Sep 24, 2011 by whitehouse
President Obama explains that states will have greater flexibility to find innovative ways of improving the education system, so that we can raise standards in our classrooms and prepare the next generation to succeed in the global economy.
We here at Earth Day Network know all about special dates. After all, the first Earth Day in 1970 is widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement. Today Earth Day is observed in 192 countries and is the largest secular modern day holiday in the world. Now we’re seeking to help promote another special date on the calendar, one that is equally as important–Food Day.
Food Day is October 24, 2011 – Learn how you can participate
Food Day seeks to bring together Americans from all walks of life-parents, teachers, and students; health professionals, community organizers, and local officials; chefs, school lunch providers, and eaters of all stripes-to push for healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way. We will work with people around the country to create thousands of events in homes, schools, churches, farmers markets, city halls, and state capitals.
Food Day seeks to transform the American diet. It is about time that we all started eating real. Right now there are far too many people eating diets composed of salty, overly processed packaged foods clad in cardboard and plastic; high-calorie sugary drinks that pack on pounds and rot teeth, but have no nutritional benefit; and fast-food meals made of white bread, fatty grain-fed factory-farmed meat and French fries.
We want to get Americans cooking real food for their families again. We want fewer people at drive-thrus and bigger crowds at farmers’ markets. We want to celebrate fresh fruits, vegetables, and healthy whole grains-and to support the local farms and farmers that produce them. Food produced in a sustainable manner helps to keep pesticides and other toxics out of our water and ecosystems. When you buy food locally you also help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation of non-local food sources.
We are committed to:Reduce diet-related disease by promoting safe, healthy foods
Support sustainable farms & limit subsidies to big agribusiness
Expand access to food and alleviate hunger
Protect the environment & animals by reforming factory farms
Promote health by curbing junk-food marketing to kids
Support fair conditions for food and farm workers
We welcome you to join us in celebrating Food Day by hosting or attending an event. Transforming our diet is a big step in transforming the way we live so that we may be better stewards of the earth.
Sincerely,
The Earth Day Network Team
Here’s the latest:
Boehner, Cantor, and House Republicans are once again holding our government hostage — this time over disaster aid for victims of Hurricane Irene and devastating fires across the western U.S.
We’ve all seen what can happen when Republicans get their hands on FEMA. Now they are intent on setting a dangerous precedent that victims of natural disasters are fair game as political bargaining chips. It’s appalling.
FEMA is expected to run out of disaster relief funds early next week so we must act quickly. The entire government will run out of funds just a few days later.
Please contribute $3 or more today to help us hold House Republicans accountable for heartlessly holding up disaster relief funds to their political demands >>WWW.DCCC.ORG
When our friends and neighbors see their lives turned upside down by hurricanes or tornadoes, we should stand by them. Their hardship should never be used as an opportunity for Republicans to score points with their Tea Party base.
What’s so important that Boehner, Cantor, and House Republicans are threatening to hold up assistance for victims of natural disasters and shut down the federal government?
House Republicans want to strip funding for a green energy loan program that’s created or saved 41,000 jobs.
Instead of heeding President Obama’s call to create jobs, House Republicans have presented us with a callous choice: put more Americans out of work in this tough economy or risk a government shutdown and delay of critically-needed funding for disaster victims.
I reject that choice. Will you stand with us?
Contribute $3 or more today to help us hold House Republicans accountable for heartlessly holding up disaster relief funds to their political demands >> WWW.DCCC.ORG
Thank you for everything you do.
Steve Israel
DCCC Chairman
P.S. September 30th marks the first Federal Election Commission (FEC) fundraising deadline since President Obama introduced the American Jobs Act. Contribute by September 30th to show your support for this bill and House Democrats will triple match your gift!
just another rant …only it’s not mineI posted an article from the Union of Concerned Scientists … that so controversial question …read below. I want to thank the person who responded even though it was laced with a whole lot of patronizing … i get it … Global Warming is science not politics … unfortunately, some in politics don’t seem to know or get science enough to make intelligent decisions and while the person commenting may not agree but Global Warming became Political in the late 60’s under the Nixon era …ugh right? anyway, just thought i would share.
