Comments for EcoWatch: Uniting the Voice of the Grassroots Environmental Movement

Comment on Getting the Market to Tell the Truth by Philip Virgil

Philip Virgil — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 01:14:37 +0000

Thank you

Comment on ‘Drift Catcher’ Holds Big Ag Accountable for High Levels of Airborne Pesticides by Sam Sleezer

Sam Sleezer — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:21:14 +0000

Sign the petition to Driscoll’s CEO
goto
https://www.change.org/petitions/ceo-of-driscoll-s-berries-stop-using-hazardous-pesticide-fumigants-in-strawberry-fields

Comment on ‘Drift Catcher’ Holds Big Ag Accountable for High Levels of Airborne Pesticides by Sam Sleezer

Sam Sleezer — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:40:48 +0000

Thanks for reporting accurately on how big Ag willingly exposes families to Chemicals for profit. This will be a long fight but we can’t just watch as our children are harmed. keep up the fight Join us on Facebook
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Comment on ‘Drift Catcher’ Holds Big Ag Accountable for High Levels of Airborne Pesticides by Sam Sleezer

Sam Sleezer — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:39:42 +0000

Thanks for reporting on accurately on how big Ag willingly exposes families to Chemicals for profit. This will be a long fight but we can’t just watch as our children are harmed. keep up the fight Join us on Facebook
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Comment on Let’s Hear It for Higher Gasoline Prices by Greg Yurash

Greg Yurash — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:00:04 +0000

Thanks for the article Megan. According to at least one of Chu’s coworkers from Berkely Labs, Chu is definitely aware of Peak Oil. But he is a bureaucrat now, so he must tow the line for his boss. However, there is a considerable difference economically between higher gasoline prices because of extra taxes like in Europe, and higher commodity cost.

Higher gasoline taxes provide revenue for the government, which it then provides services to it’s citizens with. All else being equal, other taxes should therefore be less. It’s a wash monetarily, but would serve to lower gasoline demand. A government can get away with this if they can make clear to their citizens that the tax revenue is spent mostly to provides services that directly offset the private transportation loss, such as in exemplary public transportation systems. On the other hand, higher commodity cost are not a wash and provide no new services. Not only do we pay more at the pump, but so does the government, and it provides no new services and little in the way of tax revenue. It is a net loss to productive capacity. They are watching the foundation of their empire erode before their very eyes. Of course they want lower prices.

The captains of industry dislike both taxes and high commodity prices. They would benefit the least from public transportation work, and see both as increasing the cost of doing business. Their response, because of their maniacal focus on profits, would be to layoff more workers. Oops, there goes the economy again. I don’t really have a “solution” for this conundrum, other than to make ourselves less dependent individually on industrial support services.

Comment on Offshore Wind on Lake Erie? by Sandra Pucillo

Sandra Pucillo — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:30:45 +0000

Both the Mayor of Cleveland and Governor Strickland ok’d the offshore Wind Turbines! The testing shows no pollution or wastes from Wind Turbines, Plus, the fish actually like them and use the turbines as an oasis or reef.
So where are they? Where are the 10′s of thousands of jobs they will provide the area in Manufacturing, deliveries, building,and maintaining them? We have the factories and the manpower!! Are we going to let this slip through our fingers like the statewide trains??? We need a Governor who wants to help Cleveland, Ohio and it’s surrounding suburbs – not hinder us!
Bring on the future with clean energy! The future is now!
I f Japan had Wind Turbines for energy they could of shut down the Nuclear Power plants safely when every other means failed! We have 2 such power plants on the Lake shore at each end!

Comment on Beware the Oil Industry’s Voldemort by Random Thoughts

Random Thoughts — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:50:57 +0000

WE NEED TO BAN FRACKING. The costs to people and the environment are too high. SIGN these 3 important PETITIONS: takes 20 seconds, makes a lifetime of difference:
1. http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-natural-gas-development-in-the-susquehanna-river-basin
2. http://action.foodandwaterwatch.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6125&track=hp-051811-actioncenter
3. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/5/mothers-against-fracking/

Comment on Design Changes Likely behind Dangerous Nuclear Reactor Degradation by Guest

Guest — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:04:21 +0000

I’m appreciative of Friends of the Earth for looking out for California and downwinders of California.

Nuclear energy has never been safe and never can be.

This has been known for decades.

If you have any doubts about the dangers of nuclear energy, this free on-line book is a MUST read:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2XzM53vkrUPNmMzZGQzNzUtYzYwYS00ZDVmLTkyNDEtMjVlOTRhZjBkZDg1/edit?hl=en&authkey=CNuUgLMD&pli=1&pli=1

Comment on Why Washington’s Iran Policy Could Lead to Global Disaster by Chris Kuebler

Chris Kuebler — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 04:20:24 +0000

IT’S ALL ABOUT OIL, AND THE MONEY AND POWER THAT OIL GENERATES. WE ARE GOING TO WAR. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. BECAUSE THAT IS THE EXTENT OF OUR INTELLIGENCE TO WORK OUT A SATISFACTORY SOLUTION. HUMAN KIND, AT LEAST THOSE WHO RULE THE MASSES, POSSESS THE INTELLECT OF AMOEBAS.

Comment on Poor Farming Practices Foul Drinking Water at the Source by Vickie Askins

Vickie Askins — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:10:45 +0000

After the Clean Water Act was enacted in 1972, conditions in Lake Erie improved dramatically until the mid 1990s. I don’t believe it’s merely a coincidence that the resurgence of phosphorus overload occurred at virtually the same time hundreds of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations began applying liquid manure at high rates to tiled fields in Southeast Michigan and Northwest Ohio. Although manure runoff is suspected as one of the major sources of the phosphorus that feeds the algae blooms, Ohio has failed to set nutrient pollution standards or to regulate industrial animal operations (CAFOs) as required under the Clean Water Act. CAFOs are some of the largest sources of nutrient pollution in waterways, producing millions of gallons and megatons of manure on a single site. Unlike regulated industries, CAFOs are permitted to land apply massive amounts of untreated nutrient-rich waste directly onto tiled farm fields. The Ohio Department of Agriculture routinely approves CAFO permits with insufficient acreage upon which to spread the massive amounts of manure. In the face of the current nutrient crisis, the ODA and other State agencies are merely recommending “voluntary” measures to reduce nutrient runoff. Without meaningful regulations and nutrient standards, I believe some CAFOs will still use farm fields as toilets and our lakes as septic tanks. The time has come to stop the pollution; not find ways around it or cover it up.

Comment on Film Reveals Lives and Dreams along Coal River Valley by buck

buck — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:12:22 +0000

This film is not only a snapshot of WVa. but a true and extremely authenic view of all the coal producing regions of Appalachia. Thousands of acres destroyed plus who knows how many water sheds have been destroyed?

Comment on Oil Exploration Noise May Lead to Dolphin Strandings by Liz Cullington

Liz Cullington — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:58:29 +0000

Alert: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has a current comment period on a Programmatic Env. Impact Statement for seismic testing (and test drilling) for the Atlantic Offshore Continental Shelf (DE, MD, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL). Holding one hearing per state and accepting written comments for 60 days post Federal Register notice of 3/30/12 (so deadline May 29th(?).

