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By Rudi WilliamsAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 12, 2002 "It took 225 years to get a chief of chaplains that has my paint job," said Chaplain (Rear Adm.) Barry C. Black, a Seventh-day Adventist.
Black, the first African American chief of Navy chaplains, pointed out that the military "is a microcosm of society and we reflect society." He became chief of Navy chaplains in August 2000, in time to celebrate the 225th anniversary of the Navy Chaplain Corps, formed on Nov. 28, 1775. The Navy created the chief of chaplains position in November 1917.
Noting that African-American sailors were pushed into servant roles -- officers' stewards and cooks -- during the first decades of the 20th century, Black said: "When African Americans were stewards in the Navy, they were also stewards in the civilian sector, porters on railroads cars and that kind of thing. The military, however, led the way in providing opportunities for African Americans to prove what they can do.
Everyone should always look for opportunities to build bridges, said Black, who was commissioned as a Navy chaplain in 1976.
He said if he were talking to a group of young service members today, "I would first challenge them to appreciate what success is. It's the achieving of worthy goals. I would challenge them to have worthy goals -- not just materialistic goals, but goals related to serving people."
The chaplain would also "challenge them to have a connection with the transcendent God that their greatest desire is not to achieve the applause of human beings, but to please the God who created them.
"The end game in life, where you want to be when it comes time to check out, is to have released all the music that God has put in you," the admiral said. "Don't die with any of the music left. If God, for instance, has given you some writing ability and you never tapped that music, the world is poorer. If God gave you a singing gift, but you never tapped it, the world is poorer.
"If you die with the music God put in you to share with the world released, then you have been a success, whether you're driving a Mercedes or living in a particular neighborhood or have made certain academic accomplishments," Black said.
He said his faith in God is so strong that "no weapon formed against me will be able to prosper because, if God is for me, who can be against me?" He described himself as "a seeker for truth and a pursuer of the transcendent." He believes much of his success has come from actively pursuing God.
"I think that's why I've been blessed with undeserved favor from God. I still have that pursuit of God," Black said.
Reflecting on his childhood, Black said his mother worked as a domestic for $6 a day and his father was unemployed most of the time or not around. He remembers the family being evicted three times before moving into a project in Baltimore. He said the projects were heaven compared to other places the family had lived.
Black credits the members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church he attended with helping him to stay out of trouble. A number of them must have seen something good in him, he said, because they encouraged him to rise above poverty and his environment.
"They would make jobs for me," he said. "Some church members would let me scrub their white steps for 25 cents. Another lady paid me to help clean her home, but she was a little more generous."
Black received a Christian education at Baltimore Junior Academy and later the Pine Forge Academy boarding school in Pottstown, Pa. He started out working his way through college, then obtained a student missionary scholarship and spent his junior year as a missionary in Lima, Peru.
An outstanding sprinter in high school and college, Black aspired to compete in the Olympics, but that never happened. He also played college basketball and sang in a choir and a quartet.
"Most of the music experts thought I was a wonderful singer and had great potential, but, unfortunately, the audience didn't agree," Black quipped.
The military ministry provides an opportunity for people to build community and to get to know one another, Black noted.
"It's an exciting ministry opportunity for people from all ethnic backgrounds," said the admiral, who plans to retire in August 2003. "It enables you to worship in a pluralistic setting in a way that you wouldn't if you were in one church from a particular denomination. When I joined the military, I only intended to stay for three years, but I found myself receiving such fulfillment from the work that it has now been 25 years."


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It has taken me many years to produce the CFA standard (and usually top show) kittens that I am now producing. I tried showing, and I absolutely don't like anything about it. And unfortunately, most top show breeders think if they don't see you in the show halls, then you're just a 'backyard breeder' and won't sell you their lines for breeding. I had a wonderful show breeder, Sue Williams of Scaatycats who after two years of getting to know me, sold me a male, and that seem to open the door to other breeders. Now, just about everyone of my kittens could champion and do more if they were shown. But, my overriding interest is in educating the public on what a Persian/Himalayan should look like...and that has changed from how I thought when I first started this business. My base price is of $1200, which most kittens fall under. I do ask more for rare colors like solid chocolate Persians kittens or chocolate tortie Himalayan cats, or kittens of very high quality or in high demand, such as white Persian kittens. I also charge 50% more of the kitten cost for breeding rights and do not sell rights except on certain occasions when I feel that they'll be going to a small breeder like myself.
You'll be able to find kittens at a lower price. But, I can guarantee you'll not find kittens who have more attention. care and socialization given to them.
I stay very small and don't have the quantity of kittens other breeders might have, so that I can spend the kind of time I think is needed with my feline family. Each cat gets hugged and loved on and played with every single day. I stay small that no one feels neglected, which I think can happen, if the "cat to people" ratio is too high! I think the reason my kittens seem to make such incredible, loving pets is that I spend so much time with them every day. Each new baby is handled, talked to and physically loved, in order that they love that human connection. I purposely introduce them to loud noises like the vacuum and washing machine, along with a very methodical method of weaning as they are growing up in order to make them very well-rounded, socially. I'm really proud that I am able to provide such wonderful companions.
People sometimes respond that the prices are high for "just a cat." But Persians and Himalayans are special in every way; and they live as long as small dogs (longer than large dogs) and are the most wonderful companions. I once figured out all my expenses from city licensing fees, food, advertising, initial vet visit; and if there are no extra expenses, it costs close to $400 to raise a single kitten from birth to the day they're ready to go home. I spend more than $60 per week per litter during the weaning process (which is about 7 weeks) feeding them the raw chicken and kitty bloom that I use. Besides the money, the time to give to each person from the initial phone call or email, along with the kittens, the time it takes to keep everyone clean and fed, take GOOD pictures (have you ever tried to take pictures of a kitten?) and attend to this website is more than people would guess. As a single mom, this is my contribution to my retirement. It is a business, and like any business I do my best in every way for it. And like any business, it requires a high level of viligence, time, and hard work in making it successful. Recently, I figured all my expenses and time, and I make about $20 an hour at this! It's my understanding that the average time someone endeavors to be a quality breeder is five years. I can understand why.
