Next Tuesday May, 11th the world largest WindEnergy International Trade Fair in Hamburg starts.

More than 330 Exhibitors from 18 Nations will present their products and services.

AN Windenergie / Bonus will be showing the nacelle of its 2.3 MW/82 system live at a fair for the first time; this system is now also available as a variable-speed variant (2.3 MW/82-VS, Variable Speed).

GE Energy will show the complete nacelle of its new 2x. MW generation, available with different swept areas and with rated outputs between 2.3 and 2.7 MW.

REpower AG will show the nacelle and hub of its 2 MW flagship MM82/2MW.

Furthermore the manufacturers DeWind GmbH, Nordex AG, Gamesa Eólica, M. Torres and Suzlon Energy Ltd will be present in Hamburg.

National Pavilions of Denmark, Spain, UK and Finland will be realised.

In total WindEnergy experiences a surplus of exhibitors of 30% compared to the last show in 2002 and the number of international exhibitor has doubled to up to 119.

Don't miss this outstanding opportunity to meet with the whole branch. Register now and save money:
http://www.hamburg-messe.de/windenergy/we_en/start_main.htm

We are looking forward seeing you here in Hamburg

Best regards
your project management
- posted by Daniel @ 5:26 PM

 
Issues for independent family farmers:

http://www.farmweb.org/
- posted by Daniel @ 5:18 PM

 
I've just run across two very interesting blogs that are very much worth taking a look at. I've also posted links to them in the column at right so they will always be up top more or less. They are the OTEC News weBlog, about Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, and The Green Ocean Project, about using solar energy to distill seawater for agriculture. Both are technologies that can help improve the quality of life and reduce fossil fuel use around the world. The Green Ocean Project also has potential to impact fresh water shortages in terms of providing water for human consumption eventually, although in it's current context it's more about agriculture. Another interesting article is the Seawater Greenhouse, by Fred Pearce. The article is in New Scientist and the project's web site is at the Seawater Greenhouse web site. Go take a peek...

Dan
- posted by Daniel @ 1:40 PM

 
Kucinich continues fight for Democratic platform

By JIM ROSS - The Herald-Dispatch

HUNTINGTON -- Dennis Kucinich knows he will not be the Democratic nominee for president. What he’s fighting for now, he says, is to remind his party of what it stands for.

"The direction of the Democratic Party has not yet been determined. This is a critical time to keep the debate going," he said during a visit to Huntington on Friday.

"I was a third-string quarterback on a team that had only two strings, but I learned two things. You never sit on a lead, and we don’t have a lead right now."

Kucinich said voters will not have the choices they need to have this fall if the campaign run by John Kerry doesn’t change. The Democratic Party should stand for universal health care, for canceling the NAFTA and WTO trade agreements, for repeal of the USA PATRIOT Act and for getting out of Iraq immediately, he said.

"If we don’t put an end to this war, we’ll be looking at a draft the middle of next year -- guaranteed," he said.

Kucinich was...(Full Story)
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Fight for your right
A diverse group celebrates May Day with a common connection of working class identity

Jered Fisher - jeredf@vg.pdx.edu
May 04, 2004

Union members, presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich and his supporters, anarchists and socialists gathered in the North Park Blocks to march through downtown Portland this Saturday in recognition of May Day, also known as the international workers holiday.

"May Day started out as the struggle for the eight hour day," Mark Downs, an International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 19 member, said.

The controversial theme of this year's march was the quickly approaching presidential election. Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich spoke at a planned stop in the march.

Some felt Kucinich's presence at the march was not fitting with the history of May Day. "We hate that a presidential candidate is here - we didn't come here for that," said Jane, a PSU student, "We are here because we care and want to show support [for workers rights]."

"Politicians have sold us working people out before," Dan Davis, a former PSU student and member of the Industrial Workers of the World, said. "His people hijacked a lot of other people's organizing for this event. This is May Day. I kinda feel like [Kucinich] should leave us alone." Davis said he supported a grassroots approach to political organizing.

Kucinich responded to criticism of his presence by saying he came from a labor background and has been a member of the International Alliance of Theatrical State Employees.

"My presence here today is in solidarity with...(Full Story)
- posted by Daniel @ 2:49 AM

 
CNET.com special report on offshoring:

The next battlefields for
advanced technology
By Mike Ricciuti, Ed Frauenheim and Mike Yamamoto
May 7, 2004, 4:00AM PT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Few people know it, but the invention of the microwave oven can be traced back to an inquisitive engineer's sweet tooth.

It happened one day in 1946, the story goes, when Percy Spencer noticed that a candy bar had melted in his pocket while he was testing a new magnetron vacuum tube for Raytheon, as part of its radar research that began during World War II. Intrigued, he placed some popcorn kernels near the tube, and an egg, the next morning--and discovered that the intense heat had similar effects.

"Scientists familiar with magnetrons knew the tubes generated heat at the same time they radiated the microwave energy that made radar possible," reads the official history of the company, which was founded more than 80 years ago here near Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other crucibles of advanced research. "Spencer was the first, however, to discover that one could cook food using microwave radio signals."

History is full of accidental inventions like this, especially in the United States: Teflon, Coca-Cola and nylon all emerged as serendipitous offshoots of unrelated research. And that is exactly why many U.S. corporate and political leaders believe that it is imperative for the nation to maintain its emphasis on advanced research and innovative science. With more resources and policies concentrated on...(Full Story)
- posted by Daniel @ 5:35 PM

 
05/03/2004 Greenbuzz from http://www.greenbiz.com:

Taking Care of Business

March's "Ask the Experts" advice on incorporating sustainability into bed & breakfast ventures prompted an outpouring of reader requests for similar information pertaining to greening restaurant and food service operations. This week, EH&S mavens Steve Rice and Richard MacLean offer their suggestions.

Looking for more on this topic? Check out Energy Star for Restaurant Services and the how-to on waste reduction in the restaurant industry.

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Headlines
The Latest News on Business and the Environment

JP Morgan Chase Deflects Criticism with New Environmental Policies
In the latest in a series of 2004 shareholder proxy successes, JPMorgan Chase has agreed to take steps to increase its emphasis on environmental risk management.

AIA Honors Top Ten Green Building Projects
The American Institute of Architects has selected ten examples of architectural and "green" design solutions that protect and enhance the environment. Companies honored include Greyston Bakery, Genzyme Corporation, and Herman Miller.

Suncor, Dell Computer Win Plaudits for Corporate Reporting
CERES, a group of NGOs calling themselves the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies, teamed up with accounting body ACCA, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, to present awards for the best non-financial corporate reporters.

SC Johnson to Install Second 'Clean Burning' Gas Turbine
SC Johnson has announced plans to install a new natural gas-powered turbine that will provide electricity and steam to Waxdale, the company's largest manufacturing facility.

Efficiency Can Help Meet EPA Smog Rules While Saving Companies Money, Says Report
Energy-efficient manufacturing practices that protect the bottom line can take the sting out of complying with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new smog rules, according to the Alliance to Save Energy.

Put GreenBiz news on your site for free! Learn more...

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Resources and Tools
A Wealth of Hands-On Help

Energy Star for Restaurant Services
Energy-saving tips for restaurants from the U.S. EPA.

Don't Throw That Food Away: Strategies for Record-Setting Waste Reduction
Provides practical and insightful suggestions for reducing for reducing food waste in restaurants, supermarkets, and other businesses.

GreenBiz Essential: Corporate Reporting
Corporate reporting is a growing trend as increased accountability and transparency spread throughout the globe. Here's how to do it right.

More Tools... | More Web Sites...