More info re the 2012-2017 oil and gas program (mostly about Gulf of Mexico and Arctic seas at the linkc.but it explains that they are authorising exploration precisely because no-one is sure what’s actually out there), so which I plan to say why should we further harm marine mammals (and fish) not to mention actually drill out there for something we can’t reasonably expect to use, i.e. more fossil fuels!!!! And yeah, it also seems to say, industry pressure is on them…

The PEIS has lots of info on environmental impact on marine species supposedly but I’m not competent to critique it really.

http://www.boem.gov/oil-and-gas-energy-program/GOMR/GandG.aspx

This is whale and dolphin territory, also turtles.

Email written comments ggeis [at] boem.gov

Comment on EPA Finds Water Safe to Drink Despite Explosive Levels of Methane and Other Toxins by Matthew Jones

Matthew Jones — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:55:47 +0000

BAN FRACKING – we must Occupy the fracking wells. Take action – like the facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-the-Fracking-wells/2504443516911

Comment on Chile Stands up to Monsanto by Ameriorganic

Ameriorganic — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:10:27 +0000

Peru Passes Monumental TEN YEAR BAN on Genetically Engineered Foods (GMOs);

ENGLISH: http://www.occupymonsanto360.org/2012/03/10/peru-passes-monumental-ten-year-ban-on-genetically-engineered-foods/
ESPAÑOL: http://elcomercio.pe/economia/1384871/noticia-multaran-hasta-365-millones-cultivar-transgenicos

Comment on ACTION: Save British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest from Enbridge by makayla

makayla — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 01:07:09 +0000

whats the weather like in this rainforest for these bears??

Comment on Cry Wolf: An Unethical Oil Story by james bennett

james bennett — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:58:18 +0000

WHY/WHY/WHY THIS IS A SENCELESS ACT OF CURELTY! THIS NEEDS TO STOP NOW!

Comment on USGS: Recent Earthquakes ‘Almost Certainly Manmade’ by Gill Tewkesbury

Gill Tewkesbury — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:51:22 +0000

Obviously there is no limit to the lengths these greedy and callous people will go in their efforts to make a quick buck!
They don’t give a damn if they poison the whole population and even cause the destruction of the planet.
If they fire the San Andreas fault, for example, and half the City slides under the sea all they have to do is go bust and avoid retribution. People can scream and shout all they want afterwards it won’t bring back the lost!
They will just give governments a bribe and they can do whatever they like.

Comment on Cry Wolf: An Unethical Oil Story by Esther Morrill

Esther Morrill — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:46:10 +0000

This horrific and brutal killing of wolves is outrageous, irresponsible, unprincipled and downright cruel! Raise your voices, make them stop!

Comment on Poor Farming Practices Foul Drinking Water at the Source by Chris Kuebler

Chris Kuebler — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:21:31 +0000

YOU ARE MISSING THE BIG PICTURE. GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE REAL CULPRIT HERE. EVEN IF YOU STOP DESTRUCTIVE FARMING PRACTICES COMPLETELY, AND ELIMINATE THE PHOSPHATE AND NITROGEN LOADING FROM RUNOFF, YOU WILL STILL HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. WHY? GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE! YOU SEE, FOR 200 YEARS, NITROGEN AND PHOSPHATES HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO FARM FIELDS AS FERTILIZER AND RUNNING OFF OF FIELDS INTO LAKE ERIE DURING HEAVY RAINS. WHEN THESE NUTRIENTS RUN OFF INTO THE LAKE, MUCH OF THE PHOSPHATES AND NITROGEN SETTLE INTO SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS AND THUS BECOME SEQUESTERED UNDER LAYERS OF NEW SEDIMENT. SO, THE SEDIMENTS NORMALLY WOULD CONTAIN 200 YEARS OF SEQUESTERED PHOSPHATE AND NITROGEN LOADING. ENTER GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE. THIS PHENOMENON PRODUCES MORE FREQUENT STORMS, AND THOSE STORMS ARE MUCH MORE VIOLENT WHEN THEY DO OCCUR, DUE TO THE HEAT ENERGY IN THE ATMOSPHERE ATTRIBUTABLE TO GLOBAL WARMING FROM TOO MUCH CO2 IN THE ATMOSPHERE DUE TO THE BURNING OF FOSSIL FUEL TO GENERATE OUR ENERGY NEEDS. WITH MORE FREQUENT AND MORE VIOLENT STORMS, THE ENERGY PRODUCES MUCH LARGER WAVES AND THESE WAVES REACH FAR DEEPER INTO THE WATER COLUMN. SINCE LAKE ERIE IS A VERY SHALLOW BODY OF WATER, THE EDDIES FROM THE WAVES PRODUCED DURING THESE VIOLENT STORMS REACH DEEP INTO THE SEDIMENTS AND CHURN THEM UP, THUS STIRRING THE SEDIMENTS AND RELEASING THE PREVIOUSLY SEQUESTERED NUTRIENTS BACK UP INTO THE WATER COLUMN WHERE THE ALGAE CAN USE THEM FOR GROWTH. THUS, GLOBAL WARMING HAS UNLEASHED 200 YEARS OF PREVIOUSLY SEQUESTERED NUTRIENTS WHEN EACH VIOLENT STORM OCCURS. ADD SUNLIGHT AND “BOOM”. YOU GET AN EXPLOSION OF ALGAE GROWTH. THIS PROCESS WILL CONTINUE AS LONG AS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONTINUES TO PRODUCE THESE MORE FREQUENT VIOLENT STORMS. AND THE PROBLEM WILL GET WORSE BECAUSE THE ALGAE DIE OFF, SETTLE TO THE BOTTOM AND ADD MORE NUTRIENTS TO THE SEDIMENTARY LAYER. THESE ALSO GET CHURNED BACK UP INTO THE SUN ZONE DURING A STORM WHICH ALLOWS NEW ALGAE TO GROW PROLIFICALLY. WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT MIGHT NOT BE SOLVED SIMPLY BY STOPPING THE APPLICATION OF FERTILIZER TO TERRA FERMA. WHAT SAYETH THE AUDIENCE??????

CHRIS KUEBLER
AVON LAKE, OHIO
586-216-4505

Comment on Fighting the Legacy of Enrico Fermi by dave channon

dave channon — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:25:47 +0000

The horror of hard radiation does not discourage the devotees of nuclear power. Hard economics does. Nukes are simply too costly to build today, forget about the clean up after the next disaster tomorrow. Without massive subsidies and insurance bailouts. no profit minded investor would finance construction. Follow the money. Push for switch of subsidies to green power.

Comment on BREAKING: PA Court Issues Injunction to Stop Onset of Portions of Act 13 by Suzeq716

Suzeq716 — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:05:26 +0000

Great news!

Comment on Report Shows 29 States Unprepared for Growing Water Threats by Ed Brady, CEM, LEED GA

Ed Brady, CEM, LEED GA — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:53:32 +0000

You should be in San Antonio, this week, at the Texas Water 2012 show.

http://www.texas-water.com/

Comment on ACTION: Stop the New Nuke Power Loan Guarantees by Michael Collins

Michael Collins — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:35:05 +0000

This subsidizing of the nuke industry is unbelievable in a country that trashes socialism and continues to proudly boast of its capitalist system. Where is the social value in forcing Americans to pay for inevitable timebombs in our own backyard. Thank you folks who sign this petition. Read the kind of environmental investigative reporting on Fukushima fallout in North America missing from mainstream media at our site, EnviroReporter.com.