And I endeavor to give that same care and attention to the people getting a meow house kitten. My favorite part is the joy I'm able to provide. I understand this is a large purchase, but more importantly, a very exciting time! I love sharing in that time and I think if you asked the people who have dealt with me, they would tell you that I always gave them the attention they deserved. Even after the deposit has been placed on a kitten, I stay in close touch with each family, sending updated pictures of the baby every couple of weeks or so, as time permits; so the growth can be seen and recorded.
Probably 30% of the homes my babies go to are homes that have lost a beloved family member...another Persian or Himalayan. And over and over again, the age that they seem to live to is 16 years..sometimes even 20 years! I do give a one-year health guarantee against anything genetic, but if something tragic happened within the first 5 years, I would do my best to replace the kitten at a reduced price; and to work with the family. Thank goodness, this is has happened only a few times, and I think my customers know that I am committed to them, even after the sale.
In addition to the comments people have submitted to me, I am happy to forward you emails from people who have bought kittens, and the phone number of my vet. It's important that you know how committed a breeder is, not only to the adults and babies, but the customers we're serving.
Shipping; because of the new laws, I will need to discuss with each new owner.
$400 will reserve the kitten of your choice - which is nonrefundable, but of course, goes toward the price of your kitten. The balance must be paid in full, two weeks prior to the shipping date. You may pay by a postal or grocery store money order, or PayPal (4% additional fee for PayPal transactions). If balance is not sent within that time frame, the kitten may be resold without any return of the deposit.
All deposits are taken in good faith, and the kitten is then taken off the market and no longer available for anyone else. Under NO circumstances will any deposits be returned, so please make sure that you want your kitten!
Kittens can only be reserved for three days without a deposit.
Kittens are usually available at 10 to 12 weeks. They will be fully weaned and litter box trained and have had their first AND possibly, second set of shots, visit with my vet, and been wormed twice. They will also have had a couple of baths, manicures, and lots of practice using a scratching post! I strive to have your baby fully socialized and be used to the necessary grooming.
I do have the right to refuse a sale and will promptly refund any deposit, if the situation arises.

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Patapsco Valley State Park Hosts Family Fun Day On April 29
Ellicott City, Md. (April 17, 2012) - Patapsco Valley State Park staff invites visitors to join them for an afternoon of crafts, critter encounters, disc golf, nature programs and ice cream from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 29 at their Family Fun Day.
Regardless of your age or interests, our park has something for everyone, said Maegan Cooper, the parks volunteer coordinator. This is the perfect opportunity to come check it out.
Friends of Patapsco Valley State Park will also hold a free ice cream social at the event. All Family Fun Day visitors will receive free entry into Patapsco Valley State Park with the following coupon: dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/central/patapsco.asp.
Those interested can get more information by contacting Cooper at 410-465-3287 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
|April 17, 2012
Contact: Josh Davidsburg
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is the state agency responsible for providing natural and living resource-related services to citizens and visitors. DNR manages nearly one-half million acres of public lands and 17,000 miles of waterways, along with Maryland's forests, fisheries and wildlife for maximum environmental, economic and quality of life benefits. A national leader in land conservation, DNR-managed parks and natural, historic and cultural resources attract 11 million visitors annually. DNR is the lead agency in Maryland's effort to restore the Chesapeake Bay, the state's number one environmental priority. DNR is the lead agency in Maryland's effort to restore the Chesapeake Bay, the state's number one environmental priority. Learn more at www.dnr.maryland.gov


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Mae Wa National Park located in Mae Wa Sub-district, Tirnburi Sub-district, Lomrad Sub-district, Mae Pa Sub-district, Mae Kok Sub-district and Wiangmog Sub-district, Tern District, Prabatwangtong Sub-district, Mae Prig District, Lampang Province, and Wangjun Sub-district, Samngao District, Maesalid Sub-district, Ban Tak District, Tak Province. It consists of complicatedly high mountains, productive forest which are the habitat of a great number of animals in many kinds, and wonderful places to visit such as Mae Wa Waterfall which has water flow all the year round and been well known by many people. Having convenient way to visit and locating only 19 km. from Tern District Administration Office, Mae Wa National Park is about 582.68 square kilometers or 364,173 Rais and has been declared a national park since November 17, 2000.
TopographyMae Wa National Park, generally, is complicatedly high mountains. The north part consists of high and erected mountains while the middle and south part consists of mountain range which has vastly plain area on the top. The area has huge pine tree grow everywhere that makes this area is very beautiful. The west part of this area is Limestone Mountains high 300-400 meters above sea level.
ClimateThe weather is tropical monsoon influenced by southwestern monsoon in rainy season and northeastern monsoon in winter. Rainy season starts in the middle of May to September which has heavy rain. Winter starts in October to the middle of February. Summer starts in February to the middle of May.
Flora and FaunaThe forest in the surveyed area consists of mixed deciduous forest, rainforest, dry evergreen forest and pine forest, all of which have valuable plants such as Makhaa Mong, ironwood, Burmese ebony, Lagerstroenia, rosewood, wild hog plum, almond-wood, laurel, Careya sphaerica Roxb, Anisoptera, Siamese sal, ingyin, as Pinus merkusii Jungh and Pinus kesiya Royle ex Gordon.
