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Mendocino County
Mendocino County, CA
| Issues & News | Air Pollution | Dead & Dying Trees | Smart Meters | Billboard Pollution |
Welcome to the Mendocino County, California Section of the ADC Website.
CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54950-54963 – Section 54950. “…In enacting this chapter, the Legislature finds and declares that the public commissions, boards and councils and the other public agencies in this State exist to aid in the conduct of the people's business. It is the intent of the law that their actions be taken openly and that their deliberations be conducted openly. The people of this State do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. The people insist on remaining informed so that they may retain control over the instruments they have created...”
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=gov&group=54001-55000&file=54950-54963
Mendocino County is one of best places to live for a wide variety of reasons. There are many issues that face us here, just like in other areas of California.
Mendocino County Air Pollution - Learn More:
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Air Pollution-Mendocino County, CA
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Mendocino County Air Pollution photographs - Click to enlarge photographs
One of the Most Important Issues Facing All of us here in Mendocino County is Air Pollution from all sources of SMOKE between November and March each year. Agriculture & Back Yard Burning during those months are taking their toll on the health of Mendocino County Residents.
You will find both articles and studies showing how air pollution increases health costs, shortens lives, and increases hospital visits. Our children and grandchildren deserve to have their health protected by the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors and our elected City Council Members throughout Mendocino County.
We have been taking photographs of "smoke" air pollution sources in Mendocino County since 2008, and almost every year the air pollution is increasing from all "smoke" sources except fireplaces and woodstoves. The worst sources of smoke are from ever-increasing agriculture and back yard burning.
We can all take action by working out an arrangement whereby wood waste from all sources is chipped and not burned. It is time to protect our community and the health and longevity of our residents. You will find information on the health effects from smoke and photographs of air pollution from backyard and agriculture burning in Mendocino County within the links above. We encourage everyone to begin to work with the "smoke polluters" in finding a solution, other than burning, in order to clean up our air so that we can all live healthier lives.
Water Pollution: Asphalt Plants May Pollute Local Rivers & Streams:
12. Section 13304(a) of the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act in part states: “Any person who has discharged or discharges waste into the waters of this state in violation of any waste discharge requirement or other order or prohibition issued by a regional board or the state board, or who has caused or permitted, causes or permits, or threatens to cause or permit any waste to be discharged or deposited where it is, or probably will be, discharged into the waters of the state and creates, or threatens to create, a condition of pollution or nuisance, shall upon order of the regional board clean up the waste or abate the effects of the waste, or, in the case of threatened pollution or nuisance, take other necessary remedial action, including, but not limited to, overseeing cleanup and abatement efforts.”
Learn More About Billboard Pollution In Mendocino County - Click Below
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Billboard Pollution
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Billboard photographs - Click on Individual Photographs to Enlarge Them.
ALERT – FIRE HAZARDS: THE DEAD & DYING TREES IN MENDOCINO COUNTY
ARE WE PREPARED FOR FIRES IN THE AREAS WHERE MANY OF THESE DEAD & DYING TREES ARE LOCATED?
WHY ARE ENTIRE SUITES OF TREE & PLANT COMMUNITIES IN DECLINE?
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Our Dead & Dying Trees in Mendocino County
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Dead and Dying Trees photographs - Click on Individual Photographs to Enlarge Them.
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http://www.agriculturedefensecoalition.org/?q=dead-and-dying-trees
Please note that some of the dying trees in these photographs are either dead or have been cut down...Lake Mendocino in Ukiah, as one example, is a location where enormous numbers of various types of trees have are dying, dead or have been cut down. What is causing this tree decline? (The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers blames everything on Sudden Oak Death even when there has not been a diagnosis of Oak SOD in the Ukiah Valley.)
Where you aware that there are Weather Modification Programs ongoing in the State of California and that Pacific Gas & Electric Company conducts some of those programs?
Do you know what impacts weather modification programs are having in Mendocino County and the watersheds that supply water to Lake Mendocino and other areas throughout the County?
Visit the Weather Modification Section of this Website for a NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration), listing of California weather modification programs. How will these programs impact our water supplies and watersheds in the future?
http://www.agriculturedefensecoalition.org/?q=weather-modifications
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Mendocino & Sonoma County man-made cloud photographs - Click on Individual Photographs to Enlarge them.