Comment on New Government Proposal Threatens Food Safety by Moira Romano

Moira Romano — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:16:59 +0000

Feeding the planet should not be this complicated. This is the result of Big industry working with lazy, corrupt or ignorant government officials. Unfortunately the food issue is global and not restricted by borders so everyone should get off their duffs and get active. Back to victory gardens and local produce.

Comment on The Secret Life of Garbage by Amanda Marechal

Amanda Marechal — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:54:55 +0000

Good job! We explain this concept to students at school in the hope they can educate their families!

Comment on Keystone XL Pipeline ‘Rubber Stamp Route’ Is Wrong for Nebraska & Nation by John B

John B — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:21:16 +0000

I think it’s absurd how disgustingly corrupted the political process is in the States by money and corporate influence. This is no exception to that rule, but it is still an outrage nonthelesss. No wonder the rest of the world thinks you’re all idiots.

Comment on Keystone XL Pipeline ‘Rubber Stamp Route’ Is Wrong for Nebraska & Nation by Nancy Hill

Nancy Hill — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:14:11 +0000

TransCanada and our own politicians are making a mockery of our country, its people, and our “political” system. This must stop!

Comment on New Government Proposal Threatens Food Safety by July Green

July Green — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:04:36 +0000

Time to stop eating ALL meat and dairy!!!!!!!!!! This is pathetic.

Comment on New Government Proposal Threatens Food Safety by shannon yarber

shannon yarber — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:03:55 +0000

i think the usda and the fda are a joke. you let all the toxic chemicals into our food, call it good and don’t label it. gmo…what kinda ge chicken is this to begin with?
what’s the difference between the usda, the fda and monsanto? nothing except the title they have under one of the three companies…the revolving door of monsanto, i mean the usda, i mean the fda. oh well, i’m sure you know what i mean. what about free range chickens, not fed gmo feed…can you tell me where i can get some of that or is that only for you that revolve and won’t eat the food that you say is approved? thought it was just an inside joke huh?

Comment on Banned Pesticides Found in Popular Chinese Tea Brands by Kyle Culley

Kyle Culley — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:28:18 +0000

Maybe this is another reason the bees are dying. Farmers in the fruit industry are having to hand pollinate their fruit trees because there are no bees. Pesticides seemed to be a panacea when we here young and ignorant. NO excuses NOW! And what is the overuse of pesticides doing to the health of the workers? China has not yet begun to care about collateral damage.

Comment on The Secret Life of Garbage by Lynn

Lynn — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:48:26 +0000

This is terrific work. Would love to see it on a poster (100% PCW of course) especially for schools. Thanks.

Comment on Fracking with Propane—The Gas Companies’ Latest Tactic to Frack New York by Marlene

Marlene — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:15:56 +0000

The whole fracking way of getting oil and gas is just wrong wrong wrong…it is a hurry up and make the money and to hell with the earth and the workers and the people who have to live where they are drilling…using propane is a night mare waiting to happen…my state of Montana is being hit with this and the people walk around with $ signs in there eyes….quality of life in the drilling towns is shot…the way they were drilling worked just fine and with less impact on everything…stop the madness please.

Comment on Let’s Hear It for Higher Gasoline Prices by mike hunt

mike hunt — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:21:50 +0000

We are all gunna die in December so whats it matter?

Comment on Let’s Hear It for Higher Gasoline Prices by peter james

peter james — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:19:16 +0000

I Believe that higher oil prices should be enforced which would make for less dumb *** drivers on the road.

Comment on Fighting the Legacy of Enrico Fermi by Laura Lynch

Laura Lynch — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:09:39 +0000

Bravo Michael! excellent article about the beginnings of the atomic legacy and the endings we are about to face in its deadly path … helen said we have 3 choices… 1) get rid of nuclear weapons worldwide; 2) get rid of nuclear power; and 3) begin a nuclear free energy policy that employs alternative energy sources such as solar and wind. We must be kind to each other and to the earth we live and leave behind. peace out, laura.

Comment on Cancer in the Ransom Note by Michael Dolezal

Michael Dolezal — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:57:31 +0000

This articles is full of fact-less statements, and its clear indication that environmentalist are shaping their own “facts” to support their opinion.

Comment on Tests Find Toxics in Broad Array of Consumer Products by Meganlight

Meganlight — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:31:40 +0000

What products are you using that made such a difference?

Comment on Tests Find Toxics in Broad Array of Consumer Products by Meganlight

Meganlight — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:26:34 +0000

You are absolutely right! Everyone is much too blindly accepting to industrial manufacturing of products full of chemical contamanants. Absurdly true, you can smell the stuff when you walk into a store. It matters, and it is commonly accepted as a community service.

Comment on ACTION: Stop the New Nuke Power Loan Guarantees by John Blair

John Blair — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:05:12 +0000

The government’s largess for coal and nuclear seems to be limitless. It is time for these dangerous and polluting industries to make it in the private sector or not make it at all. From Price Anderson to the @007 and 2009 Acts of Congress, these subsidies should stop and stop now.

Comment on Raising Elijah by Raymond Zehler

Raymond Zehler — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:01:27 +0000

Saudra, Where have you been? We need you as a member of the Izaak Walton League of America. We have been adressing environmental and conservation of Natural Resources for the last 90 years.We certainly could use your help.Check us out!

Ray Zehler, Executive Director,
Ohio Division, IWLA

Comment on ACTION: Stop the New Nuke Power Loan Guarantees by Thomas Turner

Thomas Turner — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:57:49 +0000

Build no new reactors, plutonium and tritium plants, and close all current reactors and nuclear weapons plants.

Comment on Beware the Oil Industry’s Voldemort by Steve Barrows

Steve Barrows — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:12:17 +0000

Dear Bob, I have absolutely no ties to the oil, gas, energy, or any industry whatsoever…I am a “concerned citizen” who works in the human services domain, and who cannot stand people trying to inflame others with partisanism’s. I am not making a “partisan criticism,” this so-called article does. So this guy works for an oil lobby. This article portrays him as evil. If an environmental lobbyist made a large salary with a large PR budget and was thanked by Michelle Obama, should they be vilified? I think not, and I, for one, am tired of letting any such attacks go unchallenged. Why don’t we talk TO each other and not ABOUT each other? And, if we do, perhaps we can see that neither side is as evil as the rhetoric tries to portray.

Comment on Beware the Oil Industry’s Voldemort by Bob Abell

Bob Abell — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:05:24 +0000

Steve, speaking of all innuendo, which part of the facts and figures re the API’s PR budget, Gerard’s salary, and Romney’s thanks has “not a stitch of evidentiary proof”? Yours is a partisan criticism masquerading as critique.

Comment on Beware the Oil Industry’s Voldemort by Steve Barrows

Steve Barrows — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:59:56 +0000

This is crud masquerading as journalism…all innuendo and not a stitch of evidentiary proof to back up these claims. Can’t you do better than this?

Comment on Gov. Kasich’s Energy plan ignores the dangers of fracking by Marge Townsend

Marge Townsend — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:18:19 +0000

Another aspect is the contamination of locally grown food. People are trying to buy local for a lot of reasons, but if its contaminated we have to buy from California or some other country.