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Columns and Features
Insight and Inspiration from the Experts

Employee Activism: Taking an Active Role to Change Your Organization
Mark Adams, manager of business operations and communications at Intel Corporation, offers a few lessons for starting an employee sustainability network within your company.

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- posted by Daniel @ 5:24 PM

 
04/26/2004 Greenbuzz from http://www.greenbiz.com:

Taking Care of Business

Fair Trade coffee got a serious visibility boost last week with the announcement that sustainably-grown beans will now be made available to the international power-players lunching at the United Nations cafeteria. Which brings us to this week's feature -- "Coffee Talk: Supplier Guidelines at Starbucks." Yasmin Crowther's article offers an inside look at how the largest coffee retailer in the world has worked to implement Fair Trade guidelines throughout its supply chain.

For more on the issues surrounding Fair Trade, visit Beantrends.com.

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Headlines
The Latest News on Business and the Environment

Xerox Employees Mix Innovation, Initiative to Protect the Environment
Some Xerox Corp. employees stopped using plastic spoons and forks in company cafeterias. Others found a way to turn more waste into electrical power to heat homes. And still others devised a process that reduced the amount of water used in a key manufacturing process.

Potlatch is First Publicly Traded U.S. Company to Be FSC Certified
Potlatch Corp. has become the first U.S.-headquartered, publicly traded forest products company to certify its forest management practices under the standards of the internationally recognized Forest Stewardship Council.

New Online Reporting Network Enhances Corporate Transparency
SRI World Group has launched a new global electronic reporting network that enables companies to more efficiently report their social, environmental, economic, and corporate governance information to investors.

United Nations Wakes Up to Sustainable Coffee
Cafeterias and coffee shops throughout the United Nations offices in New York are now serving sustainable coffee to the delegates, diplomats, and visitors who walk its prestigious halls.

Study Shows Toxic Paints Cost Businesses Millions in Productivity Losses
Financial and workplace environment risks are the biggest issues concerning businesses today when it comes to paint application in areas where people are present, according to a study.

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Resources and Tools
A Wealth of Hands-On Help

Beantrends.com
A one-stop resource for information on the environmental, social, and economic issues surrounding coffee production.

Buy Recycled Guidebook
Contains current guidelines, tools, and strategies for implementing a substantial and cost-effective buy-recycled program.

Implement
Online tool helps Seattle-based users make sustainable-design decisions based on energy consumption and costs.

More Tools... | More Web Sites...

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Columns and Features
Insight and Inspiration from the Experts

Coffee Talk: Supplier Guidelines at Starbucks
Starbucks Coffee Sourcing Guidelines are coming to the end of a two-year pilot; this has proved a surprising success for the coffee company whose brand has become synonymous with cappuccinos and skinny lattes on main streets around the world, as well as the target of activists in the wake of the Seattle protests. By Yasmin Crowther

Wanna write for GreenBiz?
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- posted by Daniel @ 5:11 PM

 
From GRACE:

Take Action!
Historic Opportunity to Protect Our Oceans

Our oceans are in trouble. Fisheries are collapsing, runoff is polluting coastal waters and coral reefs are dying. But we can help reverse this decline. The U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, a panel of oceans experts, will soon issue recommendations on new policies to help heal our oceans. Your governor will have an opportunity to comment on this draft report before a final version is officially released to the President and Congress.

Go to Environmental Defense to send a letter to your Governor, asking for the strongest possible protections in the Ocean Commission's final report.

http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/ocean_commission1?rk=ddzAes71_Q4HW

More Information:

State of Our Oceans: Our oceans were once thought to be an inexhaustible resource. But habitat destruction, pollution, overfishing and poorly managed fish farms have put our oceans and coastal areas at risk.

The Tragic Facts:

- Over the last fifty years, some 90% of swordfish, marlin and sharks have been fished out by large-scale commercial fishing, according to a recent analysis published in the journal Nature.
- Much of the Grand Banks off eastern North America, once considered the world's most productive fishing area, has been closed because of dwindling fish populations.
- On the West Coast, plummeting Pacific rockfish populations have forced fishery closures to staunch the steep declines.
- The recent explosion in fish farming threatens our coastal waters with fish waste, antibiotic byproducts and other pollutants.
- And in the Gulf of Mexico, fertilizer and pesticide runoff from farms have created a veritable Dead Zone, where few life forms survive. But with the right tools, we can reverse this decline and heal our oceans.

U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy: In 2000, Congress passed the Oceans Policy Act, which established the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy. This esteemed panel of scientists and oceans experts is charged with studying the decline of the world's oceans and issuing recommendations to the President and Congress on a coordinated and comprehensive new policy to help heal our oceans.

Governors Can Strengthen This Report: Governors will have a chance to comment on the Ocean Commission's recommendations before the report is finalized. This gives us a great opportunity to influence the final report and ensure that it calls for the strongest protections and programs.

Strong Protections to Save Our Oceans: With our oceans in such dire straits, only the most aggressive protections and policies can bring them back to health. Environmental Defense has recommended that the Commission report call for strong policies that will:

- Protect fragile ocean habitats through the use of protected areas and other tools;
- Transform failing fisheries into sustainable ones to guarantee safe and abundant seafood;
- Reduce dead zones by curbing polluted runoff that creates lack of oxygen and kills marine life;
- Enforce conservation laws to protect ocean wildlife and essential ecosystems;
- Protect our shores from oil by maintaining a moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling;
- Explore ocean ecosystems by doubling federal investment in ocean science, exploration and education over the next 5 years;
- Reform ocean management by coordinating the hodgepodge of laws and agencies responsible for ocean protection; and
- Enact adequate safeguards on aquaculture sites to protect marine ecosystems.

TAKE ACTION: As your governor reviews the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy's draft report, we have an important opportunity to influence new ocean policies. Send a message urging your Governor to review the draft carefully, and to recommend that the final report to the President and Congress calls for strong, proactive measures to protect our oceans.

http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/ocean_commission1?rk=ddzAes71_Q4HW


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For more Factory Farming action alerts, go to: http://www.gracepublicfund.org/farming/
- posted by Daniel @ 4:56 PM

 
From GRACE:

FOOD IRRADIATION FACILITIES POSE NUCLEAR SECURITY THREAT

Most supermarket chains that previously carried irradiated ground beef, purchased their meat from SureBeam - the newly bankrupt electron-beam irradiation company. Now, supermarkets are searching for a new supplier. But unlike the SureBeam technology, significant amounts of radioactive materials, including cobalt 60 and cesium 137, are used in the other food irradiation plants. As such, they raise serious security concerns---they are not adequately protected against theft, and can be used to make "dirty bombs." Now is the time to insist that stores keep irradiated foods off their shelves for good, thereby ending the persistent need for this dangerous nuclear technology.

To send a free fax and for more information: http://www.citizen.org/cmep/foodsafety/food_irrad/articles.cfm?ID=11108


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For more Nuclear Abolition action alerts, go to: http://www.gracepublicfund.org/nuclear/
- posted by Daniel @ 4:53 PM

 
From GRACE:

Eat Well Guide Survey
http://www.themeatrix.com/ewg_survey/

The Eat Well Guide is a national, online directory of sustainably-raised meat, dairy and eggs from stores, restaurants and producers in all 50 states and Canada.

Help us create the most comprehensive, easy-to-use web resource for consumers by filling out a quick, 5-minute survey. Your suggestions will be used to update our database of producers and improve the look and feel of the site.

Please visit http://www.themeatrix.com/ewg_survey/

Thanks in advance for your help!

