Not since 1963 have humpback whales been slaughtered, so a sarcastic congratulations to the Japanese for taking us back in time.
Read more here.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Spare No Pity For Kate Middleton
Kate Middleton recently whined about being hounded by the British media. Well, when you see this hideous, cruel young woman stag hunting with the always cruel royal family, then she deserves, at the very least, to be the quarry of the paparazzi.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Hate Britain - Re The Murder Of Rhys Jones
The murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones didn't really prove to me that Britain is sick, as I've thought it's been sick for years. It just proves it's sicker than I thought!
There's more of a nastiness now in society, than when I was 11, and when I was kicking a ball about, I just had the worry of a grumpy neighbour confiscating my ball.
I was in a gang as a teenager, but it was just macho posturing. No guns, no knives, no fighting. You can blame the current climate on a lot of things, but it comes down to respect. If you can't respect the life of an 11-year-old boy, what the hell can you respect?
I don't really know what makes the minds of these kids tick, but YouTube are quite happy to give 'em a voice here: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LWk3mXooTQQ. This vid was featured on the news a few days ago.
I'd rather look at this tribute site to Rhys by his friends:
http://pic1.piczo.com/LovingMemoryOfRhys/?g=29378596&cr=1
Shambo’s Pals Killed
Skanda Vale didn't really bother to protest too much this time. The Welsh Government Assembly thugs have probably broken their spirit. And, you know what, they're probably proud of themselves.
Now Britain is useless at stopping gangs of toerags roaming our streets, killing children, but we're world champions at pitiless bureaucracy.
RIP
Bhakti
Dakshini
Shambo
Latest Skanda Vale statement, with photos of these truly beautiful animals: http://www.skandavale.org
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Foot-And-Mouth Paranoia
Foot-and-mouth is rarely a fatal disease in animals, so the obvious question is why does paranoia break out every time there's an outbreak of the disease in the UK?
The answer, of course, is about protecting the meat industry. You rarely hear, in news reports, anything about the poor animals, but a helluva lot about farmers scared of losing money.
The answer, of course, is about protecting the meat industry. You rarely hear, in news reports, anything about the poor animals, but a helluva lot about farmers scared of losing money.
Yangtze River Dolphin Extinct - Thanks To Man
In Beijing they were counting down to the Olympics, when some depressing news came out about the Yangtze River dolphin.
It was recently announced that the human race was to blame for the extinction of the Yangtze River dolphin, nicknamed 'Goddess of the Yangtze'. This is believed to be the first large mammal to have been wiped out by man - in this case through overfishing - in modern history.
This endearing dolphin lived on this planet for 20 million years.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Britain's Shame3 - British Government Animal Experiments Ruled Unlawful
BUAV - British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection - took the British Government to court over cruel animal experiments, and have won a partial victory at least. I recently heard about monkeys still being scalped in the 'civilized' UK.
More at Yahoo! News here:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20070727/tuk-animal-experiment-ruling-unlawful-6323e80.html
More at Yahoo! News here:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20070727/tuk-animal-experiment-ruling-unlawful-6323e80.html
Britain's Shame2 - Shambo RIP
The Welsh Assembly Government finally took the life of the beautiful Shambo.
The people responsible for Shambo's death have no respect for anyone's beliefs but their own. I've never really supported ALF and the more militant animal rights supporters, but I am beginning to lose patience with being a peaceful animal welfare campaigner and getting nowhere.
The poet Shelley (himself a veggie) said of animals being used for food: "If the use of animal food be, in consequence, subversive to the peace of human society, how unwarrantable is the injustice and the barbarity which is exercised toward these miserable victims. They are called into existence by human artifice that they may drag out a short and miserable existence of slavery and disease, that their bodies may be mutilated, their social feelings outraged. It were much better that a sentient being should never have existed, than that it should have existed only to endure unmitigated misery."
Shelley also came out with the "rise like lions after slumber" phrase, and it's about time animal lovers did so. Do nothing, and bad things are allowed to happen.