Comment on Who’s Monitoring Fracking Wells and Pipelines? Nobody by Carbon Black

Carbon Black — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:56:17 +0000

It has been a long time since I have read something so absent of facts as this article. You simply state what you wish to be true as if that makes it true. Your implication that the lack of federal jurisdiction for some pipelines means that they aren’t regulated is also (probably intentionally) misleading.

It is laughable that you include in your mission that you are a “neutral” platform. You are as biased as they come.

Comment on Who’s Monitoring Fracking Wells and Pipelines? Nobody by Mark

Mark — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:50:54 +0000

This is becoming an issue in the UK. The only information we have regarding risks is coming from the USA and it all looks alarming. This method is either new to the UK or it has only just appeared on the ‘serious concerns radar’. I am expecting evidence to emerge of similar problems. There was recently a small, localised, tremor in North West England that may be attributable to this. The message from the UK Government is that this has proven safe in the USA.

Comment on Trawl Fishery Measures Show the Value of Cooperation by Chris Kuebler

Chris Kuebler — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:39:43 +0000

There are a lot of smart people in the environmental movement. I wish they would use their intelligence to offer sustainable commercial solutions instead of just saying “no”, so maybe commercial interests will consider them. Commercial interests are stuck in their ways because they work and are profitable, but might not be sustainable. So study alternatives and offer them. Maybe, just maybe, a satisfactory and sustainable solution can be found beyond just saying “no”.

Comment on Pesticides Threaten Aquatic Species in the Wildest Stream in the West by Terry Schulz

Terry Schulz — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:30:55 +0000

Excellent investigative reporting which should instill some interest by conservation groups such as Trout Unlimited, Coastal Conservation Association,Sierra Club, etc.
I’m appalled at how long this has been going on. Fisherman and conservationist need to take action.

Comment on Let’s Hear It for Higher Gasoline Prices by Susan Miller

Susan Miller — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:11:46 +0000

No or, but decidedly the case is that “Chu thinks Americans are too dumb to understand that in the long run they would be better off with higher fuel prices.”

Like most politicians, Obama is kowtowing to the lowest common denominator and the since he’s a lawyer, he’s working for his clients (Exxon, BP, Shell, etc.)

Comment on Gov. Kasich’s Energy plan ignores the dangers of fracking by Greg P

Greg P — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:12:20 +0000

Other than the fact that some people will make lots of money in the process, fracking is a potential disaster at a spectrum of levels, local-community and global. The most basic folly of the whole process in the first place is that is does NOT result in an energy dynamic that decreases global warming gases emitted into the atmosphere. This is the most important aspect of why we cannot allow the energy companies to thrust this process on our communities and their commons. We have to move full speed ahead with all of our useful resources into sustainable, safe, efficient, clean energy production such as wind, solar, geothermal, tidal, and anything local, local, local that we can create. We have to STOP BURNING and exhausting fuels into the atmosphere. It is that simple! People power must dis-enfranchise the oiluminati.

Comment on Pesticides Threaten Aquatic Species in the Wildest Stream in the West by Judith Mayer, PhD

Judith Mayer, PhD — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:43:09 +0000

Commercial lillies can be grown without pesticide runoff and emissions.
This costs more, for sure, but we owe it to our rivers to make sure that cheap flowers for our homes don’t threaten the viability of any native ecosystem — our larger home! And we owe support to the regulators who work to protect those larger homes.

Comment on Will Congress Extend the Wind Energy Tax Credit? by Sarah Taylor

Sarah Taylor — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:27:24 +0000

How about this idea to help wake people up:

CALL FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SATIRE VIDEOS!
$100 for each of the first five videos selected
$25 for additional videos selected
DEADLINE: JUNE 30, 2012
More and more people realize that we have to move away from fossil fuels and
towards renewable energy in order to stop damaging our climate and our planet and
our future. However, we are not speaking out loudly enough to encourage investment
in new beneficial technologies, and specially wind power. False arguments are raised
against the development of our plentiful wind resources.
Laughter doesn’t just make us happy – it connects and energizes us. If you go to
http://windustrious.org you will see links to some very funny videos. The targets of
these pieces of satire are the opponents, and delayers, of our transition to wind
power and other forms of renewable energy. The videos make us see how silly the
opposition really is!
This is a call for additional satire videos for the Windustrious.org website. They will
help build the call for action in fighting climate change. Suggestions of subject
matter are listed below the three movies already on display. You may be able to
think of other scenarios worthy of ridicule.
The duration of the videos should be from 30 seconds to 5 minutes in length and in
DVD data format. Please include contact information including: your name, phone
number, email address and street address with your submission. More than one
video may be submitted. Submissions should be mailed to:
Sarah Taylor, Windustrious, 2894 Meadowbrook Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118.
$100 will be paid for each of the first five videos put up on the Windustrious site,
with authorship acknowledged. The authors of additional videos added to the site will
each receive $25. The deadline for video submission is June 30th, 2012.
For more information contact: sarah@windustrious.org.

Comment on Harvard Study Strengthens Link between Pesticides and Colony Collapse Disorder by Ken Miller

Ken Miller — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:02:50 +0000

Fipronil, a common relative of these pesticides, is used in topical flea preparations, namely Frontline.
USGS found this in water. Here’s an excerpt:

Fipronil Highly effective, broad spectrum insecticide. Frequently used for cockroach and ant control as well as for pests of field corn, golf courses and commercial turf.[17] Possible carcinogen, potential ground water contaminant and suspected endocrine disruptor.[18] In 2004, Louisiana crawfish farmers and landowners who had suffered severe losses due to ICON contamination (of which fipronil is the active ingredient) received US$45 million in a class action settlement.[19]

Found by POICS in Ag wastewater
Alvarez et al. 2007 J. Environ. Qual. IN PRESS
Page 12

There should be a campaign against these, maybe alert to vets and pet stores?

Thanks,

Ken

Comment on Pesticides Threaten Aquatic Species in the Wildest Stream in the West by Chris Pincetich, Ph.D.

Chris Pincetich, Ph.D. — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:44:14 +0000

This is super important work. Pesticides undermine the foundation of the food web all organisms, from coho to cows, rely on. Killing insects and even fungus (vital to soil ecology) will have ramifications. Less pesticides, more organic ag and then, more salmon!

Comment on Deadly Bacteria Found in Gulf Coast Tar Balls by Carly

Carly — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:54:38 +0000

You are right, they are murderers, but if you don’t help to expose the truth, nobody will take you seriously. If you really care, which I do, you will read this and help expose it for what it is. I worked for BP, I know:

- The media is grossly censoring the extent of the devastation in the Gulf. The poisons–oil and chemical dispersant (Corexit)–are destined to spread globally, but honest reporting is restricted, and independent investigators are being arrested. This censorship is a sure sign of fascism–not freedom or democracy. In this way, the media, financially directed by leading investment bankers, accomplices this global poisoning, or omnicide.

- The news and network “programming” is propaganda issued by the “partners” in the Rothschild League of Banks including Goldman-Sachs, JPMorgan-Chase and UBS that direct BP, Transocean, Halliburton, the clean-up capitalists, Corexit suppliers, even the trailers used by clean-up crews, through co-investors heavily represented in the Partnership for New York City (PFNYC), founded by David Rockefeller and chartered by the Royal Family of England. All together, these partners wield the most formidable economic power in world history.