NASA studies show that increasingly persistent jet contrails may turn into man-made clouds that are”…trapping warmth in the atmosphere and exacerbating global warming…” NASA goes on to state that “…any change in global cloud cover may contribute to long-term changes in Earth’s climate. Contrails, especially persistent contrails, represent a human-caused increase in the Earth’s cloudiness, and are likely to be affecting climate and ultimately our natural resources…”
What impacts are the increasing man-made cloud cover over Mendocino County having on tree and plant health, crop production, weather and climate, backyard gardens, and general rainfall totals?
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NASA Studies: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=4435
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http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/apr/HQ_04140_clouds_climate.html
Ukiah Valley Air Pollution
Click on picture for more information about air quality in Mendocino County, CA.
Live Well With Cantwell WCGH 1490 Radio-Connecticut February 7, 2012 Audio Podcast
The Increasing use of 2,4-D in Agriculture, in Drinking Water Sources to Control Aquatic Weeds, Along Roadways, and in Forest Lands to Kill unwanted Trees & Plants. Pauline's Guests: Rosalind Peterson & Author Carol Van Strum provides information on this usage, public health impacts, and deadlines for Public Comment.
http://archives.warpradio.com/btr/wgcharchives/LiveWellWithCantwell/020712.mp3
http://www.wgch.com/showarchive/lwwc.shtml
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/2011/12/brs_actions.shtml
DAS-40278-9 Corn: For Public Comment
U.S.D.A APHIS is also making available today a PPRA and a draft EA to address a request from Dow, Inc. seeking a determination of nonregulated status of its DAS-40278-9 corn. This corn has been genetically engineered to provide tolerance to 2,4-D and aryloxyphenoxypropionate (AOPP) acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitors, also known as “fop” herbicides. DAS-40278-9 corn has been field tested in the major corn growing regions of the continental United States as well as Hawaii. APHIS’ risk assessment indicates that DAS-40278-9 corn is unlikely to pose a plant pest risk. APHIS is making available for public comment the Dow petition for nonregulated status, APHIS’ PPRA and draft EA. These documents can be found at:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/news.shtml
The public comment period will close on Feb. 27, 2012.
See Other Biotechnology Regulatory Actions (Genetically Modified Crops) below and their U.S.D.A. Deadlines.
Live Well With Cantwell WCGH 1490 Radio-Connecticut February 7, 2012 Audio Podcast
The Increasing use of 2,4-D in Agriculture, in Drinking Water Sources to Control Aquatic Weeds, Along Roadways, and in Forest Lands to Kill unwanted Trees & Plants. Pauline's Guests: Rosalind Peterson & Author Carol Van Strum provides information on this usage, public health impacts, and deadlines for Public Comment.
http://archives.warpradio.com/btr/wgcharchives/LiveWellWithCantwell/020712.mp3
http://www.wgch.com/showarchive/lwwc.shtml
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/2011/12/brs_actions.shtml
DAS-40278-9 Corn: For Public Comment
U.S.D.A APHIS is also making available today a PPRA and a draft EA to address a request from Dow, Inc. seeking a determination of nonregulated status of its DAS-40278-9 corn. This corn has been genetically engineered to provide tolerance to 2,4-D and aryloxyphenoxypropionate (AOPP) acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitors, also known as “fop” herbicides. DAS-40278-9 corn has been field tested in the major corn growing regions of the continental United States as well as Hawaii. APHIS’ risk assessment indicates that DAS-40278-9 corn is unlikely to pose a plant pest risk. APHIS is making available for public comment the Dow petition for nonregulated status, APHIS’ PPRA and draft EA. These documents can be found at:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/news.shtml
The public comment period will close on Feb. 27, 2012.
See Other Biotechnology Regulatory Actions (Genetically Modified Crops) below and their U.S.D.A. Deadlines.
Mendocino County, CA
Welcome to the Mendocino County, CA Section of the ADC Website.
This section provides information on items of interest to Mendocino County residents and will be updated as new issues are brought forward for debate and discussion.
