Because natural gas-fired power plants emit half the CO2 and much lower levels of other pollutants per unit energy produced as coal-fired plants there is a big push for a coal to gas transition. However methane (CH4; the major constituent of natural gas) leaks and is 72 times worse than carbon dioxide (CO2) as a greenhouse gas (GHG) on a 20 year time scale.
It can be readily calculated that a 3.7% leakage of CH4 yields that same GHG effect as burning the remaining 96.7% of the CH4 (see (…)
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Huge US natural gas leakage means STOP gas rush, gas boom, gas-fired power plants & global Gasland
5 January 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
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letter of january to Obama.
1 January 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
Mister President Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington DC 20500
Mister President,
Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González, Ramón Labañino, and René González, have not yet been liberated, they are still rotting away in prison in your country.
You have already, as is the custom at Christmastime, granted a pardon to several convicts – drug traffickers and individuals who have committed fraudulent acts. You haven’t lifted a finger for the five (…) -
A detailed resource to stop the Gas Boom, Gas Rush, Gasland obscenity devastating Australia and America
27 December 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentA proposal for 1,000 MW gas-fired power plant to be built 1.5 kilometres from the SE Queensland, Australia Lockyer Valley town of Gatton (population 6,000) has drawn the ire of local residents. The local Lockyer Valley Regional Council (LVRC) has rejected an application from the proponent, Westlink, to build the plant. Westlink is appealing this decision of the council. [1].
The local opposition to the gas-fired power plant has been stated by Chris Hall of Keep Lockyer Rural: “[ re (…) -
Audacious, No Change
18 December 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
The claim that common people govern ourselves in a democracy called the United States is a false claim. And the claim that common people can freely and fundamentally criticize our political and economic system and work to build one that is more democratic without reprisal is a lie. Fresia, 1998
Republican representatives and the US president who marketed himself on the need for "change" audaciously said in a statement yesterday that "Today, the Senate passed with strong bipartisan support (…) -
The Adventures Of A Progressive In Redland - Chapter 1: Flushed
18 December 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
I always knew that the Greedy Red Trolls would try to drown us in sorrow and financial misery, I could see it in their beady little glowing red eyes, and don’t ask me about the foul smoke they continually blow out their posterior extruders!
I’ve heard it said that Red trolls have no heartbeat - if you put a stethoscope near their chest, it will freeze so badly your hand will turn to ice and fall off. There’s a money-sucking black hole in there, powered by corporatite! (There’s another (…) -
Video: Sights and Scenes from the End-the-Wars Action at the White House on Dec. 16, 2010.
17 December 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Featured in this video, besides scenes at the White House fence, are the following activists: Kevin Zeese, Jim Baldridge, Max Obsuzewski, Ellen Barfield, Katherine Hoffman and David Swanson. To learn more about the rally led by the Veterans for Peace, go to: http://veteransforpeace.org/
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Video: Flowers, McGovern, Benjamin and Becker: “End These Wars, Now!”
17 December 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Four of the speakers at the Veterans for Peace-led antiwar demonstration at the White House on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, are activists, who have long advocated for the cause of Peace and for Social Justice issues. They are: Dr. Margaret Flowers, a champion of an Expanded Medicare for All Healthcare System; Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst; Medea Benjamin, cofounder of CODEPINK; and, Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition. All four were later arrested, in an act of “Civil (…)
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A Slideshow of 33 Photos from White House Rally of Dec. 16, 2010
17 December 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Here’s Bill Hughes’ slideshow of 33 photos of the rally, speakers, march and arrest of Veterans/Activists at the White House, on Dec. 16, 2010.
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Rebooting Resistance
16 December 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Come, then, those of us who care about ending oppression. Reject the inhumanity of the right wing; the ignorance of the Tea-Party; the ineffectiveness of the left wing; the lies of liberals and libertarians; the greed of imperialists and royalists; and the abuses of religions. Now leave them all behind. A possible better world is long overdue.
Let us not attempt to recreate or reform systems of empire and globalization. This tired planet cannot survive the games that the greedy play. (…) -
Video: Mayor Stephanie Rawings-Blake on "Drug Addiction" in Baltimore City
11 December 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
A discussion panel, with the topic of "Future of Baltimore, was chaired by Dan Rodricks of the Baltimore Sun and WYPR (88.1 fm). It was held at the Bolton Street Synagogue on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 5, 2010. It featured Baltimore City’s Mayor, the Hon. Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, as one of the six panelists. The Mayor shared her views on the problem of "drug addiction" in the city and also responded to a question put to her on the issue by Mr. Rodricks. To learn more go to: (…)