- Ongoing worsening environmental pollution has been a primary objective of these Rothschild League financiers since at least the 1960s, according to their leaked economic agenda. http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/esp_sociopol_ironmountain08.htm

- The Deepwater Horizon (Mississippi Canyon 252) oil rig that exploded is the property of Transocean, not British Petroleum (BP); and both companies are financially directed by Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and UBS investment bankers, all operating in the Rothschild League of banks.

- Coincidentally, or demonically, the oil rig’s failed cementation job exploded on Hitler’s birthday, just in time to poison Earth Day 2010, thanks to Transocean’s contractor–the infamous Dick Cheney/George Bush officiated Halliburton Company allied with Homeland Security.

- Halliburton officials admit knowing their cementation job was likely to explode just when it did, according to Congressional testimony.

- Goldman Sachs (GS) officials, likewise, knew the rig was likely to explode when it did. They bet millions of dollars on this event only days before it happened! (Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of GS, directed 44% (4.6 million shares) of BP stock to be dumped three weeks before the explosion.

- Not surprisingly, Transocean was merged into its current corporate state by Goldman-Sachs (a.k.a., “Government Sachs”) in 2007.

- David Sidwell, Risk Committee Chairman of UBS, the wealthiest Swiss bank (in the Rothschild League or alliance of so-called “competing” banks) and the world’s largest wealth manager, also dumped BP stocks massively (i.e., 99% of the banks holdings, or 2.1 million shares,) as did Wachovia/Wells Fargo.

- BP Oil CEO Tony Hayward sold 1/3 of his BP stock (223,288 shares) on March 17–a month before the explosion.

- Just prior to 9/11, you may recall, Goldman Sachs did the same with airline stocks; and before the Gulf catastrophe, GS shorted mortgage company stocks, fueling the real estate collapse in America.

- The Management Boards of the Eurex Stock Exchanges and the Executive Board of Germany’s Eurex Clearing AG decided, on April 14, 2010, to introduce an equity option on shares of Transocean Ltd, effective on the day of the explosion, April 20, 2010. This gave inside traders a full day to dump their “uninsured” stock in Transocean at the highest price possible (before the rest of Wall Street responded to the explosion). Then the crisis capitalists were able to reinvest their funds securing the higher price value.
These officials published zero reason for Transocean’s new equity option program that encouraged banking criminals to use “protective puts” to make millions.

- In other words, by paying a relatively small premium (compared to the soon-to-be plunging market value of Transocean stock), the Rothschild Leaguers knew no matter how far the stock dropped, it could be sold at the original “strike price” (also called the “put option”) anytime before April 20, 2012.

- This additionally evidences premeditated murder, and the financial motives of the Swiss/German banking chiefs influencing Europe’s most active stock exchanges. These inside traitors and industrial sabateurs, financially controlling Transocean, Halliburton, and BP, committed the gravest environmental crime of all time, with obvious plans to profit from the mass murdering of people and destruction of the Gulf.

- This was how money was made from the obvious sabotage. After UBS sold its 2.1 million shares of BP, prior to the explosion, the “put option” policy on BP stock was similarly exercised when UBS bought back 8.6 million BP shares by June 7.

- Transocean Vice President of Marketing, Terry Bonno, met UBS officials on May 27, 2010, according to a heavily censored Thompson Reuter’s report and transcript. http://www.alacrastore.com/research/thomson-streetevents-Transocean_LTD_at_UBS_Global_Oil_and_Gas_Conference-T3111942

- So within weeks of the explosion the Rothschild League of investment bankers were yelling “Buy! Buy! Buy! BP stock,” stating the costs for clean-up were miniscule compared to what their investments and company profits would earn.

- This quote detailed the BP-banking-stock-jocks’ plot: “Buying shares today while writing $55 calls and “puts” for the January 2012 expiration allows for an outstanding cash-on-cash return if BP merely bounces back by 14% over the next 21 months. In a best case you’ll net 98% total returns on the actual cash outlay (assuming you write the puts against paid-up marginable equity already held in your margin-type account).”

- Much like the instantly manufactured equity investment option created for Transocean right before the explosion, BP’s stock insurance plan secured the ongoing devastation in the Gulf with this financial promise: “In a worst case scenario you’ll end up with twice the number of BP ADRs at an average cost of $42.64 or less,” stock gurus promoted. “That’s lower than the annual lows for BP during the entire period 2004 right through 2007.”

- The wizards of oil, pulling the strings behind the media’s propaganda, are best exemplified by Goldman Sachs’s CEO, Lloyd Blankfein. Lloyd merged, and still largely controls, ABC/Disney and Miramax. Blankfein’s partner, co-chairing the PFNYC, is Rupert Murdoch, controlling FOX News, Time-Warner, Associated Press, News Corp and much more. Another partner in this David Rockefeller-founded PFNYC cabal is Thompson Reuters chairman, Thomas Glocer. The PFNYC was responsible for financial reconciliations from 9-11, and “veering” World Trade Center reconstruction money from New York to Las Vegas through Apollo Management’s MGM private equity investments. (Apollo co-owns Nalco/Corexit with Goldman Sachs.) The PFNYC was chartered by Britain’s Royal family, bringing NBC/Comcast into their stead, as well as the General Electric company. Last but not least, CBS owner, Sumner Murray Rothstein (Redstone), joined the clique through his CBS-Viacom stable of companies.

- The Halliburton cementation job’s sabotage, and resulting oil hemorrhage in the Gulf, served perfectly, synchronously and financially, to “veer” media attention away from Lloyd Blankfein’s/ Goldman-Sachs’s shorting of the American housing market, accelerating the planned economic collapse of the USA for the forthcoming New World Order’s “New Deal.”

- And just when we thought the Government Sachs connection to the Gulf oil rigging could not get any deeper, we learn that GS holds controlling interests (with Apollo Management) in the Nalco Company which produces the hideously deadly oil dispersant named Corexit!

- The Rothschild Leaguers “ruled out all [Corexit] competitors even those that have shown to be far less toxic and, in some cases, nearly twice as effective,” reported Paul Quinlan in the New York Times. The reason being . . .

Nalco formed from a joint venture with the David Rockefeller-controlled Exxon Chemical Co. in 1994. Then in 2003, The Blackstone Group, Apollo Management L.P., and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, bought Ondeo Nalco for $4.3 billon dollars. All three companies are partnered in the Rockefeller-founded, Royal Family-chartered PFNYC.

- The George Bush/Dick Cheney 9/11-linked Halliburton Company purchased the world’s largest oil-spill cleanup entity, Boots & Coots, three weeks before the explosion. This was synchrounous with the bankers beginning to unload BP and Transocean stocks, and securing equity options to insure their investments. Other major shareholders in Nalco/Corexit include billionaire Warren Buffett and his conglomerate holding company, Berkshire Hathaway; Maurice Strong, Al Gore, George Soros.

- Homeland Security’s choice of accommodations for Gulf oil clean-up crews are the same toxic trailers banned from use during Hurricane Katrina.

- Corexit was found poisoning clean-up workers, causing kidney and liver disorders, following its debut in the 1989 Exxon-Valdez disaster. Nalco blamed these problems on 2-butoxyethanol, now claimed to have been removed.

