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Congress Stuffed Some Coal In Its Omnibus Package

The Export-Import Bank wants to stop financing coal plants. Congress has other ideas. Miloslav78/Thinkstock The 1,000-page omnibus spending package released Tuesday night is reigniting a fight over rules for U.S. financing of coal plants abroad. In October 2013, the Treasury Department announced that it would stop providing funding for conventional coal plants abroad, except in “very rare” cases. And in December 2013, the Export-Import Bank announced a new policy that would restrict financing for most new coal-fired power plants abroad. The bank, often called Ex-Im, exists to provide financial support to projects that spur the export of U.S. products and services. The change in coal policy aligned with President Barack Obama’s June 2013 call to end U.S. funding of fossil fuel energy projects abroad unless the products include carbon capture technology. But the language in the omnibus blocks both Ex-Im and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S.’s development finance institution, from using any funds in the bill to enforce these new restrictions on coal projects. Read the rest at The Huffington Post. See more here: Congress Stuffed Some Coal In Its Omnibus Package ; ; ;

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At Climate March in New York, a Clarion Call for Action

The People’s Climate March paraded through Manhattan on Sunday, taking frustration over stalled efforts to curb carbon emissions to the streets ahead of a climate summit meeting at the United Nations. Link – At Climate March in New York, a Clarion Call for Action

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Michael Bloomberg, Now a U.N. Climate Envoy, Presses the Case for Urban Action

Michael Bloomberg, a mayor turned U.N. climate envoy, explains what cities can do to blunt climate change and its impacts. Source article:  Michael Bloomberg, Now a U.N. Climate Envoy, Presses the Case for Urban Action ; ; ;

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Suit Says Owl Killings at Kennedy Airport Were Excessive

The lawsuit said federal agencies that oversee bird culling programs at airports should have found other ways to remove the owls. Visit link:  Suit Says Owl Killings at Kennedy Airport Were Excessive ; ;Related ArticlesDot Earth Blog: Heading Down East for a SpellStaten Island Zoo Capitalizes on the Small and ObscureWhite House Pushes Financial Case for Carbon Rule ;

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The Appraisal: Turbines Pop Up on New York Roofs, Along With Questions of Efficiency

Two new wind turbine installations have gone up recently, and at least half a dozen more are on the horizon, though it remains to be seen how popular they will become. Visit source: The Appraisal: Turbines Pop Up on New York Roofs, Along With Questions of Efficiency Related ArticlesDot Earth Blog: Research on Malaria-Resistant Children in Tanzania Leads to Promising New Vaccine TargetDot Earth Blog: Gavin Schmidt on Why Climate Models are Wrong, and ValuableNear-Average Hurricane Season Is Predicted for U.S. as El Niño Develops in the Pacific

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Why surfers care about plastics in the ocean (explained in a single photo)

This photo sums it up. Rise above plastics. Originally posted here:  Why surfers care about plastics in the ocean (explained in a single photo) ; ;Related ArticlesCalifornia nears a tipping point with single-use plasticsOutside the bubbleSan Francisco phases out single-use plastic water bottles on municipal property ;

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Exxon Valdez oil spill – in pictures

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All New Square Foot Gardening, Second Edition – Mel Bartholomew

Rapidly increasing in popularity, square foot gardening is the most practical, foolproof way to grow a home garden. That explains why author and gardening innovator Mel Bartholomew has sold more than two million books describing how to become a successful DIY square foot gardener. Now, with the publication of All New Square Foot Gardening, Second Edition , t […]

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Dataslate: Helbrutes (Interactive Edition) – Games Workshop

Helbrutes are the vicious Daemon bound war machines of the Chaos Space Marines. Driven insane by the sorcerous wards and chains that bind them to their armoured shells, Helbrutes are barely controlled berserkers that endlessly thirst for battle. The servants of the Dark Gods use Helbrutes as shock troops, unleashing them into enemy lines where they can vent […]

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White Dwarf Issue 8: 22 March 2014 – White Dwarf

Issue 8 of White Dwarf sports new releases for both Warhammer 40,000 and The Hobbit: An unexpected Journey. and features battle reports, how to fight Imperial Knights, drybrushing tutorials and more bears than you might reasonably expect. About this series: White Dwarf is Games Workshop’s weekly magazine, and boasts a wealth of great content, from the l […]

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Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team (Interactive Edition) – Games Workshop

Not all battles in the 41st Millennium are massed engagements between lumbering armies and towering war machines. In the shadows of these epic conflicts, squads of elite soldiers clash – their missions no less vital, their foes no less deadly. Designated as Kill Teams by the Imperium, or by a myriad of different names for their alien and daemonic counterpart […]