The people responsible for Shambo's death have no respect for anyone's beliefs but their own. I've never really supported ALF and the more militant animal rights supporters, but I am beginning to lose patience with being a peaceful animal welfare campaigner and getting nowhere.
The poet Shelley (himself a veggie) said of animals being used for food: "If the use of animal food be, in consequence, subversive to the peace of human society, how unwarrantable is the injustice and the barbarity which is exercised toward these miserable victims. They are called into existence by human artifice that they may drag out a short and miserable existence of slavery and disease, that their bodies may be mutilated, their social feelings outraged. It were much better that a sentient being should never have existed, than that it should have existed only to endure unmitigated misery."
Shelley also came out with the "rise like lions after slumber" phrase, and it's about time animal lovers did so. Do nothing, and bad things are allowed to happen.
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Shilpa Shetty Condemns Circus Cruelty
Bollywood film star Shilpa is one real*ty TV personality who isn't a brain dead, uncouth, shallow moron. She recently supported a PETA campaign against circuses, saying: "These once dignified animals only leave their cages, which are barely larger than the size of their bodies, for a few minutes each day to be forced into the ring to perform tricks which make no sense and are upsetting to them. The best way to help animals suffering in circuses is to boycott the circus. I thought I should stop that. If I can make a little difference to their lives, why not go for it?"
Shilpa Shetty page at booksmusicfilmstv.com here:
http://www.booksmusicfilmstv.com/MovieStars/ShilpaShetty.html
Shilpa Shetty page at booksmusicfilmstv.com here:
http://www.booksmusicfilmstv.com/MovieStars/ShilpaShetty.html
Best Friends Animal Society
Permission to CROSS POST this message from Best Friends!! If you can help, donation info is below!
Our paypal account is roxyjasper@earthlink.net and donors must note that the donations are for Liz Johnson.
Our paypal account is roxyjasper@earthlink.net and donors must note that the donations are for Liz Johnson.
Thanks so much,
Jessica Cliver
Best Friends Animal Society
Los Angeles Programs
jessicac@bestfriends.org
www.bestfriends.org
www.network.bestfriends.org
www.myspace.com/bestfriendsanimalsociety
"A better world through kindness to animals."
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Cutty Sark Gutted
Distressing to see this beautiful old clipper in such a mess. If you want to help, visit:
http://www.cuttysark.org.uk/
http://www.cuttysark.org.uk/
Doctor Who Series 3 Reviews at booksmusicfilmstv.com
Smith And Jones
http://www.booksmusicfilmstv.com/SciFiFan/SmithAndJones.htm
The Shakespeare Code http://www.booksmusicfilmstv.com/SciFiFan/TheShakespeareCode.htm
Gridlock
http://www.booksmusicfilmstv.com/SciFiFan/Gridlock.htm
Daleks In Manhattan/Evolution Of The Daleks http://www.booksmusicfilmstv.com/SciFiFan/DaleksInManhattan.htm
The Lazarus Experiment
http://www.booksmusicfilmstv.com/SciFiFan/LazarusExperiment.htm
http://www.booksmusicfilmstv.com/SciFiFan/SmithAndJones.htm
The Shakespeare Code http://www.booksmusicfilmstv.com/SciFiFan/TheShakespeareCode.htm
Gridlock
http://www.booksmusicfilmstv.com/SciFiFan/Gridlock.htm
Daleks In Manhattan/Evolution Of The Daleks http://www.booksmusicfilmstv.com/SciFiFan/DaleksInManhattan.htm
The Lazarus Experiment
http://www.booksmusicfilmstv.com/SciFiFan/LazarusExperiment.htm
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Tell a friend about Freecycle!
Neat idea this one.
http://www.freecycle.org/
The Freecycle Network™ is made up of many individual groups across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. Each local group is moderated by a local volunteer (them's good people). Membership is free. To sign up, find your community by clicking on the region on the left. You may then go directly to your local group by clicking on "Go To" or you may immediately joining by clicking on "Join." It will generate an automatic e-mail which, when sent, will sign you up for the local group and send you a response with instructions on how it works. Can't find a group near you? You might want to consider starting one (click on "Start a Group" for instructions). Have fun!
