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Brushing Teeth With Sewer Water Next Step as Texas Faces Drought
Brushing Teeth With Sewer Water Next Step as Texas Faces Drought - Businessweek
Brushing Teeth With Sewer Water Next Step as Texas Faces Drought - Businessweek
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The Texas city of more than 104,000, suffering the worst drought on record, is about to become the first place in the U.S. to treat sewage and pump it directly back to residents.
Not true what so ever. This has been going on for years, even in places unaffected by drought.
The Koch Attack on Solar Energy
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/27/opinion/sunday/the-koch-attack-on-solar-energy.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/27/opinion/sunday/the-koch-attack-on-solar-energy.html
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This cycles boogieman and last cycles boogieman. Make a boogieman and scare the uneducated.
Back when the Kochs gave to Democrats … - Byron Tau - POLITICO.com
The Koch brothers are the Democrats’ public enemy No. 1. But there was a time not too long ago that billionaires Charles and David Koch were modest Democratic Party donors.
Though the Kochs have poured untold millions into conservative and libertarian causes over the years, the political action committee for their privately held Koch Industries also has given money through the years to Democratic causes and candidates — including Mark Pryor, Mary Landrieu and Chuck Schumer — as part of the influence-peddling game that many corporations and wealthy donors play.
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Those donations from Koch Industries Inc. Political Action Committee, or KochPAC, include nearly $200,000 to Democratic candidates and committees as recently as 2010 — including a $30,000 donation to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
(Also on POLITICO: Democratic legacies on the line in 2014)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other top Democrats have made vilifying the Kochs part of a deliberate political strategy to rile up the party’s base and drive the party’s small-dollar fundraising efforts. Last week, Reid blasted the two brothers in a blistering Senate floor speech, accusing them of trying to hijack the political process with their donations and of meddling in the country’s foreign policy to protect their own interests.
But Reid’s fellow Democrats collected KochPAC money as recently as 2012.
Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas took $10,000 from KochPAC in 2012. Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana has taken $55,000 in Koch money since the 2000 cycle. Former Senate Democrats Max Baucus, Blanche Lincoln and Ben Nelson took Koch cash in 2010. And Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York got $1,000 in the same year.
(Also on POLITICO: Koch group to hit Udall in Colorado)
Since 2000, KochPAC has given more than $1.4 million to Democratic candidates, leadership PACs and party committees, according to numbers compiled by Congressional Quarterly’s Moneyline.
The DSCC even asked the Kochs to donate in 2011 — inviting them to a private donor retreat on South Carolina’s Kiawah Island in exchange for a five-figure contribution. The Kochs released audio of DSCC’s then-Chairwoman Patty Murray soliciting funds from them. The DSCC later called the request a “staff error.”
Random Jottings: Clinton sweetheart deal with Halliburton...
Clinton sweetheart deal with Halliburton...
Rich Lowry pours a cold bucket of facts and truth on the smears against the Halliburton Corporation. It won't make any difference to the scoundrels who are deliberately spreading lies. But perhaps you RJ readers will be interested:
...The Clinton administration made the same calculation in its own dealings with Halliburton. The company had won the LOGCAP in 1992, then lost it in 1997. The Clinton administration nonetheless awarded a no-bid contract to Halliburton to continue its work in the Balkans supporting the U.S. peacekeeping mission there because it made little sense to change midstream. According to Byron York, Al Gore's reinventing-government panel even singled out Halliburton for praise for its military logistics work...
"...the U.S. Army Logistics Civil Augmentation Program, or LOGCAP... is a multiyear contract for a corporation to be on call to provide whatever services might be needed quickly..." Halliburton has frequently been the low-bidder on LOGCAP, and both no-bid contracts were been made in the context of many Halliburton low bids to do exactly the same things. The idea that Dick Cheney just tossed a crony contract to his old firm is rubbish spread by toads who get to sleep quietly at night because decent Americans like Mr Cheney and the folks at Halliburton roll up their sleeves and tackle horrible problems in faraway places. And if they are well-paid for it, good! They deserve it. It doesn't look to me like they are nearly as overpaid as the NGO's and multinational institutions that the snivelers would prefer.
And imagine if the expected massive oil-field fires had actually occurred, and our response had been delayed for even a week by red tape. How the Bush haters would have crowed about the Administration's "lack of planning."
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Back when the Kochs gave to Democrats … - Byron Tau - POLITICO.com
The Koch brothers are the Democrats’ public enemy No. 1. But there was a time not too long ago that billionaires Charles and David Koch were modest Democratic Party donors.