- This is also one of the chemicals used in chemtrails.

Comment on Who’s Monitoring Fracking Wells and Pipelines? Nobody by Jennifer P.

Jennifer P. — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:57:58 +0000

Excellent eye opening article to this unregulated industry. Here in Colorado we are fighting this happening on top of our homes and schools. We have no say. We have no rights to stop any of it or have disclosure. The game has to change if operators want to continue.

Comment on Who’s Monitoring Fracking Wells and Pipelines? Nobody by graham

graham — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:56:09 +0000

Bill…why ban something until it is PROVEN safe, if it hasn’t been PROVEN unsafe either?

I appreciate the claims as mentioned above, but I sure as heck don’t trust the same federal government who’s regulatory czar is still Cas Sunsustein!

Comment on Who’s Monitoring Fracking Wells and Pipelines? Nobody by bill baker

bill baker — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:02:08 +0000

Thank you for this article! There wouldn’t be such a public outcry and concern if we felt safe. Our government agencies are not able to regulate and enforce safe practices. That’s why there is also a large segment of the population calling for a ban until it can be PROVEN safe and responsibly monitored. We the people know that if we don’t sound the alarm and raise awareness of the dangers, the industry, state and federal agencies responsible for protecting us will continue business as usual and allow indiscriminate destruction of our lands, resources and communities.

Comment on USEC Bailout Dies Yet Again by tiger850

tiger850 — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:04:39 +0000

From 1993 to March 2012, Japan just spent 23B on new enrichment processes. They see how important clean energy is. They will bounce back from Fukushima with safer and better nuclear energy. Where will you get your energy?

Comment on USEC Bailout Dies Yet Again by tiger850

tiger850 — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:00:44 +0000

So Geoff…where will USA get energy? NO solutions and NO Truths?? You write like a lying Harvard Lawyer trying to win a case at all cost. Geoff. How do you live with yourself? Like I have said before be proactive and positive with something once in you life. How about you go to work on nuclear waste storage in Yucca? USA is getting torched by China. They are way ahead of us on economy and soon military. Clearly the only reliable safe and economical energy source is LEU uranium. If USA does not make our own LEU uranium it will be imported with loss of jobs and technology…..like every other piece of junk coming from China. So yes if you want to go to 2nd world nation status keep on trashing USA.

Comment on Gas Industry Spin Can’t Cover Up Problems Caused by Fracking by Marge Townsend

Marge Townsend — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:28:39 +0000

There is an article in the Plain Dealer today about the increase in lobyists for the gas and oil industry, particularly Cheasepeake. They are giving huge amounts of money to legislators. What can simple farmers do? The guys are swarming around signing up leases on land for fracking. They won’t get a lease on our land, but we will still be affected by others.

Comment on Investors: No More Flaring of Fracked Oil and Gas in Bakken Shale by Moira Romano

Moira Romano — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:30:01 +0000

Lets hope there is greater public awareness and public education so that industry and government don’t blindly go ahead unchecked and destroy the planet acre by acre when research into new energy sources – some already discovered – can be the solution. Those with the power and money are generally only intent on keeping it. Burning off gas when supposedly it is a rare resource we must ravage the environment for just makes no sense at all. It is archaic and underscores the lack of concern and interest in modifying or modernizing. Investors in these companies need to speak up and hold the corporations accountable. It is unconscionable not to.

Comment on Investors: No More Flaring of Fracked Oil and Gas in Bakken Shale by valerie

valerie — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:50:15 +0000

All of us “investors” of life need to write a statement against the countless hazards of this criminal industrialization of civilization. We all invest in life each day through a healthy diet, exercise, spirituality, choices, respect, compassion, and caring for our family, friends, strangers, and our enemies. Our investment is the meaning of life and has endless eternal worth, beyond anything financial. It is sacred and boundless. Billions of people right now are our investors…write a statement today for us all and send it to any leader you wish…local, state, national, world, universe.

Comment on America’s Two New Nukes Are on the Brink of Death by Perry Thomas

Perry Thomas — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 07:19:07 +0000

Very encouraging article. I hope the positive outlook is warranted. Any links to petitions or other actions hastening the demise of these dangerous energy sources would be welcome in the future.

Comment on Cancer in the Ransom Note by Samantha Kalicki

Samantha Kalicki — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 03:50:06 +0000

Please take this into consideration for our children and future generations! We want them to live great lives as we do. They deserve it!

Comment on Concerned Citizens File Abuse of Process Counterclaim against Fracking Company by jane Davison

jane Davison — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 22:15:10 +0000

I do not think that we should do hydro fracking at any time in NEW YORK STATE. THE LAKES THERE ARE TREASURES WHERE WE’D FISH and swim and do a host of other things as well. The gas companies nave to stop demanding to drill because it isn’t acceptable at all. It pollutes as there are chemicals and lots of bad odors as well as waste water galore. We do not want any of that and we also don[t want them to frack with our water

Comment on School Lunchrooms Put Planet and Kids at Risk by I eat this food everyday

I eat this food everyday — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:00:21 +0000

It’s funny because this food is terrible.

Comment on America’s Two New Nukes Are on the Brink of Death by Kyle Culley

Kyle Culley — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:18:32 +0000

I have never been in favor of Nuclear Power for all the reasons you have stated. It is too expensive, monitarily as well as environmentally. Immediate gratification has always been what is at the forefront of all or our energy projects with the consequences realized many years later, when it’s too late. When it’s too late for the nuclear waste as well as the power/water required to operate safely, the consequences cannot be reversed. We all are at risk. If I had to choose between our current energy providing options I would only opt for oil drilling (on land) until we develope safe alternatives.

Comment on America’s Two New Nukes Are on the Brink of Death by Mary M. Johnston

Mary M. Johnston — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 07:52:58 +0000

The word and should not be the sentence “There is, unfortunately, no court of law no judge or jury in existence that will indict the guilty whose work has produced a nuclear pandemic of unimaginable proportions.” Sorry I did not see that word.

Comment on America’s Two New Nukes Are on the Brink of Death by Mary M. Johnston

Mary M. Johnston — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 07:47:16 +0000

The harm done to the Earth by nuclear power is beyond estimation. The nuclear fire once lit never dies and its tentacles poison everything. Never in the history of energy production has so destructive and demonic a force been unleashed on an unsuspecting public.
Closing all nuclear reactors is just the beginning and dealing with nuclear wastes is now the burden of all present and future generations. Nuclear accidents have created ghostly and uninhabitable wastelands everywhere,where the idea of evacuation is a sick and meaningless joke. It is more truthful to say “lost forever.” Who was ever told that an energy source could destroy the genetic memory of the human race? Who would even consider such an idea? Those responsible for this unending tragedy continue on without a shred of remorse for what they have unleashed. There is, unfortunately, no court of law no judge or jury in existence that will indict the guilty whose work has produced a nuclear and pandemic of unimaginable proportions. The costs of nuclear power cannot even by quantified. No accountant’s balance sheet even exists to accurately assess the damage to all living things that is the eternal evil that is nuclear power.

Comment on ACTION: EPA Must Act Now to Protect Honey Bees by Lori Fischer

Lori Fischer — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 04:19:59 +0000

We need better testing of products. Step it up and protect us.

