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Unfortunately, this pretty much confirms what I’ve been saying: that it is vital that we put in our best and most significant efforts “up front”, NOW, if we really want and hope to turn the effects of Global Warming and Climate Change around before it’s too late. It certainly won’t hurt to act now with [...]
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First Suburbs Project SE PA
Now here’s an invitation for everyone! On Sunday, 9/28, 4-6pm at St. Patrick’s RC Church in Norristown, the First Suburbs Project SE PA is hosting a forum to press legislators for commitments to regional solutions to the common issues confronting the developed First Suburbs. An updated event flyer with information on place, time, and agenda and [...]
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Cut it high and leave it lie
We should all be very concerned about state of Delaware River Estuary and Chesapeake Bay water … and all receptacles of our ground water, having recently viewed National Geographic’s Strange Days on Earth2 on PBS … whereas all the chemicals used to be result of industrial runoff, the chemicals that are messing up life cycles [...]
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The Philadelphia Solution
My latest philosophical writing. Peace, Ernest B. Cohen & Elaine H. Cohen ernest.cohen@ieee.org May 7, 2008 About 220 years ago, a group of small countries decided that there was more to be gained from cooperation than from each going its own way. They had tried an agreement to cooperate, but it had no teeth, and wasn’t working. There [...]
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Mothers, Bikers and Focus the Nation in 2008
It should be front page news: methane levels in the atmosphere are up this year, after having leveled off for the last few. And CO2 concentrations are rising at an increasing rate: up 2.4 ppm last year. With this yearly increase, we will cross what scientists are calling the “point of no return” - 450 [...]
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Delco Energy/Environmental Advisory Board
WELCOME… to Delaware County’s NEW Energy and Environmental Advisory Board Members, who were introduced at the County Council’s April 15 Council meeting by Council Vice-Chairman Jack Whelan, who noted that the Advisory Board will make recommendations to Council regarding environmental policy decision, educate the public on natural resource protection and other environmental issues, and aid in [...]
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Sustainability is the “elephant in the room”, which both candidates are afraid to mention. There are many facets to sustainability. These include water supplies and food. Global warming, largely due to the release of Carbon Dioxide from burning fossil fuels, is a long term problem. In the immediate future, the biggest national [...]
The press has been asking the presidential candidates hundreds of questions on a range of issues, but seldom asks about the greatest threat to our planet: the climate crisis. I want to know how the next President — Democrat, Republican or Independent — is going to address this critical issue. Don’t you? Please click here to [...]
Noteworthy News
- You will enjoy this interview with Pastor Bruce Gillette on his new solar paneled church roof. Limestone Presbyterian Church is the first church in Delaware to install solar PV and is a member of the interdenominational Coalition for Climate Change Study and Action (C3SA). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI88pQPDadU #
- As we sit in the middle of a hot summer, let's reflect upon where we are in terms of energy and global warming: our federal government wrestles with whether or not to lift a decades-old ban on offshore oil drilling and Exxon Mobil reported quarterly earnings that set a record high for a U.S. corporation. If that's not enough, while gas and electricity prices ride a roller coaster (mostly up steep hills), a debate about implementing a moratorium on new solar-energy development continues. On the brighter side, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection set up a notification system you can use to keep you in-the-know about rebates and subsidies that will be made available because of the recent passage of Special Session House Bill 1. Just visit the DEP website and fill out a simple form to receive email updates. Excerpt taken from PennFuture digest where you can can read this digest, or review previous digests, by logging into your account on our Cool Pennsylvania Partners group page at groups.yahoo.com/group/Cool_Pennsylvania_Partners. #
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