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[Sustain] Pharmaceuticals in Ground Water
by Martin Zehr 16 Apr '08

16 Apr '08

The National Ground Water Association ( www.ngwa.org

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Re: [Sustain] Vote on introduction of resolutions? Public Comment Allowed On Tuesday
by Eric Brooks 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

Supervisors are allowed to introduce measures directly to the Board on the Adoption Without Committee Reference calendar, especially when they are considered urgent. So Alioto-Pier has rightly put forward these resolutions in order to block the very imminent ICC contract. Public comment is allowed on such unheard measures during general public comment before the Board, which precedes the 'Without Committee Reference' agenda. Then, there are two possible results. Any supervisor can autonomously send the measures to committee without interference, or, if no supervisor so moves, there will be a vote on the items. Regardless, this our key moment to show the full Board of Supervisors that the entire Bayview, and environmental community, are strongly opposed to the combustion turbine plants. We must swamp the Board with comments on Tuesday. peace Eric Brooks asumchai(a)sfbayview.com wrote: >> How can they vote on resolutions that are being introduced and have not >> > been heard in committee. Please clarify! Ahimsa > > > > > > > Hi again all, > >> One more crucial note on the alert below: These items are open for >> public comment at the full Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, because they >> will be on the 'adoption without committee reference' calendar. Everyone >> should turn out for this critical hearing - Tuesday, April 15, SF City >> Hall, Room 250. Public comment begins on or shortly after 3pm. The votes >> on the items will follow. (To see the meeting agenda go to: >> http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=78792 ) >> >> previously I wrote: >> >> **Call City Hall To Fight Global Warming & Stop Polluting Plants** >> >> The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is about to send >> the worst possible message to our entire planet in the throes of a dire >> climate crisis, by making San Francisco the only major city in the U.S. >> to build a new polluting fossil fuel power plant! The plant is known as >> the Combustion Turbine Project, and two resolutions to halt its >> construction will be voted on by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors >> this Tuesday, April 15th. (See 'What You Can Do' further below.) >> >> A recently passed Community Choice renewable energy measure (which will >> bring San Francisco 50% solar and wind power within the next decade), >> and a new power transmission cable from the Northeast with enough >> capacity to meet half of San Francisco's daily electricity needs, make >> this polluting plant completely unnecessary. The SFPUC plans to site the >> Combustion Turbine plant in the already heavily polluted and >> economically marginalized Bayview Hunters Point district, which is 40% >> African American, and has high concentrations of other people of color >> and low income residents. (For more information see >> http://our-city.org/campaigns/index.html ) >> >> What You Can Do: >> >> Contact Supervisors McGoldrick and Ammiano today and strongly urge them >> to support the two resolutions that will halt the Combustion Turbine >> Project, and insist on the creation of a new 21st century energy plan >> for San Francisco which will no longer depend on fossil fuel power plants. >> >> Call: >> >> Supervisor Jake McGoldrick 415-554-7410 and >> Supervisor Tom Ammiano 415-554-5144 >> >> Sample Message To Stop The Power Plant: >> >> "Please strongly support Supervisor Alioto-Pier's resolutions to demand >> independent studies of the Combustion Turbine Project and to create a >> new 2008 energy plan for San Francisco." >> >> Thanks for your action and support! >> >> Eric Brooks >> Campaign Coordinator >> Our City >> >> ////This alert sent by://// >> >> //Our City >> 1028-A Howard St. >> San Francisco, CA 94103 >> 415-756-8844 >> >> For more information about Our City campaigns go to: >> http://www.our-city.org >> info(a)our-city.org <mailto:info@our-city.org> >> // >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sustainability mailing list >> Sustainability(a)sfgreens.org >> https://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainability >> >> > > > -- "I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves." -- Che Guevara

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[Sustain] FW: Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force Meets April 24 and April 25, 2008
by Martin Zehr 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:52:21 -0700 From: Pat.Rogers(a)CALWATER.CA.GOV Subject: Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force Meets April 24 and April 25, 2008 To: DELTA_VISION(a)LISTSERV.CAHWNET.GOV Delta Vision Listserve Subscribers -- The meeting notice for the April 24-25, 2008, Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force meeting, has been posted to the Delta Vison webiste at www.deltavision.ca.gov Meeting details are as follows: Meeting: Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force Date/Time: Thursday, April 24, 2008, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Friday, April 25, 2008, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Location: West Sacramento City Hall Galleria, 1110 West Capitol Avenue, West Sacramento, CA 95691 Thank you, Pat Rogers Communications and Public Outreach CALFED Bay-Delta Program 650 Capitol Mall, Fifth Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 progers(a)calwater.ca.gov ph: (916) 445-5593 fax: (916) 445-7297

