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WASHINGTON — With a week left to hammer out a deal to avoid a government shutdown, some lawmakers seem resigned — if not rushing — to that end.
Most say they don't want the first government shutdown since 1996. But if the government happens to shut down, so be it. Republicans say it is part of their effort to dismantle Democrats' health care overhaul, while Democrats defending the law recall that similar standoffs gave them political gains.
And fingers were already being pointed just to be on the safe side.
"I believe we should stand our ground," said Sen. Ted Cruz, a tea party darling from Texas who pushed fellow Republicans to link a temporary budget bill with a provision to defund the Affordable Care Act. Some Republicans have vowed to shut down the government unless they can stop the law from taking hold.
Cruz and fellow tea party conservatives on Sunday said President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies would be to blame if they don't accede to demands to strike the national health care law.
"If Harry Reid kills that (demand), Harry Reid is responsible for shutting down the government," Cruz said Sunday.
The tactic won sharp criticism from Democrats and even some Republicans, well aware the shutdown in the-mid 1990s helped President Bill Clinton regain his political footing and win a second term.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi called supporters of the defund-or-else strategy "legislative arsonists." Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., said the effort would not accomplish its goal and was unrealistic.
And the president had a direct message to those backing efforts to roll back his health law: "Let me say as clearly as I can: It is not going to happen."
The Republican-led House on Friday approved legislation designed to wipe out the 3-year-old health care law. Yet Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid vowed to keep the health law intact despite Republicans' attempts. And there's virtually no chance Obama would sign such a measure if it were to ever reach his desk.
That doesn't mean conservatives — especially the younger lawmakers closely aligned with the tea party — are going to stop with their demands.
Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ga., said the goal was to defund the president's health care legislation for at least one more year, if not forever. If the government shuts down, it will be because Obama refused to compromise, he said.
"We do have eight days to reach a resolution on this, and I propose an idea that kept the government operating and opened for an entire year while delaying and defunding Obamacare for a year so that we could work out those differences," Graves said, appearing on his first national Sunday program.
Left unsaid: It would require Obama to abandon his chief domestic accomplishment.
"We don't want to shut down the government," said Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Ariz. "I want to make it clear: We want to shut down Obamacare."
The unyielding political posturing comes one week before Congress reaches an Oct. 1 deadline to dodge any interruptions in government services. While work continues on a temporary spending bill, a potentially more devastating separate deadline looms a few weeks later when the government could run out of money to pay its bills.
Lawmakers are considering separate legislation that would let the United States avoid a first-ever default on its debt obligations. House Republicans are planning legislation that would attach a 1-year delay in the health care law in exchange for ability to increase the nation's credit limit of $16.7 trillion.
"I cannot believe that they are going to throw a tantrum and throw the American people and our economic recovery under the bus," said Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat
Even within his own party, Cruz faced skepticism.
"It's not a tactic that we can actually carry out and be successful," Coburn said.
Cruz and McCaskill were interviewed on "Fox News Sunday." Pelosi spoke to CNN's "State of the Union." Coburn and Salmon were on CBS' "Face the Nation." Graves was on ABC's "This Week."
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- To fully appreciate the symbolic meanings of fish, we must first consider their watery domain. Water holds ancient symbolic meanings dealing with the subconscious and depth of knowledge. Water contains all the mysteriousness of the unknown. Given the wonder that its domain holds, the fish too has similar meaning. In different tradition the fish represents creation, change and transformation, freedom, happiness and abundance, wisdom, inspiration and prophecy. In some myths the fish symbolises a new phase of initial life, floating in the cosmos in the waters of creation; in some others it is an attribute of the Divine Mother principal and represents fertility and power. Also the fish represents adaptability and the flow of life.
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While Philadelphia has its cheese steak, Pittsburgh has Primanti Brother sandwiches. The sandwiches consist of a choice of meat, with cole slaw, french fries and tomato slices on Italian bread. This is NOT for someone on a diet! It tates especially good at 2am after a night of drinking! The sandwich is a meal in itself! Some choices include: cheese steak, roast beef, tuna, fish, cappicola, egg, hot sausage and salami. Don't expect a plate because it is served on wax paper. Service is usually quick at least at all the locations I have been too. There are 13 restaurants in and around the Pittsburgh area and even Florida has 2 in Fort Lauderdale. The sandwiches are also availabe at PNC Park and Heinz Field with a limited selection of meat. If ever in the area, please experience this taste of Pittsburgh!
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LaVernes is a few miles northeast from Waynesburg. It pretty well sits out in the countryside with a beautiful view. The food is excellent and plentiful, the prices are very reasonable and the service is friendly and quick. This was my favorite place to eat while we were there. It is well worth the drive.
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The Wooden Nickel: Buffalo, Anyone?
Buffalo (actually, bison) used to live on the Great Plains in huge abundance. Then, they were driven almost to extinction. Under protection, they made a comeback.
But what most people don't know is that buffalo meat is really good--at least as good as beef, and leaner. The Wooden Nickel raises and slaughters its own. And, without growth hormones, anti-biotics, or close confinement, they graze on the range.
In fact, they're right outside the restaurant. A word of caution: Do not approach them. They may seem docile, but buffalo are never really tame.
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I don't care what anyone says about DENNY'S because Hans and I love these restaurants. As we are "Seniors" we can choose from the Senior's menu which is always a great price and delicious home-cooked meals.
Dinner sides are as follows: baked potato, country-fried potatoes, french fries, hash browns, mashed potatoes, applesauce, cinnamon apples, coleslaw, corn, cottage cheese, green beans, onion rings, stuffing and gravy or vegetable rice pilaf. You have your choice of two sides.
Favorite Dish: Hans picked the Roast Turkey Dinner, which came with generous slices of turkey breast, with stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and a wonderful garden salad.
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Featuring country style dinners, BOB EVANS offers breakfast, lunch & dinner for singles, families and seniors -- all cooked to order. It's a casual, inexpensive place to dine and you really do get a decent meal. The entrees that they offer remind me of a home cooked meal. The restaurant was within walking distance of our hotel, so we went there for breakfast in the morning. At 7 a.m. it was already very busy with locals and tourists alike. You could smell the aroma of fresh-brewed coffee as soon as you walked in. Hans and I both had the seniors breakfast which was plenty to eat and delicious.Related to:
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We were in the Fairmount district of Philadelphia where we had heard there were great places to eat that were not too far away from our hotel. There were many to choose from and we needed guidance. So once again we asked a local for some dining advice and we were amptly rewarded. Rembrant's has a delightful cuisine in a nice atmosphere. They hold a lot of events, including live music, though there was none when we visited.