The Freecycle Network was started in May 2003 to promote waste reduction in Tucson's downtown and help save desert landscape from being taken over by landfills. The Network provides individuals and non-profits an electronic forum to "recycle" unwanted items. One person's trash can truly be another's treasure!
When you want to find a new home for something -- whether it's a chair, a fax machine, piano, or an old door -- you simply send an e-mail offering it to members of the local Freecycle group.
Or, maybe you're looking to acquire something yourself. Simply respond to a member's offer, and you just might get it. After that, it's up to the giver to decide who receives the gift and to set up a pickup time for passing on the treasure.
Our main rule: Everything posted must be free, legal, and appropriate for all ages.
Non-profit organizations also benefit from The Freecycle Network. Post the item or items you want to give away and specify that you wish the gift to go to a nonprofit cause. It's entirely your choice! It's a free cycle of giving. The Freecycle Network is incorporated as a nonprofit organization and is tax-exempt under the IRS 501(c)3 ruling.
Think globally, recycle locally. The Freecycle Network is open to all communities and to all individuals who want to participate. Freecycle groups are moderated by local volunteers from across the globe who facilitate each local group - grassroots at its best!
Tell a friend about Freecycle!
http://www.freecycle.org/
The Freecycle Network™ is made up of many individual groups across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. Each local group is moderated by a local volunteer (them's good people). Membership is free. To sign up, find your community by clicking on the region on the left. You may then go directly to your local group by clicking on "Go To" or you may immediately joining by clicking on "Join." It will generate an automatic e-mail which, when sent, will sign you up for the local group and send you a response with instructions on how it works. Can't find a group near you? You might want to consider starting one (click on "Start a Group" for instructions). Have fun!
The Freecycle Network was started in May 2003 to promote waste reduction in Tucson's downtown and help save desert landscape from being taken over by landfills. The Network provides individuals and non-profits an electronic forum to "recycle" unwanted items. One person's trash can truly be another's treasure!
When you want to find a new home for something -- whether it's a chair, a fax machine, piano, or an old door -- you simply send an e-mail offering it to members of the local Freecycle group.
Or, maybe you're looking to acquire something yourself. Simply respond to a member's offer, and you just might get it. After that, it's up to the giver to decide who receives the gift and to set up a pickup time for passing on the treasure.
Our main rule: Everything posted must be free, legal, and appropriate for all ages.
Non-profit organizations also benefit from The Freecycle Network. Post the item or items you want to give away and specify that you wish the gift to go to a nonprofit cause. It's entirely your choice! It's a free cycle of giving. The Freecycle Network is incorporated as a nonprofit organization and is tax-exempt under the IRS 501(c)3 ruling.
Think globally, recycle locally. The Freecycle Network is open to all communities and to all individuals who want to participate. Freecycle groups are moderated by local volunteers from across the globe who facilitate each local group - grassroots at its best!
Tell a friend about Freecycle!
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Jonny Still Good
Jonny Wilkinson made an awesome return to the England rugby union team last Saturday, in England's 42-20 win over Scotland in the 6 Nations, after over three years out. Champions of any sport just have a different mentality, and so, for Jonny, coming back to a struggling England side at Twickenham was obviously not going to faze him.
It takes a lot to get this cynical old git excited (and my silent friend Helga has a puncture again), but Jonny Wilkinson did the trick. Brilliant kicking, brilliant handling, 27 points, and even the officials decided to reward his efforts by giving him a try - which even my dodgy peepers could see wasn't.
Jonny seems a nice bloke, too, and he must be good on the guitar now. He's had plenty of time to practice...
Jonny Wilkinson Biography
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Turkey Massacre - Britain's Shame1
I agree with this Animal Aid statement 100%. The soulless turkey slaughterers said the killing was "going very smoothly". Spare a thought for these poor creatures tonight - the turkeys, of course.