Comment on Lakotas Launch Hunger Strike against Tar Sands Pipelines by Lee Roscoe

Lee Roscoe — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 02:06:22 +0000

I’ve been out there to both areas–Lakota and Pacific Northwest. You can feel the spirits who were here first. To destroy these lands is to destroy what is left of beauty in the soul of america. Yes. How can we support the hunger strikers?

Comment on ACTION: EPA Must Act Now to Protect Honey Bees by Jan Best

Jan Best — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:24:31 +0000

Bees are very important to pollinating our food. Let’s protect them, please.

Comment on New Report Shows Opposition to Monsanto Growing Worldwide by Dr John Andrew Siame PhD

Dr John Andrew Siame PhD — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:55:34 +0000

I wonder why GM proponents have jumped to this technology before we exploit the current gene pool and genotypes to their limits of potential. In addition to this, the World is already talking of synthetic DNA! I know and appreciate that we must always stay ahead of eventualities and that we must not fire fight but always be prepared to offer new food products from our gene back stores for human and animal consumption BUT I am now wondering as to what the ethical limits to this will be.

Dr John Andrew Siame PhD, Consultant Farming Systems and Food Security Agronomist.

Comment on America’s Two New Nukes Are on the Brink of Death by glenn carroll

glenn carroll — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:35:17 +0000

Rock on Harvey! Great story and your optimistic take is much appreciated here in Georgia!

Comment on Community Groups File Lawsuit for Federal Coal Ash Protections by Paul Otruba

Paul Otruba — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:35:16 +0000

Coal ash needs to include “waste coal ash.” The state of Pennsylvania differentiates between fly ash (coal ash) and waste coal ash.Waste coal ash refers to ash created from burning waste coal, a standard practice at 18 or more generating plants in Pennsylvania. Waste coal ash is more contaminated than fly ash and is unregulated. The blatant buying the Pennsylvania representatives in the state government. As an Environeer and previous Riverkeeper, I have confronted this issue and have been brushed aside. SUPPORT the EPA in this!!!!

Comment on No Longer Any Doubt by Chris Kuebler

Chris Kuebler — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:06:12 +0000

ALL TRUE. THIS IS WHY NO-TILL FARMING IS ESSENTIAL, BESIDES THE BENEFIT OF EROSION CONTROL. EVERY TIME THE SOIL IS TURNED OVER, SEQUESTERED CO2 IS RELEASED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. THE MOTTO SHOULD BE: “DON’T DISTURB THE SOIL”.

Comment on Cancer in the Ransom Note by john poirier

john poirier — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:56:42 +0000

If you were to ask me what is more valuable to me , a barrel of water or a barrel of oil, I would answer without pause, water!

Comment on Roundup Linked to Animal Shape Changes by Marc Behrendt

Marc Behrendt — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:38:05 +0000

The article discusses American toads, Wood frogs, and Leopard frogs. The image is of either a Copes or Northern Grey Tree Frog.

Comment on Harvard Study Strengthens Link between Pesticides and Colony Collapse Disorder by OH

OH — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:32:26 +0000

Companies should not push back any more like this, they want to equating telling the truth with terrorism and companies like Bayer CropScience are capable of killing us all with their opposition to science. This is like the ozone hole back in the 1980s, these companies are lying and lobbying like the tobacco companies trying to stop scientists from saving us all.

Comment on Report Shows 29 States Unprepared for Growing Water Threats by Dr.Jalal Qureshi

Dr.Jalal Qureshi — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:36:07 +0000

I am professional hydrogeologist 30 years water resources research expirence in many countries. I am residing in Houston Texas.
I am intrested to share my knowldge and rich expirence with concerned , but no idea how how get in . Texas state is facing acute shortage
Due to drought , there are number of option for mitigation . There is need to do more. If any one need my help pl contact . Iwses@live.com
Thanks

Comment on Community Demands Transparency upon NRC Visit to Troubled Reactors by glenn carroll

glenn carroll — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:13:54 +0000

That picture leaves me speechless. Keep it shut y’all!

Comment on Deadly Bacteria Found in Gulf Coast Tar Balls by Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:38:44 +0000

There have always been tarballs on the beaches, I have a 500 year-old pottery shard decorated with tar from the beach. After an oil spill these balls roll around on the bottom and finally wash ashore, sometimes in large numbers. And the “flesh-eating bacteria” is not new, either. The infection is from the bacteria getting in through a cut or sore, generally. It is not common, but it does happen and is serious. If the tar balls contain the bacteria, you should be careful not to step on them especially if you have open wounds or a compromised immune system. Also, the tar is very hard to get off your feet, without some sort of solvent, or at least soap and a lot of scrubbing.

Comment on Community Demands Transparency upon NRC Visit to Troubled Reactors by Marvin Lewis

Marvin Lewis — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:30:35 +0000

Everyone in California is imperiled by the San Onofre NPP.

Comment on Community Demands Transparency upon NRC Visit to Troubled Reactors by Marvin Lewis

Marvin Lewis — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:29:24 +0000

San Onofre sits on a fault that was not completely known when it was built. Everyone in
California sits on a nuclear peril.
Stop the insanity.

Comment on Campaign Calls for National Plan to Curb Ocean Acidification and Save Sea Life by Gordon Chamberlain

Gordon Chamberlain — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:13:58 +0000

The web of life in the oceans supports the web of life on land, both of which humanity rely on for our survival. As the present political economic model is negligent of protecting and sustaining humanity, should not the destruction of the web of life in the ocean be seen as a crime against life on our planet.
Then comes the next stage, who should be the among the first individual charges with large scale, long term damage of the environment, the proposed 5th crime against peace to be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court.
What scientific evidence were the CEOs and Board of Directors of the American automobile corporations using when they decide to build fleets of Hummers and less fuel efficient SUVs that burned more of the world oil supply and pumped out more climate destabilizing emissions. Were the coal electrical generating corporations using the same fraudulent science. The fraudulent financial accounting at the heart of the sub prime scam and robo mortgage signings continues to wreck the lives of millions. How many lives will climate destabilization and ocean acidification, coral bleaching and dead zones to name a few, harm and cause to be lost. Though this pushes the definition proposed by This is Ecocide. Ocean acidification will cause harm to the oceans web of life and as a result humanity? We need to consider the prosecution of ecocide if we intend to live sustainably. http://thisisecocide.com/ Join the debate we looks forward to your critical analysis and support

Comment on Tests Find Toxics in Broad Array of Consumer Products by lifeguardRPh

lifeguardRPh — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:39:03 +0000

C: You would be wrong about that. You may be under the (mistaken) impression that substances only get into the body via the mouth. These (an other substances) get into the body THROUGH THE SKIN (97% penetrance for BP-A) and through the LUNGS (when you run hot water in the shower and it hits the shower curtain, you INHALE the hormone disruptors). When you SIT ON plastic furniture and your skin touches the plastic, you absorb plasticizers.

Comment on Coalition Urges NY Sen. Grisanti to Support Statewide Fracking Ban by Jena Ardell

Jena Ardell — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:24:35 +0000

I just called the Senator Mark Grisanti and left a message with his pleasant secretary. I encourage others to do the same!!

His office # is: (518) 455-3240

Ask for a state-wide ban on fracking. We already know the dangers. We don’t need to prolong endangering New York’s natural resources and citizens.