The Eat Well Guide and
GRACE Staff
- posted by Daniel @ 4:51 PM

 
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EDITORIAL: Chemical spill points to lack of cooperation
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If St. Clair County emergency management officials are to protect the public
from the threat of St. Clair River water contamination, Ontario authorities
must do their part. Source: The Port Huron Times Herald (5/4)


The waterfront: a vision
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Former premier Lucien Bouchard says he's inspired by a plan to turn what he
calls a "devastated zone" into a vision of civic pride for Montreal.
Source: The Montreal Gazette (5/4)


Ho-Chunk proposal stirs water for region boats
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A Native-American mega-casino just miles from the state line would rock
Northwest Indiana gambling boats but probably wouldn't sink them, industry
observers said. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (5/4)


Officials want largest dam in Cuyahoga River removed
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Ohio state environmental officials want to remove the Gorge Park Dam in the
Cuyahoga River, calling it an obstacle to improving the water quality.
Source: NewsChannel5 (5/3)


Transportation choices from the fast ferry terminal
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If Torontonians choose to ride the fast ferry as foot passengers, they will
have six transportation options once they get here: bus, shuttle, limo,
taxi, hotel and attraction vans, and rental cars. Source: WROC-TV 8 (5/3)


Wide open spaces disappearing fast
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Just about everyone loves open space and beautiful views, but those
amenities are disappearing at an alarming rate in Michigan. Source: The St.
Joseph Herald-Palladium (5/3)


EPA plans hearings on two proposed Lake Erie projects
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The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public information
session and hearing on Wednesday, May 12, to discuss water quality impacts
associated with two proposed projects, one in East Harbor in Port Clinton
and the other on Ballast Island. Source: The Ohio News-Messenger (5/3)


Kaptur named 'Great Lakes Legislator of the Year'
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Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur has been named Great Lakes Legislator of the
Year by The Great Lakes Maritime Task Force, the largest coalition
representing the Great Lakes maritime community. Source: Port Clinton News
Herald (5/3)


Muskie disease causes concern
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Lake St. Clair is a world-renowned muskellunge hot spot whose prolific
fishery is being challenged by a new disease. Source: The Detroit News
(5/2)


Cranes' flight to Wisconsin stalled by Lake Michigan
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Eight of the 16 1-year-old eastern whooping cranes have hit the impermeable
wall of Lake Michigan on their journey to Wisconsin and are stranded on the
lake's eastern shore. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/30)

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Gulls reflect changes in Great Lake pollutants
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By studying gulls around the Great Lakes, scientists are tracking changes in
contaminant levels in wildlife. Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
(5/6)


Study finds more ways for CWD to spread
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A new study shows chronic wasting disease can spread through environmental
contamination and not just animal-to-animal contact, a finding that could
change the way experts fight the ailment. Source: Duluth News Tribune (5/6)


Erosion clogs Clinton River
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There has been a noticeable increase in soil erosion along the 7 1/2-mile
stretch of the serpentine river to the mouth of Lake St. Clair. Source: The
Detroit News (5/6)


Groundwater study starts at surface in Kewaunee
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Three Kewaunee County monitoring sites are part of a study aimed at
measuring the impact of agriculture on the environment while at the same
time helping producers find cost-effective management practices that
minimize the impact on those resources. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette
(5/6)


Nugget bill addresses mercury concerns
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The launch of a new technology that some Northland lawmakers believe will
lead to an economic resurgence for Minnesota's mining industry could now
also refocus state efforts at controlling mercury pollution. Source: Duluth
News Tribune (5/6)


Sturgeon Bay marina's effect on navigation debated
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The impact of a proposed marina at the old Peterson Builders Inc. shipyard
was hotly debated in a nine-hour public hearing Wednesday that ended up
recessed for the night. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (5/6)


EDITORIAL: Stopping a tree killer
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Millions of trees ravaged in southeast Michigan in the last several years
make clear the need for swift, decisive action against the emerald ash borer
now that the insect has been detected in Steuben County. Source: The Ft.
Wayne Journal Gazette (5/6)


Ferry delay upsets customers
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The private company starting a high-speed ferry service on Lake Ontario is
telephoning thousands of customers to personally apologize for having to
delay the launch of the ship. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
(5/6)


Plan for new park areas close to adoption
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A multi-million dollar plan known as Park 12, which will open up new areas
of Lake Michigan and Lake Macatawa to the public, is just one step from
adoption. Source: The Holland Sentinel (5/6)


Ashtabula hopes bridge lights lift its fortunes
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Ashtabula Harbor, once a hub of iron ore freighters and shipbuilding, is now
primarily a recreational waterway. Source: The Plain Dealer (5/6)

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Gary wants NIPSCO power plant for airport expansion
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Power company officials want to reactivate a coal-powered plant on the city'
s lakeshore, but Mayor Scott King thinks redeveloping the site offers more
benefits. Source: Merrillville Post-Tribune (5/7)


Rising levels of contaminants in gull eggs raising alarm
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Herring gull eggs collected from nests along the Great Lakes show rising
levels of a new contaminant that could be as dangerous as the PCBs banned in
the 1970s. Source: The Globe and Mail (5/7)


Workers gather to mark 50th anniversary of Mackinac Bridge's start
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Michigan transportation officials have invited hundreds of surviving workers
who helped build the Mackinac Bridge to St. Ignace today to celebrate the
50th anniversary of its groundbreaking. Source: Booth Newspapers (5/7)


A park and promenade for Dock 32
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Transforming a lakeside dock featuring asphalt and a squat warehouse into a
park and a tree-lined promenade is the first step in Cleveland Mayor Jane
Campbell's plan to connect residents with seven-plus miles of lakefront.
Source: The Plain Dealer (5/7)


Fast Ferry isn't the biggest ship in the Genesee River
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For the last 20 years, the Stephen B. Roman has been the only large
commercial vessel to enter the Port of Rochester. It's a regular sight in
Charlotte but now the bulk cement carrier has to share the river with
another large vessel, the Spirit of Ontario. Source: Rochester NEWS 10NBC
(5/7)


Enjoy your boat, keep it shipshape
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Soaring spring temperatures mean America's most boat-crazy state, Michigan,
is flaunting its passion for water and warm weather in a perfectly human
way. Source: The Detroit News (5/7)


Environmentalists hail delay for power plant
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Citing environmental concerns, Illinois has pulled a permit for a new
coal-burning power plant south of Chicago. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (5/7)


Senate bans fertilizer with phosphorous
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The Minnesota State Senate has unanimously passed a bill banning the use of
all phosphorous fertilizer in the state. Source: Mesabi Daily News (5/6)


Expedited permitting given OK
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The Minnesota House Environment and Natural Resources Policy Committee
answered the question of reducing mercury emissions to protect Minnesota
lakes or bringing jobs to the Iron Range on Wednesday evening. Source:
Mesabi Daily News (5/6)


Wind energy meeting attracts 200 farmers
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In the past few months, several southwest Ontario farmers have been
approached by 22 Degree Energy Corp., which is asking property owners to
lease property in order to begin a feasibility study for a large-scale wind
farm. Source: Seaforth Huron Expositor (5/5)

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From CNET: (Not that I agree much with this one)

How India is handling
international backlash
By Dinesh C. Sharma and Mike Yamamoto
May 6, 2004, 4:00AM PT

NEW DELHI--Manoj Kunkalienkar doesn't panic when he hears stories about a potential U.S. backlash against India over offshore labor.

The president of ICICI Infotech, an outsourcing company based in Mumbai, India, says clues to the future of India's technology industry can be found about 4,000 miles away, at the other side of Asia.