This website provides in-depth information on a wide variety of issues at this link: Categories.
Some of the issues relating to Mendocino County you will find listed below:
The California Cap & Trade Program allows our trees, both private and public, to be used in Stock Markets Schemes which allow polluters to buy pollution credits to continue to pollute at current and ever-increasing levels.
All of the trees on our public lands, parks, and on private lands can be used in this Cap & Trade Ponzi Scheme. Our trees benefit the public, all of us, taking in carbon dioxide and giving off oxygen. We can't survive without them...and yet their benefits, in the form of "pollution credits" can be bought by polluters who will continue to pollute. This California plan does not benefit the public...it benefits the polluters not only in the U.S. but in other countries when they purchase the "Cap & Trade Pollution Credits" from our California trees.
When a friend in Shasta County was approached by a group wanting to purchase his "tree credits" he told them "NO!" Why should he take care of his trees, pay the taxes on his property, and enrich the middle-men who will sell his tree benefits to corporate polluters? Why should he allow polluting corporations to "buy his tree credits" in order to pollute at current, or ever-increasing rates, with the resulting corporate air pollution increases causing acid rains; eventually kill his trees?
San Francisco Chronicle September 7, 2008 Cap & Trade Tree Credits (Good Graphs & Description):
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/07/MNQN11LLL6.DTL&type=printable
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=2&f=/c/a/2008/09/07/MNQN11LLL6.DTL http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=2&f=/c/a/2008/09/07/MNQN11LLL6.DTL http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=2&f=/c/a/2008/09/07/MNQN11LLL6.DTL
California Plans to Close or Privatize Our State & County Public Parks
Billboard Pollution in Mendocino County
Click on the Following Link for More Information & Photographs: http://www.agriculturedefensecoalition.org/billboard-pollution
Learn More About How Many Companies Undermine Your Retirement Benefits
Water Issues Facing Mendocino County
64D 2009 Mendocino County, CA Groundwater USGS Study 2009 California GAMMA Program.pdf
Energy Efficient Light Bulbs - Mercury Hazards - Broken Bulb Cleanup & Disposal
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/mercury/upload/hwmp_fs_fluorescent-tubes-trash.pdf
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/UniversalWaste/Res_Fluorescent_Lamps.cfm
California EPA Cleanup and Disposal of Broken Energy Efficient Light Bulbs in Home, School or Office: http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/HazardousWaste/UniversalWaste/Fluorescent_Lights.cfm
Disposal: All Energy Efficient Light Bulbs are required to be disposed of at a HazMat site and not normal trash. Violators will be fined according to California State Law
See California EPA Website for more information: http://www.calepa.ca.gov
Genetically Modified Organisma - Mendocino County GMO Ban - First in the U.S.
64G 2004 GMO Mendocino County Ban on the Propagation of GMOs Frey Vineyards Website.pdf
64G 2004 Mendocino County GMO Measure H by Bailey Mendocino Commons Article March 2, 2004.pdf
64G 2004 Mendocino County, CA Measure H Adopted March 2, 2004 Mendocino Commons Article.pdf
64G 2004 Mendocino Couny, CA Press Release on the Banning of GMOs March 3, 2004 Our Heroes.pdf
64G 2009 Genetically Modified Plants Banned in Mendocino County, CA Since 2004 Video.pdf
64GZ 2004 Mendocino_County_GMO_Ban Wikipedia General Information Not Checked for Accuracy.pdf
64GZ 2005 Mendocino County Victor GM Fight May 2005 Article World Prout Archives.pdf
Increasing Weather Modification Programs in California & Man-Made Cloud Cover Have the Potential to Negatively Impact Tree Health & Crop Production in Mendocino County
A Few Agriculture Issues in Mendocino County
Weather Modification Programs in California
Click on the following link for the ADC Section on Weather Modification Programs: http://www.agriculturedefensecoalition.org/?q=weather-modifications
64K 2011 PG&E Weather Modification Program in Northern California Public Notice October 1, 2011.pdf
Legal Issues & California Laws
64L 2008 California Penal Code See Section 374.8 -375.0.pdf
64L 2011 ENews from Congressman Mike Thompson Budget Cuts FEB 28, 2011.pdf
Miscellaneous Issues
Items in the News
Transportation Issues
Factory Farms & Factory Foods Heading for Your Local Grocery Store
Radiation Exposure & Monitoring in Mendocino County
U.S. Navy 5-Year Warfare Testing Experiments Being Conducted Today in Northern California - New Lawsuit to Protect Marine Mammals in Northern California, Oregon & Washington (U.S. Navy NWTRC), Initiated in 2012 Against NOAA.
