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       "... the existing estimates that are in use by the federal
       government are VASTLY underestimating the harm"
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: September 4, 2022, 12:24 pm
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       September 2, 2022
       [move]Economic Damage Of Carbon Pollution 3.6x Greater Than
       Current Gov. Estimates — Study: The costs of carbon pollution
       borne by society is far higher than the amount the government
       uses when calculating the costs and benefits of new regulations,
       a study in Nature finds. Each ton of CO2 pollution, according to
       the study, imposes $185 of damage — that's more than triple the
       amount currently used by the federal government. “The bottom
       line is that our results show that when you fully update the
       social cost of carbon methodology to the state of the science,
       it suggests that the existing estimates that are in use by the
       federal government are vastly underestimating the harm,” Kevin
       Rennert, a co-author of the paper and research fellow at
       Resources for the Future, told the Washington Post. Making
       policy based on a social cost of carbon 3.6 times greater than
       the current $51 estimate means the economic benefits of actions
       and policies to slash carbon pollution increase substantially.
       “It suggests there are many more actions we can take to curb
       carbon emissions that are going to be on the table that were not
       on the table before,” Stanford economist Marshall Burke, told
       the AP.  Grist
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       AGelbert Note: The part unstated in the above reality based
       HYDROCARBON FUELS USE POLLUTION COST is the MENS REA of those
       (i.e. &#128520;&#129429;&#129430;&#128013;) who corrupted the US
       Government to low ball the environmental damage from THEIR
       PRODUCT so THEY could POCKET that 2/3 COST not counted
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       As anyone that can subtract, AND ADD, can clearly see,
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       />corrupting our government to give &#129430; Polluter
       Government
       Welfare Queens the "subsidy" SWAG we-the-people PAY for isn't
       enough for the Hydrocarbon Hellspawn; THEY want us to believe
       THEIR PRODUCT "is wonderful" so THEY can dodge ALL LIABILITY for
       the DAMAGE THEY DO 24/7.
       All the evidence points to a carefully PRE-PLANNED, and
       subsequently methodically executed, CONSPIRACY to PROFIT from
       hydrocarbon FUELS CAUSED POLLUTION. That is the reason the legal
       term, "Mens rea", applies 100% here.
       You need your head examined if you don't think the fossil
       fuelers "don't know" they can't profit from their products if
       the actual environment degrading, human health depleting, life
       span shortening damage hydrocarbon based fuels CAUSE becomes
       public knowledge. THEY KNEW THAT.
       THAT'S WHY they have corrupted our government officials for at
       least 50 years, and throughout that time, funded MASSIVELY
       mendacious propaganda campaigns (SEE: "National Security
       requires Oil Subsidies", ""Fossil Fuels help the poor", " is
       concerned for the welfare of the people", Hydrocarbon Industry
       "loyal servants") to we-the-people, 24/7, about the "benefits to
       our standard of living" they "provide" for the specific
       Orwellian purpose of obscuring the COST we are subjected to so
       THEY can profit from our health depleting ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.
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       There is another legal term that applies here that you should
       remember every time a bought and paid for
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       />mouthpiece for the hydrocarbon industry pushes the BIG LIE
       that
       "they were only complying with public policy
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       />as laid down in the law":
       --- Quote ---
       > "There is a nice legal concept called estoppel. If you argue
       that you didn't kill the Major in the library with the Ming vase
       because you were in bed with his wife, you are estopped from
       pleading self-defence. In the same way, polluters are estopped
       from arguing that they were only complying with public policy as
       laid down in the law, because &#129429;&#129430;&#128013;
       [b]they spent tens of millions shaping those policies and laws
       to their advantage[/b]." James Wimberley
       --- End Quote ---
       #Post#: 520--------------------------------------------------
       &#128681; Brink of Catastrophe: The Netherlands Pledges
       Additional Funds for FSO Safer Rescue Effort
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: September 21, 2022, 12:42 pm
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       September 20, 2022 by Mike Schuler
       [center]&#128681; Brink of Catastrophe: The Netherlands Pledges
       Additional Funds for FSO Safer Rescue Effort [/center]
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       July 15, 2020 shows a close up view of FSO Safer &#129429; oil
       tanker anchored off the marine terminal of Ras Isa, Yemen June
       17, 2020. Picture taken June 17, 2020. Satellite image ©2020
       Maxar Technologies via REUTERS
       The Netherlands’ Government says it is pledging an additional
       $7.5 million to the UN for the salvage of the floating oil
       storage tanker FSO Safer in the Red Sea off Yemen’s coast.
