Mutualism and Global Change {eKos Earthship Friday}

by eKos

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It Takes a Region: A Working Conference to Build Our Northeast Food System

by gmoke

IT TAKES A REGION - 2010:
A  WORKING CONFERENCE TO BUILD OUR NORTHEAST FOOD SYSTEM

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS TODAY!!  
WHEN:            November 12-13, 2010
                        Pre-conference trainings on November 11

WHERE:           Desmond Hotel and Conference Center, Albany, NY (Lodging availability not guaranteed after 10-19)

CHECK OUT THE GREAT AGENDA along with CONFERENCE INFORMATION: Visit http://www.ittakesaregion.org.

REGISTRATION: EARLY DEADLINE is Friday, OCTOBER 22.
Limited scholarships  available. Link to online registration via http://www.ittakesaregion.org.

HOSTED BY: the NORTHEAST SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE WORKING GROUP http://www.nefood.org. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Fired for telling the truth at FOX News

by Deep Harm

With FOX News on a tirade about free speech, the timing seems right to reach into the Wayback Machine for a story about the reporters FOX News fired when, they said, they tried to tell the truth about a public health issue--widespread use in Florida of Monsanto's recombinant bovine growth hormone, rBGH, for increasing milk production. rBGH had been banned in Canada and other countries based on multiple concerns, including a possible connection to cancer.

-From the documentary, "The Corporation."

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Climate hawks attack! Ken Buck cowers?

by RLMiller

As I work my way through tracking climate zombies -- Republicans who doubt, deny, or deride the science-based reality of climate change -- it's become obvious that sheer political expediency is a factor in their denialism.  They've made a crass calculation that it's better to pledge fealty to Koch-funded Americans For Prosperity and promise to oppose a chimerical "climate tax" than to listen to scientists.  They're far more interested in winning over the right wing tea party base, for whom climate change doubt is an act of faith, than they are in governing.  

But crass political calculation only goes so far.  Consider the case of Ken Buck, running for the Senate in Colorado.

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The grim Arctic Report Card

by DWG

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has just published its 2010 update on the Arctic environment. This report was produced in collaboration with scientists from the United States, Canada, Russia, and European Union. The bottom line in this report can be summarized in a single sentence:

Return to previous Arctic conditions is unlikely.

Warming of the atmosphere and sea water in the northern hemisphere are expected to produce long-term changes in the polar region, including the loss of summer sea ice, depletion of Greenland glacial ice, permafrost melt, and stress on many animal populations. Scientists first raised the possibility of an Arctic "death spiral" several years ago, which was dismissed as a passing fantasy by the ethically-challenged, half-term governor of Alaska. The possibility of an Arctic "death spiral" now looks highly likely.

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NOAA - Arctic Changes Profound

by greendem

Here's the latest science, folks.

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One More Thing to Worry About in Middle School - Energy Regulations?

by Bruce Nilles

Mary Anne Hitt, the new director of the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign, is a new mom and has some words for those trying to greenwash schoolkids and college students:

As a new mom, I'm paying more attention these days to how big companies are trying to influence our kids. I just learned that one of the biggest blockers of climate action in the U.S. is now bringing its obstructionism to your kid's middle school classroom. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy just released an energy education guide for teachers of 5th - 8th grade.

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Gulf Watchers Morning Edition - BP Catastrophe AUV #412

by gchaucer2

You are in the current BP Catastrophe Morning Edition - AUV #412. ROV #411 is here.

Bookmark this link to find the latest Gulf Watchers diaries.

Please RECOMMEND THIS DIARY, the motherships have been discontinued.

The digest of diaries is here.

Please be kind to kossacks with bandwidth issues. Please do not post images or videos. Again, many thanks for this.

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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Daily bigjac not the ideal Poetry Slam

by bigjacbigjacbigjac

There is no ideal way to tell you
anything.

There is no ideal way to phrase it;
there is no ideal way to get you to understand.

That was philosophy.

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League of Conservation Voters Dirty Dozen for 2010: Part 3--Three Toxic Tea Partiers

by Neon Vincent

Earlier this week, I profiled three candidates on the the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Dirty Dozen list who are running for the House of Representatives.  Yesterday, I continued my series with Part 2--Four Filthy Senators.  Both of these diaries described the anti-environmental records of candidates who consistently vote (or promise to vote) against clean energy and natural resource conservation.

Join me over the fold for part 3, in which I profile the final three GOTeaP senate candidates on the LCV's list, all of whom put the Tea in GOTeaP.  I also include a first from the LCV--a propostion has been named to the list, making this a Dirty Baker's Dozen.  Most important of all, I include action items for their Democratic opponents and the No on 23 campaign.

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