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Dataslate: Helbrutes (eBook Edition) – Games Workshop

Helbrutes are the vicious Daemon bound war machines of the Chaos Space Marines. Driven insane by the sorcerous wards and chains that bind them to their armoured shells, Helbrutes are barely controlled berserkers that endlessly thirst for battle. The servants of the Dark Gods use Helbrutes as shock troops, unleashing them into enemy lines where they can vent […]

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The Honest Life – Jessica Alba

As a new mom, Jessica Alba wanted to create the safest, healthiest environment for her family. But she was frustrated by the lack of trustworthy information on how to live healthier and cleaner—delivered in a way that a busy mom could act on without going to extremes. In 2012, with serial entrepreneur Brian Lee and environmental advocate Christopher Gavigan, […]

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Dataslate: Tyranid Onslaught – Rising Leviathan III – Games Workshop

The Satys System has been all but overrun by the tendrils of Hive Fleet Leviathan. From beneath the impenetrable Shadow in the Warp, scattered pockets of Imperial resistance still fight on, even as their doom becomes ever clearer. Now the third and final stage of the Tyranids consumption of the system begins, and the largest most terrifying bio-horrors walk […]

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Be the Pack Leader – Cesar Millan & Melissa Jo Peltier

Bestselling author Cesar Millan takes his principles of dog psychology a step further, showing you how to develop the calm-assertive energy of a successful pack leader and use it to improve your dog’s life–and your own. Filled with practical tips and techniques as well as real-life success stories from his clients (including the Grogan family, owners of Marl […]

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How to Raise the Perfect Dog – Cesar Millan & Melissa Jo Peltier

From the bestselling author and star of National Geographic Channel’s Dog Whisperer , the only resource you’ll need for raising a happy, healthy dog. For the millions of people every year who consider bringing a puppy into their lives–as well as those who have already brought a dog home–Cesar Millan, the preeminent dog behavior expert, says, “Yes, […]

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Dataslate: Tyranid Onslaught – Rising Leviathan III (eBook Edition) – Games Workshop

The Satys System has been all but overrun by the tendrils of Hive Fleet Leviathan. From beneath the impenetrable Shadow in the Warp, scattered pockets of Imperial resistance still fight on, even as their doom becomes ever clearer. Now the third and final stage of the Tyranids consumption of the system begins, and the largest most terrifying bio-horrors walk […]

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Exxon Valdez oil spill – in pictures

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Finding New Worlds in City’s Old Snow Piles

A polar geophysicist digs into New York City’s depressingly familiar snowpack to reveal a crystalline realm. Read more:  Finding New Worlds in City’s Old Snow Piles ; ;Related ArticlesVariety of Projects Vying for Grants From $19.5 Million Oil Spill FundWorld Briefing: Climbing Mt. Everest? Nepal Says Bring Back GarbageE.P.A. Set to Reveal Tough New Sulfur Emissions Rule ;

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Mark Ruffalo Wants You to Imagine a 100 Percent Clean Energy Future