There are a great number of wild animals, such as tiger, seladang, bear, buffalo, dear, barking deer, hare, frog, many kinds of fish, and birds such as hawk, coucal, and owl, because the area has the complicated mountains, productive forest, and food and water supply spreading all over.
Use national road number 1 (Asia Highway Road) from Lampang Province to Tak Province and turn left at a byroad between kilometer stone number 498 – 499 for 10 kilometers. In addition, the north part of the surveyed forest is close to national road number 1048 which goes from Tern District, Lampang Province to Toongsaleam District, Sukhothai Province.


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Leading Independent Estate Agents in Brighton & Hove
At Maslen Estate Agents we want to make moving home as stress-free and enjoyable as possible. As one of Brightons leading independent estate agencies, our reputation is built on an ethos of honesty and integrity and always putting the customer first.
If you are looking to sell your property, our unrivalled knowledge of the local housing market means we can find the right buyer for your home at the right price. Go to our selling section where youll find plenty of advice on the selling process and making the most of your property. You can request a free market appraisal where well come and look at your home and advise you on the best way to sell.
If you are buying youll not only find details of properties in Brighton to suit every budget but also advice on finding your perfect home in our handy buyers guide. We have four offices covering the city and have houses for sale all over Brighton and Hove, so we are very familiar with the key residential areas in Brighton. We can also offer plenty of advice if you are specifically looking for flats for sale in Brighton and Hove.
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Maslen Estate Agents has continued to grow throughout 2014, with another six new members of staff joining over the summer. In a year that has seen property values go up by at least 10% the business has gone from strength to strength. As well as an extremely buoyant market, this has been due to the strong team, investment in training and professional reputation Maslen Estate Agents has earned over the last 15 years.read more >
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By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2003 Acknowledging that some United Nations members disagreed with U.S. and coalition military action in Iraq, President Bush today urged the world body to put those differences aside to work together toward building a stable, secure Iraq.
Bush also called on the U.N. Security Council to adopt a new anti-proliferation resolution to help stem the spread of weapons of mass destruction and the equipment to deliver them worldwide.
In an address to the U.N. General Assembly, the president defended Operation Iraqi Freedom, telling the group that "the Security Council was right to be alarmed" about Saddam Hussein's dictatorship, "was right to demand that Iraq destroy its illegal weapons and prove that it had done so" and "was right to vow serious consequences if Iraq refused to comply."
"And because a coalition of nations acted to defend the peace and the credibility of the United Nations," he said, "Iraq is free."
Bush said the ripple effect of that newfound freedom extends throughout the Middle East. There, he said, "people are safer because an unstable aggressor has been removed from power," and across the world, "nations are more secure because an ally of terror has fallen."
The president called on the General Assembly to unite in the "fundamental principles and objectives of the United Nations" and to "stand with the people of Afghanistan and Iraq as they build free, stable countries."
Bush praised the role the United Nations is already playing in this effort, distributing food and medicine in Afghanistan, helping refugees return home, advising the nation on a new constitution and helping pave the way for nationwide elections. In Iraq, he pointed toward UNICEF's extensive child vaccination program conducted and the U.N. World Food Program's food distribution system.
But the president said the United Nations can and must do more. "America is working with friends and allies on a new Security Council resolution which will expand the U.N.'s role in Iraq," he told the assembly. "As in the aftermath of other conflicts, the United Nations should assist in developing a constitution and training civil servants and conducting free and fair elections."
"Iraq's new leaders are showing the openness and tolerance that democracy requires, and also the courage," Bush said. "Yet every young democracy needs the help of friends. Now the nation of Iraq needs and deserves our aid. And all nations of good will should step forward and provide that support."
Similarly, Bush said the United Nations must work together to confront the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that "could be used by terrorists to bring sudden disaster and suffering on a scale that we can scarcely imagine."
He urged the Security Council to adopt a resolution that criminalizes the proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and encouraged U.N. members to enact strict export controls and secure all sensitive materials within their borders.
"We are determined to keep the world's most destructive weapons away from all our shores and out of the hands of our common enemies," he said.
Bush reminded the group that "there is no neutral ground" when confronting the threat of terrorism. "All governments that support terror are complicit in a war against civilization," he said. "No government should ignore the threat of terror because to look the other way gives terrorists a chance to regroup and recoup and repair."
The events of the past two years, with terrorist attacks targeting innocent people in many parts of the world, he said, reinforce that those who practice terrorism have "contempt for life itself."
Terrorists and those who support them, he told the U.N. body, "have no place in any religious faith, have no claim on the world's sympathy and they should have no friend in this chamber."


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Iran May Have Lied About Successfully Sending a Monkey into Space and Back
Iran recently claimed to have sent a monkey into space, which supposedly returned to Earth unharmed in a successful mission. Now, serious doubt is being cast on Iran's claims. A number of publications have pointed out contradictory images that Iran offered as proof of the successful mission, and others quote both current and former scientists questioning whether Iran even has the know-how to achieve such a feat.
Inspection of the video and still images offered by Tehran suggests that the Iranians showed two different monkey. The monkey shown before the launch, strapped into a padded seat, looked to have light-colored fur and a red mole above its right eye. However, the monkey shown in a post-mission video wearing a tuxedo was dark-haired and had no mole above its eye.
These discrepensies have fueled speculation that the mission, whose coverage coincided with the 34th anniversary of the revolution that overthrew the Shah and imposed Islamic rule on Iran, was either unsuccessful, or never even happened at all.
According to the U.S. State Department, even they cannot confirm whether the Iranian launch actually took place. The State Dept. also noted that Iran is baned by United Nations Resolution 1929 from "any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using ballistic missile technology."