Though the Kochs have poured untold millions into conservative and libertarian causes over the years, the political action committee for their privately held Koch Industries also has given money through the years to Democratic causes and candidates — including Mark Pryor, Mary Landrieu and Chuck Schumer — as part of the influence-peddling game that many corporations and wealthy donors play.
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Those donations from Koch Industries Inc. Political Action Committee, or KochPAC, include nearly $200,000 to Democratic candidates and committees as recently as 2010 — including a $30,000 donation to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
(Also on POLITICO: Democratic legacies on the line in 2014)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other top Democrats have made vilifying the Kochs part of a deliberate political strategy to rile up the party’s base and drive the party’s small-dollar fundraising efforts. Last week, Reid blasted the two brothers in a blistering Senate floor speech, accusing them of trying to hijack the political process with their donations and of meddling in the country’s foreign policy to protect their own interests.
But Reid’s fellow Democrats collected KochPAC money as recently as 2012.
Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas took $10,000 from KochPAC in 2012. Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana has taken $55,000 in Koch money since the 2000 cycle. Former Senate Democrats Max Baucus, Blanche Lincoln and Ben Nelson took Koch cash in 2010. And Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York got $1,000 in the same year.
(Also on POLITICO: Koch group to hit Udall in Colorado)
Since 2000, KochPAC has given more than $1.4 million to Democratic candidates, leadership PACs and party committees, according to numbers compiled by Congressional Quarterly’s Moneyline.
The DSCC even asked the Kochs to donate in 2011 — inviting them to a private donor retreat on South Carolina’s Kiawah Island in exchange for a five-figure contribution. The Kochs released audio of DSCC’s then-Chairwoman Patty Murray soliciting funds from them. The DSCC later called the request a “staff error.”
Random Jottings: Clinton sweetheart deal with Halliburton...
Clinton sweetheart deal with Halliburton...
Rich Lowry pours a cold bucket of facts and truth on the smears against the Halliburton Corporation. It won't make any difference to the scoundrels who are deliberately spreading lies. But perhaps you RJ readers will be interested:
...The Clinton administration made the same calculation in its own dealings with Halliburton. The company had won the LOGCAP in 1992, then lost it in 1997. The Clinton administration nonetheless awarded a no-bid contract to Halliburton to continue its work in the Balkans supporting the U.S. peacekeeping mission there because it made little sense to change midstream. According to Byron York, Al Gore's reinventing-government panel even singled out Halliburton for praise for its military logistics work...
"...the U.S. Army Logistics Civil Augmentation Program, or LOGCAP... is a multiyear contract for a corporation to be on call to provide whatever services might be needed quickly..." Halliburton has frequently been the low-bidder on LOGCAP, and both no-bid contracts were been made in the context of many Halliburton low bids to do exactly the same things. The idea that Dick Cheney just tossed a crony contract to his old firm is rubbish spread by toads who get to sleep quietly at night because decent Americans like Mr Cheney and the folks at Halliburton roll up their sleeves and tackle horrible problems in faraway places. And if they are well-paid for it, good! They deserve it. It doesn't look to me like they are nearly as overpaid as the NGO's and multinational institutions that the snivelers would prefer.
And imagine if the expected massive oil-field fires had actually occurred, and our response had been delayed for even a week by red tape. How the Bush haters would have crowed about the Administration's "lack of planning."
(via Betsy Newmark)
Posted by John Weidner at September 19, 2003 11:32 AM
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This is a Random Jottings Archive Page.
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I think voting should be made difficult...
Motivational Poster
The Empty Chair of Dorian Gray...
This post is very clear and concise on Benghazi...
Only the most skilled photographers can do this...
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A "modern iteration of the Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism"
More climate BS exposed...
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The Year Climate Change Closed Everest
As the world heats up, the Himalayas are becoming more volatile.
The Year Climate Change Closed Everest - Svati Kirsten Narula - The Atlantic
As the world heats up, the Himalayas are becoming more volatile.
The Year Climate Change Closed Everest - Svati Kirsten Narula - The Atlantic
Only fools & idiots deny AGW.
Why New Studies May Mean 'Game Over for the Climate Deniers'
Why New Studies May Mean 'Game Over for the Climate Deniers' - TheStreet
Why New Studies May Mean 'Game Over for the Climate Deniers'
Why New Studies May Mean 'Game Over for the Climate Deniers' - TheStreet
FTSE joins Blackrock to help investors avoid fossil fuels
FTSE joins Blackrock to help investors avoid fossil fuels - FT.com
BlackRock, the world’s biggest fund manager, has teamed up with London’s FTSE Group to help investors avoid coal, oil and gas companies without putting their money at risk.