       The abandoned tanker, which is an advanced state of decay, is
       holding over a million barrels of oil
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       />and threatens an environmental and humanitarian catastrophe
       should it break apart or &#128165; explode, potentially
       resulting in an oil spll four times  the amount of the Exxon
       Valdez incident
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       />in one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.
       The United Nations and environmental groups have been calling
       attention to the threat for years, but inadequate funding and
       politics has prevented an operation to remove oil from the
       stricken vessel. The United Nations has been hosting a fund
       raising effort seeking to raise $80 million for the emergency
       operation, but was last reported to be about $12 million short.
       To help close the funding gap, the government of the Netherlands
       says it will release an additional 7.5 million euros, on top of
       an initial 7.5 million euros announced last May, that will allow
       the recovery efforts to begin.
       “Normally, as minister, it’s my job to deal with the
       repercussions of disasters. But in this instance we have a
       chance to prevent a disaster. The Safer is a ticking timebomb.
       We need swift action,” said Netherlands’ Minister for Foreign
       Trade and Development Cooperation, Liesje Schreinemacher. “It’s
       encouraging that so many countries have pledged their financial
       support. Thanks in part to the Netherlands’ contribution we now
       have the necessary funds to start salvaging the vessel.
       Obviously, all the other parties will have to follow through on
       their pledges as well. The Netherlands stands ready to help the
       UN start this operation as soon as possible.”
       According to the UN, the FSO Safer, originally built in 1976, is
       holding 1.14 million barrels of light crude oil and moored 4.8
       nautical miles off the coast of Hodeidah, Yemen. Operations have
       been suspended since 2015 following the state of the war in
       Yemen, causing the structural integrity of the vessel to
       significantly deteriorate.
       The UN is leading the FSO Safer rescue effort, which would
       involve an initial four-month emergency salvage operation that
       will involve transferring oil from the vessel to another
       temporary vessel. This would be a long-term replacement vessel
       with 18 months.
       The Netherlands, as you be aware, is home to some of the world’s
       leading salvage companies.
       In March, Yemen’s Houthi movement signed an agreement with the
       UN that would allow the transfer of oil from the ship.
       An oil spill from the vessel would not only result in
       environmental and coastal impacts, but also cut off food, fuel
       and life-saving supplies to Yemen where 17 million people are
       already in need food aid. The local fishing industry would also
       be devastated by an oil spill, threatening fish stocks and
       hundreds of thousands of jobs. The cost of cleanup alone would
       be $20 billion, according to the UN.
       “Beyond the human suffering and environmental damage, such an
       accident would also seriously disrupt international shipping –
       including the port of Rotterdam – and with it, global commerce,”
       said Minister Schreinemacher.
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       Hellspawn:
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       Pollution and our mental health
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: October 7, 2022, 11:05 am
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       Latest &#127885; Natural Health News
       By ANH-USA On 10/06/20220 From Environmental Health News
       &#128367;&#65039;
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       A child walks near her home on the Navajo Nation in an area
       contaminated by past uranium mining. The community has long
       raised concerns about the physical and mental health impacts
       associated with living near uranium waste. (Credit: Autumn
       Spanne)
       [center]Pollution and our Mental Health[/center]
       [move]A guide to the emerging science on how air and water
       pollution impact our brains.[/move]
       An under-researched field exploring the intersection of
       pollution and mental health is gaining momentum as evidence
       mounts that environmental pollutants damage every organ in our
       bodies—including our brains.
       This guide explores the emerging science, and offers solutions
       aimed at better supporting mental health in the face of these
       environmental challenges.