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Denny's: too greasy for me
Lou is a huge fan of Denny's, a chain of breakfast/lunch restaurants in the area that are open into the wee hours of the morning, if not 24 hrs. Not unlike IHOP in theory, but everything I've ever had at Denny's feels like it was soaking in grease before it was brought out to the table. I'm not such a fan.
Geno's Steaks: The Cheesesteak II
Geno's is another famous spot for cheesesteaks and is hard to miss with all the neon! Here you will find a comparable cheesesteak to Pat's, with a clean eating area. Drinks sold are Coco-Cola products.
Pat's King of Steaks: The Cheesesteak
Pat's is one of the famous places to order a cheesesteak. It's rival "Geno's" is directly across the street. Try them both and pick your favorite!
In my experience, a cheesesteak here is very tasty and messy. Seating outside was limited and could have been cleaned more often.
Favorite Dish: The cheesesteak. Thinly sliced steak with your choice of onions, mushrooms, peppers, cheese...etc. Get it here with your favorite Pepsi products.
Franco's and Johnny's: Great Food
Franco's moved to West Liberty Avenue from Fox Chapel. Excellent food.
Johnny's in Wilmerding has great old time Italian food.
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Primanti's: Awsome Sandwich
Sandwich includes fries and slaw...on the sandwich. These were created for truck drivers making deliveries in The Strip and they needed one hand to drive and one to eat the entire meal. So they put it all on the sandwich.
Favorite Dish: Cheesteak!
Stoltzfus Farm Restaurant: Stoltzfus Farm Restaurant
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kinky old place but food is good prices and tastes great.
Favorite Dish: pizza burger and coleslaw! heavenly! i always order two. tell them no paper plate or the cheese sticks to it! i get mine on aluminum foil.
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Primanti's!!!! When in the strip in Pittsburgh-GOOO!!!
Its got a bar type atmosphere, and its often crowded due to its popularity. It is decorated uniquely Pittsburgh! (Experience it)
Favorite Dish: The Postrami on white(with the works)
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This building dates back probably 40 or 50 years.
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"The National Park Service is accepting comments from the public on a proposed plan to relocate geese from parts of the National Mall using environmentally safe and humane methods. The project would use border collies at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Washington Monument grounds and John F. Kennedy Hockey Fields to haze the Mall's large and growing Canada goose population into moving to other parts of the park. Comments are being accepted online through April 22, 2015.
Large flocks of resident Canada geese around the National Mall leave excessive goose droppings, as much as 2-3 pounds per goose per day. More than a nuisance to pedestrians, the droppings damage the pumps and filters of the Reflecting Pool;degrade the park's natural and cultural resources;and their feces have potential to create a public health hazard. With the assistance of the border collies, which are bred to herd sheep and have a natural instinct to round up flocks of geese, the geese will be encouraged to abandon the lawns and water in these areas and relocate elsewhere. No birds will be physically harmed during the hazing process.
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A Valentine's Day in Miami is sure to make a splash! With its pristine, white-sand beaches, subtropical savanna climate, New World cuisine, booming nightlife, and dozens of sensational attractions – you can't go wrong! There is simply something for everyone in beautiful Miami – so what better place to build lasting memories? Fun in the Sun: Bond with your Valentine on a two-wheeled adventure under the gorgeous Miami sun. With Bike and Roll Bike Rentals you can begin your trek along the Art Deco architecture at Miami Beach, follow the oceanfront path, cruise the Venetian causeway, and … [Read more...]
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Hi - I just received a random email- from someone that said she found me on Garden Web. I, do not know the person
or how she found me. She asked, if I wanted to buy her plants. I told her, NO I do not buy plants and that Garden Web strictly forbids this. I asked , her not to contact me ever again. I was just wondering, if this has happened to anyone else? And,what would anyone else do in this
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I get emails asking for plants and seeds quite often from people that aren't registered here but say they found me on GW. I just ignore them. I also get occasional emails from people trying to sell me farm/garden supplies which I just report as spam.
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TRIPOLI, Libya -- A revolt by a renegade general against Islamists who dominate Libya's politics threatened to spiral into an outright battle for power that could fragment the North African nation, as the country's numerous armed militias started to line up Monday behind the rival camps.
Gen. Khalifa Hifter, who lived for years in exile in the United States during the rule of autocrat Moammar Gadhafi, touts himself as a nationalist who is waging a war against terrorism to save Libya from Islamic extremists. His loyalists and allies in the past days attacked Islamist militias in the eastern city of Benghazi and on Sunday stormed the Islamist-led parliament in Tripoli.
Gen. Hifter's opponents accuse him of seeking to grab power, acting on behalf of former regime figures in exile by orchestrating an Egyptian-style military overthrow of Islamists that would wreck already struggling attempts at democracy.
Since Gadhafi's ouster and death in a 2011 civil war, Libya has been in chaos. The central government has almost no authority. The military and police, shattered during the civil war, have never recovered and remain in disarray. Filling the void are hundreds of militias around the country. Many are locally based, rooted in specific cities or neighborhoods. Others are based on ethnic allegiances, while others still have embraced al-Qaida-inspired extremism.
The country has held several elections, including ones that created a new parliament. But administrations have been paralyzed by competition between Islamist parties and their rivals, each of which are backed by militias. Islamist lawmakers who dominate parliament removed the Western-backed prime minister earlier this year and named an Islamist-leaning figure, Ahmed Maiteg, to replace him in a vote their opponents say was illegal.
In response to the parliament attack, the Islamist-leaning head of the legislature, Nouri Abu Sahmein, ordered militias backing his camp to deploy Monday in Tripoli to resist what he called "the attempt to wreck the path of democracy and take power." The pro-parliament militias are largely from Libya's third-largest city, Misrata, one of Islamists' biggest constituencies. Footage posted online by Misrata forces showed hundreds of pickup trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns, tanks and armored vehicles that it said were ready to move into the capital.