There are many hundreds perhaps thousands of published, peer reviewed scientific papers which contradict the unproven “Anthropogenic CO2 causes Global Warming” hypothesis.
Here is a sample.
An assessment of validation experiments conducted on computer models of global climate using the general circulation model of the UK’s Hadley Centre
(Energy & Environment, Volume 10, Number 5, pp. 491-502, September 1999)
– Richard S. Courtney
An Alternative Explanation for Differential Temperature Trends at the Surface and in the Lower Troposphere (PDF)
(Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 114, November 2009)
– Philip J. Klotzbach, Roger A. Pielke Sr., Roger A. Pielke Jr., John R. Christy, Richard T. McNide
Altitude dependence of atmospheric temperature trends: Climate models versus observation (PDF)
(Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 31, Issue 13, July 2004)
– David H. Douglass, Benjamin D. Pearson, S. Fred Singer
A test of corrections for extraneous signals in gridded surface temperature data (PDF)
(Climate Research, Volume 26, Number 2, pp. 159-173, May 2004)
– Ross McKitrick, Patrick J. Michaels
– Are temperature trends affected by economic activity? Reply to Benestad (2004) (PDF)
(Climate Research, Volume 27, Number 2, pp. 175–176, October 2004)
– Ross McKitrick, Patrick J. Michaels
A null hypothesis for CO2 (PDF)
(Energy & Environment, Volume 21, Number 4, pp. 171-200, August 2010)
– Roy Clark
A natural constraint to anthropogenic global warming
(Energy & Environment, Volume 21, Number 4, pp. 225-236, August 2010)
– William Kininmonth
A comparison of tropical temperature trends with model predictions (PDF)
(International Journal of Climatology, Volume 28, Issue 13, pp. 1693-1701, December 2007)
– David H. Douglass, John R. Christy, Benjamin D. Pearson, S. Fred Singer
A Climate of Doubt about Global Warming
(Environmental Geosciences, Volume 7, Issue 4, December 2000)
– Robert C. Balling Jr.
A 2000-year global temperature reconstruction based on non-treering proxies (PDF)
(Energy & Environment, Volume 18, Numbers 7-8, pp. 1049-1058, December 2007)
– Craig Loehle
An empirical evaluation of earth’s surface air temperature response to radiative forcing, including feedback, as applied to the CO2-climate problem
(Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, Volume 34, Numbers 1-2, pp. 1-19, March, 1984)
– Sherwood B. Idso
An upper limit to global surface air temperature
(Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, Volume 34, Number 2, pp. 141-144, June 1985)
– Sherwood B. Idso
As I said, for no good reason, these papers and many others like them are ignored by the IPCC and its followers. You may also read criticisms on the net about some of these authors, but you should also note that the criticisms are aimed at the person, not the work, and only rarely are there academic papers, that have been peer reviewed etc., published to contradict these authors, which of course is the proper scientific way to disagree in a situation like this.
Therefore as there is no “strong, credible body of evidence” as the above sample of papers show, one needs to examine more closely what the IPCC is claiming.
On one hand we have data that shows, or purports to show, that the climate is indeed warming unusually rapidly over the last 50 years or so. I say purports, as there is some
doubt about the accuracy of the data, however the climate may well be warming.
On the other hand, we have measurements of CO2 in the atmosphere that show that this has increased concentration has increased, as a portion of the atmosphere is only about 0.0213% since 1960, (dosn’t sound too much when you put it like that does it?).
Nevertheless it is true that anthropogenic CO2 has increased.
Now in order to prove that there is a connection between these two events that is proof of a causation factor, we need peer reviewed scientific publications that show this.
Alas there appears to be none. All of the IPCC conclusions are based on 1. That this rather weak correlation is actual proof, and or 2. On scientific model results, which being only hypothesis in themselves, are not proof either.