       According to the American Lung Association’s 2021 State of the
       Air report, about four &#128543; in 10 U.S. residents live in
       counties with unhealthy levels of air pollution. But what counts
       as “unhealthy” is based only on how pollution affects physical,
       not mental, health.
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       View of U.S. Steel Edgar Thompson Works in Braddock, PA., a
       major source of air and climate pollution in the region.
       (Credit: Njaimeh Njie)
       Scientists have known for a long time that air pollution damages
       the lungs, leading to conditions like asthma and lung cancer,
       and that it can damage the heart as well. Only much later,
       researchers discovered that air pollution also causes changes in
       the brain that increase the risks of mental illness, dementia,
       Alzheimer’s, and learning problems. Even small increases in
       [b]air pollution have been linked to depression and anxiety.[/b]
       &#129318;&#8205;&#9794;&#65039;
       A large 2019 study of people in Denmark and the U.S. found
       people exposed to high levels of air pollution are much more
       likely to suffer from a psychiatric illness such as depression,
       schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or personality disorder.
       Recent research indicates that childhood exposure to air
       pollution can negatively impact our mental health as adults, and
       links sudden increases in air pollution with more emergency room
       visits for mental illness among children.
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       “Any weakness in oxygenation is resulting in phosphorus being
       mobilized in those areas.”
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: October 10, 2022, 10:55 am
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       October 9, 2022 By Shaun Robinson
       [center]Lake Carmi advocates ask for more funding, treatment
       options, as algae blooms &#128681; continue[/center]
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       An algae bloom is visible near the shore of Lake Carmi in early
       September 2022. Photo courtesy of John Costa
       SNIPPETS:
       Advocates for improving the water quality of Lake Carmi want
       state officials to provide more money for cleanup efforts
       directed at the troubled Franklin County body of water,
       following yet another summer marked by pervasive cyanobacteria
       blooms.
       They’re also calling for a feasibility study of implementing an
       alum treatment — using aluminum sulfate to reduce the amount of
       phosphorus in the water — in the lake, saying it could be the
       best next step toward curbing the continuing release of that
       nutrient. ... ...
       Lake Carmi advocates have pointed to an intense cyanobacteria
       bloom in July that spanned the entire 1,375-acre body of water
       as a source of frustration for local property owners. Evans said
       in an interview in late September that he had not been able to
       get into the water from the dock on his lakeside property since
       before the end of June. &#129402;
       The blooms this summer have “of course” had a detrimental effect
       on tourism around the lake as well, according to Dave Bennion,
       chair of the selectboard in Franklin, where the lake is located.
       It is northwest of Enosburgh, just a few miles from the
       U.S.-Canada border.
       “None of us see the conditions this summer as acceptable,” Moore
       said in an interview. “And I agree with Rob Evans and the
       Franklin Watershed Committee that we need to take another look
       at our approach and think about what comes next.” ... ...
       Moore said even if the board does not increase the “lake in
       crisis” funding, specifically, it may still fund water quality
       projects at Lake Carmi in other parts of the clean water budget.
       Moore said she expects that funding for the UVM monitoring
       platform will likely be included.
       But what’s next is still unclear, according to Sen. Randy Brock,
       R-Franklin. Brock said he knows that “time is of the essence”
       when it comes to cleaning up Lake Carmi, but he does not think
       the state has yet shown what new steps it would take that
       justify more money.
       Moore said she understands that concern.
       “I don't know that there is a clear next step at this moment,”
       she said. “There isn't a playbook for this work, other than we
       know we ultimately have to turn off the spigot of phosphorus
       coming into the lake.”
       Evans said one improvement he did see over the summer was that
       the state’s $1 million aeration system, which is designed to
       pump oxygen into the lake, ran with few or no interruptions for
       the first time since it was installed four summers ago.
       The system had been plagued by malfunctions in its first three
       summers of operation, and data shows that its starts and stops
       may have actually made blooms worse.
       But cyanobacteria blooms were still a clear issue this summer
       even with the aeration system running at its best, Evans said,
       leading him and other advocates to conclude there’s a need for
       one or more new solutions at the lake, such as an alum
       treatment.