But backing for parliament appeared to be eroding, including within the interim government installed by lawmakers after the prime minister's removal.
The interim government, led by the defense minister, offered a proposal to resolve the conflict, suggesting the parliament should hold a new vote on a prime minister, pass a budget and then halt work to allow new parliament elections. Parliament's mandate expired earlier this year, and the Islamists' foes have held protests demanding that it be dissolved.
Units of the weak military began splitting from their top generals Monday to support Gen. Hifter. The commander of an elite army unit in Benghazi, the Special Forces, announced his support for Gen. Hifter and his National Libyan Army, as he has called his loyalists. The Special Forces unit is the only real state force in Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city, where it has been fighting militants for months.
"Anyone who hurts the nation will be smashed. We are with the will of the people alongside the National Libyan Army in the battle of dignity," the commander, Wanis Abu Khamada, said in a televised address.
Troops at a military air base in the eastern city of Tobruk also joined Gen. Hifter's forces, said his spokesman, Mohammed Hegazi -- the latest of about five air bases to back the general in recent weeks. The claim was quickly challenged by Deputy Defense Minister Khaled el-Sherif, who said the base is still under "legitimate authorities."
"We are the real army of Libya," Mr. Hegazi told Libya al-Ahrar TV. "We are waiting for orders ... to either seek victory or be killed."
In a sign that the violence could worsen, a number of foreign embassies in Tripoli shut down, including those of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Algeria, which also closed its borders with Libya, according to several news reports.
Gen. Hifter was a senior general in Gadhafi's military but defected, moving to the United States and living for years in exile in Virginia in the 1980s. He returned during the 2011 uprising against Gadhafi.
The general is aiming to harness widespread public frustration with the weak military, the government's impotence and Islamists' power. He appears to have the support of one of the country's most powerful militias, from the western Zintan region. Gen. Hifter also draws strong backing in the eastern part of the country, especially Benghazi, where many demand autonomy from the central government, and where anger at Islamists is high. Suspected extremist militias have been killing military and police officials, judges, activists and clerics in the city almost daily for months.
In Benghazi, a lawyer prominent in the city said there is general public backing there for Gen. Hifter because he is seen as a figure who "can rescue them from terrorism." But the lawyer said he personally worries that after defeating Islamists, Gen. Hifter would become a new Gadhafi.
On Friday, Hifter loyalists attacked Islamic extremist militias in Benghazi in fighting that authorities said left 70 dead.
On Sunday, pro-Hifter militiamen stormed parliament, ransacking the legislature, then withdrew toward Tripoli's airport on the city's southern edges, clashing with rivals. By Monday morning, fighting stopped.


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Mocha Chocolata Momma
Bessie Coleman
This is celebration of and personal reflections on the life, legend and untimely death of pioneering African American aviatrix Bessie Coleman, along with a selective history of flight.
Publisher: [Albuquerque, N.M.] :, the author,, 2012
Branch Call Number: ZINE 629.13092 COLEMAN 2012
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I followed the instructions from the e-mail course at http://www.ChrisLewisMH.com for making garlic oil. They say you can make it by crushing garlic, pouring olive oil to cover it, then close the jar and leave in cool dark place for 2 weeks, shaking daily, then strain through a cloth. I've read elsewhere that making herbal oils in this way provides an ideal ground for bacteria to breed, especially botulism, and that the oil should be heated first. Does anyone know about this? Do any of you make garlic oil, and if so how?
Botulism is definitely a probability, especially with garlic and chillies in oil. Herbs should be completely dried before using them for herbal oils. So I've read. Meantime, the 'approved' methods for herbal oils are as follows. For cooking, I'd use all of them within a day or two, then leave them for external use only.
Cold Infusion Method: Combine herbs and oil. Pureed herbs disperse their flavor more quickly but are not as aesthetically pleasing. Use with in 2-3 days. Store in the refrigerator at all times.
Warm Infusion Method: In a saucepan, combine herbs and oil. Heat to a simmer, reduce heat slightly and cook just below simmering for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and strain through several layers of cheesecloth into a sterilized glass jar. Label with the date and refrigeration instructions. Store in the refrigerator at all times. Use with in 1 week.
Oven Method: Place oil and chopped vegetable or herb in a 2 cup glass measuring cup. Set cup on a pie plate and place in a 150C oven for 1 hour. At the end of heating, the vegetable pieces should be a medium brown colour and crisp. If not, continue baking until they turn brown. Remove cup to a rack to cool for 30 minutes. Line a small strainer with a coffee filter or several layers of cheesecloth. Strain oil into a clean glass jar, cover and store in refrigerator at all times. Use within a month.


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The Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival has signed Brooklyn's wildly popular Grateful Dead affiliates Joe Russo's Almost Dead, New Orleans funk-jazz-soul-hip hop masters the Soul Rebels, the royal musical lineage of Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers, Bonaroo veterans Greensky Bluegrass from Michigan and San Francisco's premier funk showmen Con Brio to its 25th anniversary festival, September 15-20, 2015, in Fredericton.
In a historic, first-ever partnership between two of New Brunswick's most prestigious arts organizations,Harvest and Theatre New Brunswick will bring one of a kind production Life, Death and The Blues to the Fredericton Playhouse this September 17-18, 2015.
Celebrating the spirit of Mardi Gras, the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival announced some blockbuster fan favorites for its 25th Anniversary edition today. JJ Grey & Mofro, Galactic, The Record Company,Waylon Thibodeaux and Garrett Mason will all return to infuse the festival with that legendary Harvest party atmosphere this September 15-20th.
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todays yard sale finds
Today was a totem lovers paradise, so, I decided im going to make one. Here are some cool planters. The plastic terra cotta ones are going to get painted. More posts coming as I still only know how to post one picture at a time.
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Looks like a minnow bucket & coal carrier. I have some of those urn looking plastic planters. They last pretty well, I've had them 3-4 years & haven't broken or cracked yet, would last better painted tho. Mine are white. They had green & color you have also at the 99 cent store. Didn't see them this year. Love your long 1/2 barrel thing too at back of pic. Wipe the metal down with alcohol before you paint it & try not to touch it except on handles so when it is dry from alcohol, it will keep paint on. Jan
Wonderful finds!