Animal Aid statement on Bernard Matthews bird flu outbreak
With government-appointed killing gangs preparing to destroy as many as 160,000 birds at a Bernard Matthews Suffolk turkey farm, it is time for the intensive poultry industry to acknowledge that its own ruthless animal production and slaughtering systems are the root cause of the deadly new strains of bird flu.
The global poultry industry has so far succeeded in diverting blame for the Avian Influenza outbreaks onto wild migratory birds. But with the migratory season over, industry apologists are devoid of excuses.
In its natural state, the influenza virus has existed for millions of years as a harmless, intestinal infection of aquatic birds such as ducks. In poultry, bird flu has gone from a rare disease that occurs once a year to a far more lethal condition that is striking more and more frequently. The deadly H5N1 strain emerged in 1997 in Hong Kong. Since then, lethal outbreaks have hit the Far East, China, North America and Europe, including Norfolk and Fife. Millions of birds have been brutally destroyed and more than 100 people have died, mostly in Asia.
Broiler sheds are perfect breeding grounds for the new, deadly viral strains and there are any number of ways that they can spread across countries and continents - not least through transportation of chicks and poults, poultry products, feed and equipment.
Countries that have not yet developed a large-scale intensive poultry industry have been largely spared. Despite poultry sheds being nominally sealed off from the outside world, diseased material can easily enter them. An expert in the field, Dr Mohammad Yousaf*, has indicated that H5N1 and other such strains can find their way in through faecal traces or moisture in the air - or through the medium of feed, water, supplies, cages, clothes, delivery vehicles, mammals and even insects.
That a Bernard Matthews production unit should be hit by bird flu comes as no surprise to those who have monitored the company’s activities over the years. Undercover investigations in 2002, 2005 and 2006 produced evidence of crowded, dirty conditions with severely injured, diseased and dead birds.
In September last year, two of the company’s workers at Beck Farm, Haveringland were convicted of battering turkeys with a broom handle, used like a baseball bat. The solicitor defending the men described the conditions in the unit as "appalling" and said: "You can see why people move to an organic, more open type of farming."
Intensive farms, like those that Bernard Matthews run, are little more than disease factories. Overcrowded, filthy conditions, and stressed animals are a recipe for an outbreak.
The first priority of the meat industry and its government allies has been to insist that poultry products are safe to eat and that the public should continue to buy and consume them. Cooked chicken and turkey might be purged of viruses but how safe are the bodies of dead birds - fresh from supermarket chillers - that reside in millions of fridges around the country?
The birds in that Holton shed, whose fate under ‘normal’ production regimes would be appalling, are set to endure even greater suffering. Government ministers indicated in recent months that they would be prepared to allow mass asphyxiation of birds under just these circumstances.
Animal Aid is calling for a boycott of all chicken products as a means of waking up the government, the industry and the consumer to the vile and deadly nature of intensive animal production in the UK.
Notes to the Editor
For full background and interviews, contact Andrew Tyler on 01732 364546 (out of hours 07918 083774)
ISDN line available for broadcast-quality interviews.
Reference:
* Avian influenza outbreak hits the industry again, Dr Mohammad Yousaf, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, World Poultry, Vol 20 No 3 2004.* Avian influenza outbreak hits the industry again, Dr Mohammad Yousaf, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, World Poultry, Vol 20 No 3 2004.
© Copyright Animal Aid 2007
Source link:
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/pr_factory/ALL/1504//
Animal Aid statement on Bernard Matthews bird flu outbreak
With government-appointed killing gangs preparing to destroy as many as 160,000 birds at a Bernard Matthews Suffolk turkey farm, it is time for the intensive poultry industry to acknowledge that its own ruthless animal production and slaughtering systems are the root cause of the deadly new strains of bird flu.
The global poultry industry has so far succeeded in diverting blame for the Avian Influenza outbreaks onto wild migratory birds. But with the migratory season over, industry apologists are devoid of excuses.