In a sign that a global campaign against fossil fuels is entering the financial mainstream, companies that extract or explore for such fuels are excluded from a new set of indices created by FTSE, a large provider of stock market indexes
Several market benchmarks have already been developed to cover companies likely to profit from tougher environmental regulations, such as renewable energy or water management groups.
But the FTSE ones are believed to be the first from a leading index group that specifically bar fossil fuel companies.
A precise list of excluded companies has not been released but some of the best known names on the London Stock Exchange will be targeted, from oil and gas producer BP to coal miner BHP Billiton.
The groups that are included range from tech giants such as Apple, Google and Microsoft to a number of large US banks and pharmaceutical companies such as Johnson & Johnson of the US and Switzerland’s Roche.
The move comes as climate-change activists tack towards arguing that fossil fuels are not just dangerous for the environment but an increasingly risky financial bet with governments considering tougher action to curb global warming.
This has prompted growing interest from investors keen to understand the risks of fossil fuel holdings, said Kevin Bourne, a FTSE managing director.
“This is one of the fastest-moving debates I think I’ve seen in my 30 years in markets,” he said.
A US campaign modelled on the 1980s anti-apartheid divestment movement has led several small colleges and endowments there to sell out of their fossil fuel holdings.
But larger groups, including Harvard University, have resisted pressure to follow. The FTSE indices are part of an effort to broaden the campaign further.
They were prompted by the Natural Resources Defense Council, a US environmental charity, which helped design the indices and is providing seed capital for a financial product that BlackRock is launching to track the new benchmark.
“So far it’s been relatively niche players that have divested and that is why this launch is game-changing,” said Peter Lehner, NRDC executive director.
“What this aims to do is bring the opportunity for fossil fuel-free investing mainstream.”
Still, hurdles remain when it comes to large pension funds shifting big pots of money away from the fossil fuel industry, said Craig Mackenzie, investment director at Aberdeen Asset Management.
“The question is, will going fossil free have an investment performance impact and there is a significant chance it will,” he said, pointing to recent research by MSCI, another index provider, showing a fossil fuel free investment strategy would have slightly underperformed the broader market during the past 10 years.
That makes such a strategy very difficult for pension funds with a fiduciary duty to their members, he said.
.?. .?
‘Carbon bubble’ drives debate
When a small London think-tank named CarbonTracker started publishing reports on something it called the “carbon bubble” three years ago, few took too much notice.
Today, there is much debate about its idea that more than $670bn is invested annually in fossil fuel assets that could plummet in value if governments try to curb climate change. Many in the financial sector have started analysing it, including some fossil fuel companies themselves.
ExxonMobil, the US oil group, issued two reports in March looking at the implications of climate change for its business. It rejected the notion that policies to cut carbon dioxide emissions would leave many of its assets “stranded”, or unable to be exploited profitably.
Others have reached different conclusions. The fossil fuel industry stands to lose $28tn of gross revenues during the next 20 years if countries ever reach a meaningful deal to crack down on climate change, European financial services group Kepler Cheuvreux said in a report last week.
So far, only a handful of smaller funds have taken the leap to sell out of fossil fuel holdings, but earlier this year, Norway decided to see if its mammoth oil fund should do so, a step that would transform the debate.
FTSE joins Blackrock to help investors avoid fossil fuels - FT.com
BlackRock, the world’s biggest fund manager, has teamed up with London’s FTSE Group to help investors avoid coal, oil and gas companies without putting their money at risk.
In a sign that a global campaign against fossil fuels is entering the financial mainstream, companies that extract or explore for such fuels are excluded from a new set of indices created by FTSE, a large provider of stock market indexes
Several market benchmarks have already been developed to cover companies likely to profit from tougher environmental regulations, such as renewable energy or water management groups.
But the FTSE ones are believed to be the first from a leading index group that specifically bar fossil fuel companies.
A precise list of excluded companies has not been released but some of the best known names on the London Stock Exchange will be targeted, from oil and gas producer BP to coal miner BHP Billiton.
The groups that are included range from tech giants such as Apple, Google and Microsoft to a number of large US banks and pharmaceutical companies such as Johnson & Johnson of the US and Switzerland’s Roche.
The move comes as climate-change activists tack towards arguing that fossil fuels are not just dangerous for the environment but an increasingly risky financial bet with governments considering tougher action to curb global warming.
This has prompted growing interest from investors keen to understand the risks of fossil fuel holdings, said Kevin Bourne, a FTSE managing director.