PG&E Electric & Natural Gas Smart Meters - California CPUC ruled that California Residents can now Opt-Out and keep their analog meters or have their Smart Meters removed between February 1 and March 30, 2012.
64S 2011 Mendocino County Board of Supervisors Press Release on Smart Meters June 29, 2011 CA.pdf
Tree Decline & Dying Trees in Mendocino County
Click on the Following Link for Tree Declines in Mendocino County: http://www.agriculturedefensecoalition.org/node/5940
64T 2004 Mendocino County, CA Tree Decline Poster Picture by Peterson.jpg
64T 2004 Mendoicno County, CA Tree Decline Near Lake Mendocino, Ukiah CA Oaks.jpg
64T 2005 Mendocino County, CA 2005 Redwood Tree Decline Ukiah, CA.jpg
64T 2005 Mendocino County, CA 2005 Tree Decline-Mendocino Coastal Region.jpg
64T 2005 Redwood Canker Tree Decline-Mendocino County-Redwood Coastal Region.pdf
64T 2006 Mendocino County, CA Tree Decline Lake Mendocino Area-Ukiah CA.jpg
64T 2009 Ukiah Daily Journal September 17, 2009 National Geographic Brings Redwood to the World.pdf
64T Redwood Valley, CA Tree Decline Photograph.jpg
Support the Ukiah Senior Center & Other Program that Benefit our Seniors
California State Department of Health, Drinking Water Division, Drinking Water Test Results in Mendocino County, CA
64W 2006 Mendocino County Drinking Water Tests-California State Department of Health Data.xls
64W 2011 Mendocino County CA District 03 Drinking Water Monitoring Schedule November 15, 2011.pdf
64W Mendocino County Drinking Water Test Data from CA State Department of Health PRIM_STA_C gt 0.xls
64WZ 2010 Incinerators-Myths vs Facts Background Information December 2010.pdf
Hazardous & Other Waste Management in Mendocino County
Where is our toxic waste being recycled? You may be surprised by the answer.
Fluorescent & All Other Types of Energy Efficient Light Bulbs are Required to be Recycled at HazMat Locations in California - it is California Law & Fines can be imposed for not recycling these types of Light Bulbs
Earthquakes
64Y 2009 California Fault Map USGS March 30, 2009 Shows Major Faultspdf.pdf
Is new form of pesticide to blame for catastrophic decline in honey bees?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2093510/Is-new-form-pesticide-blame-catastrophic-decline-honey-bees.html
US study shows latest nicotine-based sprays attack insects' immune systems:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/p1027164r403288u/fulltext.html
By Tamara Cohen
Last updated at 8:07 PM on 29th January 2012
"...A new generation of pesticides may be to blame for the catastrophic decline in Britain’s honey bees. The contain chemicals, routinely used on farms and in garden centres make bees more vulnerable to disease, a study has shown. There have been concerns for some years about neonicotinoids, a family of chemicals based on nicotine, but a study by an expert based in the US finally confirms a link..." Other information about honey bees: http://www.bouldercountybeekeepers.org/toms-corner/
Book & Video from C-SPAN2 - September 19, 2011
Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers Book by Ellen Schultz
Ellen Schultz argues that many large employers have plundered employee pension plans over the past decades. She also talks about the crisis this "theft" has created. Ellen Schultz is an investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal. She was part of the Journal team that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2003.
Uploaded by askawinemaker on Jul 17, 2009
Grape Grower and organic pioneer Charlie Barra discusses the move to ban all genetically modified plants in Mendocino County, California. Charlie owns and manages Barra of Mendocino and Girasole Vineyards, encompassing 200 acres of organically farmed grapes. The voters of Mendocino County, California Voted to Ban All Genetically Modified Plants in 2004. They were the first county in the United States to ban GMOs.