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[Sustain] Follow Up On Power Plant Alert - Public Comment Allowed On Tuesday
by Eric Brooks 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Hi again all, One more crucial note on the alert below: These items are open for public comment at the full Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, because they will be on the 'adoption without committee reference' calendar. Everyone should turn out for this critical hearing - Tuesday, April 15, SF City Hall, Room 250. Public comment begins on or shortly after 3pm. The votes on the items will follow. (To see the meeting agenda go to: http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=78792 ) previously I wrote: **Call City Hall To Fight Global Warming & Stop Polluting Plants** The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is about to send the worst possible message to our entire planet in the throes of a dire climate crisis, by making San Francisco the only major city in the U.S. to build a new polluting fossil fuel power plant! The plant is known as the Combustion Turbine Project, and two resolutions to halt its construction will be voted on by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors this Tuesday, April 15th. (See 'What You Can Do' further below.) A recently passed Community Choice renewable energy measure (which will bring San Francisco 50% solar and wind power within the next decade), and a new power transmission cable from the Northeast with enough capacity to meet half of San Francisco's daily electricity needs, make this polluting plant completely unnecessary. The SFPUC plans to site the Combustion Turbine plant in the already heavily polluted and economically marginalized Bayview Hunters Point district, which is 40% African American, and has high concentrations of other people of color and low income residents. (For more information see http://our-city.org/campaigns/index.html ) What You Can Do: Contact Supervisors McGoldrick and Ammiano today and strongly urge them to support the two resolutions that will halt the Combustion Turbine Project, and insist on the creation of a new 21st century energy plan for San Francisco which will no longer depend on fossil fuel power plants. Call: Supervisor Jake McGoldrick 415-554-7410 and Supervisor Tom Ammiano 415-554-5144 Sample Message To Stop The Power Plant: "Please strongly support Supervisor Alioto-Pier's resolutions to demand independent studies of the Combustion Turbine Project and to create a new 2008 energy plan for San Francisco." Thanks for your action and support! Eric Brooks Campaign Coordinator Our City ////This alert sent by://// //Our City 1028-A Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94103 415-756-8844 For more information about Our City campaigns go to: http://www.our-city.org info(a)our-city.org <mailto:info@our-city.org> //

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[Sustain] Urgent! Call City Hall To Fight Global Warming & Stop Polluting Plants
by Eric Brooks 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Hi all, The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is about to send the worst possible message to our entire planet in the throes of a dire climate crisis, by making San Francisco the only major city in the U.S. to build a new polluting fossil fuel power plant! The plant is known as the Combustion Turbine Project, and two resolutions to halt its construction will be voted on by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors this Tuesday, April 15th. (See 'What You Can Do' further below.) A recently passed Community Choice renewable energy measure (which will bring San Francisco 50% solar and wind power within the next decade), and a new power transmission cable from the Northeast with enough capacity to meet half of San Francisco's daily electricity needs, make this polluting plant completely unnecessary. The SFPUC plans to site the Combustion Turbine plant in the already heavily polluted and economically marginalized Bayview Hunters Point district, which is 40% African American, and has high concentrations of other people of color and low income residents. (For more information see http://our-city.org/campaigns/index.html ) What You Can Do: Contact Supervisors McGoldrick and Ammiano today and strongly urge them to support the two resolutions that will halt the Combustion Turbine Project, and insist on the creation of a new 21st century energy plan for San Francisco which will no longer depend on fossil fuel power plants. Call: Supervisor Jake McGoldrick 415-554-7410 and Supervisor Tom Ammiano 415-554-5144 Sample Message To Stop The Power Plant: "Please strongly support Supervisor Alioto-Pier's resolutions to demand independent studies of the Combustion Turbine Project and to create a new 2008 energy plan for San Francisco." Thanks for your action and support! Eric Brooks Campaign Coordinator Our City ////This alert sent by://// //Our City 1028-A Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94103 415-756-8844 For more information about Our City campaigns go to: http://www.our-city.org info(a)our-city.org <mailto:info@our-city.org> //

