Showing posts with label Pollution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pollution. Show all posts

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Haze over India and Bangladesh

Haze over India and Bangladesh

This cloud, visible via Satellite is most likely an Inverse Convection of toxins, or other pollutants locked in place, like a Giant Salad bowl, turned upside down, or a fishing boat that has been capsized; where it retains that 'last bit of oxygen' you can breathe so you don't drown. There is also, a suction-like affect. That bubble is locked until a force or a chemical, possibly temperature change occurs.

A cloud this large is frightening. There are all sorts of life forms and weather patterns, currents that can be affected by an inverse convection, even birds, and butterflies and all of the other pollinators.


This would be a perfect time and place for some kind of giant Nitrous Oxide, detector, to find out the measurement of pollutants to fresh air. This area has been bombarded with harsh flooding and volcanic activity since Summer of 2010. This is highly alarming to me personally, but I do worry. Can we get a Giant NOX Detector?

I do not blame everything on the terrible practices of the human animal when it comes to disasters and clouds such as these. It is important to note that volcanic activity has been chugging along this ridge of the Earth more and more often.

There was an era of man, not so long ago, especially looking at the larger, Geological picture, where a movement of Love and concern for our Brothers and Sisters across the world. The Love movement was quieted and still remains a small trickle.

Concert for Bangladesh  The Concert for Bangladesh (Limited Deluxe Edition)


One of the most memorable things I can remember was The Concert for Bangladesh, where an outpouring of love and anointed music spread cross the world, and George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Star, Bob Dylan, sang to raise money and awareness. Everytime I hear this album, it brings back that spirit.



Wednesday, July 28, 2010

This Is Not A Move For Clean Energy! This is a Push for Nuclear, Natural Gas Extraction, and "Clean Coal"

The Department of Energy & Department of National Security Sign a Mutual Agreement!

I do not know who is really in charge of the U.S. Department of Energy, but they know the only way they will continue to have their Power and High Paying Jobs is to keep the Energy Companies putting out Dirty Energy.

So much money is made in Mountaintop-Removal Coal Mining, Nuclear Energy and Natural Gas Extraction, that there will never be Environmental Justice!

In Government Speak, a "Memorandum of Understanding" (MOU), is a little private negotiation that is made between government agencies to work together. The idea that the U.S. Department of Defense has been in the background making plans to "accelerate clean energy innovation & enhance national Energy Security - Is a frightening thing.

means if you protest against Natural Gas Extraction, or Nuclear Power, you can be considered an enemy combatant against National Security.

I have spent years, trying to give understanding to the regular everyday person who may not understand all of these acronyms and other Governmenteze that non-regulators or non-attorney are expected to understand. Out of 1000 people, maybe 3 or 4 will respond. In this case it is More than Vital that you contact your Senators, Representatives (sic), and President to let them know this is not acceptable, and it is NOT in the best interest of our Ecology or Economy.

It will be putting the same old boys who manipulated Regulations and Pollution Laws to benefit the Dirtiest Energy Providers. There must be a New Economy. There must be a Looking Up for our energy needs. These Energy Oligarchy's have been in charge, taking 20 - 30 percent of each Americans income per month...just to keep the lights on.

If this is not challenged now, and it is approved in all of its splendor, our Earth will not survive the completion of the 24 new Nuclear Plants, or legalization of "Clean-Coal Technologies" There is no such thing as Clean Coal. One more time, I am asking proponents of Honest Clean Energy to consider Energy from the beginning to end. Waste By-Products and the Environmental Damage done in obtaining resources for our Energy generation.

Stop this Today! I beg of you, please protest this with the people you voted into office!

Power from the Sun: A Practical Guide to Solar Electricity

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Cast Iron Manufacturer - Agrees to Resolve Environmental Violations - 14 States

(link) Department of Justice-Agreement Mewane vs. US for Environmental Violations - (Link)
Department of Justice: For Immediate Release:
 "Mewane Inc. Agrees to Resolve Environmental Volations at Manufacturing Facilities in 14 States"
McWane is an industry that makes cast iron pipes, valves, fire hydrants, and other cast iron products.

They have been operating under low cost and low count permitting levels for many years. Their violations are an excess of volatile organic compounds or referred to as VOC's. VOCs are an output from processing materials such as Cast Iron. Their violations are; storm water contamination, excess mercury emissions (or output - like a giant industrial fart). They also Agree to enhance Air Quality in one State.