California State Department of Health - Drinking Water Division - State of California
Lists of Public Drinking Water Tests for your County between January 1, 2011 and November 15, 2011
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National Parks
“BUYING & SELLING THE RIGHT TO POLLUTE”
Oceans, Forests & Taxpayers - Victims of “Offsets” & Money Market Shell Games
By Rosalind Peterson
http://newswithviews.com/Peterson/rosalind113.htm
October 8, 2008
Forest lands and our oceans are becoming the newest victims of high-stakes money market shell games. Forest offsets are already being sold in California or used as a lure for venture capital investments. Venture capitalists are awaiting the pending passage of the Climate Security Act of 2007 (U.S. Senate Bills 2191 and 3036 supported by Senators Lieberman and Boxer – 2009 Update: U.S. Senate Bill 1733), and other related bills, to begin reaping huge financial market benefits supported by United States taxpayers.
According to an extensive article in the San Francisco Chronicle dated September 7, 2008, “…Early buyers of California forest offsets have included high-profile politicians and businesses, such as Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and the Pacific Gas & Electric Company…” Why did they purchase these offsets? “…Governor Schwarzenegger and Speaker Pelosi bought relatively small amounts in 2007, to offset emissions from some of their air travel. Other buyers have included carbon trading firms such as Natsource and CantorCO2e, a division of the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald…”
Shouldn’t Speaker Pelosi and Governor Schwarzenegger be introducing legislation to make jet fuel emissions less polluting and to stop jets from flying at altitudes where their persistent jet contrails turn into man-made clouds that, according to NASA studies, exacerbate global warming and climate change? (NASA stated in an October 2005, newsletter based on their research studies, that increasingly persistent jet contrails turn into man-made clouds that are ”…trapping warmth in the atmosphere and exacerbating global warming…” NASA goes on to state that “…any change in global cloud cover may contribute to long-term changes in Earth’s climate. Contrails, especially persistent contrails, represent a human-caused increase in the Earth’s cloudiness, and are likely to be affecting climate and ultimately our natural resources…”)
Where is the legislation from California Governor Schwarzenegger, a true “Cap & Trade” promoter, and Speaker Pelosi designed to protect our oceans and marine life from artificial iron fertilization proposed by California companies, Planktos Science and CLIMOS, that produces harmful algae blooms? Why aren’t they enacting legislation that would fine polluters and reduce air pollution? It appears that they are only interested in “buying their own personal right to pollute”.
In addition, logging is to start in Jackson State Demonstration Forest in Mendocino County, California, next year. If trees are so beneficial to the health of our environment then why haven’t Governor Schwarzenegger and Speaker Pelosi joined forces to put forward legislation to protect this wilderness area? The Press Democrat on September 4, 2008, noted that this forest is home to ancient Redwoods, part of our old growth forest habitat, and a recreation area. It is California’s largest state forest and was “…established in 1947 to demonstrate sustainable forestry management…”
The San Francisco Chronicle stated that Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) is: “…The biggest buyer so far (of offsets)…PG&E made its purchase as part of its ClimateSmart program, in which homeowners and businesses can choose to add a small fee to their monthly utility bill to counterbalance emissions from their gas and electricity usage…Both the price and the demand for forest offsets could grow as the United States takes steps to combat climate change. California is currently developing a “cap and trade” system…” that allows polluters to pollute more through the purchase of emission carbon credits or offsets.
California corporate competitors, PLANKTOS Science and CLIMOS, both plan to fertilize the oceans, creating artificial “for profit” algae blooms harmful to our oceans and marine life. This allows them to sell offsets or carbon credits to individuals and corporations that want to exceed pollution limits. Venture capitalist funding is flooding into offset development corporations as these capitalists seek a way to make a fortune selling ocean fertilization offsets, forest offsets, and other offset project credits to polluters through money market schemes.
Our elected officials are so in love with the sing-song words “cap and trade” that they are echoing this catchy phrase across the country. Even our presidential candidates use the phrase which is used without a clear definition. “We will cap emissions” they say, at some high level and then allow anyone who wants to pollute above that level to purchase pollution credits. And our elected officials will pass legislation that will cost the taxpayer money by charging more for goods and services to fund allowing polluters to pollute more.