In its natural state, the influenza virus has existed for millions of years as a harmless, intestinal infection of aquatic birds such as ducks. In poultry, bird flu has gone from a rare disease that occurs once a year to a far more lethal condition that is striking more and more frequently. The deadly H5N1 strain emerged in 1997 in Hong Kong. Since then, lethal outbreaks have hit the Far East, China, North America and Europe, including Norfolk and Fife. Millions of birds have been brutally destroyed and more than 100 people have died, mostly in Asia.
Broiler sheds are perfect breeding grounds for the new, deadly viral strains and there are any number of ways that they can spread across countries and continents - not least through transportation of chicks and poults, poultry products, feed and equipment.
Countries that have not yet developed a large-scale intensive poultry industry have been largely spared. Despite poultry sheds being nominally sealed off from the outside world, diseased material can easily enter them. An expert in the field, Dr Mohammad Yousaf*, has indicated that H5N1 and other such strains can find their way in through faecal traces or moisture in the air - or through the medium of feed, water, supplies, cages, clothes, delivery vehicles, mammals and even insects.
That a Bernard Matthews production unit should be hit by bird flu comes as no surprise to those who have monitored the company’s activities over the years. Undercover investigations in 2002, 2005 and 2006 produced evidence of crowded, dirty conditions with severely injured, diseased and dead birds.
In September last year, two of the company’s workers at Beck Farm, Haveringland were convicted of battering turkeys with a broom handle, used like a baseball bat. The solicitor defending the men described the conditions in the unit as "appalling" and said: "You can see why people move to an organic, more open type of farming."
Intensive farms, like those that Bernard Matthews run, are little more than disease factories. Overcrowded, filthy conditions, and stressed animals are a recipe for an outbreak.
The first priority of the meat industry and its government allies has been to insist that poultry products are safe to eat and that the public should continue to buy and consume them. Cooked chicken and turkey might be purged of viruses but how safe are the bodies of dead birds - fresh from supermarket chillers - that reside in millions of fridges around the country?
The birds in that Holton shed, whose fate under ‘normal’ production regimes would be appalling, are set to endure even greater suffering. Government ministers indicated in recent months that they would be prepared to allow mass asphyxiation of birds under just these circumstances.
Animal Aid is calling for a boycott of all chicken products as a means of waking up the government, the industry and the consumer to the vile and deadly nature of intensive animal production in the UK.
Notes to the Editor
For full background and interviews, contact Andrew Tyler on 01732 364546 (out of hours 07918 083774)
ISDN line available for broadcast-quality interviews.
Reference:
* Avian influenza outbreak hits the industry again, Dr Mohammad Yousaf, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, World Poultry, Vol 20 No 3 2004.* Avian influenza outbreak hits the industry again, Dr Mohammad Yousaf, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, World Poultry, Vol 20 No 3 2004.
© Copyright Animal Aid 2007
Source link:
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/pr_factory/ALL/1504//
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Poets & Folkies By The Score
Everyone loves lists, don't they? Here's a couple, though not definitive.
A list of English-speaking poets, and links to their books:
http://www.booksmusicfilmstv.com/Poetry/EnglishSpeakingPoets.htm
A list of hundreds of folk artists, and links to their music:
http://booksmusicfilmstv.com/Music/FolkMusicIndex.htm
A list of English-speaking poets, and links to their books:
http://www.booksmusicfilmstv.com/Poetry/EnglishSpeakingPoets.htm
A list of hundreds of folk artists, and links to their music:
http://booksmusicfilmstv.com/Music/FolkMusicIndex.htm
George W. Bush - Comic Genius
This previously appeared on my MyWasteOfSpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/stickybanananana
It can be argued that the American President has produced more (unintentioned) laughs than any other comic in the 21st Century. But, even before he became President, Dubya was making 'em roll in the aisles. Here's some classics from his pre-President days.
"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe."
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people gong to the polls."
"It's time for the human race to enter the solar system."
"One word sums up, probably, the responsibility of any Governor, and that one word is 'to be prepared'."
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
"People that are really weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history."
So many more, but I've only got so many hours in any given day.
http://www.myspace.com/stickybanananana
It can be argued that the American President has produced more (unintentioned) laughs than any other comic in the 21st Century. But, even before he became President, Dubya was making 'em roll in the aisles. Here's some classics from his pre-President days.
