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Michelle planted a vegetable garden on the White House lawn and suddenly backyard gardens sprang up all across America. Bill McKibben wants to give Barack one of Jimmy Carter's old solar panels to…Continue
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Dear friends,We're writing to everyone on the 350.org United States mailing list because it's crunch time.We learned earlier today that President Obama…Continue
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I've learned that BC is a major exporter of coal, and the the Port of Vancouver is the largest exporter of coal in North America.
BC also exports huge amounts of U.S. Coal.
StopCoal.ca has been taking action north of the border, in April at the Port of Vancouver head office.
Bill McKibben, author of 'Eaarth', was quoted in BC as saying: “...Although he lived in Toronto as a child & has a deep fondness for Canadian culture, he believes that without a change of direction deadly carbon emissions will be Canada's largest legacy to the world. There is no way to balance the books until Canada stops the tar sands (project in Alberta).
The natural gas fracking in BC that fuels the tar sands which produce oil that gets shipped to Asia is, by itself, one of the primary sources of global warming in the world.
Enormous coal reserves from Montana & Wyoming, as well as BC, come through BC to be shippped to Asia....Canada has become the drug dealer for a very addictive substance with very little discussion...dont worry about the Middle East. If you guys take care of Alberta, the others can take care of the rest.”
(source 'BeFriending Creation' www.quakerearthcare.org)
Due to technicalities wherein county government might find itself in a quasi-judicial status sooner than we think, we need concerned citizens to share their opinions with a variety of media outlets, the Whatcom County Council, and the Executive Pete Kremen now. Once they have a permit for the Georgia Pacific Terminal [GPT] in hand they have a quasi-judicial status and cannot receive any input from the public. Write now while they are still allowed to listen.
Just returned from the Acme meeting on the Peabody coal train project. Bob Ferris was reluctant to push the climate change aspect. I feel the Us vs. Them foisted by Mayor Pike needs to be met with a message which unifies. I also learned of a rumor WWU is being pressured to not talk about the coal train. I wonder if the Herald has the time to do any investigative journalism? One can only hope and dream...
Accepting the coal discussion becoming framed in a B'ham vs. county without consideration for long term increase of greenhouse gas is pathetic. After B'ham "progressives" understand they get to vote for county council candidates, they might want to turn their attention to the nose ring stemming from Pike and Peabody.
For those with contacts in Africa, please look at this site and pass on the info. They do not sell stoves in Africa. Instead they help communities set up their own stove companies.
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