“This is one of the fastest-moving debates I think I’ve seen in my 30 years in markets,” he said.
A US campaign modelled on the 1980s anti-apartheid divestment movement has led several small colleges and endowments there to sell out of their fossil fuel holdings.
But larger groups, including Harvard University, have resisted pressure to follow. The FTSE indices are part of an effort to broaden the campaign further.
They were prompted by the Natural Resources Defense Council, a US environmental charity, which helped design the indices and is providing seed capital for a financial product that BlackRock is launching to track the new benchmark.
“So far it’s been relatively niche players that have divested and that is why this launch is game-changing,” said Peter Lehner, NRDC executive director.
“What this aims to do is bring the opportunity for fossil fuel-free investing mainstream.”
Still, hurdles remain when it comes to large pension funds shifting big pots of money away from the fossil fuel industry, said Craig Mackenzie, investment director at Aberdeen Asset Management.
“The question is, will going fossil free have an investment performance impact and there is a significant chance it will,” he said, pointing to recent research by MSCI, another index provider, showing a fossil fuel free investment strategy would have slightly underperformed the broader market during the past 10 years.
That makes such a strategy very difficult for pension funds with a fiduciary duty to their members, he said.
.?. .?
‘Carbon bubble’ drives debate
When a small London think-tank named CarbonTracker started publishing reports on something it called the “carbon bubble” three years ago, few took too much notice.
Today, there is much debate about its idea that more than $670bn is invested annually in fossil fuel assets that could plummet in value if governments try to curb climate change. Many in the financial sector have started analysing it, including some fossil fuel companies themselves.
ExxonMobil, the US oil group, issued two reports in March looking at the implications of climate change for its business. It rejected the notion that policies to cut carbon dioxide emissions would leave many of its assets “stranded”, or unable to be exploited profitably.
Others have reached different conclusions. The fossil fuel industry stands to lose $28tn of gross revenues during the next 20 years if countries ever reach a meaningful deal to crack down on climate change, European financial services group Kepler Cheuvreux said in a report last week.
So far, only a handful of smaller funds have taken the leap to sell out of fossil fuel holdings, but earlier this year, Norway decided to see if its mammoth oil fund should do so, a step that would transform the debate.
The top ten global warming 'skeptic' arguments answered
Contrarian climate scientist Roy Spencer put forth the top 10 'skeptic' arguments - all are easily answered
The top ten global warming 'skeptic' arguments answered | Dana Nuccitelli | Environment | theguardian.com
Roy Spencer is one of the less than 3% of climate scientists whose research suggests that humans are playing a relatively minimal role in global warming. As one of those rare contrarian climate experts, he's often asked to testify before US Congress and interviewed by media outlets that want to present a 'skeptical' or false balance climate narrative. He's also a rather controversial figure, having made remarks about "global warming Nazis" and said,
"I view my job a little like a legislator, supported by the taxpayer, to protect the interests of the taxpayer and to minimize the role of government."
In any case, as one of those rare contrarian climate scientists, Spencer is in a good position to present the best arguments against the global warming consensus. Conveniently, he recently did just that on his blog, listing what he considers the "Top Ten Good Skeptical Arguments," throwing in an 11th for good measure. He also conveniently posed each of these arguments as questions; it turns out they're all easy to answer.
Contrarian climate scientist Roy Spencer put forth the top 10 'skeptic' arguments - all are easily answered
The top ten global warming 'skeptic' arguments answered | Dana Nuccitelli | Environment | theguardian.com
Roy Spencer is one of the less than 3% of climate scientists whose research suggests that humans are playing a relatively minimal role in global warming. As one of those rare contrarian climate experts, he's often asked to testify before US Congress and interviewed by media outlets that want to present a 'skeptical' or false balance climate narrative. He's also a rather controversial figure, having made remarks about "global warming Nazis" and said,
"I view my job a little like a legislator, supported by the taxpayer, to protect the interests of the taxpayer and to minimize the role of government."
In any case, as one of those rare contrarian climate scientists, Spencer is in a good position to present the best arguments against the global warming consensus. Conveniently, he recently did just that on his blog, listing what he considers the "Top Ten Good Skeptical Arguments," throwing in an 11th for good measure. He also conveniently posed each of these arguments as questions; it turns out they're all easy to answer.
cvictorg
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/07/science/earth/climate-change-report.html?hp&_r=0
The effects of human-induced climate change are being felt in every corner of the United States, scientists reported Tuesday, with water growing scarcer in dry regions, torrential rains increasing in wet regions, heat waves becoming more common and more severe, wildfires growing worse, and forests dying under assault from heat-loving insects.