"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe."
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people gong to the polls."
"It's time for the human race to enter the solar system."
"One word sums up, probably, the responsibility of any Governor, and that one word is 'to be prepared'."
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
"People that are really weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history."
So many more, but I've only got so many hours in any given day.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Save The Amur Leopard - Press Release
Field survey data estimates that there are fewer than 50 Amur Leopards left in the wild, making the Amur Leopard one of the world's most endangered cats.
Donations
You can now make donations to the Amur Leopard Conservation Support Programme.
http://www.amur-leopard.org/donate.htm
Get the T Shirt!
Show your support for the Amur leopard wearing the new Amur Leopard Conservation T Shirt - available now from the Feline Conservation Center (FCC). All proceeds go support Amur leopard conservation
http://www.cathouse-fcc.org/amurtshirt.html
Donations
You can now make donations to the Amur Leopard Conservation Support Programme.
http://www.amur-leopard.org/donate.htm
Get the T Shirt!
Show your support for the Amur leopard wearing the new Amur Leopard Conservation T Shirt - available now from the Feline Conservation Center (FCC). All proceeds go support Amur leopard conservation
http://www.cathouse-fcc.org/amurtshirt.html
Dennis Weaver - Eco Warrior
The late Dennis Weaver was famous as the TV cop McCloud, but he was ahead of his time with his compassion for all living things, as he reveals here:
Dennis Weaver's Personal Thoughts - from his own website
http://www.dennisweaver.com/personalthoughts.html
Dennis Weaver Website
http://www.dennisweaver.com/
...And My Dennis Weaver Obituary
http://www.booksmusicfilmstv.com/TVStars/DennisWeaver.htm
Dennis Weaver's Personal Thoughts - from his own website
http://www.dennisweaver.com/personalthoughts.html
Dennis Weaver Website
http://www.dennisweaver.com/
...And My Dennis Weaver Obituary
http://www.booksmusicfilmstv.com/TVStars/DennisWeaver.htm
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Cardinal Cox Film Reviews at booksmusicfilmstv.com
Peterborough writer and poet Cardinal Cox has written quite a few film reviews for booksmusicfilmstv.com, including the following
The Assassination Of Richard Nixon
Good Night And Good Luck
Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room
Offside
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Car mad California - unlikely champions of the environment
A group with a purpose...
California regulators approved rules Thursday (Jan. 24, 2007) banning power companies from buying electricity from high-polluting sources, including most out-of-state coal-burning plants. The rules are aimed at reducing emissions of heat-trapping gases linked to global warming.
"It represents a significant milestone in our ongoing efforts to address the challenge of climate change," said Michael Peevey, president of the California Public Utilities Commission.
The commission voted 4-0 to prohibit utilities and other energy providers from entering into long-term contracts with sources that emit more carbon dioxide than a modern natural gas plant. The new standard is aimed at encouraging investment in cleaner energy sources such as wind and solar, while discouraging the use of coal and other high-polluting fuels. Coal is cheap and plentiful but releases high levels of carbon dioxide, a gas blamed for trapping heat in the Earth's atmosphere and raising temperatures worldwide.
Last year Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a landmark global warming bill into law that required the commission to adopt emissions standards for utilities. The Global Warming Solutions Act , a law created under Assembly Bill 32, requires the state to cut greenhouse gas pollution 25 percent by 2020. Earlier this month, the governor signed an executive order, known as the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, requiring fuel suppliers to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions in transportation vehicles by at least 10 percent by the year 2020. Administration officials estimate the move will save 3.2 billion gallons of gasoline a year, and drive investments in alternative and renewable fuel technology into the state. Officials say they are targeting fuel because transportation contributes to 41 percent of the state's greenhouse gas emissions.
California is making good environmental decisions and other state need to follow their lead and adopt similar rules. To reduce manmade global warming, the culprit for our climate change crises, we need to drastically reduce greenhouse gasses. Limiting carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles and dirty coal power is a step in our fight to save the planet. Hopefully it will also stimulate renewable fuel alternatives providing cleaner green power, such as wind and solar energy sources.