So one would expect something along the lines of the following:-
Published academic papers using at least one of the following methods to show that the “Anthropogenic CO2 causes Global Warming” is more than just a possibility.
1 Empirical proof that shows the causation factor of CO2 with respect of Global Warming.
2. Statistical proof of Anthropogenic CO2. Im sure you know that correlations are never proof.
3. Evidence for the “Anthropogenic CO2 causes Global Warming” hypothesis to be adopted over the null hypothesis?
Now I’m sure you do not need it, but just in case, here is a little reading to understand what these things are. Here is a site which describes what is needed for #3 which might help. http://www.experiment-resources.com/null-hypothesis.html
I think number three is the most important, because it means, that in order to consider the “Anthropogenic CO2 causes Global Warming” hypothesis as a better hypothesis over a null hypothesis (such as “The climate naturally changes anyway”) one has to explain how and why all the previous warmings occurred (At least three in historical times).
Now check out my blog and then see if you can find any academic papers that explain why the planet has heated up before, even though there was zero anthropogenic CO2 in the atmosphere.
If you or anyone else can address these short comings in the “official” science, then I would consider joining the UCS. You see, I respond to facts not political hype from interested minorities.
Cheers Roger
My response … i admit was not as serious, but his patronizing ways moved into a racial thing … ughI think the only thing that stood out from your lengthy comment is your nasty sign-off. I don’t even know you yet you’ve already decided to slap me verbally? You could have made a choice not to respond at all since you were feeling all nasty or ivy league like. If i could i would forward your info to UCS … their website is ucsusa.org … The article while not informative to you is one in which will at least bring about a dialogue and yes, i definitely am an interested minority …I am, quite sure you meant that in a bad way. I however will assume you were sitting on your high horse while writing such a clever response. I get a lot of articles, newsletters and membership requests from interesting sources on things that have an impact on me or my family so i post them so that others might have some information and some i happen to love and some are just shit…. both get posted if the topic is in the current News cycle. I don’t like being patronized but i get it. i receive info from gore and ucs; if you have information you want posted i will but this long response does nothing for me personally good bad or ugly because it’s just your personal opinion.
rogerthesurf said 2 days ago:My response most certainly is my personal opinion and it is also well supported by proven fact as well as being shared by an increasing number of honest scientists.
Cheers
Roger
http://www.rogerfromnewzealand.wordpress.com.
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the Senate Convenes: 3:30pmET September 26, 2011
The filing deadline for second degree amendments to the motion to concur in the
House message to accompany H.R.2608 is at 5:00pm today, Monday, September 26th.
If your Senator has a germane 2nd degree amendment
and would like to preserve his or her right to offer, please send a signed copy
of the amendment to the cloakroom prior to the deadline so that we may file it
for you. If you have already filed, there is no need to re-file.
The Reid motion to concur in the House message to accompany H.R.2608 with the
Reid amendment #665 (clean 6-week continuing resolution) was agreed to by a vote
of 79-12.
There will be no further roll call votes this week. The next roll call vote
is expected on Monday, October 3rd.
WRAP UP
Passed H.R.2005, the Combating Autism Reauthorization Act of 2001
Passed S.1280, Kate Puzey Peace Corps Volunteer Protection Act of 2011 with a
substitute amendment and a committee-reported amendment.
Discharged Judiciary and Adopted S.J.Res.22, A joint resolution to grant the
consent of Congress to an amendment to the compact between the States of
Missouri and Illinois providing that bonds issued by the Bi-State Development
Agency may mature in not to exceed 40 years.
Adopted H.Con.Res.81, correcting the enrollment of H.R.2608 with a title
amendment
Discharged Judiciary and adopted S.Res.275, designating October 30, 2011, as
a national day of remembrance for nuclear weapons program workers.
Adopted S.Res.283, designating the year 2011 as the “International Year of
Chemistry”.