"If you recollect, there was a negative...(Full Story)
- posted by Daniel @ 3:20 PM

 
Published as "From U.S. doctrine to political reality" on Tuesday, April 20, 2004, by the Minnesota Daily (www.mndaily.com)

Published with author's permission and with pride here at the Great Lakes Zephyr...

Peace as an American doctrine: An indispensable civic ideal
By Joel T. Helfrich

Peace now!

In front of hundreds of delegates gathered at the Minnesota DFL Party's 5th Congressional District Convention on Saturday, Rep. Martin Olav Sabo (D-MN) shocked the crowd by stating that he would support a bill (H.R.2459) in the House of Representatives that calls for the creation of a U.S. Department of Peace. The bill, authored by presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and introduced to Congress in July 2001, will establish a cabinet-level department in the executive branch. The bill also calls for the creation of the Peace Academy for peace education and the designation of the first day of every year as Peace Day in the United States.

If our nation's elected leaders can craft a Department of Homeland Security in a few months, we can surely create a Department of Peace in the same amount of time. In order to make peace a matter of urgency and an indispensable concept in contemporary American life, however, we need to draw critical wisdom from the founding fathers of Revolutionary America.

In 1792, the blueprint for the Department of Peace was suggested by two highly patriotic humanitarian reformers: Benjamin Banneker, a noted African American scientist, surveyor, and editor, and Benjamin Rush, a medical doctor and educator who signed the Declaration of Independence and trained Meriwether Lewis prior to the Lewis and Clark expedition.

A friend of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, Rush published articles on, among other topics, anti-slavery and capital punishment, education for women, and patriotism. In fact, he supplied his friend Thomas Paine with the title to Common Sense. Rush served as physician general during the Revolutionary War, but in 1778 he resigned his military office in protest of the treatment of soldiers in hospitals.

Among other contributions, Banneker published Banneker's Almanac for which he made all astronomical calculations, tide predictions, and weather forecasts. In his 1793 almanac, he included his correspondence with Thomas Jefferson, as well as an unsigned document (later attributed to Rush) titled "A Plan of a Peace Office for the United States."

When Banneker and Rush came together in Philadelphia in 1792 they discussed the extreme drain that war has on a nation, its resources, and its people. They were understandably concerned that although the U.S. government had established a Department of War, it made no provisions for a Department of Peace. Their goal to create a new cabinet post was not some pie-in-the-sky idea. In the text of "A Plan," Rush wrote,

In order more deeply to affect the minds of the citizens of the United States with the blessings of peace, by contrasting them with the evils of war, let the following inscriptions be painted upon the sign which is placed over the door of the War Office:

1. An office for butchering the human species.
2. A Widow and Orphan making office.
3. A broken bone making office.
4. A Wooden leg making office.
5. An office for the creating of public and private vices.
6. An office for creating a public debt.
7. An office for creating speculators, stock Jobbers, and Bankrupts.
8. An office for creating famine.
9. An office for creating pestilential diseases.
10. An office for creating poverty, and the destruction of liberty, and national happiness.

Rush continued, "In the lobby of this office let there be painted representations of all the common military instruments of death, also human skulls, broken bones, unburied and putrefying dead bodies, hospitals crowded with sick and wounded Soldiers, villages on fire, mothers in besieged towns eating the flesh of their children, ships sinking in the ocean, rivers dyed with blood, and extensive plains without a tree or fence, or any object, but the ruins of deserted farm houses." The final sentence of "A Plan" stated: "Above this group of woeful figures let the following words be inserted, in red characters to represent human blood, "NATIONAL GLORY.""

We should be alarmed by the rate at which our military and defense-related budgets are expanding, just as Banneker and Rush were appalled by the conditions created by the warfare state of post-Revolutionary America. Although their "Plan" has been rendered invisible, it is time to transform this U.S. doctrine into concrete political reality and make it central to our everyday life.

Joel T. Helfrich (helf0010@umn.edu) is an activist, teacher, PhD candidate in history at the University of Minnesota, board member for Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota, Kucinich delegate to Minnesota?s DFL convention, and columnist for the Minnesota Daily.

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Please visit http://www.kucinich.us to learn more about this issue. A peaceful environment is a sound environment.
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ENN Environmental News Network
E-mail Edition 05/05/2004

United Nations wakes up to sustainable coffee
Cafeterias and coffee shops throughout the United Nations offices in New York are now serving sustainable coffee to the delegates, diplomats, and visitors who walk its prestigious halls.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-05/s_23007.asp

Debate over causes aside, warm climate's effects are striking in the West
Just outside this mountain town, where the acres of ponderosa pine turn into a Christmas green blur, Tom Whitham eyes the weary, struggling forest.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-05/s_23433.asp

African groups criticize U.S. over gene-altered food aid
Some 60 African farm campaigners criticized the United States Tuesday for what they said was relentless pressure on Sudan and Angola to accept gene-altered food aid to avert hunger.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-05/s_23466.asp

Malaysia detains 16 Chinese fishers for poaching, finds 160 dead sea turtles on boat
Malaysia's marine police arrested 16 Chinese fishers for suspected poaching after discovering about 160 dead endangered sea turtles aboard a trawler, officials and news reports said Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-05/s_23473.asp

Change is coming, but when?
"Don't you ever get tired of writing about bad news?" It's a question I get asked a lot. Well here's some good news: Change is in the air.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-05/s_23285.asp

Grain harvest predicted to fall short of world demand
This year's world grain harvest will increase to a record level but will still fall nearly 60 million tons short of what 6.4 billion people and more than 1 billion livestock will consume, an environmental group predicted Tuesday.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-05/s_23471.asp

U.S. lawmakers seek to remove lead from tap water
U.S. lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday to eliminate lead in the nation's drinking water supply after high levels of the toxic metal were found in the capital's tap water.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-05/s_23465.asp

Canadians urged to swamp prime minister with bread
Canadians upset that genetically modified wheat might one day find itself on their shelves now have a new way to vent their anger: mail a slice of bread to Prime Minister Paul Martin.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-05/s_23468.asp

Pakistan, China sign deal on nuclear power plant
Pakistan and China signed a deal on Tuesday to build a new nuclear power plant, underlining economic cooperation between the longtime allies a day after a car bomb killed three Chinese technicians in southern Pakistan.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-05-05/s_23469.asp

California firefighters battle six early blazes
A day after California fire officials announced an early start to the wildfire season, firefighters battled six major blazes dotting mountain ranges between Santa Barbara and San Diego.
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Posted on Wed, May. 05, 2004

Kucinich makes swing through Kentucky preaching war opposition

Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Ky. - U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich took his quixotic quest for the presidency through Lexington on Tuesday, part of a two-day swing through the Bluegrass state,

Kucinich, the lone challenger left to U.S. Sen. John Kerry of Massachussets in the Democratic primaries, railed against the war in Iraq in his self-described effort to keep the battle on the campaign agenda.

"I don't get to advise Kerry, but if I could, I'd tell him to make this the issue," Kucinich said. "Already we've lost 750 men and women because the administration lied. I mean, what more do people need to know?"