I have some of those plastic planters (large.) I had painted them to look like rusty iron and they really did. A neighbor ran accross the street to tell me they looked awful, lol. I have one small one inside painted to look like non rusty iron.
The paint did chip on the outdoor ones after a few years so I put them in the garage where they are still waiting their next look. I'm eager to see what you do with yours. If I redo them , I will prime with kilz, or something.


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You should do just the opposite. You should work more, not as a slave, but out of your freedom and love for the whole commune, and you will prove that Sheela was wrong. And that will be the guarantee that nobody ever again takes any fascist steps. But if you act this way, then perhaps another Sheela will be needed; otherwise you cannot survive. It is simple arithmetic.
In Soviet Russia, when the country became independent from the czarist rule in 1917, in the Moscow main street a woman was found walking in the middle of the road. And when she was told by the policeman, "Walking in the middle of the road is not allowed"..
There are two possibilities: if the country decides, then keep to the left or keep to the right. But no country in the whole world has the idea to keep in the middle. Traffic will become impossible. Accidents will increase a thousandfold. Just think, traffic in the middle! from both sides cars and buses and people walking! It will be a tragedy.
But the woman said, "Then what is the meaning of freedom, if I still have to keep the old rule?"
Don't be so idiotic, like that woman. Nobody should impose any rule over you. If you are responsible, intelligent, you will create a life of discipline on your own.
So remember, you can choose. If you want Sheela back, I can call her and her whole gang, and give the commune to her. If you don't want anybody to be dictatorial to you, then take responsibility. Then work, and work more sincerely, honestly. The need simply disappears.
And you are a group of very intelligent people, but this is the trouble with intelligent people. They always try to misuse freedom.
I would like to remind you that Germany is one of the most intellectual countries in the world. It has given to the world people like Kant, Hegel, Feuerbach, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Martin Heidegger - great philosophers, great psychologists. And still a third-class crackpot, Adolf Hitler, managed to get all the intelligentsia of the country to follow him.
And I don't think humanity has learned anything out of it. If you don't learn, then history repeats. If you learn, then you can stop history repeating again.
Martin Heidegger was perhaps one of the most significant philosophers of the century, and he was a contemporary of Adolf Hitler. He supported Adolf Hitler - inconceivable! The whole youth, which is the cream of the society, its intelligence, all the universities' vice-chancellors, professors - they all supported Adolf Hitler, a man who was uneducated, a man who was refused from the school of art, who was refused from the school of architecture, because he had no intelligence.
This man became the leader of the most intelligent country in the world, and he created the greatest fascist regime. He killed almost ten million people, and still people were supporting him. It has to be psychoanalyzed.


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Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown and Republican challenger Josh Mandel met once again Thursday night for a debate to see who is more qualified for Ohio's U.S. Senate seat. The candidates were a bit less feisty in their final debate, but the substance behind their words was fairly similar to the past two debates.
Mandel spent a bit less time attacking Brown for "Washington speak," and Brown spent a bit less time attacking Mandel for dishonesty. However, Mandel did spend a bit more time attacking Brown for being a "career politician," and both candidates criticized each other for voting along party lines.
For the most part, the debate treaded ground covered in the first debate and second debate. CityBeat covered those face-offs in-depth here: first debate and second debate.
Some new details did emerge when Brown and Mandel discussed Social Security. Mandel clarified he would raise the eligibility age for Social Security and Medicare for those around his age — 35 — and younger. To justify the raise, he said life expectancy has grown since those laws were first put into place. He also claimed, "If we maintain the status quo, which is the way of Washington, there will be no Medicare or Social Security."
Brown responded by saying he wouldn't raise the eligibility age or reduce benefits, but he would increase the payroll tax cap.
In the case of Mandel's proposal, there is some important context missing. While it's true life expectancy has increased in the U.S., it has not increased at the same level for everyone. A 2008 study by the Congressional Budget Office found life expectancy is lagging for low-income individuals, while it's steadily rising for the wealthiest Americans. A 2006 study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology had similar findings. These studies show increases in the average life expectancy may not be reflective of what's actually happening within the poor and even middle class. In other words, raising the eligibility age to match the rise in life expectancy could disproportionately hurt the lower classes.
There are also some holes in gauging the eligibility age for entitlement programs with a rise in the average life expectancy. Social Security was enacted in 1935. Between the law passing and 2007, the U.S. child mortality rate dropped about 3.3 percent per year for children between the ages of one and four, according to a study from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This large drop in child mortality rate could be exaggerating gains in life expectancy, which is an average that takes into account the age of deceased children.
Mandel's implication that raising the eligibility age is the only way to keep Social Security solvent is also misleading. Currently, the payroll tax is set up so it only taxes the first $110,100 of everyone's income. A Congressional Research Service study from 2010 found eliminating the cap would keep the Social Security Trust Funds solvent for the next 75 years. The downside is this would raise taxes for anyone making more than $110,100. Still, the fact eliminating the cap would extend the trust funds' solvency shows there are other options, and it shows Brown's idea of increasing the cap has some fiscal merit.
However, Mandel would not be able to take Brown's approach because it would mean raising taxes, which Mandel vowed to not do under any circumstance when he signed lobbyist Grover Norquist's anti-tax pledge.
For the final debate, Mandel and Brown followed similar paths as before and even recited some of the exact same lines. At this point, the candidates have painted clear contrasts. With three debates and a year of campaigning behind them, it's now clear Brown is mostly the liberal, Democratic choice and Mandel is mostly the conservative, Republican choice.
It will soon be official. Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls will announce her mayoral campaign on Thursday at 10 a.m. Qualls has already announced her candidacy and platform on her website. Qualls will be joined by term-limited Mayor Mark Mallory, which could indicate support from the popular mayor. Right now, Qualls' only known opponent is former Democratic city councilman John Cranley, who has spoken out against the streetcar project Qualls supports.
As part of City Manager Milton Dohoney's budget proposal, anyone who lives in Cincinnati but works elsewhere could lose a tax credit. The budget proposal also eliminates the property tax rollback and moves to privatize the city's parking services, which Dohoney says is necessary if the city wants to avoid 344 layoffs. The mayor and City Council must approve Dohoney's budget before it becomes law. City Council is set to vote on the budget on Dec. 14. Public hearings for the budget proposal will be held in City Hall Thursday at 6 p.m. and in the Corryville Recreation Center Dec. 10 at 6 p.m.
