REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
What are the Real Economic Costs?
Noon to 1:30 p.m., Thursday, March 6, 2008
University Club, Downtown Clubhouse
340 Cedar Street, St. Paul
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The same week that 6 GOP Representatves broke ranks to overide the Govenor's gas tax veto, crude oil broke a $100 dollars a barrel.
I can't imagine what gas prices are going to be this spring. On top of that Minnesota is in a recession, plus we just found out we have a bilion dollar deficit. This week the Minnesota Legislature is looking at two Global Warming bills: auto emissions and a cap-and-trade plan. South Dakota is looking better all the time.
The GOP acted quickly to reprimand the 6, but I made the above poster so we remember who NOT to vote for this fall.
As Seen in the StarTribune.
Less than 24 hours after six rogue Republican House members voted to override a veto of a $6.6 billion transportation bill, they were stripped of leadership positions, a swift - and unusual - recrimination that was intended to “stitch together” a fractious House Republican caucus.
Over the past year, anecdotal evidence for a cooling planet has exploded. China has its coldest winter in 100 years. Baghdad sees its first snow in all recorded history. North America has the most snowcover in 50 years, with places like Wisconsin the highest since record-keeping began. Record levels of Antarctic sea ice, record cold in Minnesota, Texas, Florida, Mexico, Australia, Iran, Greece, South Africa, Greenland, Argentina, Chile — the list goes on and on.
Above: Snowstorm in south Lebanon January 30, 2008. Record levels of Antarctic sea ice, record cold in Minnesota, Texas, Florida, Mexico, Australia, Iran, Greece, South Africa, Greenland, Argentina, Chile — the list goes on and on.
By Associated Press
Eroding Alaska town sues oil companies over global warming
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A tiny Alaska village eroding into the Arctic Ocean sued two dozen oil, power and coal companies Tuesday, claiming that the large amounts of greenhouse gases they emit contribute to global warming that threatens the community's existence.
The city of Kivalina and a federally recognized tribe, the Alaska Native village of Kivalina, sued Exxon Mobil Corp. and BP PLC, seven other oil companies, 14 power companies and one coal company in a lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco.
Accorcing to the Universiity of Illinois website the Artic Ice Cap has come back with avengance.
In this image we see two satellite images of the Northern Hemisphere. One from Feb,18, 2006 and one form Feb. 18, 2008 and if you look you can see quite an increase in Sea Ice in just two years.
By Elmer Beauregurad
As I was plowing my driveway this morning with my 1939 Ford 9N a couple drove past in their Lexus SUV and seemed amused by the whole scene. Now it might have been that I was dressed up like a Ninja, with a black face mask and black glasses or maybe they were amused that only 1/4" of snow fell and I have to plow my driveway. You see my driveway is next to a 40 acre alfafa field so when the wind blows any snow from that whole field ends up in it.
What Passed in 2007, Where we are Now, and What’s on the Agenda for the 2008 Legislative Session.
By Josh (Elmer) Wilkening
Whether it was for the purpose of giving the governor more national exposure, or due to significantly upsized Democratic margins in both houses of the Minnesota Legislature, 2007 was a blockbuster year for burdensome energy and environmental regulation in the North Star State. The following is an overview of what was enacted into law in 2007 and how that is being expanded upon at the current time. It’s an explanation of the real world difficulties encountered when seeking to comply with draconian environmental goals. It’s also a forecast of what may soon be on the agenda soon as the legislature ramps up its deliberations in 2008.
By Elmer Beaureguard
This "Green" ad by GE although very cool is actually scientifically wrong
In this ad a tree uproots and walks over and hugs a house for emitting "less" greenhouse gas. But in actuallity trees LOVE greenhouse gas, that's why they use it in greenhouses, typically 3 times the atmospheric level.
By JEFF BAENEN – Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It lived up to its name: The temperature in International Falls fell to 40 below zero Monday, just a few days after the northern Minnesota town won a federal trademark making it officially the "Icebox of the Nation."
It was so cold that resident Nick McDougall couldn't get his car trunk to close after he got out his charger to kick-start his dead battery. By late morning, the temperature had risen all the way to 18 — below zero.
Dire weather prediciton from Phil Connors on Groundhog's Day!
For all of you who couldn't make it.
By Elmer Beaureguard, Feb. 10, 2008
Well its a cold day in Minnesota, I don't know exactly what the temp is here because the wind blew my thermometer away and it broke. But its close to -20º F, plus with that 30 plus mile per hour wind, the windchills are in the -50's. So I'm using extra heaters and blow dryers to unthaw my pipes. Then I stop and wonder if all this extra energy I'm using is causing Global Warming and I say "I HOPE SO!".
Then I did a search on Google news for "coldest winter" and here is what I got...
We had our rally at the capital Steps on Groundhog Day it was a huge success!
Well Huge might be an exageration, but...
The Media was there, the Groundhog, and Al Gore (at least a guy in an Al Gore suit) and a few brave soles, who were willing to stand in the cold and say, DON'T TAX OUR BREATH!
Make sure you download the Don't Tax Our Breath Resolution flyer and bring to your Caucus TONIGHT!
Add it to the 7th section of the platform, which has to do with the Environment.