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[Sustain] March Transpo/Sustainability WG Meeting
by Eric Brooks 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Hi all, Don Eichelberger and I were the only ones to meet last month so I figure we should just push the reset button and shoot for this month. Here's a proposed agenda: Joint Meeting: Transportation & Sustainability Working Groups When: Thursday, 3/27/08, 6:30PM-9:00PM Where: SFGP Office, 1028A Howard St - Assessing The Transit Effectiveness Project - McGoldrick's Elected MTA Charter Amendment - Peak Oil Taskforce Update - Maxwell/Peskin SFPUC Charter Amendment - Update On Mayor's Solar Programs and New Sandoval Solar Proposal - Update On Community Choice Energy project - Combustion Turbine Update - Forming an active working group members alert list for the Sustainability WG -- "I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves." – Che Guevara

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[Sustain] Fwd: Fwd: Wind Power Growth Blows Past Projections
by Don Eichelberger 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

This is great news for renewable energy. They are finally admitting it can make a difference and exceed expectations. Why do I worry that the renewal of the production tax credits, due to expire the end of this year, stand any chance of running in to obstacles? Maybe I'm just gun shy, and they will sail right through without ANY problems! Couldn't hurt to write our legislators and call for the continuation of wind power tax credits. Hopefully, Don >Begin forwarded message: >>From: Darcey Rakestraw >><<mailto:DRakestraw@worldwatch.org>DRakestraw(a)worldwatch.org> >>Date: April 10, 2008 5:23:07 AM PDT >>To: Darcey Rakestraw >><<mailto:DRakestraw@worldwatch.org>DRakestraw(a)worldwatch.org> >>Subject: Wind Power Growth Blows Past Projections >> >>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >> >>Thursday, April 10, 2008 >> >>Contact: Darcey Rakestraw >> >>(+1) 202.452.1992 x517 >> >><mailto:drakestraw@worldwatch.org>drakestraw(a)worldwatch.org >> >>Wind Power Growth Blows Past Projections >> >>Washington, D.C.Global wind power capacity >>rose 27 percent in 2007 to more than 94,100 >>megawatts, led by capacity additions in the >>European Union, the United States, and China, >>according to the latest >><http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5448>Vital Sign >>Update from the Worldwatch Institute. >> >>New wind installations were second only to >>natural gas in the United States as an >>additional source of power capacity and were >>the leading source of new capacity in the EU. >>In China, the estimated 3,449 megawatts of wind >>turbines added last year propelled China past >>the governments ambitious wind power target for 2010. >> >>The addition of a record-breaking 5,244 >>megawatts of wind capacity in the United States >>in 2007enough to power 4.5 million U.S. >>homeswas driven by the federal production tax >>credit and by renewable energy mandates in 25 >>states and the District of Columbia. The >>nations wind capacity now totals 16,818 >>megawatts, second only to Germany. The >>production tax credit is set to expire at the >>end of this year. If Congress acts quickly to >>extend the tax credit, the U.S. will likely >>pass Germany to lead the world in wind power >>within the next two years, according to Janet >>Sawin, a Worldwatch senior researcher and the author of the update. >> >>Germany remains the world leader in wind power >>capacity, with almost 24 percent of the global >>total (22,247 megawatts), but it experienced a >>lackluster year in 2007. Still, renewable >>energy resources now generate more than 14 >>percent of Germanys electricity needs, with >>about half of this coming from wind. Spain led >>Europe in new installations in 2007, now >>ranking third worldwide in total wind capacity >>(15,145 megawatts). France, Italy, Portugal, >>and the United Kingdom all experienced >>significant growth last year as well. In all, >>EU wind power capacity rose 18 percent in 2007, >>and the region