Kucinich, a 57-year-old former Cleveland mayor, will...(Full Story)
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A weekly newsletter from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).
May 05, 2004


News and Events

* GM Delivers the World's First Full-Sized Hybrid Pickup
* U.S. Hybrid Vehicle Registrations and Sales on the Increase
* Technologies to Boost the Fuel Efficiency of Cars and Planes
* University of Victoria Wins Hydrogen Fueling Design Contest
* Canadian Company Starts Production of Ethanol from Cellulose
* New England Grid Operator Awards Energy Efficiency Contract

Site News

* Treepower.org

Energy Connections

* EPA: No Change in U.S. Fuel Economy in 2004


News and Events

GM Delivers the World's First Full-Sized Hybrid Pickup

General Motors Corporation (GM) delivered its first commercial hybrid-electric vehicle on Monday, presenting the first Chevrolet Silverado hybrid pickup to Miami-Dade County in Florida. The vehicle is the first full-sized hybrid pickup in the world, achieving a fuel economy that is 10 to 12 percent higher than GM's other half-ton pickups. GM also takes advantage of the truck's electrical generator, providing four auxiliary power outlets under the rear seat of the cab for use in powering tools and other accessories. By the end of May, GM will deliver a total of 50 Silverado hybrid pickups to Miami-Dade County for use in its fleet, and will start selling hybrid versions of the Silverado and the GMC Sierra pickups at dealerships this fall. See the GM press release.

GM delivered its new hybrid vehicle during the 10th National Clean Cities Conference and Expo, now taking place in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and the Gold Coast Clean Cities Coalition are hosting this year's event, which EERE marked in part by launching a revised Web site for its Clean Cities Program. The revised Web site provides simple, intuitive access to information about the program, and reflects the looks and feel of the EERE Web site. See the Clean Cities Program Web site and the conference Web site.

Meanwhile, Ford Motor Company is preparing to start selling its Escape Hybrid sport utility vehicle in late summer. Ford expects the front-wheel-drive version to achieve 35 to 40 miles per gallon in city driving. See the updated Escape Hybrid Web site.


U.S. Hybrid Vehicle Registrations and Sales on the Increase

The number of hybrid electric vehicles registered in the United States increased nearly 26 percent in 2003 to a total of 43,435, according to R.L. Polk & Co., a provider of automotive marketing data. The Polk report, released in late April, found that the Honda Civic Hybrid accounted for half of the hybrid registrations in 2003, followed closely by the Toyota Prius, with 47 percent. Honda's two-seater Insight accounted for the remaining 3 percent of hybrid vehicles. California is by far the state where the most hybrids are registered, and more than 40 percent of that state's owners are in Los Angeles. See the R.L. Polk press release.

This year, U.S. sales of hybrids are continuing to climb, and Toyota appears to be passing Honda by. American Honda sold a record 3,041 Civic Hybrids in April and has sold 9,023 Civic Hybrids since the start of this year, an increase of 10.9 percent over last year's sales. Meanwhile, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc. sold 3,684 Priuses in April and 13,602 since the start of this year, an increase of 78.1 percent over last year's sales. See the press releases from Toyota and Honda.


Technologies to Boost the Fuel Efficiency of Cars and Planes

While General Motors Corporation (GM) and Ford Motor Company are entering the hybrid vehicle market, they continue pursuing other technologies that will also yield improvements in gasoline mileage. Notably, the two companies announced in late April that they are investing $720 million to build a six-speed, front-wheel-drive, automatic transmission. The new six-speed transmission is expected to offer up to four percent better gas mileage compared to today's four-speed transmissions, according to the automakers. Starting in 2006, the new transmissions will be built at a GM plant in Warren, Michigan, and at Ford plants in Sterling Heights, Michigan, and Sharonville, Ohio. In November, Ford also announced a $155-million investment in its Sharonville plant to build rear-drive six-speed automatic transmissions there. See the GM press release.

Fuel efficiency improvements are also coming to jetliners, as Boeing Company has launched its new energy-efficiency 7E7 Dreamliner passenger jet. According to Boeing, the 7E7 uses 15 to 20 percent less fuel than today's airplanes of comparable size. Boeing achieved the fuel savings using lightweight, fuel-efficient engines; improved aerodynamics; smaller, lighter wings; and more efficient on-board systems. Japan's ANA (All Nippon Airlines) has ordered 50 of the new jets from Boeing. See the Boeing press release and 7E7 Web site.


University of Victoria Wins Hydrogen Fueling Design Contest

Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced last week that the University of Victoria from British Columbia, Canada, is the grand prize winner of the first Hydrogen Fueling Station Design Contest. The University of California, Davis came in a close second in the contest, which was sponsored by DOE, the National Hydrogen Association (NHA), ChevronTexaco, Natural Resources Canada, and Swagelok Company. Seventeen teams from universities in the United States and Canada participated in the competition, which challenged the teams to address the technical specifications, environmental impact, safety issues, profitability, and education and marketing for a hydrogen fueling station. See the NHA press release (PDF 68 KB). Download Acrobat Reader.

The NHA is requesting suggestions for next year's contest, which will be called "H2U." See the preliminary H2U Web site.

DOE also challenged high school students on Saturday to design and build hydrogen-powered model cars. Using fuel cells and other components provided by General Motors Corporation, and with technical assistance from DOE engineers, 16 high school teams built model cars and competed in a speed race and a hill-climbing competition. University High School of Morgantown, West Virginia, took first place in the speed race and Chaska High School of Chaska, Minnesota, conquered a 48-degree incline to become "King of the Hill." The teams were drawn from finalists in the National Science Bowl, a national competition among high school students to answer increasingly difficult questions about science. This year, 64 teams visited Washington, D.C., as finalists after winning regional competitions in which 1,800 schools participated. On Monday, Thomas Jefferson High School of Alexandria, Virginia, took the first prize for the third consecutive year. See the DOE press releases from May 1st and May 3rd.


Canadian Company Starts Production of Ethanol from Cellulose

Ethanol fuel is now being produced from cellulose and sold for commercial use by Iogen Corporation, the Canadian-based company announced in late April. Ethanol is currently produced from starchy grains such as corn, but cellulose ethanol is produced from more "woody" agricultural byproducts, such as straw, corn cobs, and corn stalks, which are often discarded as waste. Iogen is producing its cellulose ethanol at a demonstration plant, but claims to be in the process of finalizing locations for a full-scale commercial plant. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) hailed the achievement as a "key breakthrough." See the press releases from Iogen and BIO.

DOE is also supporting research and development in cellulose ethanol. In late April, Novozymes A/S announced that it has cut the cost of the enzymes needed for producing ethanol from cellulose by a factor of 20. The gains were achieved in part by Novozymes' advances in enzyme technologies, and in part by improved pre-treatment processes for corn wastes that were developed by DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The new pre-treatment process allows the use of fewer enzymes per gallon of ethanol produced. See the Novozymes press release.

Meanwhile, the traditional ethanol fuel industry continues to grow. In February and March, two new ethanol plants started production in Iowa—one near Hanlontown and one near Ashton. Annually, each plant will convert more than 16 million bushels of corn into 45 million gallons of ethanol. Construction began on another new plant near Emmetsburg, Iowa, in late April, so the state currently has 12 operating ethanol plants and 5 under construction. Nationwide, 75 ethanol plants are now operating and are able to produce more than 3.2 billion gallons of ethanol per year. The thirteen plants now under construction will add another 500 million gallons in production capacity. With new plants coming on line, the industry breaks its production records each month; in February, the industry produced a record 212,000 barrels of ethanol each day. See the Renewable Fuels Association press releases from February 27th, March 26th, April 26th, and April 27th.


New England Grid Operator Awards Energy Efficiency Contract

ISO New England Inc., the operator of the region's electrical grid, took an unusual step in late April by contracting for energy efficiency services in order to improve the reliability of its power grid in southwest Connecticut. Under the new contract, Conservation Services Group (CSG) will help reduce energy demand in southwest Connecticut by four megawatts over the next four years, primarily by retrofitting buildings in the area with energy-efficient lighting. The contract is a small part of an effort to secure emergency energy resources for southwest Connecticut, including 125 megawatts of new generating capacity and up to 255 megawatts of demand-response resources such as emergency generators and voluntary load reductions. ISO New England predicts that it has adequate electrical supplies for the region this summer, but continues to be concerned about transmission constraints that threaten reliability in southwest Connecticut. See the CSG press release (PDF 83 KB) and the April 16th and April 26th press releases from ISO New England. Download Acrobat Reader.