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The celebrity activist isn’t just against fracking; he wants to turn the conversation to green solutions. Mark Ruffalo at a New York City anti-fracking demonstration in 2010. Bryan Smith/ZUMA For Mark Ruffalo, environmental activism started out with something to oppose, to be against: Fracking. It all began when the actor, perhaps best known for his role as Bruce Banner (The Hulk) in Marvel’s The Avengers, was raising his three small children in the town of Callicoon, in upstate New York. At that time the Marcellus Shale fracking boom was coming on strong and was poised to expand into New York, even as the area also saw a series of staggering floods, each one seemingly more unprecedented than the last. “That was alarming,” remembers Ruffalo on the latest episode of the Inquiring Minds podcast (stream below). “Not only alarming to me, but also alarming to all the farmers who used to make fun of me for talking about climate change and global warming.” In response, Ruffalo launched Water Defense, a nonprofit that takes on fracking and extreme or unconventional energy extraction in general (from mountaintop removal mining to deep sea drilling), and does so with a focus on grassroots activism. In the process, Ruffalo has become quite the visible spokesman: He even unleashed some Hulk-style anger toward the energy industry on the Colbert Report. But if you think Ruffalo is just another celeb with an anti-corporate tilt, you’re missing the real story. His true passion is promoting a clean energy solution to our climate and water problems, and demonstrating how feasible it is. Today. Like, now. Mark Ruffalo The Toronto Star/ZUMA “For the first time in human history, we’re actually at a place, technologically speaking, where we can make this transition,” explains Ruffalo. “And the amount of money, and resources, that we pour into this fossil fuel infrastructure, which has been an appendage to us, like a third leg that we’re dragging around, will be freed up, and no longer will we be worrying about having to extract energy. We’ll be just harvesting what’s already pouring on us every single day.” Ruffalo’s shift toward clean energy advocacy was a natural evolution from the fracking fight. “What I started to feel was, you can’t credibly say ‘no’ to something unless you can come up with an alternative that is equal to or better than what is being offered,” he says. And for that alternative, he naturally turned to scientists. Ruffalo had come across research by Mark Jacobson, a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford, on the potential for the US to move to 100 percent renewable energy in the coming decades. “So I went to him and I said, ‘Hey Mark, could you make a plan for New York state based on this broad concept that the United States could actually do it, and do it in my lifetime hopefully, and definitely in my kids’ lifetime?” Jacobson initially demurred, saying he didn’t have time to write down much more than a few paragraphs. But he didn’t hold out for long. “The next day in my email inbox I had 40 pages of what is now a feasibility study on moving New York state from fossil fuels to renewable energy by 2030,” laughs Ruffalo. That study is here; it describes a state drawing 50 percent of its power from wind (10 percent onshore and 40 percent offshore), 38 percent from various forms of solar power, and the remainder from sources like geothermal and hydroelectric power—all while saving money, producing more jobs, and even saving lives (thanks to cleaner air). Notably, the New York state plan doesn’t just eliminate oil and coal; it also avoids nuclear power and natural gas. Here’s a figure from Jacobson’s paper, showing how much of New York’s total area would have to be devoted to clean energy projects to pull it off: Area required to implement a 100 percent clean energy plan for New York based on wind, water, and solar (“WWS”). Mark Jacobson et al, Energy Policy. To be sure, critics have questioned the feasibility of such a swift and absolute energy transformation. But Ruffalo isn’t deterred; the New York state study was just the beginning. “In the next few months, we will be dropping 50 plans for 50 states,” he says. The draft plans for California and Washington are already available. Meanwhile, Jacobson, Ruffalo, banker Marco Krapels, and documentary filmmaker Josh Fox have formed a new organization called the Solutions Project, which declares that “it’s not enough to simply be against something”; rather, the organization wants to use “science + business + culture to accelerate the transition to 100% renewable energy.” So is all of this just crazy and unrealistic? Consider some facts about the impressive growth of solar energy of late: A solar energy system is now installed every four minutes in the US, according to GTM Research. By 2016, that’s projected to be down to 83 seconds. According to the Solar Energy Industry Organization, the price of a solar panel has declined 60 percent just since 2011. Walmart is now producing more solar power at its stores than 38 US states. But the most impressive statistics about solar power involve its abundant supply and stunning potential. According to one estimate, the amount of solar energy reaching the Earth’s surface in one and half hours exceeds the entire world energy consumption in the year 2001. Such are the facts, but grasping what they really mean is another matter. And to hear Ruffalo talk about clean energy is to encounter a degree of optimism that is as infectious as it is rare. “We’re not getting the messaging about how wonderful a world we’re going to be living in when we make this change,” he says. People don’t know, Ruffalo continues, “what it will look like to go outside and see no smog. What it will look like to have cars that don’t make any noise, or have any exhaust come out of them.” To help in that visualization, Ruffalo is teaming up with the filmmaker and TV personality Jason Silva to make short-subject videos about “this beautiful concept of the abundance that will be manifested to us once we move to renewable energy.” And he has partnered with Mosaic, a company that helps to crowd-fund solar projects, in a “Put Solar on It” campaign to rapidly increase the number of US solar installations in 2014 (while making money for investors along the way). Just last week on the Fox Business Network, Ruffalo could be found promoting the Mosaic project to an audience of not-exactly-lefty investors. So will Ruffalo ever act in or produce a clean energy or global warming movie? He’s “mulling it over,” he says. “An issue has got to mature to a place that that story can be told without it smacking as a polemic,” he adds. You have to hit a kind of cultural sweet spot, sort of like what happened with Ruffalo’s influential 2010 film The Kids Are All Right, about same-sex parenting. In the meantime, Ruffalo wants you to simply imagine what our energy future could be. “A spill for a solar panel,” he says, “is a sunny day.” You can stream the full Inquiring Minds interview with Mark Ruffalo here: This episode of Inquiring Minds, a podcast hosted by best-selling author Chris Mooney and neuroscientist and musician Indre Viskontas, also features a discussion of what the year 2013 meant for climate and energy. To catch future shows right when they are released, subscribe to Inquiring Minds via iTunesorRSS. You can also follow the show on Twitter at @inquiringshow and like us on Facebook. Inquiring Minds was also recently singled out as one of the “Best of 2013″ shows on iTunes—you can learn more here.

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New Cockroach Invades New York’s High Line

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