Here's a link to "The Times" article that sets the monkey photos side-by-side.
Those discrepancies have kindled speculate that the mission -- whose coverage coincided with the 34th anniversary of the revolution that deposed the Shah and imposed Islamic rule on Iran -- was either unsuccessful or never even happened.
Some suggest that the monkey's space mission may be a cover for something else. James Oberg, a retired rocket scientist and NBC News space consultant, said:
"[The mission may just be a] fig leaf you put on a military program you want to disguise or you want to camouflage. It's murky."
If Iran is in fact lying about the success of the mission, if there even was a mission at all, it wouldn't be the first time that Iranian officials have lied about tests. In 2008, the media arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps supplied a picture to western news agencies that was doctored to have added another missile to the scene, supposedly for dramatic effect. In 2007, a photograph distributed by the Fars news agency was allegedly edited to place U.S. tags on ammunition and weapons found in Iran.


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29 Nov 2012:
China is Largest Importer
Of Illegally Harvested Timber, Report Says
China has become the world's leading importer of illegally harvested timber, even as the growing economic giant has made strides in protecting its own forests,
according to a new report
. Drawing on its own investigative research and the work of Interpol, the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) estimates that China
now imports about $4 billion in illegal timber
annually to meet rising demand for construction materials and furniture. According to the report, more than half of China's raw timber imports are now coming from nations with "a high risk of illegal logging and poor forest governance," including Cambodia, Laos, and Madagascar. Meanwhile, the report said, the Chinese government has taken critical steps in preserving and re-growing its own forests. "China is now effectively exporting deforestation around the world," said EIA's Faith Doherty.
14 Nov 2012:
Algal Biofuel Blend
Reaches Market at California Gas Stations
A U.S. company this week
began pumping a mix of an algae-based biofuel and gasoline at gas stations in California
, a pilot project the company hopes will be a first step in providing a
large-scale alternative to fossil fuels.
The fuel, known as Biodiesel B20, contains 80 percent petroleum and 20 percent algae grown by San Francisco-based Solazyme. The fuel is produced in a fermentation process at Solazyme's Illinois plant that combines sugar with an organism company officials will not identify. According to the company, the new fuel blend produces 30 percent fewer particulates, 20 percent less carbon monoxide, and 10 percent fewer hydrocarbons than other biodiesel fuels. So far, the fuel is being sold for diesel vehicles at four gas stations in the Bay Area for $4.25 per gallon, which is also the average price right now for diesel fuel in California. But Propel Fuels, which is providing the infrastructure for the fuel delivery, hopes to make the fuel available at hundreds of California stations, said Matt Horton, Propel's CEO.
12 Oct 2012:
New Disney Paper Policy
Promises Responsible Use and Sourcing
The Walt Disney Co., the world's largest publisher of children's books, has announced
a dramatic shift in how the company will use and source paper
, vowing to minimize the amount of paper it uses overall and eliminate its purchase of irresponsibly harvested timber products. In an announcement, the multinational media company, which had been under pressure from forest activists, said it would increase its use of recycled paper and paper products certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and will avoid products coming from what it called "high conservation-value" and "high carbon-value" forests. In addition, executives say they will work with the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) and other groups to identify "regions with poor forest management and high rates of deforestation," including Indonesia, where rampant deforestation for pulp and paper products is decimating rainforests. The policy shift comes two years after RAN launched a campaign against Disney, citing evidence that its publishing arm, which produces 50 million books and 30 million magazines annually,
was using hardwood pulp likely sourced in Indonesia rainforests
28 Sep 2012:
Decline in Fisheries
Can Still be Reversed, Study Says
Although the majority of global fisheries remain in decline,
they can still rebound if managed sustainably
, according to a new study. In a comprehensive statistical analysis of the world's 10,000 fish stocks, nearly 80 percent of which are not regulated, a team of U.S. scientists found that the world's smaller, managed fisheries are in far worse shape than larger, regulated ones. But while those smaller fisheries, such as those for snapper, are in steep decline, "they're not yet collapsed," said Christopher Costello, an economist at the University of California at Santa Barbara and lead author of the study,
published in the journal
. According to the analysis, effective management of unregulated fisheries could boost global fish abundance by 56 percent. "If we turn things around now, we can recover them in a matter of years, not decades, and that has big implications for conservation and food security," Costello said. According to the study, major gains have been made in large fisheries, such as skipjack and albacore tuna,
where strong science-based management policies have been enacted
, including the closing of some areas to let stocks recover.
21 Sep 2012:
U.S. Fishing Catch Reached
17-Year High in 2011, NOAA Says
U.S. commercial fishermen landed more than 10.1 billion pounds of fish and shellfish in 2011, a 17-year high attributed in part to policies aimed at rebuilding fisheries nationwide,
according to a report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
. The annual catch was 22.6 percent greater than 2010 and, with a value of $5.3 billion, a 17-percent increase in value compared with a year earlier. Officials say catch increases are evidence that fish populations are increasing due to better fisheries management. While all nine of NOAA's fishing regions saw an increase in catch volume and value, much of the overall increase was a result of increased catches of Gulf of Mexico menhaden, Alaskan pollock, and Pacific hake. NOAA
said key fisheries remain at risk
, with disasters declared for the cod fishery in New England, oyster and blue crab fisheries in Mississippi, and Chinook salmon in Alaska's Yukon and Kukokwin rivers.
