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unusualmusic_lj_archiveI've seen several of this blogger's great posts, but I only clicked through his/her profile on Daily Kos just now on a whim. And, good lord. He/She is not only prolific, but full of some kickass info!
Here are some of my favorite articles from he/she...
Creating Drinking Water from Air...At least 36 states will face water shortages in the next 5 years as supplies decrease due to drought, rising temperatures, population and inefficient management. Tensions created by mandatory conservation restrictions have turned neighbors against each other by reporting to the water police suspected illegal watering based on a lawn that was simply too green.
For a change, there is some good environmental news. Companies and individuals have developed technologies to capture water vapors in our air to create drinking water... or, as in this picture, a water maker that collects dew. You need to read this. YOU NEED TO READ THIS. At least to see the pictures of what inventors have been coming up wit to deal with the water crisis that is about to knock us flat. GO. READ. NOW.
In Navajo Nation v. US Forest Service (2007) (pdf file), the 9th Circuit held that a proposed project to use treated sewage effluent on the San Francisco Peaks violated the religious rights of 13 Indian Tribes under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). This victory is exciting because it is the first case to apply RFRA to protect sacred sites of Native Americans. Environmental laws have not stopped the degradation of natural resources interconnected with traditional religious and ceremonial practices. Our government and corporations have desecrated tribal lands generally with impunity. Well, the times may be A-Changin' as this case develops progeny. Basically the Fed. Government wanted to allow a ski resort to use treated sewage effluent for snow-making, so that they could stop their reliance on real snow. The Native Americans objected strongly to the idea that their sacred mtns be contaminated by sewage. And for once, this country's justice system, in the person of the 9th Circuit Court, agreed with them. Really cool diary with some very interesting info on what the hell is "reclaimed water", among other terms that are casually thrown about. And pictures!
Ontario, following the lead of Quebec, is considering legislation to ban the sale and use of "cosmetic" pesticides applied to lawns and gardens to kill pests and weeds...
The pesticide industry suggested a ban was not necessary in Ontario, citing as "evidence" the claim that "no U.S. state has a ban in place." While the pesticide industry has worked overtime to prevent states from enacting bans, it has not been very successful: State laws restrict the sites of pesticide applications, such as banning pesticides from schools and playgrounds, and local communities have enacted similar regulations requiring notice before pesticide use at homes. The success of pesticide bans is due to citizens working at the local levels of government, starting with partial bans whose scope is later expanded, and moving up the ladder of government to the state level.
The new Ontario pesticide ban was triggered by the realization of the risk pesticides present to our environment, the public's health, and our children's health. This law would ban 80 chemicals and 300 products which "pose a potential health risk." According to their government, the new ban is about "the right of kids to play in the grass ... without compromising their health."
Why is pesticide banning so momentous and urgent? Well...
Some of the pollutants, chemicals and pesticides that have been released into our environment are now in our air, soil, water, food...and our bodies. Studies have linked pesticides to serious illnesses, which may not become symptomatic for years. While everyone is at risk from exposure to these pesticides, a governmental report has identified who is particularly vulnerable to the health risks. This all reminds me of the film, Dead Man Walking: The "title comes from the traditional call in the U.S.A. ..."walking, dead man walking here!" from a prison guard as a condemned prisoner is led into the execution chamber." .
In short, we are poisoning ourselves in the name of big profits, and since our governments seem to be too corruption-riddles to consider the greater good of the society, we the people need to arise and step forward.
Air Pollution Killing the Fragrance of Flowers...Air pollution from our power plants and cars is
destroying the fragrance of flowers. This may sound like a silly, liberal "tree-hugging" complaint about the evils of air pollution. But, think about the ecological impact: Our lovely little bees use the scent of flowers like a roadmap to the source in order to pollinate flowers for our bouquets as well as our flowering plants for our food supply.
Bush's deadly clinate change bullshit...Bushie's primary concern is what he calls the "Regulatory Train Wreck." As stated by Bush, he appears fed up with those damn pesky judges who insist on following the mandates of our laws:
As we approach this challenge, we face a growing problem here at home. Some courts are taking laws written more than 30 years ago to primarily address local and regional environmental effects, and applying them to global climate change. The Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act were never meant to regulate global climate change. For example, under a Supreme Court decision last year, the Clean Air Act could be applied to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles.
In Bush's strict constructionist view, if these federal laws did not use the words "climate change" or "global warming," then the laws were not intended to address these issues. However, all these laws focus on environmental impacts, without specifically naming each environmental impact that could possibly ever occur. Moreover, air quality is the focus of CAA, and is an environmental impact regularly required to be reviewed under NEPA. Bush uses this view to argue that our environmental laws need to be reformed, just like he recently succeeded in "clarifying" the Clean Water Act (CWA) by changing the structure of the law to legalize the disastrous environmental impacts of mountaintop removal mining that previously were not legal under the CWA.