A quick read of Senator Boxer or Lieberman’s Climate Security Acts of 2007, detail in depth how the banks will be enriched, along with the taxpayer fleecing), to pay to fund a private corporation called the Climate Change Credit Corporation which will establish emission allowances and sell emission credits to polluters. According to this Act “…the Corporation shall not be considered to be an agency or establishment of the Federal Government…” It is run by an easily corrupted Carbon Market Efficiency Boardwhich will not have public or congressional oversight. This “bait and switch” game is not a complicated scheme…however, its environmental consequences are enormous.
“The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, an effort by 10 Northeastern states to combat climate change, held its first auction of pollution rights on Thursday. The program caps the amount of carbon dioxide that power plants can emit, forcing utilities to buy allowances to pollute. Not all utilities participated in the auction. The prices and number of allowances sold will not be known until Monday. Critics have charged the program will have little benefit in the near term, because the emissions cap is too generous. New York, New Jersey, Delaware and New Hampshire did not issue allowances in this first quarterly auction but will participate in the future. Seven Western states and four Canadian provinces have outlined a global warming plan. Participants on both coasts hope to prod Congress into passing a national trading system.” End
Boxer Comes Out SwingingBy David Roberts, Grist, November 20, 2008. "Sen. Barbara Boxer(D-Calif.), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, announced [on Thursday] that she
will introduce a bill that would direct the U.S. EPA to develop a carbon cap-and-trade system by weakening
the Clean Air Act. Boxer offered few details about the program beyond saying that it would be 'streamlined' and
simple -- perhaps an implicit reference to the bloated, complex Boxer (U.S. Senate Bill 3036) and Lieberman-Warner (U.S. Senate Bill 2191), Boxer's announcement is only the latest signal that the federal government will
try to act aggressively on climate change and weather mitigation programs early in Obama's first term.
Pelosi Will Renew Climate-Change Panel. By Patrick O'Connor, Politico, November 21, 2008."Speaker
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) plans to renew her select committee to address global warming next year,
ending speculation that she would terminate the panel to clear the way for the next chairman of the
Energy and Commerce Committee. 'It is my intention to put forth a renewal of that committee in the
new Congress,' the speaker told reporters on Friday. Pelosi established the committee to move forward
on climate change legislation during her first year as speaker. Most observers saw the move as a way to
strong arm outgoing chairman of the Energy and Commerce panel, Michigan Rep. John Dingell, who
fought previous efforts to limit carbon emissions. But California Rep. Henry A. Waxman ousted Dingell on
Thursday, fueling speculation that Pelosi might terminate the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.
Waxman, who sought to limit the legislative authority of that select committee at its inceptions, has
signaled his intent to move a comprehensive climate change bill next year. [However] he sent the speaker
a letter in October, before even announcing his intent to oust Dingell... [stating that the select committee
should continue. It] 'serves a tremendous intellectual resource for me', Waxman wrote... Pelosi told
reporters on Friday that she would let the incoming Obama administration take the leader on a comprehensive
energy overhaul that should include climate change components. The speaker also wants
Massachusetts Rep. Edward J. Markey to remain chairman of the select committee."
More Greenhouse Gas Evidence, Actions, Options
The Greenhouse Gas That Nobody Knew. By Richard Conniff, YaleEnviro360, November 13, 2008.
"Hypothetical question: You're heartsick about global warming, so you've just paid $25,000 to
put a solar system on the roof of your home. How do you respond to news that it was manufactured
with a chemical that is 17,000 times stronger than carbon dioxide as a cause of global
warming? It may sound like somebody's idea of a bad joke. But last month, a study from
the Scripps Institution of Oceanography reported that nitrogen trifluoride (NF3), with a global
warming potential of 17,000, is now present in the atmosphere at four times the expected
level and rapidly rising. Use of NF3 is currently booming, for products from computer chips and
flats-screen LCDs to thin-film solar photovoltaics, an economical and increasingly popular solar
power format. Moreover, the Kyoto Protocol, which limits a half-dozen greenhouse gases, does
not cover NF3. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change now lists it
among five major new greenhouse gases likely to be included in the next phase of global
warming regulation, after 2012. And while that may be reassuring, it also suggests the complicated
character of the global warming problem."