14 Sep 2012:
Japanese Set Goal
To Phase Out Nuclear Power by 2040
The Japanese government says it will seek
to phase out all nuclear power plants by 2040
, although officials suggested that the target remains flexible. The new energy strategy, which places a 40-year lifespan on nuclear reactors and limits construction of new plants, would continue a national shift away from nuclear power following last year's disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power station. Earlier this year Japan
suspended operations at the last of its 50 nuclear power stations
over public safety concerns. Most of the plants remain off-line. In announcing the new plan, Motohisa Furukawa, Japan's minister of state for national policy, left open the possibility that five reactors that will be younger than 40 at the end of the 2030s will be allowed to remain in operation. In addition, Furukawa indicated that the central government would ultimately bow to a newly formed nuclear panel over such policy questions, the
New York Times
reported. Nuclear power provided nearly 30 percent of the nation's electricity before the 2011 disaster, and many have questioned whether the country can meet its power needs without a nuclear sector.
12 Sep 2012:
U.S. Big-Box Retail Stores
Lead Surge in Solar Power Installations
A growing number of major U.S. companies, led by the nation's largest big-box retailers, are installing rooftop solar power systems to help cut energy costs and increase profits,
a new report says
. According to the report, released by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Vote Solar Initiative, more than
3,600 non-residential systems were activated
in the U.S. during the first half of 2012, led by retail giants such as Walmart, Costco, and Kohl's department stores, all of which have sharply increased their solar power installations in recent months. Among
the top 20 U.S. companies
by solar capacity, almost half are big-box retailers, according to the report. "Five or six years ago, you probably would have read about a pledge in an annual report about what they're doing for the environment," Rhone Resch, SEIA's chief executive, told the
New York Times
. "Now what you're seeing is it's a smart investment that they're making for their shareholders, and this is a standard business practice."
11 Sep 2012:
Small Forage Fish Species
Worth 20 Percent of Global Fisheries
The world's forage fish species — small, schooling fish such as herring and sardines that play a key role in the food web in marine ecosystems — represent
about 20 percent of the global values of all marine fisheries
, according to a new study. In a comprehensive analysis of dozens of food web models from around the planet, scientists from the State University of New York at Stony Brook calculated that these small fish contribute $16.9 billion to global fisheries each year, either as direct catch or as food for larger fish. According to their findings, the direct catch value for forage fish worldwide is $5.6 billion — with the largest market being the Peruvian anchoveta fishery — while the value of fisheries depending on these small fish is about $11.3 billion. "In addition to their value to commercial fishing and other industries that depend on them for their products, forage fish play valuable roles in global ecosystems while they are still in the water," said Ellen K. Pikitch, co-lead author of the study, published in the journal
Fish and Fisheries
30 Aug 2012:
Better Use of Fertilizer, Water
Can Feed Growing Population, Study Says
A new study suggests that the the world can meet the surging demand for food in the coming decades without rampant deforestation
if farmers make better use of fertilizer and water resources
. In an analysis of management practices and yield data for 17 major crops worldwide, researchers from McGill University in Montreal and the University of Minnesota estimated that yields for most crops can be increased 45 to 70 percent on lands already used for agriculture through more efficient fertilizer application and irrigation.
Writing in the journal
, the scientists found that the deployment of best-practice farming
could boost global yields of corn, wheat, and rice by 64 percent, 71 percent, and 47 percent
, respectively. In some parts of the world, including the U.S., China, and Western Europe, the study found that far more fertilizer is used than necessary, with much of it ultimately washing into waterways. Through more efficient use of that fertilizer, nutrients could be made available for use in Eastern Europe and Western Africa without adversely affecting communities in the U.S. and China.
29 Aug 2012:
India Approves $4 Billion Plan
To Add 6 Million Green Vehicles by 2020
The government of India has approved a 230-billion rupee strategy ($4.13 billion)
to spur increased production of electric and hybrid vehicles
over the next eight years, setting a target of 6 million green vehicles by 2020. The new plan, designed to reduce the nation's reliance on fossil fuels and cut carbon emissions, would attempt to close the gap between the costs of producing green vehicles in India and what consumers can afford to pay. The country's nascent electric and hybrid car sector slowed dramatically earlier this year when the government removed subsidies of up to 100,000 rupees per vehicle, Reuters reports. According to sources, the new plan would likely include cash subsidies for consumers, increased funding for research and development, and the creation of a charging network, sources said. While specific plans remain to be worked out, S. Sundareshan, the secretary of India's Heavy Industries ministry, said the government would provide 130 to 140 billion rupees, while private corporations would cover the rest.
27 Aug 2012:
Desalination Sector Surges as
Technology Improves, Demand Grows
A new report predicts that global investment in water desalination projects
will triple over a five-year period from 2011 to 2016
, driven by improvements in technology and a surge in companies entering the sector. According to Global Water Intelligence, investments in desalination plant installations will grow from $5 billion last year to $8.9 billion this year; by 2016, the report says, the sector could reach $17 billion. A critical factor has been the emergence of technologies that require less energy to make potable water from seawater, including a process called forward osmosis that uses less heat and power than existing reverse osmosis plants and could cut the cost of desalination by as much as 30 percent. Also driving this surge is growing demand in developing nations already facing water shortages, including China and India. "Those huge economies will not be able to step forward without a solution to water scarcity, and one of the solutions is going to be desalination," Avshalom Felber, CEO of Israel-based IDE Technologies, told Bloomberg News.
22 Aug 2012:
Solar Shingles Made from
Common Metals Offer Cheaper Energy Option
U.S. scientists say that emerging photovoltaic technologies
will enable the production of solar shingles made from abundantly available elements
rather than rare-earth metals, an innovation that would make solar
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energy cheaper and more sustainable. Speaking at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society, a team of researchers described advances in solar cells made with abundant metals, such as copper and zinc. While the market already offers solar shingles that convert the sun's energy into electricity, producers typically must use elements that are scarce and expensive, such as indium and gallium. According to Harry A. Atwater, a physicist at the California Institute of Technology, recent tests suggest that materials like zinc phosphide and copper oxide could be capable of producing electricity at prices competitive with coal-fired power plants within two decades. With China accounting for more than 90 percent of the world's rare-earth supplies, companies and nations are racing to find new sources of rare earth minerals, which are used in everything from solar panels to smart phones.