       Moore said data shows that the aeration system has been
       effective at keeping the water close to the lake bottom
       oxygen-rich, which is what prevents the release of phosphorus
       that feeds blooms of noxious cyanobacteria, known more commonly
       as blue-green algae.
       “I think what we're learning, though, is that the aeration
       system is insufficient to do that shore-to-shore, across the
       lake,” she said. “Any weakness in oxygenation is resulting in
       phosphorus being mobilized in those areas.”
       Oliver Pierson, manager of the state’s Lakes and Ponds Program,
       said he agrees it may be time to consider an alum treatment at
       Lake Carmi, noting this summer’s conditions came after the state
       met its 2021 target for reducing phosphorus coming into the lake
       from external sources, such as agricultural activity in the
       surrounding watershed.
       In water, aluminum sulfate — or alum — can bind with phosphorus,
       preventing the nutrient from becoming a source of algae growth.
       Pierson said that several years ago, an alum treatment would not
       have been realistic at Lake Carmi because there was still too
       much phosphorus entering the lake’s watershed from external
       sources.
       Full article:
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       &#128226; Study: Cancer-causing &#129429;&#9760;&#65039; gas
       leaking from CA stoves, pipes 
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: October 20, 2022, 11:06 am
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       October 20, 2022
       [center]&#128226; California Study Finds Gas Stoves Leak
       &#129429;&#9760;&#65039; Benzene Into Homes Even When Turned Off
       
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       &#129429; Methane gas-burning appliances leak &#9760;&#65039;
       carcinogenic benzene into homes even when those appliances are
       turned off, a study published today in Environmental Science and
       Technology
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       />found. The study also found gas appliances and infrastructure
       in
       California (including outdoor pipelines) leak an estimated 4
       tons, or more, of benzene into the atmosphere every year, as
       much benzene as 60,000 cars. Even with gas stoves turned off,
       the researchers discovered, they continued to leak at least 12
       hazardous air pollutants, including "&#129430; BTEX" chemicals
       (&#8203;&#8203;benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene), of
       which the most hazardous is benzene, which is linked to cancers
       including leukemia and other blood disorders.
       The risk posed by the carcinogen increases linearly with a
       person's exposure;  “There’s no safe level of &#9760;&#65039;
       benzene,” Philip Landrigan, a pediatrician and public health
       professor at Boston College, told the AP. "Simply opening the
       windows or turning on a range hood while the stove is on” will
       not eliminate the risk, Kelsey Bilsback of PSE Healthy Energy,
       told the New York Times.
       &#129429; Methane, the main ingredient in so-called "&#129429;
       natural gas", traps more than 80 times &#128565; more heat in
       the atmosphere than CO2 over a 20-year timespan; buildings are
       the source of approximately 13% of U.S. climate pollution,
       mostly from methane gas burned in ovens, water heaters, and
       furnaces.
       While the
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       />methane gas industry has &#128520;&#128176; lobbied against
       state and local efforts to encourage building electrification,
       the study's findings dovetail with those from a similar study in
       Massachusetts, as well as numerous previous studies finding
       increased levels of indoor air pollution in homes with gas
       stoves, and significant methane emissions from gas stoves. (New
       York Times $, AP
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       “This is a huge one that has been implicated in the decline of
       some bumblebees — pathogens coming from cultivated bumble
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: November 19, 2022, 6:47 pm
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       Nov 17 2022 By Emma Cotton
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       [center]Common Eastern Bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) in a squash
       flower. Photo courtesy of Kent McFarland[/center]
       [center]Vermont’s 1st comprehensive bee assessment finds 70 new
       species — and 55 that need more protection[/center]
       SNIPPET:
       Land use changes are also projected to affect bee populations
       positively and negatively.
       Some changes create more open space and encourage a higher
       diversity of flowering plants, which is important for some
       generalist bees, Hardy said. Then again, those changes are
       likely to encourage deer populations to grow.
       “These deer are browsing, preferentially, on native flowering
       plants and shrubs, which is potentially a stressor on plant
       populations, which has negative implications for specialist bees
       especially, and other pollinating insects in general,” he said.