You can join this fight by writing media outlets and your state and Federal elected officials. Tell them to follow California's lead and adopt similar environmental laws. Use the following website to contact your elected leadership right now: http://www.congress.org.
It's time to wake up and do something about the Climate Change Crises happening as you read this… Start living your life with PURPOSE - People United Rightly Protecting Our Sacred Earth… Begin with signing our petition to Congress making "Climate Change, Global Warming and Saving the Planet" this country's top priority:
Global Warming Petition (http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/890510358)
To find out more about PURPOSE and to learn more how you can help save the planet, visit any or all of these websites:
PURPOSE Website (http://FreedomExpress.net/PURPOSE)
PURPOSE on MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/committedpurpose)
PURPOSE MySpace Group (http://groups.myspace.com/LiveWithPURPOSE)
PURPOSE Discussion Group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CommittedPURPOSE/)
Earth Warrior living with PURPOSE (http://360.yahoo.com/committedpurpose)
Books and DVDs for PURPOSE (http://astore.amazon.com/freedomexpres-20)
PURPOSE Gift Shop (http://www.cafepress.com/freedomexpress/2008299)
California regulators approved rules Thursday (Jan. 24, 2007) banning power companies from buying electricity from high-polluting sources, including most out-of-state coal-burning plants. The rules are aimed at reducing emissions of heat-trapping gases linked to global warming.
"It represents a significant milestone in our ongoing efforts to address the challenge of climate change," said Michael Peevey, president of the California Public Utilities Commission.
The commission voted 4-0 to prohibit utilities and other energy providers from entering into long-term contracts with sources that emit more carbon dioxide than a modern natural gas plant. The new standard is aimed at encouraging investment in cleaner energy sources such as wind and solar, while discouraging the use of coal and other high-polluting fuels. Coal is cheap and plentiful but releases high levels of carbon dioxide, a gas blamed for trapping heat in the Earth's atmosphere and raising temperatures worldwide.
Last year Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a landmark global warming bill into law that required the commission to adopt emissions standards for utilities. The Global Warming Solutions Act , a law created under Assembly Bill 32, requires the state to cut greenhouse gas pollution 25 percent by 2020. Earlier this month, the governor signed an executive order, known as the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, requiring fuel suppliers to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions in transportation vehicles by at least 10 percent by the year 2020. Administration officials estimate the move will save 3.2 billion gallons of gasoline a year, and drive investments in alternative and renewable fuel technology into the state. Officials say they are targeting fuel because transportation contributes to 41 percent of the state's greenhouse gas emissions.
California is making good environmental decisions and other state need to follow their lead and adopt similar rules. To reduce manmade global warming, the culprit for our climate change crises, we need to drastically reduce greenhouse gasses. Limiting carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles and dirty coal power is a step in our fight to save the planet. Hopefully it will also stimulate renewable fuel alternatives providing cleaner green power, such as wind and solar energy sources.
You can join this fight by writing media outlets and your state and Federal elected officials. Tell them to follow California's lead and adopt similar environmental laws. Use the following website to contact your elected leadership right now: http://www.congress.org.
It's time to wake up and do something about the Climate Change Crises happening as you read this… Start living your life with PURPOSE - People United Rightly Protecting Our Sacred Earth… Begin with signing our petition to Congress making "Climate Change, Global Warming and Saving the Planet" this country's top priority:
Global Warming Petition (http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/890510358)
To find out more about PURPOSE and to learn more how you can help save the planet, visit any or all of these websites:
PURPOSE Website (http://FreedomExpress.net/PURPOSE)
PURPOSE on MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/committedpurpose)
PURPOSE MySpace Group (http://groups.myspace.com/LiveWithPURPOSE)
PURPOSE Discussion Group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CommittedPURPOSE/)
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PURPOSE Gift Shop (http://www.cafepress.com/freedomexpress/2008299)
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