The problem is that Bush is losing in the courts and so he wants to change the laws. One reason Bush is losing in the courts is because his actions and policies are contrary to existing laws. Another reason is that we now have a new legal practice area called "climate change." The primary laws governing this practice, coincidentally, are the 3 laws Bush wants to change: The Clean Air Act (CAA), The Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Environmental groups, states and citizens have filed lawsuits under these laws and won in the courts. Can we get Pres. Bush the hell out of here? Like, RIGHT FUCKING NOW BEFORE HE KILLS US ALL!!!!
ANd if you still don't get WHY Climate Change is going knock us for six, see...
CDC says that Climate Chnage will have significant, adverse Health Impacts on Elderly and Children...Today, a top government health official announced that climate change will have a "significant impact" on health, particularly the elderly and children, in the "next few decades."
Howard Frumkin, a senior official of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gave a detailed summary on the likely health impacts of global warming at a congressional hearing. But he refrained from giving an opinion on whether carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas, should be regulated as a danger to public health.
Frumkin presented some details about the type of public health impacts from climate change. This was important testimony of our government admitting that global warming is not a myth, that the impacts will include much more than warmer temperatures, and that the time frame of impacts happening is the "next few decades." However, this information would have been released a year ago if the WH had not censored the testimony that was presented at that time. Ah, teh goddamn White House suppression of vital info again. We the people my ass. Looks like gov't is more bought by corporations, for the corporations, instead.
And Al Gore says that we as citizens need to take them on...
Crisis of Citizenship impedes envronmental concerns...Last month Al Gore discussed how our democracy crisis is impeding our efforts to address the climate crisis. As Gandhi said, "We must become the change we want to see" in the world. Gore stated that we can not solve the climate crisis until we solve the crisis of citizenship and democracy. The outcome we desire for global warming or any environmental issue is not going to be achieved by our beliefs unless it is accompanied by new behavior of citizen involvement at both the personal and political levels. Behavioral changes are good, like conservation, but Gore stated that it is more important to change the laws. Changing laws requires acknowledging an urgency of the environmental crises we face...
What we can do to move toward establishing that sense of urgency needed to trigger active citizenship which then triggers solving environmental issues is to understand the facts and analyze the issues. Once we agree upon the facts and analysis, then we must take action to change our political culture. This happened in Australia, which faced such a devastating drought that the people unified in a campaign to "lift the sense of urgency for the people about global warming and drought." The campaign included participation by newspaper, TV, radio and the internet, and it created the sense of urgency that led to a changed government with a new prime minister whose first action was to change position on global warming by ratifying Kyoto. Gore warned that we can not wait until we face water shortages like the drought in Australia.
Come on people. If Austrailia did it, what the hell are we in the USA waiting on?
Want more? Dig through his/her archives: Patriot Daily News Clearing House
Here are some of my favorite articles from he/she...
Creating Drinking Water from Air...At least 36 states will face water shortages in the next 5 years as supplies decrease due to drought, rising temperatures, population and inefficient management. Tensions created by mandatory conservation restrictions have turned neighbors against each other by reporting to the water police suspected illegal watering based on a lawn that was simply too green.
For a change, there is some good environmental news. Companies and individuals have developed technologies to capture water vapors in our air to create drinking water... or, as in this picture, a water maker that collects dew. You need to read this. YOU NEED TO READ THIS. At least to see the pictures of what inventors have been coming up wit to deal with the water crisis that is about to knock us flat. GO. READ. NOW.
In Navajo Nation v. US Forest Service (2007) (pdf file), the 9th Circuit held that a proposed project to use treated sewage effluent on the San Francisco Peaks violated the religious rights of 13 Indian Tribes under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). This victory is exciting because it is the first case to apply RFRA to protect sacred sites of Native Americans. Environmental laws have not stopped the degradation of natural resources interconnected with traditional religious and ceremonial practices. Our government and corporations have desecrated tribal lands generally with impunity. Well, the times may be A-Changin' as this case develops progeny. Basically the Fed. Government wanted to allow a ski resort to use treated sewage effluent for snow-making, so that they could stop their reliance on real snow. The Native Americans objected strongly to the idea that their sacred mtns be contaminated by sewage. And for once, this country's justice system, in the person of the 9th Circuit Court, agreed with them. Really cool diary with some very interesting info on what the hell is "reclaimed water", among other terms that are casually thrown about. And pictures!
Ontario, following the lead of Quebec, is considering legislation to ban the sale and use of "cosmetic" pesticides applied to lawns and gardens to kill pests and weeds...
The pesticide industry suggested a ban was not necessary in Ontario, citing as "evidence" the claim that "no U.S. state has a ban in place." While the pesticide industry has worked overtime to prevent states from enacting bans, it has not been very successful: State laws restrict the sites of pesticide applications, such as banning pesticides from schools and playgrounds, and local communities have enacted similar regulations requiring notice before pesticide use at homes. The success of pesticide bans is due to citizens working at the local levels of government, starting with partial bans whose scope is later expanded, and moving up the ladder of government to the state level.
The new Ontario pesticide ban was triggered by the realization of the risk pesticides present to our environment, the public's health, and our children's health. This law would ban 80 chemicals and 300 products which "pose a potential health risk." According to their government, the new ban is about "the right of kids to play in the grass ... without compromising their health."