       More than half of Vermont bees — primarily wild — have been
       spending time on farmed crops, scientists found. They’ve been
       found on raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, apples,
       tomatillos, chestnuts, ground cherries, chives, oregano and
       potatoes.
       Full article:
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       &quot;Orphaned&quot; euphemism for a Pollution Contaminated
       Site, Irresponsibly Abandonded Without Plugging and Cleanup!
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: December 20, 2022, 11:33 am
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       December 19, 2022
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       [center]Here’s Why 32,000+ Abandoned & Orphaned Offshore Wells
       Litter the Outer Continental Shelf[/center]
       SNIPPET:
       In all, it’s estimated that the Taylor Energy spill has released
       up to 140 million gallons of oil to date.
       Not all stories of abandoned and orphaned offshore wells are
       like Taylor Energy’s. Some have been decommissioned the right
       way, while others are long forgotten and pose unknown
       environmental and marine life risks. Inadequate records and
       limited monitoring have made it challenging to accurately track
       the number of abandoned wells and whether they’ve been
       adequately plugged.
       According to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, however,
       more than 32,000 of the 55,000 offshore wells across the
       10.9-million-acre Outer Continental Shelf are abandoned or
       orphaned.
       But why? How can tens of thousands of oil wells sit out in the
       Atlantic, Arctic, and Pacific Oceans without demanding further
       attention or accountability?
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       Offshore wells are abandoned when they do not produce enough to
       offset operating costs. Some wells never produce at all. Some
       “dry up,” their accessible reserves exhausted based on current
       extraction methods. Some of these wells are temporarily
       abandoned, with the idea or promise that the owner will return
       to attempt extraction sometime in the future. Yet, the average
       length of time since the 3,364 “temporarily” abandoned wells in
       the Outer Continental Shelf were last drilled is 38 years.
       Wells are considered orphaned when they have no owner. Offshore
       oil wells are often orphaned if the companies that own and
       operate them go bankrupt or close their doors for any other
       reason. With no known owner, orphaned wells present significant
       challenges when it comes to shutting in and decommissioning
       them.
       Full article:
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       />Agelbert NOTE: Only in the good old United States of Petroleum
       can a pollution contaminated site, irresponsibly abandonded
       without plugging and cleanup by profit over planet oil loving
       greedballs, be affectionately called an "Orphaned" Oil and Gas
       Well. Friends, if YOU made that kind of a mess in your yard, the
       authorities would have a hazmat team sent there quickly,
       followed by the police charging you with unlawful contamination.
       The wells spewing methane and other (even MORE toxic - i.e.
       Cancer causing) contaminants were &#129429; IRRESPONSIBLY
       &#128520; ABANDONED, not "orphaned" by an "unfortunate" bit of
       Hydrocarbon Business "bad luck". It is absolutely breathtaking
       how the Hydrocarbon Hellspawn keep getting a free pass from the
       media for in-our-faces toxic pollution dumping on we-the-people.
       "Orphaned
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       />Oil and Gas
       Well&#10067;&#10067;&#10067;
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       Other euphemisms worthy of Orwell that we have all been
       subjected to:
       &#128544; &#9760;&#65039; Highly toxic fisson reactor Uranium
       fuel &#128073;
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       /> "Enriched" Uranium
       &#128544; &#9760;&#65039; Abortion
       &#128073;
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       />"Reproductive Right"
       &#128544; &#9760;&#65039; &#129429; "Natural" Gas
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       />&#128073;
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       />"Bridge Fuel"
       &#128544; &#128520; Greed is Good, &#129421; Might is Right,
       Losers Finish Last, It doesn't matter how you play the game, but
       whether you Win or Lose (etc. you get the morally bankrupt
       Social Darwinist Ideology Idea)
       &#128073;
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       />&#129430; "Evolutionary Advantage" of "Apex Predators"
       [move]AND all this time you actually believed the BIG LIE that
       "it was the Communists, not the Capitalists", that had the GOAL
       of CORRUPTING the Language. Now you know better.
