New York Climate Change Governor Cuomo

Governor Cuomo has his priorities in order. The first step to ameliorate global warming is to use less energy, energy conservation. It saves energy and over time money. 

"First, we must begin by thinking about where and how we rebuild. The next generation’s infrastructure must be able to withstand another storm. We must also reduce the energy consumption that contributes to climate change — which means, for starters, upgrading our building codes."

Read more:

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/lead-climate-change-article-1.1202221#ixzz2CNrK1O6W

THE FRACKING COMPANIES ARE POISONING OUR DRINKING WATER and GOVERNOR CORBETT IS FINE WITH THAT

t won't be long until tracking chemicals begin to show up in Philadelphia's water. They can't be filtered out.


Pittsburgh's public drinking supply had been shut down by fracking companies dumping fracking chemicals directly into the Monongahela River. 

There telling me (the fracking companies) the sky's pink. And the sky is pink in Harrisburg.  Pittsburgh Councilman Doug Shields District 5 

Cement casings fail and gas leaks into groundwater.  


Well casings fail in 6% of wells immediately. Over a 30 year period 50% of well casings fail. -"Oil Feild Review" 2003. Dusseault, Grey
Gas well casings need to last forever. 


Cement failure caused the Deepwater Horizon gas explosion.

The gas companies don't want you to know that Tom Ridge was paid $900,000.00 to serve as chief spokesperson for the Marcellus Shale Coalition. 

Governor Tom Corbett was given $1.6 Million in campaign contributions by the gas industry. 

See;
INFORMATION FROM INDUSTRY SOURCES OVER WELL FAILURE FROM ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE:

New Anti-Fracking Film by Gasland's Josh Fox Targets Cuomo: 'Governor, What Color Will the Sky Be Over New York?'

POSTED: June 20, 11:30 AM ET | By Jeff Goodell

Cuomo’s Fracking Plan Condemned

by NORTH COUNTRY GAZETTE on JUNE 18, 2012

BRISTOL,PA—

The Delaware Riverkeeper condemns a plan reported by the New York Times and other media that Governor Cuomo will allow shale gas drilling and fracking to commence in the State.

Should humans be listed on the Endangered Species Act?

Without the Endangered Species Act Bald Eagles would be gone.


"Based on estimates of extinction risk, 262 U.S. species would probably have gone extinct between 1973 and 2003 had the act not been passed." 

"The polar bear is the first species to be officially acknowledged as being threatened by global warming. Humans, too, will be a cost for a melting world. By protecting polar bears, and reducing emissions, we could avoid impacts such as hurricane damage, real estate losses, energy costs, and escalating water costs--a projected price tag of almost $1.9 trillion annually by 2100 in the US alone."

From:

The Wild American Dream

by Joe Roman

Right now we're doing next to nothing to prevent the earth from becoming too hot for human existence. Some species will continue to exist without humans on earth. There may be a tipping point where no matter what we do the earth will be too hot for human existence. 

The Endangered Species Act works. How about listing humans on the Endangered Species Act?

Teenagers doing stream research on the Brandywine Creek

Classroom work is only a prelude to the real world. They may forget most of the american history or english classes in high school. For me this is real education. Education you never forget. 

Whetting a thirst for water research

June 15, 2012 | 0 Comment

Share

By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, CoatesvilleTimes.com

‘Brandywine Trek’ an educational odyssey for Coatesville teens

Tiger Mosquitos in Coatesville. PA

One of these girls landed on my hand. I was in my back yard in Coatesville. They bite in the daytime. If  you see one check around your home for any little thing that will hold water. They prefer things like lids and cans with water in them. They shy away from larger pools of water because their larvae have no competition in a soda can. Unlike some other mosquitoes they fly less than 200 meters.

The article below states  that they are a vector for West Nile Virus. My neighbor who worked for the EPA checking for West Nile said they are not as big of a West Nile Virus threat than some other mosquitoes.

See:

Aedes albopictus Tiger Mosquito 

Some common sense drilling regulations

House Democrats introduce ‘Marcellus Compact’ to fix flawed shale drilling law

Six-bill package puts Pennsylvanians first, not the multi-billion-dollar oil and gas industry

It might just be evolution at work

Our reluctance to accept the inevitability of the consequences of global warming may only be natural selection or survival of the fittest at work. We are on track to a Twenty Second Century coming and going without any humans alive to experience it.

The election issues like the economy, women's rights and other issues don't matter much when the real issue is survival of our human species.

Extreme weather might convince enough people that global warming is real to create a political tipping point, but that needs to happen before the earth reaches a tipping point in the survival of our species.

Right now it doesn't look good for my children or any human under 30 years old.

Like I said before, politicians need to keep in mind that their constituents will be extremely angry once there is no doubt among sane people that the earth is growing too warm for us to exist.