Comment on Coalition Urges NY Sen. Grisanti to Support Statewide Fracking Ban by valerie

valerie — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:54:34 +0000

First love canal, now the toxic industrial poisioning of subburbs, farmland, and urban land from natural gas production. This is the genocide of america. How many more lessons do we need here? How many more innocent people have to die from reckless greed? Go solar, geothermal, hydro electric, sustainable and clean living.

Comment on Keystone Lessons Learned for the Fight to Come by Chris Wynnyk Wilson

Chris Wynnyk Wilson — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:10:21 +0000

Tom,, Many thanks for such a truthful piece. I am sure you will get alot of behind the scenes flack about it. People don’t like reading the truth. You are so right actions speak much louder than words. Obama does not care about the pipeline states because they are all RepubliCAN’T states anyways so he will never win them thus the votes and people in those state simply do not matter to him, the Campaign and the DNC. It all comes down to votes, contributions and volunteers. That is all that matters to all politicians. As for the Jan 18 press statement by the White House, anyone who thinks that Obama denied the Keystone XL Pipeline is in a serious state of denial. He delayed but he did not deny. Anyone who is shocked by his promotion of the Cushing, OK to Texas Southern Segment simply has not been honest with themselves. Landowners and end of market refinery communities have been sold out for the profit of a foreign corporation and industry that insists on destroying our earth. Tar sands will be mined, shipped and refined for the next 100 years. Add insult to injury – tar sands are shipped via pipeline tax free, refined and exported tax free. US assumes all the risks at what benefits? The sole benefits of Big Oil & Gas who do not pay taxes! Democrats in the path of Keystone XL from the Canadian border to the Texas refineries can send a clear message by not voting for Obama, not contributing dollars and time to the campaign and DNC. We The People are not fooled by any of this and we do have some Power in the voting booth.

Comment on U.S. Leads the Way in Breeding Antibiotic-Resistant Disease by Laetitia Mailhes

Laetitia Mailhes — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:46:54 +0000

How much more proof do we need that change is needed NOW? Common wisdom says that human beings typically fail to take action until the looming, yet preventable, crisis, actuality hits them. The crisis IS here. Superbugs are a major public health hazard. As consumers, we must learn to discriminate what fresh meat (even farmed fish!), dairy and processed food we eat. As citizens, we must demand that our government takes its responsibility protecting public heath by imposing restrictions on an industry that has demonstrated its inability to police itself. Join the movement and sign this petition: http://www.nourish9billion.org/sign-the-petition

Comment on Payola for the Most Profitable Corporations in History by Gordon Chamberlain

Gordon Chamberlain — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:34:07 +0000

Scam Inc
The American public as well as the global community is again being made aware of the threat that a group that can be described as radical fundamentalist capitalists, will not only rob the nations accounts but also pose a threat to national security, global ecological stability with climate destabilisation as well as subsequently harm human mental, physical and spiritual well being.
How do we address that scam is the difficult question.
The fuel efficiency of vehicles will diminish our dependance on funding their scam.
The transportation of goods is moving to rail
Urban transit
But those avoid the true action that must be taken continuing to subsidize profitable corporations does not make economic sense and threatens US economic prosperity and national security
The insurance industry stands to suffer massive losses due to climate destabilisation so they should be asked what liability the carbon negligent corporations will face for failing to address with due diligence if not sabotaging our efforts to live sustainably.

Comment on Doo Doo Chicken—The New Pink Slime by Chef Terry

Chef Terry — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:34:58 +0000

The goverment for the most part cannot be trusted to protect our interest, there are to many people makiing too much money and those people are in turn paying too many bureaucrats to either look the other way or just outright oppose any action or measure taken to protect the public, because “the goverment shouldn’t be allowed to interfere with the way companies do business in pursuit of profits” (except of course when those same companies get to big to fail and their greed makes it necssary for the same people they’re trying to make pay for being poisoned to bail them out) The only recourse we the people who are aware of whats going on have is to stop buying this poison and not only take advantage of the alternatives but help the folke who are engaged in providing them to grow and protect themselves for corporate takeovers. Our health and survival and that of our children depend on it, because the corporate world is getting smaller and ti is in the best interest of the people who control these entities to keep us sick all in the pursuit of bigger profits. All this hell about health care is not coincidental.

Comment on Take Action to Help Alaska’s Wolves by Mizuki

Mizuki — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 03:43:18 +0000

What these people are doing to wolves is very inhumane. However if it was absolutely necisairy…mabey…depending on the situation that you are in. But what they are doing in Alaska is just plain wrong and cruel. When you kill a wolf your not only hurting one animal you are hurting an entire life force that is the animals pack and family. Wolves feel and have emotions just as humans do. I am completely against wolf slaughter and I hope all of you people who read my comment do as well. This is NOT helping the environmet in any way. Wolves keep many populations under control. If wolves were to become extinct many species would spiral out of control, in turn destroying many other populations and disrupting the natural eco-system of Earth.

Comment on Keystone Lessons Learned for the Fight to Come by Katharine Layton

Katharine Layton — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:57:32 +0000

Well said Tom. What is amazing is that everyone wants a clean, healthy environment, but doing something about it somehow seems too big and scary. For a vast majority action can’t spring out of that desire. It gets stifled by a very deeply embedded set of norms that say, “Don’t rock the boat”; “don’t upset anyone”; “don’t alienate your friends and family”. It is up to us to lead and spread the passion so that others will find their voices and join the thousands who have already pledged to do whatever non-violent action is needed to stop the insanity. Here’s the beauty: they can’t arrest us ALL…not all 12,000 or 15,000 or 20,000. Keep writing and riding!

Comment on New Report—Fracking Could Cause a Global Water Crisis by Paul Roden

Paul Roden — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:48:14 +0000

Fracking is too dangerous, too expensive and not necessary for out energy needs. We need to learn how to reduce our impact on the Earth. Jacobson and Delucchi in the March 2011 issue of Energy Policy and in their article in Scientific American of Nov. 2009, have laid out a plan to transition to renewable energy by 2030 with existing technology and science. What we lack, according to Jacobson and Delluchi is the political will to do so because the politicians are owned by the energy industry.

Comment on Tests Find Toxics in Broad Array of Consumer Products by Dial999

Dial999 — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:28:34 +0000

My 3 year old always got the asthma night cough if I left a plastic toy in her room, and then stopped when I removed it (she was asleep, so it wasn’t imagined). We had to rush her to hospital the night I foolishly put a new bookcase in her room. That was 20 years ago, and we’ve avoided as many chemicals since with amazing results for the whole family. My husband’s asthma used to be so bad he couldn’t even walk 100m as a teenager, now at nerly 60 he is hale and hearty in great health.

Comment on Deadly Bacteria Found in Gulf Coast Tar Balls by Peggy

Peggy — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:47:20 +0000

Would this be toxic to humans, just by touch, airborne or would you have to ingest it?

Comment on Roundup Linked to Animal Shape Changes by Concerned Naturalist

Concerned Naturalist — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:48:12 +0000

Yes, please continue “research” for the next 3 years, maybe at the point where you decide to cease use of such a deadly product humans will already be turning into genetically modified beings. It will be X-men but backwards, with more disease and deformaties not to mention mental issues.