Citizen Action Against Coal Ramp Up. By Ben Block, WorldWatch, November 19, 2008.
"Climate activists worldwide are raising the stakes, with many turning to civil disobedience
to make their voices heard. Actions in recent months have ranged from chaining themselves to coal conveyor belts in Sydney, to forming port blockades in the Netherlands, to scaling smokestacks in the United Kingdom. The rise in activism reflects growing frustration against the continued, and expanding, use of coal as a source
of energy... In Europe, where some 50 new coal plants are being planned,
Greenpeace is leading a continent-wide campaign[PDF] to halt eight upcoming projects in
Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. In the United Kingdom, plans are under way to build the country's
first coal plant in 34 years. Activists have escalated their opposition to the proposed construction this year. In the United States, a nationwide fight against 150 proposed new coal-fired power plantsthat began four years ago
has put a serious dent in the coal industry's plans. Through the courts, government lobbying, and acts of civil
disobedience, activists have helped cut in half the number of new coal power stations. The movement
achieved a major victory last week. In response to a Sierra Clublawsuit, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency ruled that a proposed coal plant in Utah would need a plan for controlling its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissionsbefore being granted a federal operating permit. The ruling essentially delays all such permits for the time being. 'In the immediate future, no new coal plant will be moving forward,' said Virginia Crame, a Sierra Club associate press secretary.
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There are four versions of this bill. One was passed by the U.S. House on June 26, 2009 and now these four versions are being considered for passage by the U.S. Senate. This bill could be brought before the U.S. Senate for a vote at any time in 2009. Call you U.S. Senators and Oppose This Legislation Today.
“BUYING & SELLING THE RIGHT TO POLLUTE”
Oceans, Forests & Taxpayers - Victims of “Offsets” & Money Market Shell Games
By Rosalind Peterson
Forest lands and our oceans are becoming the newest victims of high-stakes money market shell games. Forest offsets are already being sold in California or used as a lure for venture capital investments. Venture capitalists are awaiting the pending plan to initiate a global carbon tax begin reaping huge financial market benefits supported by United States taxpayers.
According to an extensive article in the San Francisco Chronicle dated September 7, 2008, “…Early buyers of California forest offsets have included high-profile politicians and businesses, such as Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and the Pacific Gas & Electric Company…” Why did they purchase these offsets? “…Governor Schwarzenegger and Speaker Pelosi bought relatively small amounts in 2007, to offset emissions from some of their air travel. Other buyers have included carbon trading firms such as Natsource and CantorCO2e, a division of the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald…”
Shouldn’t former U.S. House Speaker Pelosi be introducing legislation to make jet fuel emissions less polluting and to stop jets from flying at altitudes where their persistent jet contrails turn into man-made clouds that, according to NASA studies, exacerbate global warming and climate change? (NASA stated in an October 2005, newsletter based on their research studies, that increasingly persistent jet contrails turn into man-made clouds that are ”…trapping warmth in the atmosphere and exacerbating global warming…” NASA goes on to state that “…any change in global cloud cover may contribute to long-term changes in Earth’s climate. Contrails, especially persistent contrails, represent a human-caused increase in the Earth’s cloudiness, and are likely to be affecting climate and ultimately our natural resources…”)
Where is the legislation from former U.S. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, designed to protect our oceans and marine life from artificial iron fertilization proposed by California companies, Planktos Science and CLIMOS, that produces harmful algae blooms? Why aren’t they enacting legislation that would fine polluters and reduce air pollution? It appears that many elected officials are only interested in “buying their own personal right to pollute” and using California tree credits to offset their pollution emissions rather than reducing pollution.