Vice Mayor Qualls and Councilwoman Laure Quinlivan are pushing a resolution that demands local control over hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," activity. But the resolution will have no legal weight, so the state will retain full control over fracking operations even if the resolution is passed. Qualls and Quinlivan will also hold a press conference today at 1:15 p.m. at City Hall to discuss problems with fracking, which has come under fire by environmentalist groups due to concerns about air pollution and water contamination caused during the drilling-and-disposal process.
Greater Cincinnati hospitals had mixed results in a new round of scores from Washington, D.C.-based Leapfrog Group.
In an effort to comply with cost cutting, the Hamilton County recorder is eliminating Friday office hours.
The Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments is looking for feedback for the Tristate's transportation and economic plans.
This year's drought is coming to an end in a lot of places, but not southwest Ohio.
The Ohio Senate passed a concussion bill that forces student athletes to be taken off the field as soon as symptoms of a concussion are detected.
As the state government pushes regulations or even an outright ban on Internet cafes, one state legislator is suggesting putting the issue on the ballot. State officials argue unregulated Internet cafes are "ripe for organized crime" and money laundering. An Ohio House committee is set to vote on the issue today. If passed, the bill will likely put Internet cafes that use sweepstakes machines out of business.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich could be preparing for a 2016 campaign. Kasich was caught privately courting Sheldon Adelson, the casino mogul who spent millions on Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney's failed campaigns for the presidency. The early meetup shows how valued super PAC funders are to modern political campaigns. State Democrats criticized the meeting, saying it was Kasich "actively positioning to be the next Ohio darling of the special interests."
Ohio Sen. Rob Portman had a bit of trouble giving a speech on the federal debt yesterday. Hecklers repeatedly interrupted Portman, a Republican, as he tried to speak. The final protesters were escorted out of the room as they chanted, "We're going to grow, not slow, the economy." Portman says his plan is to promote growth. But both Democrats and Republicans will raise taxes on the lower and middle classes, according to a calculator from The Washington Post. Tax hikes and spending cuts are typically bad ideas during a slow economy.
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner is facing the wrath of his tea party comrades. The far right wing of the Republican Party is apparently furious Boehner purged rebellious conservative legislators out of House committees and proposed $800 billion in new revenue in his "fiscal cliff" plan to President Barack Obama.
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As part of an effort supporting a state earned income tax credit (EITC), Policy Matters Ohio unveiled an interactive map today that shows the potential benefits to taxpayers in different counties.
For Hamilton County, about 19 percent of tax-filing households would qualify for the program. A 10-percent EITC would return about $15.6 million to households in Hamilton County, or about $225 on average for each qualifying filer. A 20-percent EITC would return about $31.2 million to Hamilton County, with each qualifying filer getting about $451 on average.
EITC is a tax credit that goes to working families, typically favoring low- and middle-income earners with children. It is already used by the federal government and several states to progressively reward employment.
Since then, Ohio House Republicans have rejected most of Kasich's tax proposals, instead downsizing the plan to a 7-percent across-the-board tax cut with no sales tax expansion.
Here is the interactive map, courtesy of Policy Matters:
is No. 3 in the nation for "megadeals" — massive government subsidies to
corporations that are meant to encourage in-state job creation — but a
new report found many of the deals rarely produce the kind of jobs initially
touted by public officials.
In the Good Jobs First report
released on June 19, Ohio tied with Texas as No. 3 for megadeals,
which Good Jobs First defines as subsidies worth $75 million
or more. Michigan topped the list with 29 deals, followed by New York
with 23.
In the Cincinnati area, local and state agencies agreed to pay $196.4 million to Convergys in 2003 and $121 million to General Electric in 2009 to keep and create jobs in the area.
no secret the deal with Convergys went sour for Cincinnati. In December 2011,
the company, which provides outsourced call center services, agreed to pay a $14 million reimbursement to the city because the company's
downtown employment fell below 1,450 — the number of jobs required under
the initial deal. The reimbursement deal also calls for the company to pay an additional $5 million if its downtown employment falls below 500 before 2020.
Good Jobs First report finds this kind of failure is not exclusive to
the Convergys megadeal or Cincinnati; instead, the report argues that
megadeals are expensive and often fail to live up to
their high costs, some of the deals involve little if any new job
creation," said Good Jobs First executive director Greg LeRoy in a
statement. "Some are instances of job blackmail, in which a company
threatens to move and gets paid to stay put. Others involve interstate
job piracy, in which a company gets subsidies to move existing jobs
across a state border, sometimes within the same metropolitan area."
For the jobs that are kept and created, states and cities end up paying $456,000 on average, with the cheapest deals costing less than $25,000 per job and the most expensive costing more than $7 million per job.
report finds the number of megadeals per year has doubled since 2008,
on top of getting more expensive in the past three decades. Each
megadeal averaged at about $157 million in the 1980s, eventually rising
to $325 million in the 2000s. The average cost dropped to $260 million
in the 2010s, reflecting the price of deals made in the aftermath of the
Great Recession, which strapped city and state budgets.
subsidy awards are getting out of control," said Philip Mattera,
research director of Good Jobs First and principal author of the report,
in a statement. "Huge packages that used to be reserved for 'trophy'
projects creating large numbers of jobs are now being given away more
Ultimately, the report aims to increase transparency for such subsidies, reflecting an ongoing goal for Good Jobs First. To do this, the organization has set up a database (www.subsidytracker.org) that anyone can visit to track past, present and future subsidy deals.
But the report claims much of this work should already be done by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), which "has been long-negligent in failing to promulgate regulations for how state and local governments should account for tax-based economic development expenditures," according to a policy sidebar from LeRoy. "If GASB were to finally promulgate such regulations — covering both programs and deals — taxpayers would have standardized, comparable statistics about megadeals and could better weigh their costs and benefits."
In February, the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent, from 7.9 percent in January, and the nation added 236,000 jobs. Many of the new jobs — about 48,000 — came from construction, while government employment saw a drop even before sequestration, a series of across-the-board federal spending cuts, began on March 1. Economists seem quite positive about the report.