20 Aug 2012:
Process Turns Starbucks' Waste
Into Ingredients for Consumer Products
A team of scientists is working with the Starbucks coffee chain to develop a bio-refinery process that would convert the company's discarded coffee grounds and day-old bakery goods into a key ingredient for making plastics and other products. The process,
which will be described at a meeting of the American Chemical Society
, builds on existing technology that converts corn, sugar cane, and other plant-based products into the ingredients for biofuels and other consumer products. According to researchers, the process involves blending the bakery waste with a mixture of fungi that breaks down carbohydrates in the food into simple sugars. They are ultimately converted into succinic acid, a material that can be used to make a range of products, including plastics, detergents, and medicines. While most experts say using crops for such purposes would not be sustainable, targeting food waste is an attractive alternative, said Carol S. K. Lin, of the City University of Hong Kong, who was leader of the research team.
17 Aug 2012:
Triage System for Plant Species
Devised Based on Geographic Range
With an increasing number of plant species worldwide facing growing threats, from climate change to invasive species, a team of U.S. scientists has developed
a process to more rapidly evaluate those plants facing the greatest risks of extinction
. Writing in the journal
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Biodiversity and Conservation
, the scientists from the New York Botanical Garden describe a triage method to identify at-risk species based on data from plant research collections and geographic information systems (GIS) technology. According to the scientists, the standard conservation assessment process, developed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) — which uses a rigorous process to classify species as "extinct," "least concern," "endangered," and "critically endangered" — is limited because it requires large amounts of data that simply do not exist for most species. While there are 300,000 known plant species, they say, only 15,000 species have been evaluated under the IUCN process. As an alternative, they propose a simpler process that classifies species as either "at risk" or "not at risk" based on the key criterion of the size of its geographical range.
16 Aug 2012:
Ocean Health Index Evaluates
State of Waters Around the Globe
An international team of researchers has released
a new tool that evaluates the state of the world's oceans
, a so-called Ocean Health Index that its creators say provides the first comprehensive assessment of the relationship
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between the planet's marine regions and human communities. While previous assessments of ocean health were based on the level of "pristineness," this index is framed in terms of the benefits humans derive from the oceans and the extent to which communities maintain a sustainable marine environment. Using a wide range of criteria — including water quality, marine biodiversity, and the condition of coastal areas — the researchers ranked ocean areas worldwide on a scale from 0 to 100. According to their analysis,
published in the journal
, the global ocean received an overall score of 60, while scores for individual areas ranged from 36 to 86. The waters around Jarvis Island, near Hawaii,
ranked highest
; the waters off the West African nation of Sierra Leone ranked lowest.
09 Aug 2012:
Overuse of Groundwater
Threatens Global Supplies, Study Says
A new study finds that nearly one-quarter of the world's population
lives in regions where water is being used faster than it can be replenished
. Using computer models of global groundwater resources and water use data, scientists from Canada and the Netherlands calculated that the planet's "groundwater footprint" — the area above ground that relies on water from underground sources —
is about 3.5 times larger than the aquifers themselves
. The study found that in most of the world's major agricultural regions — including the Central Valley in California, the Nile delta region of Egypt, and the Upper Ganges in India and Pakistan— demand exceeds these reservoirs' capacity for renewal. For example, the groundwater footprint for the Upper Ganges aquifer is more than 50 times the size of aquifer. "This overuse can lead to decreased groundwater availability for both drinking water and growing food," said Tom Gleeson, a hydrologist at McGill University in Montreal and lead author of the study,
published in the journal
. According to the scientists, about 1.7 billion people, mostly in Asia, live in areas where water needs for humans and ecosystem services outstrip the ability of aquifers to replenish themselves.
06 Aug 2012:
California Meets 20 Percent
of Electricity Demand With Clean Energy
California power utilities are now achieving more than 20 percent of the state's electricity needs with renewable energy sources, state regulators say.
In its latest quarterly report
, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) said that the state met 20.6 percent of its
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electricity demand with renewable sources — including wind, solar, and geothermal — during 2011, up from 17 percent in 2010. In 2012, the report says, the state is on pace to far surpass that level. According to the CPUC report, 2,871 megawatts of energy capacity from clean sources has been added statewide since ambitious clean energy standards were enacted in 2003, and another 3,000 megawatts are expected to be added during 2012. A dozen utility-scale solar photovoltaic plants, with a combined capacity of 2,200 megawatts,
are currently being built in California
, while another 62 plants totaling 11,600 megawatts of capacity are being developed. The state's Renewable Portfolio Standard requires that 20 percent of electricity sold to customers be generated from renewable sources from 2011 to 2013; the target increases to 33 percent by 2020.
31 Jul 2012:
U.S. Meat Producers Call for
Pause in Ethanol Quotas in Wake of Drought
U.S. meat, poultry, and dairy producers are urging the Obama administration to suspend a quota for corn-based ethanol production, warning that the renewable fuels standard could trigger a food crisis as a prolonged
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drought pushes corn and soybean prices to record levels. In a letter sent to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a coalition that includes the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the National Pork Producers Council
asked for a one-year waiver on federal ethanol quotas
, saying that the ongoing drought in the U.S. Midwest has slashed the amount of corn available to feed livestock and poultry. The current renewable fuels standard would require that 13.2 billion gallons of corn-based ethanol be produced in 2012 and 13.8 billion gallons in 2013. In 2012, the meat producers say, those quotas would consume nearly 40 percent of all U.S.-produced corn. "The extraordinary and disastrous circumstances created for livestock and poultry producers by the ongoing drought in the heart of our grain growing regions
requires that all relevant measures of relief be explored
," the letter said.