Such sweeping changes have been caused by an average warming of less than 2 degrees Fahrenheit over most land areas of the country in the past century, the scientists found. If greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane continue to escalate at a rapid pace, they said, the warming could conceivably exceed 10 degrees by the end of this century.
“Climate change, once considered an issue for a distant future, has moved firmly into the present,” the scientists declared in a major new report assessing the situation in the United States.
“Summers are longer and hotter, and extended periods of unusual heat last longer than any living American has ever experienced,” the report continued. “Winters are generally shorter and warmer. Rain comes in heavier downpours. People are seeing changes in the length and severity of seasonal allergies, the plant varieties that thrive in their gardens, and the kinds of birds they see in any particular month in their neighborhoods.”
The effects of human-induced climate change are being felt in every corner of the United States, scientists reported Tuesday, with water growing scarcer in dry regions, torrential rains increasing in wet regions, heat waves becoming more common and more severe, wildfires growing worse, and forests dying under assault from heat-loving insects.
Such sweeping changes have been caused by an average warming of less than 2 degrees Fahrenheit over most land areas of the country in the past century, the scientists found. If greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane continue to escalate at a rapid pace, they said, the warming could conceivably exceed 10 degrees by the end of this century.
“Climate change, once considered an issue for a distant future, has moved firmly into the present,” the scientists declared in a major new report assessing the situation in the United States.
“Summers are longer and hotter, and extended periods of unusual heat last longer than any living American has ever experienced,” the report continued. “Winters are generally shorter and warmer. Rain comes in heavier downpours. People are seeing changes in the length and severity of seasonal allergies, the plant varieties that thrive in their gardens, and the kinds of birds they see in any particular month in their neighborhoods.”
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Climatologist: Oklahoma is Burning. USDA Issues Dust Bowl Alert
Climatologist: Oklahoma is Burning. USDA Issues Dust Bowl Alert | robertscribbler
Climatologist: Oklahoma is Burning. USDA Issues Dust Bowl Alert | robertscribbler
The G.O.P. Can’t Ignore Climate Change
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/07/opinion/the-gop-cant-ignore-climate-change.html
By JON M. HUNTSMAN Jr.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/07/opinion/the-gop-cant-ignore-climate-change.html
By JON M. HUNTSMAN Jr.
Krauthammer: Global Warming "Oldest Superstition Around," "The Rain Dance Of Native Americans"
Krauthammer: Global Warming "Oldest Superstition Around," "The Rain Dance Of Native Americans" | Video | RealClearPolitics
Krauthammer: Global Warming "Oldest Superstition Around," "The Rain Dance Of Native Americans" | Video | RealClearPolitics
corageon
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2014 has been CRAZY for weather / climate. Wtf is going on here. Damned CIA tech.
All Science Is Wrong, Concludes Esteemed Fox News Panel
Krauthammer, George Will Attack Climate Science -- NYMag
Krauthammer, George Will Attack Climate Science -- NYMag
FRONTLINE
This Week's Pick: Climate of Doubt: FRONTLINE's 2012 investigation into how skeptics transformed the direction of the climate change debate.
Why Watch Now?
The federal government released its new U.S. National Climate Assessment this week. The White House described it as "the most comprehensive scientific assessment ever generated of climate change and its impacts across every region of America and major sectors of the U.S. economy." The report says that climate change is real and it's here — and conditions will worsen if policymakers and the public do not take action.
Watch it Here:
http://www.pbs.org/frontline/climate-of-doubt/
This Week's Pick: Climate of Doubt: FRONTLINE's 2012 investigation into how skeptics transformed the direction of the climate change debate.
Why Watch Now?
The federal government released its new U.S. National Climate Assessment this week. The White House described it as "the most comprehensive scientific assessment ever generated of climate change and its impacts across every region of America and major sectors of the U.S. economy." The report says that climate change is real and it's here — and conditions will worsen if policymakers and the public do not take action.
Watch it Here:
http://www.pbs.org/frontline/climate-of-doubt/
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New argument from climate change deniers: global warming is a good thing
Facing overwhelming evidence of climate change, some deniers argue global warming could be a business opportunity
The new climate change deniers' argument: global warming is good for you | Guardian Sustainable Business | theguardian.com
Facing overwhelming evidence of climate change, some deniers argue global warming could be a business opportunity
The new climate change deniers' argument: global warming is good for you | Guardian Sustainable Business | theguardian.com
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