In January, Ohio's unemployment rate rose to 7 percent, from 6.7 percent in December, with the number of unemployed in the state rising to 399,000, from 385,000 the month before. Goods-producing and service-providing industries and local government saw a rise in employment, while jobs were lost in trade, transportation, utilities, financial activities, professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, state government and federal government. In January, U.S. unemployment rose to 7.9 percent, from 7.8 percent in December.
A new report outlined renovations for the city-owned Tower Place Mall, which is getting a makeover as part of Cincinnati's parking plan. A lot of the retail space in the mall will be replaced to make room for parking that will be accessed through what is currently Pogue's Garage, but two rings of retail space will remain, according to the report. The parking plan was approved by City Council Wednesday, but it was temporarily halted by a Hamilton County judge. The legal contest has now moved to federal court, and it's set to get a hearing today.
Meet the mayoral candidates through CityBeat's two extensive Q&As: Roxanne Qualls and John Cranley. Qualls spoke mostly about her support for immigration, the parking plan and streetcar, while Cranley discussed his opposition to the parking plan and streetcar and some of his ideas for Cincinnati.
A Hamilton County court ruled against the controversial traffic cameras in Elmwood Place, and the Ohio legislature is considering a statewide ban on the cameras. In his ruling, Judge Robert Ruehlman pointed out there were no signs making motorists aware of the cameras and the cameras are calibrated once a year by a for-profit operator. The judge added, "Elmwood Place is engaged in nothing more than a high-tech game of 3-card Monty. … It is a scam that motorists can't win." Bipartisan legislation was recently introduced to prohibit traffic cameras in Ohio.
JobsOhio, the state-funded nonprofit corporation, quietly got $5.3 million in state grants, even though the state legislature only appropriated $1 million for startup costs. JobsOhio says it needed the extra funds because legal challenges have held up liquor profits that were originally supposed to provide funding. In the past few days, State Auditor Dave Yost, a Republican, has been pushing Republican Gov. John Kasich and JobsOhio to release more details about the nonprofit corporation's finances, but Kasich and JobsOhio have been pushing back.
Advocates for Ohio's charter schools say Kasich's budget amounts to a per-pupil cut, with funding dropping from $5,704 per pupil to $5,000 plus some targeted assistance that ranges from hundreds of dollars to nothing depending on the school. A previous CityBeat report on online schools found traditional public schools get about $3,193 per student — much less than the funding that apparently goes to charter schools.
Fountain Square will be getting a new television from Cincinnati-based LSI Industries with the help of Fifth-Third Bank and the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC). The new video board will have better image quality and viewing angles, but it will also come with more screen space for sponsors.
Ohio's casino revenues rose in January. That could be a good sign for Cincinnati's Horseshoe Casino, which opened Monday.
In light of recent discussion, Popular Science posted a Q&A on drones.
About 1 in 20 Cincinnatians, many of them in the wealthiest neighborhoods, pay less in taxes because their home renovations and constructions are subsidized by a local tax program. While the program benefits the wealthy, it also hits Cincinnati Public Schools and other local services through lost revenue. The tax abatement program aims to keep and attract residents and businesses by lowering the costs of moving and living in Cincinnati. Anastasia Mileham, spokeswoman for 3CDC, says the tax abatements helped revitalize Over-the-Rhine, for example. Others say the government is picking winners and losers and the abatement qualifications should be narrowed.
With hotel room bookings back to pre-recession levels, Source Cincinnati aims to sell Cincinnati's offerings in arts, health care, entrepreneurism and anything else to attract new businesses and residents. The Cincinnati USA Convention and Visitors Bureau established the organization to reach out to national journalists and continue the local economic momentum built up in the past few years. "Successful cities are those that have good reputations," Julie Calvert, interim executive director at Source Cincinnati, told The Cincinnati Enquirer. "Without reputation it's difficult to get businesses to expand or relocate or get more conventions or draw young diverse talent to work for companies based here."
The harsh winter weather this year pushed Cincinnati's budget $5 million over, with nearly $3 million spent on salt, sand and chemicals alone. . The rest of the costs come through increased snow plowing shifts and other expenses to try to keep the roads clean. The extra costs just compound the city's structurally imbalanced budget problems. The need for more road salt also comes despite Councilman Charlie Winburn's attempts to undermine the city's plans to stockpile and buy salt when it's cheap.
Mayor John Cranley says the success of The Incline Public House in East Price Hill, which he helped develop, speaks to the pent-up demand for similar local businesses in neglected Cincinnati neighborhoods.
Less than a month remains to sign up for health insurance plans on HealthCare.gov.
The estimated 24,000 students who drop out of Ohio schools each year might cost themselves and the public hundreds of millions a year, according to the Alliance for Excellent Education.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says meth abuse has reached "epidemic" levels in the state.
Ohio gas prices continued to rise this week.
Developers say they have funding for the first phase of a Noah's Ark replica coming to Williamstown, Ky.
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The operating budget plan, which passed with an 8-1 vote, comes after months of city officials threatening to lay off cops and firefighters if the city did not approve a plan to lease Cincinnati's parking assets to the Port Authority, which city officials previously claimed was necessary to raise funds that would help balance the operating budget for two years and fund economic development projects. But the parking plan is currently being held up in court, and the public safety layoffs are being avoided anyway.
Last week, council members Roxanne Qualls and Chris Seelbach announced a budget motion that would avoid all fire layoffs and all but 25 police layoffs. The remaining 25 police layoffs are being undone through the budget motion approved today, which increases estimates for incoming revenues with $1 million that is supposed to be paid back to the city's tax increment financing fund.
Councilwoman Laure Quinlivan did not sign onto the plan, articulating concerns that the budget maneuver will make the deficit worse in 2015 and fail to structurally balance the budget.
Even with the motion, the overall operating budget plan would make cuts elsewhere and raise fees and property taxes. If the plan is approved, about 60 city employees are expected to lose their jobs in the next couple weeks.
The cuts swept through most of the city government, hitting parks, the arts, human services, parades, administrative budgets and outside agencies, among many other areas.
The operating budget portion of the property tax will also climb from 5.7 mills in 2014 to 6.1 mills in 2015, which comes out to an extra $34 for every $100,000 in property value. The latest property tax increase comes after City Council approved a hike in 2013, pushing the property tax from 4.6 mills in 2013 to 5.7 mills in 2014.
The plan would also raise fees for several city services, including fire plan reviews and admission into the Krohn Conservatory.