Why is pesticide banning so momentous and urgent? Well...
Some of the pollutants, chemicals and pesticides that have been released into our environment are now in our air, soil, water, food...and our bodies. Studies have linked pesticides to serious illnesses, which may not become symptomatic for years. While everyone is at risk from exposure to these pesticides, a governmental report has identified who is particularly vulnerable to the health risks. This all reminds me of the film, Dead Man Walking: The "title comes from the traditional call in the U.S.A. ..."walking, dead man walking here!" from a prison guard as a condemned prisoner is led into the execution chamber." .
In short, we are poisoning ourselves in the name of big profits, and since our governments seem to be too corruption-riddles to consider the greater good of the society, we the people need to arise and step forward.
Air Pollution Killing the Fragrance of Flowers...Air pollution from our power plants and cars is
destroying the fragrance of flowers. This may sound like a silly, liberal "tree-hugging" complaint about the evils of air pollution. But, think about the ecological impact: Our lovely little bees use the scent of flowers like a roadmap to the source in order to pollinate flowers for our bouquets as well as our flowering plants for our food supply.
Bush's deadly clinate change bullshit...Bushie's primary concern is what he calls the "Regulatory Train Wreck." As stated by Bush, he appears fed up with those damn pesky judges who insist on following the mandates of our laws:
As we approach this challenge, we face a growing problem here at home. Some courts are taking laws written more than 30 years ago to primarily address local and regional environmental effects, and applying them to global climate change. The Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act were never meant to regulate global climate change. For example, under a Supreme Court decision last year, the Clean Air Act could be applied to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles.
In Bush's strict constructionist view, if these federal laws did not use the words "climate change" or "global warming," then the laws were not intended to address these issues. However, all these laws focus on environmental impacts, without specifically naming each environmental impact that could possibly ever occur. Moreover, air quality is the focus of CAA, and is an environmental impact regularly required to be reviewed under NEPA. Bush uses this view to argue that our environmental laws need to be reformed, just like he recently succeeded in "clarifying" the Clean Water Act (CWA) by changing the structure of the law to legalize the disastrous environmental impacts of mountaintop removal mining that previously were not legal under the CWA.
The problem is that Bush is losing in the courts and so he wants to change the laws. One reason Bush is losing in the courts is because his actions and policies are contrary to existing laws. Another reason is that we now have a new legal practice area called "climate change." The primary laws governing this practice, coincidentally, are the 3 laws Bush wants to change: The Clean Air Act (CAA), The Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Environmental groups, states and citizens have filed lawsuits under these laws and won in the courts. Can we get Pres. Bush the hell out of here? Like, RIGHT FUCKING NOW BEFORE HE KILLS US ALL!!!!
ANd if you still don't get WHY Climate Change is going knock us for six, see...
CDC says that Climate Chnage will have significant, adverse Health Impacts on Elderly and Children...Today, a top government health official announced that climate change will have a "significant impact" on health, particularly the elderly and children, in the "next few decades."
Howard Frumkin, a senior official of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gave a detailed summary on the likely health impacts of global warming at a congressional hearing. But he refrained from giving an opinion on whether carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas, should be regulated as a danger to public health.
Frumkin presented some details about the type of public health impacts from climate change. This was important testimony of our government admitting that global warming is not a myth, that the impacts will include much more than warmer temperatures, and that the time frame of impacts happening is the "next few decades." However, this information would have been released a year ago if the WH had not censored the testimony that was presented at that time. Ah, teh goddamn White House suppression of vital info again. We the people my ass. Looks like gov't is more bought by corporations, for the corporations, instead.
And Al Gore says that we as citizens need to take them on...
Crisis of Citizenship impedes envronmental concerns...Last month Al Gore discussed how our democracy crisis is impeding our efforts to address the climate crisis. As Gandhi said, "We must become the change we want to see" in the world. Gore stated that we can not solve the climate crisis until we solve the crisis of citizenship and democracy. The outcome we desire for global warming or any environmental issue is not going to be achieved by our beliefs unless it is accompanied by new behavior of citizen involvement at both the personal and political levels. Behavioral changes are good, like conservation, but Gore stated that it is more important to change the laws. Changing laws requires acknowledging an urgency of the environmental crises we face...
What we can do to move toward establishing that sense of urgency needed to trigger active citizenship which then triggers solving environmental issues is to understand the facts and analyze the issues. Once we agree upon the facts and analysis, then we must take action to change our political culture. This happened in Australia, which faced such a devastating drought that the people unified in a campaign to "lift the sense of urgency for the people about global warming and drought." The campaign included participation by newspaper, TV, radio and the internet, and it created the sense of urgency that led to a changed government with a new prime minister whose first action was to change position on global warming by ratifying Kyoto. Gore warned that we can not wait until we face water shortages like the drought in Australia.
Come on people. If Austrailia did it, what the hell are we in the USA waiting on?
Want more? Dig through his/her archives: Patriot Daily News Clearing House
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