30 Jul 2012:
Scheme Opens Papua New Guinea Forests to Foreign Loggers, Report Says
More than 5 million hectares (12.3 million acres) of community-held land in Papua New Guinea have been signed over to foreign and domestic corporations through a government leasing scheme, accelerating
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deforestation in the resource-rich nation,
a new Greenpeace study says
. Using data and mapping analysis and government information, the group found that about 75 percent of the leased forest land — or about 3.9 million hectares — is controlled by foreign corporations for up to 99 years through a so-called Special Agricultural and Business Leases (SABL) scheme. The report claims that many companies paid government officials to approve long-term leases and that in one case logging companies paid police to intimidate and assault landowners who opposed the leases. "People are losing their land and their livelihoods for up to three generations and their forests forever," said Paul Winn, leader of the Greenpeace Forests Team. Greenpeace says Papua New Guinea's logging exports increased 20 percent last year, due largely to the SABL scheme. The total amount of land leased through SABLs
makes up 11 percent of the country's land area
and 16 percent of accessible commercial forest.
19 Jul 2012:
`Great Green Fleet' Trial
Launched by U.S. Navy in the Pacific
The U.S. Navy this week held military exercises in the Pacific Ocean that used an
expensive blend of biofuels and conventional fuels to power 71 aircraft and three warships,
part of an ongoing effort by the Navy to develop alternative fuels for its global operations. The so-called "Great Green Fleet" initiative is a top priority of Navy Secretary Ray Maybus, who contends that the U.S. military must eventually free itself from dependence on fossil fuels "because unpredictable and increasingly volatile oil prices could have a direct impact on readiness." But numerous critics, including U.S. Senator John McCain, criticize Maybus' initiative as unnecessary and costly, noting that the 50-50 biofuel/conventional fuel blend costs $26 a gallon — more than six times the cost of conventional fuels. A Defense Department study said that the military will spend $2 billion more annually if it continues to pursue its biofuels experiments. About 90 percent of the biofuels was rendered from cooking oil waste and the remaining 10 percent was refined from algae. Maybus, speaking aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, contended that the rising costs of oil and breakthroughs in biofuel production will eventually narrow the price gap between conventional and alternative fuels.
09 Jul 2012:
Aquaculture Output To Rise
33 Percent Over Next Decade, UN Says
The global aquaculture sector
could produce 33 percent more fish for human consumption over the next decade
, an increase in production that will help feed a growing world population even as fisheries are overexploited, a new UN report predicts. More than 79 million tons of farmed fish, crustaceans, mollusks and aquatic plants are expected to be produced from 2012 to 2012, a 33 percent growth compared with just a 3 percent growth from capture fisheries, according to
the report from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization
. By 2018, the amount of fish raised in aquaculture will exceed the amount caught in the wild for the first time and will account for 52 percent of the total by 2021, the report states. This increased reliance on farm-raised fish comes as an increasing number of fisheries worldwide are exploited, with about 30 percent of fish stock now overexploited and another 57 percent fully exploited or very close to maximum sustainable production.
Living Building Challenge Aims to
Revolutionize Green Architecture
In the world of green architecture, no project has more stringent design criteria than the
Living Building Challenge
, a rigorous certification system that requires that structures follow 20 design "imperatives" across seven categories, from water and energy use to social
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equity and beauty. While the better-known LEED standards pre-certify buildings based on conformance of design specifications with best practices, the Living Building Challenge also judges buildings on actual performance, requiring a documented 12-month occupancy phase. Projects must also prove that
they exclude 14 banned materials
, including halogenated flame retardants and PVC plastics, through supplier audits for every product used in construction. Since its inception in 2006,the challenge has fully certified only
three buildings
and partially certified two others, raising questions of whether it will have real-world impact. But program director Amanda Sturgeon says the project's standards are already pushing architecture and design to be more progressive, sustainable, and accountable. "When teams start to ask their suppliers for every ingredient of every product, the message moves up the chain," she says.
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28 Jun 2012:
Cities in U.S. Northwest
Adopt Aggressive Recycling Programs
Seattle, San Francisco, and Portland, Ore., have all adopted stringent recycling programs that have generally been embraced by citizens in these progressive cities and have
significantly reduced the amount of garbage going to landfills
The New York Times
reports that Portland has cut the amount of garbage going to landfills by 44 percent by recycling a wide range of materials, including food scraps, and collecting garbage only twice a month. San Francisco, which has adopted even more aggressive recycling initiatives, now reuses 78 percent of what enters its waste stream, compared with the national average of 34 percent. This summer, Seattle is opening a mammoth new waste transfer station that will enable it to sort through and recycle a large portion of its garbage, the
reports. With citizens in these relatively small cities — all with populations under 800,000 — pushing for a zero-waste policy, Seattle says that by 2018 it will even provide some neighborhoods with containers to recycle dog and cat waste, turning the excrement into power using anaerobic digests.
27 Jun 2012:
Foreign 'Land Grabs'
Scooping up Key Agricultural Lands
From 2000 to 2010, foreign investors
bought or leased roughly 270,000 square miles of prime agricultural land
, most of it in the developing world, according to a report by the Worldwatch Institute. Half of the land was
in Africa, acquired by investors from China, the Middle East, and other countries and regions, Worldwatch said. Although the pace of what Worldwatch called "land grabs" has slowed somewhat in the last several years, private investors and state-owned companies are still buying and leasing land in the developing world to
ensure ample food supplies for citizens of land-poor countries.