Multiple council members claimed the austerity was necessary because of the state government, which has cut local government funding by about 50 percent during Gov. John Kasich's time in office ("Enemy of the State," issue of March 20).
Still, Lea Eriksen, the city's budget director, previously pointed out Cincinnati has not passed a structurally balanced budget since 2001.
City Council will vote on the overall budget plan May 30. Council members Qualls, Seelbach, Pam Thomas, Wendell Young and Yvette Simpson are expected to vote in favor of the plan, giving it enough votes to pass City Council.
Gov. John Kasich's 2014-2015 budget plan is on the horizon, and it contains "sweeping tax reform," according to Tim Keen, budget director for Kasich. Keen said the new plan will "result in a significant competitive improvement in our tax structure," but it's not sure how large tax cuts would be paid for. Some are already calling the plan the "re-election budget." Expectations are Kasich's administration will cut less than the previous budget, which greatly cut funding to local governments and education.
Chris Monzel is now in charge
of the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners. Monzel will serve as
president, while former president Greg Hartmann has stepped down to vice
president. Monzel says public safety will be his No. 1 concern.
City Council may vote today on a plan to build the first freestanding public restroom, and it may be coming at a lower cost. City Manager Milton Dohoney said last week that the restroom could cost $130,000 with $90,000 going to the actual restroom facility, but Councilman Seelbach says the city might be able to secure the facility for about $40,000.
Tomorrow, county commissioners may vote on policy regarding the Metropolitan Sewer District. Commissioners have been looking into ending a responsible bidder policy, which they say is bad for businesses. But Councilman Seelbach argues the policy ensures job training is part of multi-billion dollar sewer programs. Board President Monzel and Seelbach are working on a compromise the city and county can agree on.
The Hamilton County Board of Elections is prepared to refer five cases of potential voter fraud from the Nov. 6 election. The board is also investigating about two dozen more voters' actions for potential criminal charges.
King's Island is taking job applications for 4,000 full- and part-time positions.
Ohio may soon link teacher pay to quality. Gov. John Kasich says his funding plan for schools will "empower," not require, schools to attach teacher compensation to student success. A previous study suggested the scheme, also known as "merit pay," might be a good idea.
An economist says Ohio's home sales will soon be soaring.
Debe Terhar will continue as the Board of Education president, with Tom Gunlock staying as vice president.
Equal rights for women everywhere could save the world, say two Stanford biologists. Apparently, giving women more rights makes it so they have less children, which biologists Paul R. and Anne Ehrlich say will stop humanity from overpopulating the world.
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Mitt Romney's big loss is finally getting to Ohio Republicans. Ohio Senate President Tom Niehaus made procedural moves to block the heartbeat bill from a vote before the end of the lame-duck session. Niehaus, a Republican, said his decision was largely influenced by Romney's loss on Nov. 6. When the heartbeat bill was originally proposed, it was labeled the most radical anti-abortion bill in the country. It banned abortion as soon as a heartbeat was detected, which can happen six weeks into pregnancy. It made no exceptions for rape, incest or the health of the mother. CityBeat recently wrote about the GOP's renewed anti-abortion agenda, but if Republicans begin taking lessons from the most recent election, the renewed agenda will never come to light.
The Ohio House of Representatives approved Cincinnati's tougher school report card standards. An early simulation of the proposed system in May showed Cincinnati Public Schools would drop from the second-best rating of "Effective" under the current system to a D-, with 23 schools flunking and Walnut Hills High School retaining its top mark with an A. The bill will also impose more regulations and oversight on charter schools. As part of the overall reform, the state is replacing its standardized tests, but some Democrats are worried the new tests and system will be too tough on schools.
Standard & Poor's is not optimistic about Cincinnati. The firm gave the city's debt rating a negative outlook due to structural budget problems. City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. says ratings firms are looking for spending cuts or revenue growth from Cincinnati to achieve structurally balanced budgets in the next two years, but Dohoney's most recent budget proposal largely balances the deficit with a one-time source from privatizing parking services. On the other hand, pursuing austerity during a weak economic recovery is a bad idea.
The Cincinnati Fire Department says it doesn't have enough personnel to man fire trucks. The problem is only getting worse as retirements increase, according to Fire Chief Richard Braun.
The University of Cincinnati's campus was ranked among the most dangerous in the country.
Ohio has some of the lowest graduation rates in the Midwest. Low-income, black and Hispanic students are all much less likely to graduate than their wealthier and white peers.
Gov. John Kasich met with college and university leaders today to discuss higher education. After the meeting, Kasich and the leaders suggested attaching state funding to graduation rates, among other reforms.
It looks like Ohio's financial institutions tax bill will make it through the Ohio Senate without major changes. The bill was already passed by the Ohio House. A memo from nonprofit research organization Policy Matters Ohio recommended making changes so the bill cuts tax loopholes without cutting rates on big banks. Zach Schiller, research director from Policy Matters, said in the memo, "Big banks aren't better banks, as their role in the recent financial crisis made clear. It is questionable policy for the state to favor them with lower rates."
It's official: Cincinnati is "cougar capital of Ohio."
Heart-lifting story of the day: A New York City cop helped a homeless person by buying him a pair of boots.
Has the modern art world lost touch with its audience?
NASA confirmed the presence of ice water on Mercury.
City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. released his operating budget plan for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 today. The plan makes lower-than-expected cuts to police, fire and other city departments to help balance the $35 million deficit in the operating budget for fiscal year 2014, but it would also effectively raise property taxes.
The City Charter allows the city to leverage 6.1 mills in property taxes, but City Council only approved the use of 5.7 mills for the operating budget in 2014, up from 4.6 mills in 2013. The budget plan would leverage the full 6.1 mills in 2015, effectively raising annual property taxes between 2014 and 2015 by $34 for every $100,000 in property value.
Water Works rates would also be reworked with a new pricing structure, which would add $3.11 to a Water Works customer's bill each quarter.
The budget plan recommends laying off 66 employees in the Police Department, down from a previous estimate of 149. Fire personnel layoffs were also reduced to 71, down from 118. In other departments, 64 would be laid off.
The budget release estimates the fire layoffs would lead to an estimated 10 brownouts a day in which one truck in a firehouse would not run.