is home to 60 percent of global installed capacity. >> >>China was the biggest surprise in 2007. Barely >>in the wind business three years ago, China >>trailed only the United States and Spain in new >>wind installations in 2007, and ranked fifth in >>total installed capacity (6,050 megawatts). >>However, an estimated one-fourth of this >>capacity remains unconnected to the grid due to planning problems. >> >>This explosive growth occurred amidst a >>backdrop of serious turbine shortages, a >>challenge that is expected to be ameliorated >>sometime in 2009. Despite higher costs due to >>turbine shortages, rising material costs, and >>increased manufacturing profitability, wind >>power remains competitive with new natural gas >>plants, and all conventional power plants have >>seen similar construction-cost increases. Wind >>power will become increasingly competitive with >>coal as more countries put a commodity price on carbon. >> >>The global wind market was worth an estimated >>$36 billion in 2007, accounting for almost half >>of all investment in new renewable electric and >>heating capacity. As many as 200,000 people are >>now employed in the wind industry worldwide. >>These numbers will only rise in the coming >>years as the EU seeks to meet aggressive 2020 >>targets for renewables and as the United >>States, China, and other nations realize their >>enormous potential for wind power. >> >>The wind industry has consistently blown by >>past projections, says Sawin, and it will >>likely continue to do so for years to come. >> >>END >> >> >>Note to Editors: >> >>To obtain the text of the full Update, visit >><http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5448>http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5448. >> >>To interview Janet Sawin, please contact Darcey >>Rakestraw at >><mailto:drakestraw@worldwatch.org>drakestraw(a)worldwatch.org >>or (+1) 202.452.1992 x517. >> >>Worldwatch E-mail list: If you would like to >>receive Worldwatch press advisories regularly >>or wish to be removed from this mailing list, >>please send your request to Darcey Rakestraw at >><mailto:drakestraw@worldwatch.org>drakestraw(a)worldwatch.org >>or call (+1) 202.452.1992 x517. >> >>About the Worldwatch Institute: The Worldwatch >>Institute is an independent research >>organization based in Washington, D.C. Through >>accessible, fact-based analysis of critical >>global issues, Worldwatch helps to inform >>people around the world about the complex >>interactions among people, nature, and >>economies. For more information, visit >><http://www.worldwatch.org>www.worldwatch.org. >> >>Darcey Rakestraw >> >>Communications Director, Worldwatch Institute >> >>1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 800 >> >>Washington, DC 20036 >> >>phone: 202-452-1992 x 517 >> >>cel: 202-210-0152 >> >>fax: 202-296-7365 >> >><mailto:drakestraw@worldwatch.org>drakestraw(a)worldwatch.org >_______________________________________________ >Sustainability mailing list >Sustainability(a)sfgreens.org >https://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainability Don Eichelberger DJ Fix Independent Productions Green Uprising Blog www.greenuprising.blogspot.com My You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctRp5rGJoUc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iySwwyZfDgE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r9rK8nPREA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5UbnJ0kUqo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SktIYTyC1U Donny Fix del.icio.us book marks http://del.icio.us/donnyfix The Hegelian/Marxist goal is emancipation. Marx said it best in 1843: "Human emancipation wll only be complete when the real, individual man (sic) is absorbed into himself the abstract citizen; when as an individual man, in his every day life, in his work and in his relationships, he has become a species-being (politically accountabe to the whole); and when he recognizes and realizes his own power as social powers, so that he no longer separates this social power from himself as political power."