Utilities in the Pacific Northwest are also looking at demand reduction as a possible alternative to building a new transmission line. DOE's Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) recently worked with a Washington state utility, two paper companies, and the U.S. Navy to test an Internet-based trading system for demand reduction. During the test, BPA posted an hourly price per megawatt, allowing the participants to choose whether to buy the power or to place bids for reducing their power demand, using either emergency generation or load reductions. BPA hoped to achieve 10 to 20 megawatts of demand reduction during the test, and actually averaged 22 megawatts of demand reduction. See the BPA press release.


Site News

Treepower.org

Treepower.org is a public and industry research partnership in which the Common Purpose Institute, the University of Florida, energy companies, and others are studying ways to grow and harvest fast-growing trees as a renewable energy fuel source for electric utilities in the southeastern United States. The Web site details a Florida project that uses biomass energy "bridge crops" for renewable energy and to restore native habitats on damaged, mined lands. The site contains project- and state-specific information as well as general biomass energy information and resources.


Energy Connections

EPA: No Change in U.S. Fuel Economy in 2004

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced last week that the average gas mileage of new cars, pickups, and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) sold in the United States is 20.8 miles per gallon (MPG) for 2004, essentially equal to last year's value of 20.7 MPG. According to EPA's annual fuel economy trends report, U.S. fuel economy has held roughly steady since 1997, varying only between 20.6 and 20.9 MPG. U.S. fuel economy peaked at 22.1 MPG in the late 1980s, but since then the fuel efficiency of cars, pickups, and SUVs has remain unchanged, while sales of the less-fuel-efficient pickups and SUVs have increased. In 2004, the EPA estimates that 48 percent of new light-duty vehicles sold in the United States will be either pickups or SUVs. See the EPA press release and the full report on the EPA Web site.


This newsletter is funded by DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and is also available on the EERE news page. You can subscribe to the EERE Network News using our simple online form.

If you have questions or comments about this newsletter, please contact the editor, Kevin Eber, at kevin_eber@nrel.gov.
- posted by Daniel @ 4:15 PM

 
Posted on Wed, May. 05, 2004

Riding in Lexington, Kucinich rails against war in Iraq

DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PRESSES ON

By John Cheves

HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER

Dennis Kucinich cruised down East High Street last night talking about the fighting in Iraq.

"It's Vietnam all over again," he said from the back seat of his van.

Kucinich is a Democratic candidate for president, and yes, he realizes that Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., took the requisite number of delegates weeks ago, so no, he isn't going to the White House.

That's not the point, Kucinich said.

"Look at this," he said, handing over his...(Full Story)
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A world wide group dedicated to the end of the oil industry as we know it. Citizens of the world must ACT NOW to reduce oil consumption to disempower the oil interests who conduct war to increase their profits. We MUST reduce consumption of oil on a global scale.

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Digital Agenda Many U.S. tech businesses say they are adamant about keeping IP at home for now, even if they are considering some form of foreign outsourcing.
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Wisconsin expecting less funding to distribute to counties for 2004 beach
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The total amount of federal funding the state Department of Natural
Resources will receive this year to distribute to counties for beach
monitoring and notification is being reduced by about a third. Source: Green
Bay News-Chronicle (5/5)


Environmentalists warn of backsliding on roadless area protection
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Nearly 16,000 acres of undeveloped forests in Michigan could be opened to
logging and road construction if the Bush administration waters down a hotly
contested rule, environmentalists said. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/5)


Northwest Indiana shoreline reclamation project advances
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Backers of the Marquette Greenway Plan, which aims to recapture the Indiana
lakeshore for recreation, have named a Chicago-based company to develop the
blueprint. Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (5/5)


Once-king coal returns to the Midwest
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Across the Midwest, soaring natural gas prices have power companies
preparing to build coal-fired electricity plants at a pace not seen since
the early 1970s, when coal was king. Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune (5/5)


NRC: Besse tragedy averted by 5 months
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For more than two years, the question has lingered: Just how close was
Davis-Besse to experiencing the nation's biggest nuclear accident since
Three Mile Island? The answer: Five months. Source: The Toledo Blade (5/5)


DEQ chief not yet ready to rule on Nugent pipeline near Muskegon
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Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Director Steven Chester wants
more information before he decides if Nugent Sand Co. should be allowed to
build a pipeline through a Lake Michigan dune. Source: Booth Newspapers
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Local association stands up to zebra mussels
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Experts predict zebra mussels eventually will inhabit every inland lake in
North America, but the Long Lake Association refuses to give in to the
invaders. Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle (5/4)


Summer battle plans for invasive aquatic plant
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Now that spring is here, aquatic plants are beginning to flourish, and that
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BOOK EXPLORES ARBORETUM WILDFLOWERS

MADISON, WI - This spring, visitors to the UW Arboretum can come prepared to venture out into the forests and discover the fascinating species and beautiful colors of Wisconsin flora, thanks to Andrew Hipp's new book, "Spring Woodland Wildflowers of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum."

The book, available for purchase at the Arboretum Bookstore ($12.50), provides an introduction to the identification and natural history of 49 species that generally bloom during April and May. Based on Hipp's personal plant observations, as well as extensive examination of materials collected by the Wisconsin State Herbarium, the book offers a new look at the state's flora.

"In the process of coming up with descriptions that I felt were compelling and believable, I needed to make sure I went directly back to the plant itself so that I would have fresh data for this book," says Hipp, a UW-Madison graduate student in botany and an Arboretum naturalist since 1993.

Ultimately, the book combines user-friendly text, a complete glossary of botanical terms, rich illustrations and colorful photographs to entice readers to learn more about the morphological descriptions, flowering dates and ecological information about various wildflower species. It also contains a historical context for each of the Arboretum's five major areas of oak woodlands and upland forests, as well as details about the soils and canopy coverings. Readers can apply this useful information to help answer general questions about wildflowers and to explain why specific plants are found in certain locations.

"We did this book because these are the plants people love," explains Hipp, "and it's nice to have a little more information on them and an introduction if you're not already familiar with them."

While "Spring Woodland Wildflowers" offers users a look at more familiar and favorite species, such as white and yellow trout-lily, Solomon's-seal and bristly buttercup, it also includes a few surprises. For example, visitors using Hipp's guide may be lucky to stumble upon false mermaid, a common herb found beneath the leaf litter of Wingra Woods.
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Growing confidence because of your support

Dear Kucinich Supporters,

Your contributions, continued strength and optimism are fueling a tireless campaign whose message is having a powerful impact:

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This campaign continues to go forward, with your support, to give voters a voice to say what must be said -

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If we can rally the voters of Oregon, we will make a statement that the whole nation will hear.

Click here to start your own fundraising website. Help us meet the goal and be part of the campaign to win support for the issues that can make a difference in the lives of all Americans.

By now, many people expected our campaign to be gone, out of money, and silent. But hundreds of thousands of you have reached into your pockets and purses to make sure that didn't happen. Now, more than ever, it is vital that we continue this effort to offer an alternative and a voice of hope to voters. It is crucial that we take our issues and our message to the Democratic National Convention this summer.

Our presence on the political scene is making a difference for our country. Thank you for your involvement in giving real change a chance. It takes the effort of us all.