I wrote about the sad news about the logging to start in Jackson State Demonstration Forest in Mendocino County, California, in 2009. If trees are so beneficial to the health of our environment then why haven't our elected officials joined forces to put forward legislation to protect this wilderness area? The Press Democrat on September 4, 2008, noted that this forest is home to ancient Redwoods, part of our old growth forest habitat, and a recreation area. It is California’s largest state forest and was “…established in 1947 to demonstrate sustainable forestry management…”
The San Francisco Chronicle stated that Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) is: “…The biggest buyer so far (of offsets)…PG&E made its purchase as part of its ClimateSmart program, in which homeowners and businesses can choose to add a small fee to their monthly utility bill to counterbalance emissions from their gas and electricity usage…Both the price and the demand for forest offsets could grow as the United States takes steps to combat climate change. California is currently developing a “cap and trade” system…” that allows polluters to pollute more through the purchase of emission carbon credits or offsets.
California corporate competitors, PLANKTOS Science and CLIMOS, both plan to fertilize the oceans, creating artificial “for profit” algae blooms harmful to our oceans and marine life. This allows them to sell offsets or carbon credits to individuals and corporations that want to exceed pollution limits. Venture capitalist funding is flooding into offset market development corporations as these capitalists seek a way to make a fortune selling ocean fertilization offsets, forest offsets, and other offset project credits to polluters through money market schemes. Geoengineering schemes, and their promoters, are high on the list of projects which could reap a fortune from a worldwide carbon tax.
Our elected officials are so in love with the sing-song words “Cap and Trade” that they are echoing this catchy phrase across the country; especially in California. California's Elected officials use the phrase Cap & Trade as a mantra to make money: “We will cap emissions” they say, at some high level, and then allow any polluter who wants to pollute above that level to purchase pollution credits on the stock market anywhere in the world. Our trees are used like collateral for the credits...and the corporations use these tree benefits in order to increase their pollution output.
California Cap & Trade Legislation details in depth how the banks will be enriched, California debt will be reduced, along with the taxpayer fleecing), as our trees and other assets are used in these Cap & Trade Schemes. This “bait and switch” scheme is not a complicated scheme…however, its environmental consequences are enormous.
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WARNING…The FDA is not protecting the public and it is time that we protect ourselves from these toxic chemical experiments on our children from toxic baby bottles.
1) New York Times September 6, 2008 Canned Goods, Water Bottles & Baby Bottle Chemical Warning http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/opinion/06sat4.html?_r=1&th=&oref=slogin&emc=th&pagewanted=print
That Plastic Baby Bottle & Liners for Canned Goods “What do you do when one arm of the government says everything is O.K. and another tells you to watch out? That is what is happening with bisphenol-A — a chemical used in many plastics and epoxy resins now found in baby bottles and liners for canned goods. The answer is a truism in every family rulebook — when in doubt, especially when it comes to children, err on the side of caution. That means it is a good idea to keep the young away from bisphenol-A, or BPA…Then this week, the National Toxicology Program, the federal agency for toxicological research, reported that their research shows “some concern” about the effects of BPA on the brain development and behavior of fetuses and young children. A new study by the Yale School of Medicine is cause for even more concern. In tests on primates, researchers found that BPA “causes the loss of connections between brain cells” that could cause memory or learning problems and depression…”
2) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/07/MNQN11LLL6.DTL&type=printable
San Francisco Chronicle September 7, 2008 – California “State’s Private Forests Sell Carbon Offsets…” Page 1 (Continued on Page 12 – No Link provided by the Chronicle.)
3) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=2&f=/c/a/2008/09/07/MNQN11LLL6.DTL
SanFrancisco Chronicle September 7, 2008 – California Forest Trees – Carbon Offset Tree Graph.
9) http://www.climos.com/about.html CLIMOS 2008
Iron Fertilization of our Oceans – Will produce artificial algae blooms.
10) http://earth2tech.com/2008/08/21/planktos-corp-closes-shop-planktos-science-funded/
11) http://earth2tech.com/2008/07/07/planktos-is-back-and-this-time-its-got-science/
Los Angeles Times April 1, 2007 “Carbon Trading Won’t Work”
The Vancouver Sun Article: June 19, 2007 Planktos’ “Plans to Alter Ocean Chemistry Hits Rough Seas”
 Click to go to image gallery.Mendocino County, CA Billboard Pollution Photographs |
 Click to go to image gallery.Mendocino County, CA Tree Decline Photographs Area: Near Elk, CA June 21, 2004 |