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       [center]
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       [center]Social Darwinist Business as
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       />Usual
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       [center]
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       [center]
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       #Post#: 747--------------------------------------------------
       With 2022 coming to a close, here’s a look back at some of the
       biggest maritime stories of the year through pictures.
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: December 30, 2022, 1:16 pm
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       December 29, 2022 By Mike Schuler
       [center]Year  in Review: Maritime Photos of 2022
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       #Post#: 765--------------------------------------------------
       &quot;No one can afford to &#129429; let their kids or grandkids
       get &#128534; asthma.&quot;
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: January 7, 2023, 11:22 am
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       [center]The Crucial Years[/center]
       January 7, 2023 By BILL MCKIBBEN
       [center]
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       />Turn off the &#129429;&#9760;&#65039; gas[/center]
       [center]Turn on the &#9889;&#128268; magnets
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       SNIPPET:
       I have been arguing for some time now that we’ve reached the
       point in human history where we should stop setting stuff on
       fire: coal, oil, biomass, or in this case the “natural gas”
       that’s found on cookstoves across the country. The most
       important reason is because all that &#129430; combustion is
       &#9760;&#65039; cooking the planet
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       />&#129397;—but a new study
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       published this week
       reminded us all of another huge virtue. It found that 13% of
       childhood asthma in the country can be attributed to kids living
       in houses with &#129429; gas stoves. That’s 650,000 kids—20
       Fenway Parks worth of wheezing young people.
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       It’s like having &#129430; car exhaust in a home,” Brady Seals,
       a co-author of the research, told the Washington Post. “And we
       know that children are some of the people spending the most time
       at home, along with the elderly.”
       This isn’t the first study to come up with similar findings.
       Earlier efforts found that children in households with gas
       stoves were 42% more likely to come down with asthma. And of
       course the effect is magnified in poorer households, which are
       smaller and less likely to be equipped with adequate
       ventilation.
       All in all, living in a house with a gas range is a risk factor
       equivalent to living in a house with secondhand cigarette smoke.
       Full article:
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       AGelbert COMMENT: Excellent article, Bill!
       Although the transition to 100% Renewable Energy sources is not
       taking place at the speed required to avert immense climate
       havoc and millions of human deaths, never mind all the mammalian
       vertebrate species the fossil fuelers and their bought and paid
       for politicians are dooming to extinction, I think we will get
       there much sooner than the hydrocarbon hellspawn expect. Here is
       a quote from around 2016 of a great journalist from Truthout
       (who sadly died recently of a heart attack) that encapsules the
       fact that, though we supporters of a 100% Transition to
       Renewable Energy have caring, reason, logic and common sense on
       our side, the Polluter Ideology (SEE: Social Darwinism), not
       just their polluting modus operandi, continues to be an
       existential threat to all of us.
       --- Quote ---
       > "There is a terrible desperation to the increasingly pathetic
       rationalizations from the climate denial camp. This comes as no
       surprise if you take the long view; every single undone paradigm
       in history has died kicking and screaming, and our current
       petroleum paradigm is no different. The trick here is trying to
       figure out how we all make it to the new paradigm without dying
       right along with the old one, kicking, screaming or otherwise."
       - William Rivers Pitt
       --- End Quote ---
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       #Post#: 790--------------------------------------------------
       “Spending time around &#127795; trees and looking at trees
       reduces stress, lowers blood pressure and improves mood.
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: January 18, 2023, 6:08 pm
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       [center]
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       EcoWatch
       January 13, 2023 Edited by Chris McDermott
       [center]The Traditional ‘Imperial Lawn’ Is Dead — Long Live the
       &#127794;&#127795;&#127796; Trees
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       Americans are well known for their evenly clipped, bright green
       lawns. But rather than being beneficial, these manicured
       greenspaces are actually detrimental to the environment.
       In the U.S., more than 40 million acres of land is covered in
       some form of lawn, reported Insider. These lawns have the
       ability to act as carbon sinks that absorb carbon dioxide from
       the atmosphere, but the substantial carbon cost of lawn
       maintenance often counteracts the benefits, making lawns climate
       change contributors, reported Princeton University.
       Read more:
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