Yours for a True Democratic Platform Victory,

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(I'll clean this post up and activate the links later...Dan)


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- posted by Daniel @ 6:37 PM

 
Posted with permission from the author:

From: Geraldine Perry healthadvantage@comcast.net
Subject: USA products - 1st step: BUY LOCAL when possible

In any attempt to buy products made in the USA, why not start with food? Consider:

Agribusiness and its partner (in crime, some would say) the food industry represent about 1.5 trillion dollars of an approximately 11 trillion dollar economy. (Health care - or more accurately, sickness care - represents a similar, but growing amount, while the military is somewhere around double that.) Most of the money flowing into these economic sectors goes directly into corporate coffers and CEO paychecks, while we end up with toxic, nutritionless food, a trashed environment, and declining health - despite all the propaganda to the contrary.

By buying most of our food directly from small farmers (within 300 miles of where we live whenever possible), who farm responsibly and sustainably, we can accomplish several things:

#1. REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION. For example, our food production system now consumes 17% of the total US energy budget. Much of this use is not always obvious. For instance, 1 ton of chemical fertilizer requires 10 tons of crude oil to manufacture. In addition, the food we eat, on average, travels some 1300 to 1500 miles from market to table. Because of factors like these, estimates are that it takes 10 calories of energy to produce one calorie of food - when food is produced within the agribusiness model. This same agribusiness model has driven down the profit margin of the small family farmer from 40 cents in 1900 to less than 10 cents today for every dollar we spend for food. The rest (of our food dollar) goes to packaging, transportation, marketing and the increasing chemicals and other inputs used by the farmer, giving a whole new meaning to nutritionless food. Subsidies do little or nothing for the small farmer - it is the agribusiness and food conglomerates who actually benefit from your generosity and mine.

#2. IMPROVE HEALTH. 95% of the food now eaten by Americans bears NO resemblance to real food, the kind of food a farmer actually grows. Thus, most of us - even when we try and yes, even when we "eat organic" - are eating food that does nothing to help us maintain our health, and may in reality be making us sick over time. If you take a prescription for any health condition, your body is telling you it needs help NOW. Eating fresh, sustainably grown foods is the best way on earth to maintain and even improve health. This includes fresh, unpasturized, unhomogenized milk and milk products from pastured animals, meat from humanely treated, pasture-fed, HEALTHY animals, and chemical-free produce grown in well-managed, untreated soil. (Read Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price.) When you are able to maintain health, or improve health through natural means, the medical cartels get less of your hard-earned money - and you get fewer chemicals in your body.

#3. HELP THIRD WORLD FARMERS, AND REDUCE WORLD HUNGER. Contrary to modern propaganda, global food production is great enough to provide at least 4.3 pounds of food for every man, woman and child in the world today. Even with falling grain production (due to over-farming) the US produces more than twice what we need to feed ourselves. Surprisingly and again contrary to modern propaganda, worldwide studies show that small farms are anywhere from 200 to 1000% MORE productive per acre than larger, agribusiness-style farms. Sadly, small farmers everywhere have been crushed by corporate agribusiness, but the situation is now especially dire in third world countries where trade agreements like the WTO have basically forced these farmers into the agribusiness model. This model requires them to grow "commodity crops" for rich countries and at the same time drop those indigenous crops which have fed and sustained these poor countries for centuries. Then, because this agribusiness model produces a world-wide over-supply of Commodity crops (mostly grains), third world farmers are driven out of business because they (and all other farmers) are forced to sell their commodity crops below production cost. When these small farmers go out of business, giant agribusiness corporations pick up their land "for a song." Subsidies help the agribusiness corporations of the rich countries, while small farmers everywhere are left "to the wolves" so to speak. And once again, the big money goes into corporate coffers and CEO pockets, while increasing numbers of people starve and the rest of us eat toxic, nutrtionless food. In reality world hunger is and always has been a political decision made by those who stand to profit from it. (Read World Hunger: Twelve Myths, Alternatives to Economic Globalization and also Stolen Harvest: The Highjackingof the Global Food Supply)

#4. IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT. Perhaps second only to the military, agribusiness (and its associated businesses) is a major polluter of or land, water and air. For example, the EPA has identified the runoff from assorted agribusiness activities as the greatest overall source of pollution in US lakes and rivers, responsible for about 70% of the pollution in these waters. At least half of our nation's rivers have been impaired in some way by agribusiness and more than 40% are so damaged they are not suitable for drinking, fishing or swimming. Runoff from nitrogen fertilizer is the single largest source of water pollution in the world, and it is seriously impacting freshwater and ocean fish populations. Then there are the 4.7 billion pounds of pesticides used worldwide - with over one billion used in the US alone. 28% of US lakes have advisories against eating fish which are contaminated with chemicals ranging from mercury to PCBs to dioxins to an assortment of other organochlorines and chemicals used in agribusiness activities. The world's fish supply has become so contaminated that some holistics are actually warning us NOT to eat most fish. In addition, most farmland today is dead, toxic and "in a condition to blow" (as in the dust bowl days) - directly as a result of agribusiness-style methods. I could go on but you get the picture.

#5. Last, by buying our food directly from small farmers, we can DIRECTLY AND EFFECTIVELY HELP LOCAL ECONOMIES AND AT THE SAME TIME REDUCE THE PROFITS OF THE CORPORATE CARTELS.

Geraldine Perry
healthasdvantage@comcast.net
- posted by Daniel @ 6:31 PM

 
Outsourcing roundtable
May 4, 2004, 4:00AM PT

The controversy continues: What should be done about offshore outsourcing? What can be done about offshore outsourcing?

Protectionists on one side, free-market ideologues on the other--and all the rest of us are in between. With politicians already seizing upon the issue in advance of the November election, CNET News.com asked leading figures from the worlds of business, labor and academia for their insights.

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- posted by Daniel @ 6:24 PM

 
THE BETRAYAL OF ADAM SMITH
Excerpt from
When Corporations Rule the World
2nd Edition
by David C. Korten


THE BETRAYAL OF ADAM SMITH
Excerpt from
When Corporations Rule the World
2nd Edition
by David C. Korten

It is ironic that corporate libertarians regularly pay homage to Adam Smith as their intellectual patron saint, since it is obvious to even the most casual reader of his epic work The Wealth of Nations that Smith would have vigorously opposed most of their claims and policy positions. For example, corporate libertarians fervently oppose any restraint on corporate size or power. Smith, on the other hand, opposed any form of economic concentration on the ground that it distorts the market's natural ability to establish a price that provides a fair return on land, labor, and capital; to produce a satisfactory outcome for both buyers and sellers; and to optimally allocate society's resources.

Through trade agreements, corporate libertarians press governments to provide absolute protection for the intellectual property rights of corporations. Smith was strongly opposed to trade secrets as contrary to market principles and would have vigorously opposed governments enforcing a person or corporation's claim to the right to monopolize a lifesaving drug or device and to charge whatever the market would bear.

Corporate libertarians maintain that the market turns unrestrained greed into socially optimal outcomes. Smith would be outraged by those who attribute this idea to him. He was talking about small farmers and artisans trying to get the best price for their products to provide for themselves and their families. That is self-interest, not greed. Greed is a high-paid corporate executive firing 10,000 employees and then rewarding himself with a multimillion-dollar bonus for having saved the company so much money. Greed is what the economic system being constructed by the corporate libertarians encourages and rewards. [See An Economic System Dangerously Out of Control .]

