraphrase with liberties taken.
MLK Jr. 'A person is not equipped to live, until they know what they would die for.' 'My problem is not the violent racists. My problem is the 'good' people that cower, and do not fight for right.' Paraphrase with liberties taken.
I will not do that. I cannot do that. I can't be a party to it. I'd rather die.
MLK Jr. 'A person is not equipped to live, until they know what they would die for.' 'My problem is not the violent racists. My problem is the 'good' people that cower, and do not fight for right.' Paraphrase with liberties taken.
Gandhi was explicit - for him, the one unpardonable sin was Cowardice, NOT physical violence, as he is always misrepresented. 'Give me a military man to fight alongside any day. Don't give me any cowards.'
Of the two only great psychologists, Alfred Adler said that the hallmark of mental/spiritual health was courage, and the hallmark of the opposite is cowardice. Adler was a Dr. of the Mind, of the Spirit, as am I. Adler did NOT view 'cowardice,' as a slander, a put down, as derogatory, and neither do I. He, and I, view it as a diagnosis of the most deadly disease of all.
I can't think of a word that more captures the Divinity of Jesus than Courageous. 'Whoever claims to abide in Jesus aught to Live just like Jesus Lived.' John (2nd letter). To be Courageous, properly understood, is to be Christlike. And, it is impossible to be Christlike, and NOT courageous.
I Live to unleash the Courage, the Christlikeness in me and others. I will therefor pay any personal price to avoid enabling cowardice in anyone Our Father places in my path.
I can think of nothing that better captures the Truth of America, and Americans today than 'cowardice.' There are at best 1 in a million that aren't centrally afflicted, dying from it, Dead by it. Virtually everything sanctioned by our sickest of all societies is an explicit shield used to hide this cowardice from OURSELVES - and nothing moreso that the ch'rch, cr'stianity.
I have the sense that my life, my path, my walk, my example is contributing in some miniscule way to an awakening of courage in few, tragically few, people.
I have the distinct impression that my relationship with some has had the exact opposite impact - that our relationship has been one factor in enabling deep cowardice; that it is one of the many factors enabling another to AVOID, courage - Christlikeness; to enable 'denial.'
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