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[Sustain] Fwd: April 12 SF health care meeting - Unions say no to insurance companies
by Don Eichelberger 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

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[Sustain] SF Peak Oil Task Force Needs A Rep For Renewable Energy
by Eric Brooks 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

pattgerber(a)gmail.com wrote: Peace All, The Peak Oil Preparedness (POP) Task Force needs an energy geek to fill a vacant seat. The ideal candidate is deeply knowledgeable about carbonless energy generation (solar/ wind/ tidal), both large-scale and small. If you or anyone you know would be interested, a copy of the application form is attached to this email. Thanks for any help you can provide. Free Tibet! Pat

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[Sustain] Fwd: Wind Power Growth Blows Past Projections
by Eric Brooks 10 Apr '08

10 Apr '08

Begin forwarded message: > *From: *Darcey Rakestraw <DRakestraw(a)worldwatch.org > <mailto:DRakestraw@worldwatch.org>> > *Date: *April 10, 2008 5:23:07 AM PDT > *To: *Darcey Rakestraw <DRakestraw(a)worldwatch.org > <mailto:DRakestraw@worldwatch.org>> > *Subject: **Wind Power Growth Blows Past Projections* > > *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* > > *Thursday, April 10, 2008* > > Contact: Darcey Rakestraw > > (+1) 202.452.1992 x517 > > drakestraw(a)worldwatch.org <mailto:drakestraw@worldwatch.org> > > > *Wind Power Growth Blows Past Projections* > > *Washington, D.C.—*Global wind power capacity rose 27 percent in 2007 > to more than 94,100 megawatts, led by capacity additions in the > European Union, the United States, and China, according to the latest > /_Vital Sign Update_/ <http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5448> from the > Worldwatch Institute. > > New wind installations were second only to natural gas in the United > States as an additional source of power capacity and were the leading > source of new capacity in the EU. In China, the estimated 3,449 > megawatts of wind turbines added last year propelled China past the > government’s ambitious wind power target for 2010. > > The addition of a record-breaking 5,244 megawatts of wind capacity in > the United States in 2007—enough to power 4.5 million U.S. homes—was > driven by the federal production tax credit and by renewable energy > mandates in 25 states and the District of Columbia. The nation’s wind > capacity now totals 16,818 megawatts, second only to Germany. The > production tax credit is set to expire at the end of this year. “If > Congress acts quickly to extend the tax credit, the U.S. will likely > pass Germany to lead the world in wind power within the next two > years,” according to Janet Sawin, a Worldwatch senior researcher and > the author of the update. > > Germany remains the world leader in wind power capacity, with almost > 24 percent of the global total (22,247 megawatts), but it experienced > a lackluster year in 2007. Still, renewable energy resources now > generate more than 14 percent of Germany’s electricity needs, with > about half of this coming from wind. Spain led Europe in new > installations in 2007, now ranking third worldwide in total wind > capacity (15,145 megawatts). France, Italy, Portugal, and the United > Kingdom all experienced significant growth last year as well. In all, > EU wind power capacity rose 18 percent in 2007, and the region is home > to 60 percent of global installed capacity. > > China was the biggest surprise in 2007. Barely in the wind business > three years ago, China trailed only the United States and Spain in new > wind installations in 2007, and ranked fifth in total installed > capacity (6,050 megawatts). However, an estimated one-fourth of this > capacity remains unconnected to the grid due to planning problems. > > This explosive growth occurred amidst a backdrop of serious turbine > shortages, a challenge that is expected to be ameliorated sometime in > 2009. Despite higher costs due to turbine shortages, rising material > costs, and increased manufacturing profitability, wind power remains > competitive with new natural gas plants, and all conventional power > plants have seen similar construction-cost increases. Wind power will > become increasingly competitive with coal as more countries put a > commodity price on carbon. > > The global wind market was worth an estimated $36 billion in 2007, > accounting for almost half of all investment in new renewable electric > and heating capacity. As many as 200,000 people are now employed in > the wind industry worldwide. These numbers will only rise in the > coming years as the EU seeks to meet aggressive 2020 targets for > renewables and as the United States, China, and other nations realize > their enormous potential for wind power. > > “The wind industry has consistently blown by past projections,” says > Sawin, “and it will likely continue to do so for years to come.” > > —END— > > > > *Note to Editors: * > > *To obtain the text of the full**/ Update/**, visit* > *_http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5448_**.* > > *To interview Janet Sawin, please contact Darcey Rakestraw at* > *_drakestraw(a)worldwatch.org_* <mailto:drakestraw@worldwatch.org>* or > (+1) 202.452.1992 x517.* > > *Worldwatch E-mail list:* If you would like to receive Worldwatch > press advisories regularly or wish to be removed from this mailing > list, please send your request to Darcey Rakestraw at > drakestraw(a)worldwatch.org <mailto:drakestraw@worldwatch.org> or call > (+1) 202.452.1992 x517. > > About the Worldwatch Institute:* The Worldwatch Institute is an > independent research organization based in Washington, D.C. Through > accessible, fact-based analysis of critical global issues, Worldwatch > helps to inform people around the world about the complex interactions > among people, nature, and economies. For more information, visit > www.worldwatch.org <http://www.worldwatch.org>.* > > Darcey Rakestraw > > Communications Director, Worldwatch Institute > > 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 800 > > Washington, DC 20036 > > phone: 202-452-1992 x 517 > > cel: 202-210-0152 > > fax: 202-296-7365 > > _drakestraw(a)worldwatch.org_ <mailto:drakestraw@worldwatch.org> >

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