Smith strongly disliked both governments and corporations. He viewed government primarily as...(Full article)
- posted by Daniel @ 6:21 PM

 
Adam Smith : The Forgotten Agrarian
by John C. Médaille

[The Agricultural System]... is, perhaps, the nearest approximation to the truth that has yet been published upon the subject of political economy, and is upon that account well worth the consideration of every man who wishes to examine with attention the principles of that very important science.
Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations

The Smith Everyone "Knows"

Everyone knows Adam Smith. They know his great treatise, The Wealth of Nations. They know him to be the philosopher of "self-interest" who put avarice at the core of his values positing a mystical "invisible hand" which will take care of everybody so long as everybody takes care of themselves. They know him to be the philosophical mainstay of industrial capitalism in which the ever-greater "division of labour" reduces the worker to a mere "servo-mechanism" of the machine. They know him as the prophet of unrestricted free trade and the champion of a "laissez-faire", "get the government off the backs of business" polity. Indeed, the ideas of Smith are the very ground of the economic and political life that we lead; hence, we absorb Smith in the very air that we breath, and know him so well that it is hardly necessary to read him at all; indeed, there are few who take the trouble to do so.

The only problem with this view is that, like so many things that everybody "knows", what they know does not happen to be so. In fact, there is no possible reading of Smith that will support the "readings" that Smith is usually given. In nearly every area that Smith is commonly cited, he expresses strong opinions against what has become the "common view" of Smith: Instead of praising greed, he warns against its pernicious effects; instead of denigrating labour, he puts it at the heart of all economic values; instead of supporting "capitalism" (a term he never uses), he warns that the mercantile class has interests which oppose the good of society. So then, was he not a supporter of laissez-faire (another term he never uses)? Yes, but a laissez-faire that means the opposite of what the term has come to mean. Was he not a supporter of our great manufacturing enterprises? Not really; such things were in the future, and Smith places not manufacturing, but farming and the well-being of the farm at the heart of the Wealth of Nations. And with that in mind, he deserves a re-reading, especially on those very points for which he is most praised or blamed, but only rarely understood.

Adam Smith and Labour ...(Full column)
- posted by Daniel @ 6:18 PM

 
New CNET special report series on job outsourcing to run over several days...

The reality behind the politics
May 4, 2004, 4:00AM PT

Out of all the vitriol surrounding the offshore-labor question, remarkably few concrete suggestions have emerged to address this controversial trend.

In stripping away the hype, this CNET News.com special series examines the social, economic and political dimensions of offshoring and offers tangible steps that can be taken for the U.S. industry to maintain its historical lead in high technology. The report includes a poll of nearly 500 key industry decision makers, conducted jointly with Harris Interactive, the research firm that created The Harris Poll.

Day 1: U.S. needs reforms, not rhetoric

Government officials, business leaders and academics agree that the future of America's technology complex depends on education, professional training and research investment.

Day 2: Companies guarding 'secret sauce'

Although many U.S. technology businesses are contracting or considering some form of foreign outsourcing, they are adamant about keeping intellectual property at home--for now.

Day 3: How India is handling backlash

In stark contrast to the heated reaction among many U.S. workers, the country that is most associated with offshoring is both subdued and puzzled by the opposition that has arisen.

Day 4: The next technology battlefields

Rather than trying to reverse the outsourcing wave, the best way for America to fend off foreign competition is to invent technologies that will drive a new industrial cycle.


(Full story also gives a brief review of George Bush and John Kerry proposals to date to begin dealing with offshoring. Read more at:http://news.com.com/2009-1022-5198090.html?part=dht&tag=ntop)
- posted by Daniel @ 5:44 PM

 
Posted on Tue, May. 04, 2004

Democratic presidential candidate Kucinich to visit Kentucky

Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Two weeks before the state's primary Ohio U.S. Rep.and Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich visited Kentucky. The state has received little attention from presidential candidates, partially because of its late primaries.

Kucinich made several appearances around the state Monday and Tuesday. He made two appearances in Bardstown and three in Louisville on Monday. On Tuesday, he is scheduled to visit Clay City, Stanton and Lexington.

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- posted by Daniel @ 10:19 AM

 
Race Continues for Kucinich

Driving all over Oregon in a minivan, Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich (search) is speaking day after day to anyone who will listen as he continues his quixotic pursuit of the Democratic nomination.

By the time Oregon Democrats vote in their May 18 primary, Kucinich will have campaigned in the Beaver State for more than a month.

"The people of Oregon have an opportunity to help gently nudge the Democratic Party (search) on the issue of the war," said Kucinich, who is calling for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Leading Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry says if he were elected president, he would send more troops to Iraq...(Full Story)
- posted by Daniel @ 10:15 AM

 
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Ash borer not alone in threatening trees
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In addition to the emerald ash borer, there are other threats to our trees,
some already in this region and some feared to be on their way. Source: The
Toledo Blade (5/3)


Saving the American eel
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For centuries, the American eel dominated the waters of parts of the Great
Lakes, but today, it has all but disappeared. Source: Great Lakes Radio
Consortium (5/3)


Duck decline blamed on fragmented habitat
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Researchers with the hunters' conservation group Ducks Unlimited are
reporting they've found some of the reasons the duck reproduction rate is
falling in the Great Lakes region. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium
(5/3)


Wisconsin DNR aims at invasive species
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Boaters will be asked to learn techniques to keep problem species from
spreading to Wisconsin waters. Source: The Post-Crescent (5/2)


Rochester volunteers take to beach to prepare for ferry
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About 30 members of RochesterWatch, with children in tow, decided online to
spend a Saturday sprucing up the beachfront park that for riders of the
ferry will soon be the gateway to Rochester. Source: Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle (5/2)


Minnesota funding bill hits a roadblock
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A proposal to secure long-term funding for natural resources in Minnesota
took a major hit last week when its key sponsor pulled it from
consideration. Source: Twin Cities Pioneer Press (5/2)


Law no barrier to invasive bighead carp
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When the Army Corps of Engineers announced earlier this year that it
couldn't find enough money to complete a $6 million carp-zapping barrier on
the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Great Lakes politicians pounced.
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/1)


Hollyhock joins the fleet
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Port Huron's newest cutter, the Hollyhock, is officially part of the U.S.
Coast Guard fleet. Source: The Times Herald (5/1)


Ohio lakefront residents urge Bush to help curb access
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In the battle with the state administration over property-rights provisions
of a Lake Erie coastal management bill, the Ohio Lakefront Group wrote to
President Bush, urging him to intervene or suffer the loss of campaign
contributions from Lake Erie land owners. Source: The Cleveland Plain
Dealer (5/1)


Judge says MI should compensate landowner
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A landowner should be compensated for the state's decision to forbid
construction on an acre of Lake Michigan duneland in Port Sheldon Township,
an Ottawa County judge has ruled. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/1)

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- posted by Daniel @ 6:06 PM

 
Kucinich launches Oregon TV ad campaign
Also urges feds to go after Columbia polluters

From Bend.com news sources
Last Updated: Saturday, May 1, 2004 11:49 AM
Reference Code: PR-15221

May 1 - Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich launched a major television ad campaign in Oregon to bolster the extensive “ground” campaign he has been conducting here for the past month.

The television ad blitz is a significant departure from the grassroots, “whistle-stop” campaign that the Ohio Congressman – the last remaining challenger to presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry -- has been waging for the past several weeks on college campuses, in labor union halls, community centers, libraries, and other public venues.

A new television ad challenging the Bush Administration’s Iraq policy aired last night in all major Oregon television markets, including during the ABC Network’s Nightline program, which read a list of the names of U.S. military personnel killed in Iraq. The new campaign coincides with the start of Oregon’s mail-in balloting for the state’s May 18 primary election.

The ad, which features...(Full Story)
- posted by Daniel @ 7:29 PM