Worldwatch said the land deals generally took two forms: "South-South regionalism," in which emerging economies invest in nearby countries, and North-South deals in which wealthy countries with little arable land buy up land in low-income nations. The report said the land deals usually resulted in the displacement of small-scale agriculture for industrial agriculture operations
that have more serious environmental impacts.
22 Jun 2012:
Rio+20 Summit Ends, With
Little Faith Seen in Government Solutions
Twenty years after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro promised an era of aggressive action on biodiversity loss and global warming, the United Nations Rio+20 sustainability summit ended Friday with recriminations and a growing sense that international institutions will
play an increasingly diminished role in solving environmental problems.
World leaders — with the notable absence of the heads of the U.S., U.K, Germany, and Russia — approved an agreement that lacked specifics, commitments, and measurable targets on how to promote sustainable economic development. Numerous conservationists and officials said that cities, local governments, the private sector, and environmental groups will now have to play the key role in fostering sustainable economic growth, slowing climate change, and preserving biodiversity. "The greening of our economies will have to happen without the blessing of world leaders," said Lasse Gustavson, executive director of the World Wildlife Fund.
21 Jun 2012:
A Tepid Agreement
Takes Shape at Rio+20 Summit
World leaders attending the UN's Rio+20 sustainability summit appear prepared to
rubber-stamp an agreement that has been widely criticized
by environmental groups and some government officials as ineffectual. As Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and other leaders arrived in Rio, participants at the conference seemed resigned to approving an agreement that fails to set concrete goals, timetables, or methods of financing for ensuring environmentally sustainable economic growth, particularly in the developing world. "Let me be frank — our efforts have not lived up to the measure of the challenge," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
said in opening remarks
. "Nature does not wait. Nature does not negotiate with human beings." Government officials and diplomats said that the host country, Brazil, was determined to avoid the chaos that surrounded the failed climate talks in Copenhagen in 2009. As a result, delegates from 193 countries drafted a non-committal agreement that heads of state are expected to sign with few changes on Friday.
19 Jun 2012:
Major World Cities
Cite Progress in CO2-Reduction Effort
Speaking at the Rio+20 sustainability summit, the mayors of New York City and Rio de Janeiro will announce that 48 of the world's largest cities are taking steps
to cut 248 tons of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020
, the equivalent of removing 44 million cars from the road for a year. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes said that four-dozen cities in the
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
are reducing emissions by launching energy efficiency programs, capturing methane in landfills, installing more efficient street lighting, and other initiatives. They cite the CO2 reductions as proof that cities can make significant progress on slashing greenhouse gases even in the absence of a global agreement on cutting carbon emissions. "We're not arguing with each other about emissions targets," Bloomberg told reporters in a teleconference. "What we're doing is going out and making progress." Bloomberg and Paes said that 59 cities have committed to cut their carbon emissions by a total of 1 billion tons by 2030, equivalent to the combined greenhouse gas emissions of Canada and Mexico.
18 Jun 2012:
Japan Feed-in Tariffs Approved
As Government Restarts 2 Nuclear Plants
Japan's struggle over its energy future was on display over the last two days as the government okayed
restarting operations at two nuclear power plants
while also approving an
ambitious renewable energy feed-in tariff
in which utilities will pay a premium for electricity generated by solar, wind, and geothermal power. After shutting down the country's 50 nuclear power plants following the Fukushima nuclear power meltdown, the government of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Saturday gave the green light to bring two nuclear reactors in western Japan back online. Despite public unease and a large street protest in Tokyo, the government said that post-Fukushima reforms had rendered the plants safe. Meanwhile, the government approved generous green energy feed-in tariffs as part of a
drive to significantly expand renewable power generation.
Under the feed-in tariffs, utilities will pay 42 yen (53 U.S. cents) per kilowatt hour for solar-generated electricity and 23 yen per kilowatt hour for wind-generated electricity.
15 Jun 2012:
Sharp Divisions Emerge
As Rio+20 Negotiators Seek Consensus
With the United Nations Rio+20 summit on sustainable development set to open next Wednesday, negotiators from developing nations
walked out of a key working group
over disagreements with wealthier nations about funding environmentally responsible development and the transfer of green technology. As negotiators attempted to forge an agreement, the G77 bloc of developing nations, led by China, proposed that wealthy countries finance a global fund for sustainable development with an initial annual budget of $30 billion. But European Union nations said they were unable to afford that because most EU states faced an economic crisis. Luiz Alberto Figueiredo, of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, rejected that argument, saying, "We cannot be held hostage to the retraction resulting from financial crises in rich countries." As 130 world leaders (with the notable absence of the leaders of the U.S., Britain, and Germany) prepared to arrive, a top Brazilian diplomat
lamented the summit's disparate blocs
, saying the traditional north-south divide was only one of many divisions.
07 Jun 2012:
Environmental Tipping Point
Is Nearing, International Study Says
The rapid warming of the planet, a soaring human population, the steady loss of biodiversity, over-exploitation of energy resources, and the degradation of the world's oceans are
driving the world toward an ecological tipping point,
according to a new study in
. Twenty-two scientists from five nations compared the major changes taking place today with previous ecological shifts — such as the end of the last Ice Age 14,000 to 18,000 years ago — that triggered mass extinctions of some species, expansions of others, and the creation of new global ecosystems. The paper said that while there is still considerable uncertainty as to whether the world is now approaching such a "state shift," many signs point to a future of ecological upheaval. "Given all the pressures we are putting on the world, if we do nothing different, I believe we are looking at a time scale of a century or even a few decades for a tipping point to arrive," lead author
Anthony Barnosky
, a biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, said in an interview.
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