According to the DOJ Release; from the Office of Public Affairs, McWane has already undertaken corrective steps to correct some of the violations. They are saying they have spent more than 7.6 million dollars in clean-up efforts.

These are the States:listed: Alabama, Iowa, Ohio, to be continued - technical difficulties...

(link) CAO or Consent to Administrative Order - they got sued
Essentials of Environmental Toxicology: The Effects of Environmentally Hazardous Substances on Human Health

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Enforcement & On-line mapping tools to view enforcement actions over $5B in 2009

EPA News Release by Date: December 23, 2009. Contact Deb Berlin berlin.deb@epa.gov 202-564-4914, 202-564-4355
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/3342886E4AA895DB8525769500589311

Today's release from the EPA Enforcement division are bringing tools to the public, that we may monitor the enforcement actions, fines, SIP's (State Implementation Plan), clean-ups, and completed reports, or the lack of such can be searchable.

G.I.S. Technology is finally becoming mainstream enough, that it has become remarkably easy to use and gather data from G.I.S (Geographic Information Services) mapping. Many of you have been using GIS and weren't aware, Google Earth, Google Maps, Map Quest, GPS...

Because of the advances in G.I.S. more and more public databases are being created. Public databases are generally the venue of Government agencies, because part of the determination of use of data mapping a G.I.S. page, narrows it down to agencies who have particularly accurate information.

Now, in many States Environmental Protection agencies have GIS databases that are available to the public, that they know what facilities are in their neighborhoods, the pollutants they emit, any Consent orders, what permit violations they may have had. Information on agency action or in-action are also available.

Today's announcement from the EPA lets the world see who the biggest and dirtiest polluters are and what your State is doing about it. This is also a good way to track ARRA (Stimulus Money) Grants that have been awarded and funded. Another step on transparency in government that is trickling down through this Government For and By the People.
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/reports/endofyear/eoy2009/index.html

Thank You for what you are doing. Please get involved, find out what pollutants are being dumped and pumped into your community, state and world. Without the support of the general public, the EPA and other regulating agencies are limited on the actions they can take. When the public takes an interest, emails, make calls and watch public notices, attend public meetings, follow who is appointed to commissions and if there are conflict of interest, public corruption, or like Connecticut; doing an amazing job protecting the Air and Water.

Get involved, be informed. That is something one will never regret. Especially when you make a difference for your community, family and world.

Thank you ~ Happy Holidays!!

Sunday, October 25, 2009

'"What's a gal to do?".

The newspaper industry cannot understand why there is a decline in membership, perhaps it is because we can get unbiased news from the Internet. From Sunday's Arkansas Democrat Gazette**:
  • "The Arkansas Pollution & Ecology Commission has re-tooled it's Web site in response to a customer complaint." is the first sentence of the article.
  • Ms. Nancy Felts Dunlap of Prairie County has been in dispute with Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality for months * regarding a permit granted to "a Prairie County drilling waste storage facility." The article only mentions one complaint.
  • Ms. Dunlap wasn't against the facility going in, initially. Shortly after the prairie Co. land farm started operating, problems with the neighbors started.
  • The Arkansas Dept. of Environmental Quality had already issued that permit with little regard for what any citizen, biologist, or geologist had to say.
  • Ms. Nancy Felts Dunlap and Arkansas is plum out of luck. [sees problem, complains, appeals and Nobody cares.]
  • The point is, this permit was granted. It stays granted.
  • So, where does this changing the website come in? After all of that, the Dem-Gazette titles the article: "Ecology panel revamps Web site criticized as misleading"
  • What is the whole story? It looks like we may have to look northward to get any real answers...*******
**Arkansas section-B, Page 7B, Obituary page, last article: Sunday,October25,2009***
www.adeq.state.ar.us/.../2009-07-20_Response_to_Motion_to_Dismiss.pdf
****www.adeq.state.ar.us/.../2009-08-03_Order_No_3(Recommended_Decision).pdf
*****http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/.../2009-07-08_PCLF
******http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/.../2009-07-27_Reply_to_Response_to_PCLF


*******http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/shale/2008/10/they_get_the_gold_mine_we_get.aspx *******