About $20.4 million of the fiscal year 2014 budget gap would be closed by cutting expenditures, while the rest would be closed with changes in revenue.
The budget release says the cuts are a result of the city's parking plan falling through in light of a referendum effort and legal challenges: "While the Manager's budget, with support from policy makers, has typically centered on strategies for growth to expand the local economy, this budget is constructed in light of the lack of revenue from the Parking Modernization and Lease, approved by the majority of City Council but held up in litigation."
With the reduced layoffs, the city will save money by paying less in accrued leave and unemployment insurance. Previously, city officials estimated it would cost about $10 million to lay people off, but that number was reduced to $3.5 million in the revised budget plan.
The budget plan would also eliminate 17 vacant full-time positions in various departments and delay filling other vacant positions, which the budget release says would cause some strain: "These vacant position eliminations and prolonged position vacancies would further challenge departments that have already experienced significant funding and position reductions in prior budget years."
The plan would also increase employees' cost share for health care from 5 percent to 10 percent, reduce cost of living adjustments and force furloughs, which would span to executive and senior level management positions, including the city manager. The changes effectively add up to a 1.9 percent salary reduction, according to the budget release.
Other cuts in the budget were selected through the Priority-Driven Budgeting Process, which used surveys and public meetings to gauge what city programs are most important to local citizens. About $1.7 million would come from personnel and service reductions in the Health Department's Community Health Environmental Inspections programs, the Law Department and the Department of Recreation. Another $1.5 million would be cut from funding to outside entities, including human services agencies, the Neighborhood Support Program, the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce and the African American Chamber of Commerce.
Furthermore, subsidies for "Heritage Events," such as the Findlay Market Opening Day Parade and St. Patrick's Day Parade, would be eliminated, along with all arts funding.
The budget plan would also eliminate various other services, including the Bush Recreation Center in Walnut Hills, the Office of Environmental Quality's Energy Management program and the Cincinnati Police Department's mounted patrol unit.
The budget plan includes a slew of new fees: a $75 fee for accepted Community Reinvestment Area residential tax abatement applications, a $25 late fee for late income tax filers, a $100 fee for fire plan reviews, an unspecified hazardous material cleanup fee, a 50-cent hike for admission into the Krohn Conservatory and an unspecified special events fee for city resources used for special events.
The budget plan would also use casino revenue: $9.1 million in 2013 and 2014 and $7.5 million in 2015.
The city was originally planning to lease its parking assets to the Greater Cincinnati Port Authority to help balance the operating budget and fund economic development projects ("Parking Stimulus," issue of Feb. 27), but the plan will be on the November ballot this year if court challenges are successful.
But if the city is successful in court, the budget release claims many of the cuts could be undone by using revenue from the parking plan.
The city manager's office says the budget must be approved by City Council and the mayor by June 1 to provide 30 days for the budget's implementation in time for fiscal year 2014, which begins July 1.
Previously, the city could have used an emergency clause to eliminate a 30-day waiting period for implementing laws, but City Solicitor John Curp says the court challenges have effectively eliminated the power behind emergency clauses by making all laws, even laws passed with an emergency clause, susceptible to referendum within 30 days.
The operating budget is separate from the streetcar budget, which is also facing a $17.4 million budget shortfall. The streetcar is funded through the capital budget, which can't be used to balance the operating budget because of budgeting limits established in state law.


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In the fight against climate change, carbon capture is crucial
- Hannah Chalmers is a postgraduate researcher at the Centre for Environmental Strategy at the University of Surrey. All views expressed are her own -
This week the International Energy Agency launched a series of detailed technology roadmaps covering 19 technologies that are expected to be important in mitigating the risk of dangerous of climate change. One of these was for carbon capture and storage (CCS).
At the same time, energy and environment ministers were attending a meeting convened by the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum. Their final communiqué affirmed CCS as "an important element of any effective response to climate change" and described a series of industrial-scale demonstration projects as "vital". But, what is CCS? Why does it matter? And can it deliver?
The principle is simple. To avoid dangerous climate change it is very likely that we need to avoid a significant proportion of the carbon dioxide emissions that could be produced by fossil fuels that we already know how to access at reasonable cost. It is, therefore, necessary to either (1) convince countries with fossil fuels to leave them in the ground unused, essentially forever, or (2) ensure that the vast majority of carbon dioxide produced by fossil fuel use does not end up in the atmosphere.
CCS projects implement the second option. They collect carbon dioxide that is produced by fossil fuels (or biofuels which also contain carbon).
In a typical scheme, this captured carbon dioxide is then transported and injected into a geological formation at least 1 kilometre below the earth's surface. Getting CCS to work matters because it should make it much easier for countries with large fossil fuel reserves, and particularly coal-rich countries such as the USA and China, to sign up to serious global action on climate change.
A range of technologies for CCS are under development and are at different stages of maturity. For the options closest to commercial deployment, the main technical challenges tend to centre on adapting, enlarging and integrating proven approaches from existing industries. There are some initial trial units already in operation, but further large-scale demonstration is needed before CCS can be seen as 'business-as-usual'.
Although some engineering challenges remain, most of the significant hurdles to a successful global rollout of CCS are not technical. CCS adds to the cost of using fossil fuels for the sole purpose of reducing carbon dioxide emissions, but it typically receives much less support than other developing low carbon options with similar costs. Implementing CCS also requires that the general public and other key players become comfortable with the risks and opportunities of a new industry. This takes time, but there is general agreement that we must act quickly on climate change.
As the Copenhagen negotiations approach, a number of commentators are discussing what a 'global deal' might look like. The ministers at the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum concluded that the "viability of CCS as a key mitigation technology should be recognized in appropriate international legal frameworks including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change".
An important contribution a Copenhagen agreement could make for CCS would be including it in any agreements on accelerating global technology development. This should include appropriate action on improving global carbon dioxide storage availability estimates and capacity building so that countries that need to use CCS, including developing nations, are able to adapt appropriate CCS technologies to their local conditions and are ready to operate CCS schemes effectively.
It is unlikely that CCS will be seen as critical part of the Copenhagen deal by many observers. CCS could, however, be increasingly important as it facilitates much more ambitious action in the future. But, it cannot play this vital role without sufficient support for rapid implementation of a suite of initial commercial-scale projects.


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