Adopted S.Res.284, designating September 23, 2011, as “National Falls
Prevention Awareness Day” to raise awareness and encourage the prevention of
falls among older adults.
Executive Items:
Ratified Calendar #2, Treaty Document 110-23, Investment Treaty with
Rwanda
Ratified Calendar #3, Treaty Document 111-6, Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty
with Bermuda
Discharged Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee and confirmed
PN541, Mark D. Acton-Postal Regulatory Commission and PN542, Robert Taub-the
Postal Regulatory Commission.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
#281 Thomas M. Countryman – to be an Assistant Secretary of State
(International Security and Non-Proliferation)
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
#324 Constance Smith Barker – to be a Member of the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
#325 Robert J. Zimmer – to be a Member of the National Science Board,
National Science Foundation
#326 Arnold F. Stancell – to be a Member of the National Science Board,
National Science Foundation
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
#327 Walter A. Barrows – to be a Member of the Railroad Retirement Board
BARRY GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION
#328 Charles R. Korsmo – to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry
Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
#329 Charles R. Korsmo – to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry
Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation (Reappointment)
#330 John H. Yopp – to be a Member of the Board of Trustees for the Barry
Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
#331 John H. Yopp – to be a Member of the Board of Trustees for the Barry
Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation (Reappointment)
#332 – Marcos Edward Galindo – to be a Member of the Board of Trustees for
the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
#333 – Maria E. Rengifo-Ruess – to bea a Member of the Board of Trustees for
the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
NATIONAL BOARD FOR EDUCATION SCIENCES
#334 Robert C. Granger – to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the
National Board for Education Sciences
#335 Anthony Bryk – to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National
Board for Education Sciences
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY
#336 Matan Aryeh Koch – to be a Member of the National Council on
Disability
FINANCIAL STABILITY OVERSIGHT COUNCIL
#343 S. Roy Woodall, Jr. – to be a Member of the Financial Stability
Oversight Council
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
#347 S. Amanda Marshall – to be United States Attorney for the District of
Oregon
#348 John Malcolm Bales – to be United States Attorney for the Eastern
District of Texas
#349 Kenneth Magidson – to be United States Attorney for the Southern
District of Texas
#350 Robert Lee Pitman – to be United States Attorney for the Western
District of Texas
#351 Sarah Ruth Saldana – to be United States Attorney for the Northern
District of Texas
#352 Edward M. Spooner – to be United States Marshal for the Northern
District of Florida
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
#362 John A. Heffern – to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
the United States of America to the Republic of Armenia
UNITED STATES TAX COURT
#368 Maurice B. Foley – to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court
#369 Juan F. Vasquez – to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court
#370 Joseph H. Gale – to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
#404 David B. Barlow – to be United States Attorney for the District of Utah
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| 12:00:01 P.M. | The House convened, starting a new legislative day. | |
| 12:01:23 P.M. | The Speaker designated the Honorable Fred S. Upton to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. | |
| 12:01:54 P.M. | Today’s prayer was offered by Reverend Dr. Alan Keiran, Office of the United States Senate Chaplain. | |
| 12:02:13 P.M. | The Speaker announced approval of the Journal. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal stands approved. | |
| 12:02:19 P.M. | PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – The Chair led Members in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. | |
| 12:02:44 P.M. | The House received a message from the Clerk. Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Clerk notified the House that she had received a message from the Secretary of the Senate on September 23, 2011, at 2:56 p.m., stating that that body had passed H.R. 2832 with an amendment. | |
| 12:03:03 P.M. | The House received a message from the Clerk. Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Clerk notified the House that she had received a message from the Secretary of the Senate on September 23, 2011, at 3:29 p.m., stating that that body had passed H.R. 2646 and H.R. 2943. The message also stated the Senate had agreed to S. Con. Res. 27 and S. Con. Res. 29. | |
| 12:04:25 P.M. | The Speaker announced that the House do now adjourn pursuant to a previous special order. The next meeting is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on September 29, 2011. |
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