Hope is a flippered thing.

by Pax Amicus

My family had a reunion at my Uncle's house on Hatteras Island. We took a day break walk and found both a live science lesson and a lesson in hope.

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H2O SOS earthship

by eKos

Welcome to the eKos Earthship, your one-stop-shop for green diaries and series.

Beneath the fold you will find news and notes, community announcements, and our eco-diary roundup.

Peruse the eKos Library to find previously listed diaries. You can also follow eKos on Twitter.

Tonight's editor: boatsie

Please remember to rec the BP Catastrophe Liveblog Mothership: 71

All views expressed by today's editor do not necessarily represent those of eKos or eKos listed diarists.

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EcoAdvocates: The Misfits

by soothsayer99

Tonight's EcoAdvocates edition includes posts by soothsayer99 on Mustangs and Burros Remain at Risk,and rb137 on Alaskan Wolves: Preditors or Prey.

MUSTANGS AND BURROS REMAIN AT RISK
by soothsayer99

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It's time for truth to become a movement.

by Bill McKibben

For 20 years environmentalists have operated on the notion that we’d get action if we simply had scientists explain to politicians and CEOs that our current ways were ending the Holocene, the current geological epoch. That turns out, quite conclusively, not to work.

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The Death Gyre in the Gulf: What BP Didn't Want People to See

by Ellinorianne

There was a concerted effort to keep the media out of the area when the spill came about, we were kept from seeing the ROV photos, told they didn't exist and told that there was no live feed.

There was.

There have been a lot of corrections over what was available to the public, there were disturbing limitations to the media.

But it's starting to unfold just as BP and NOA are declaring victory, which for me, would be great, I would love that this nightmare be over as easily as they make it seem.  But, it's not I who is saying it's not that simple.

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Defend the Gulf...in your own home...

by luckydog

This one is easy, folks.

Defend the Gulf...in your own home...on the 5th anniversary of Katrina...

The Gulf Restoration Network will make it easy for you. All you have to do is show a movie in your home. Or anyplace else you've a mind to arrange, in a club, in a school, in a church, in a park, get creative.

Host a "Defend the Gulf" Movie Screening for the 5th Anniversary of Katrina

Or at least attend a screening...Where?...Portland, ME...St. Louis, MO...Slidell, LA...Bartlesville, OK...Palo Alto, CA...Kaneohe, HI...Bay St Louis, MS...Rockwall, TX...San Francisco, CA...Elmont, NY...Lake Worth, FL...Damariscotta, ME...Brun, Germany...and a whole buncha other cities and town across the US...

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Put Solar On It

by LaughingPlanet

Put solar on what?

How about everything.

Yes, Put Solar on the White House. That is a great symbolic gesture to get the ball rolling.

This achievement will be an important symbol to the world that the United States is committed to realizing the environmental and economic benefits of clean energy.

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Sign the petition to pressure President Obama to replace the solar panels removed by Reagan 3 decades ago.

Get involved with the campaign to make our solar voices louder & brighter!

Like their Facebook page.

But that should be but the tip of the melting iceberg.

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BOE Chief Thinks Drilling Moratorium Can End Early

by Something the Dog Said

The new Director of Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (OEMRE) (sheesh!) Michael Bromwich said yesterday that the Obama Administration is looking at the possibility of ending the deep water drilling moratorium "significantly" earlier than the Nov. 30 expiration date. This is in response to the uproar from Gulf State lawmakers (most from the radicalized Republican Party) that it is killing jobs.

"Originally posted at Squarestate.net"

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BP Catastrophe Liveblog Mothership: 71

by Gulf Watchers

The current ROV DIARY: Daily Kos Gulf Watchers ROV #272 - Static Yes, Kill Maybe? - BP's Gulf Catastrophe - bubbanomics

Rules of the Road

• We take volunteers for subsequent diaries in the sub diaries or ROV's as we have playfully coined them.
• Please rec this mothership diary, not the ROVs.
• Please be kind to fellow kossacks who may have limited bandwidth and refrain from posting images or videos.

PLEASE visit Pam LaPier's diary to find out how you can help the Gulf now and in the future. We don't have to be idle! And thanks to Crashing Vor and Pam LaPier for working on this!

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Energy COOL: Direct Wafer

by A Siegel

Since diving into the deep end when it comes to energy issues, almost every day sees new fascinating concepts, approaches, and technologies. Fascinating ... exciting ... even hope inspiring at times. And, as well, as the passion builds, so many of these are truly Energy COOL.

The concept of Silver Bullet solutions  concerns me and the tendency to jump on lab announcements as 'the solution to all our problems' is a real one in the techno-optimist portion of those concerned about climate change and our energy challenges. These concerns lead to hesitation as to whether to report on developments or not, even as there are so many existing ideas filtering out from the labs. That hesitation, however, has likely led to under discussion of the power of ARPA-E and the U.S. government's (the U.S. taxpayers') targeted investments to leap frog the nation toward transformational energy opportunities.

One of our investments was made in the solar photovoltaic company 1366 Technologies.

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Final Update #11: The Week in Editorial Cartoons (Part I) - Dropping the Ball

by JekyllnHyde

John Sherffius, Comics.com (Boulder Daily Camera)

Note:

Due to the unusually high number of editorial cartoons published over the past week or so (I literally have another 300+ cartoons saved), I'm going to try and post another edition of this diary by Friday, August 6th.  It something I've never done before.

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