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  1. Deal nearing on Senate climate bill. 3/18/10. Senate close to compromise climate change bill. reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62G3YG20100318
  2. Global Trade’s Dirty Secret: Outsourced Emissions. http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/41094
  3. Speculation the bill could take a "sectoral approach" by carbon-pricing utilities, which account for about 40 percent of GHG emissions
  4. Cap-and-trade plan dead says Senator Graham, looking for a compromise bill that doesn't involve C&T www.enn.com/pollution/article/41065
  5. MOVES Fed Reg link is http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-4312.pdf. It's a nerd thing but important if you're this kind of nerd.
  6. Fed Reg notice of MOVES model today. Any transportation conformity assessment MUST use within 2 years. So SIPs will need to use very soon
  7. @onesage which brings to mind that thought can't exist without consciousness but consciousness does NOT need thought
  8. Today: EPA Announces $7.8 million in Grants to 20 Climate Showcase Communities epa.gov/statelocalclimate/local/showcase/
  9. Great chart of climate 70 mil years ago 'til now. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00654/Climate_through_the_654853a.jpg
  10. Michigan Green Incentives Expected To Create 2,500 Jobs in Solar, wind and advance battery technologies www.freep.com/article/20100225
  11. Sen Bernie Sanders of VT: "10 Million Solar Roofs and 10 Million Gal of Solar Water Heating" to help fund installation of rooftop solar
  12. There is sufficient roof space in the United States to meet 20 percent of our electricity needs simply by installing solar panels.
  13. Urban Farming? Michael Ableman, farmer, author, photographer, on community and sustainable food sources. www.fieldsofplenty.com
  14. Innovations in Pricing of Transportation Systems: Workshop and Conference May 13-14, 2010, in Orlando, Florida. conferences.dce.ufl.edu
  15. Reading Paul Hawken's Blessed Unrest: how the largest social movement in history restoring grace, justice and beauty to the world
  16. If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...Thoreau
  17. Facing Climate Change is a long-term documentary project that tells the story of global change through local people. Check BlueEarth.org