Urgent Action Needed !

La Amistad International Park is a World Heritage site shared by Panama and Costa Rica. It harbors the largest intact virgin rainforest in Central America and is home to more than 115 species of fish, 250 species of reptiles and amphibians, 215 species of mammals, and 600 species of birds, including the endangered harpy eagle and tapir. La Amistad's rivers contain unique diadromous aquatic fish and shrimp that must migrate between fresh- and saltwater to complete their life cycles. Indigenous Naso and Ngobe peoples depend upon the biodiversity of the area, including fish species living in the Changuinola and Teribe Rivers.

But urgent action by conservationists is needed. This incredible World Heritage site is facing serious threats to its survival. Four pending hydroelectric dams will forever alter the free-flowing rivers so important to the park's ecosystem and extirpate many diadromous species by acting as impassable barriers. The resulting flooding will displace human populations too, and armed conflict has occurred between government agents and indigenous peoples; the potential for future conflict is high. The park is further threatened by increasing human encroachment activities such as cattle ranching, and it faces a lack of effective law enforcement and inadequate management.

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Global Warming Top Ten List - Scary

Global Warming by the Numbers

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Rank of 2006 as hottest year on record in the continental United States.

Rank of America as top global warming polluter in the world.

Percent increase of America's carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels since 1990.

Percent increase of America's carbon dioxide emissions forecasted by 2020 if we do not cap pollution.

Percent decrease in U.S. global warming pollution required by 2050 to prevent the worst consequences of global warming.

Number of days by which the US fire season has increased over the past 20 years - tied closely to increased temperatures and earlier snowmelt.

Number of people around the world who could be displaced by more intense droughts, sea level rise and flooding by 2080.

Number of U.S. mayors (representing 55 million Americans) who have signed the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement pledging to meet or beat Kyoto goals in their communities.

Number of federal bills passed to cap America's global warming pollution.

Number of times President Bush has mentioned "climate change" or "global warming" in his previous six State of the Union speeches.

Fuel For Car? Air! Hmmm...Dad Could Power His Own Vehicle!

India’s largest automaker is set to start producing the world’s first commercial air-powered vehicle. The Air Car developed by ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre for Luxembourg-based MDI, uses compressed air, as opposed to the gas-and-oxygen explosions of internal-combustion models, to push its engine’s pistons. Some 6000 zero-emissions Air Cars are scheduled to hit Indian streets in August of 2008.

This six-seater tax, which should be available in India next year, is powered entirely by a tank filled with compressed air.

By Matt Sullivan

Published in the June 2007 issue of Popular Mechanics

Keywords

• alternative energy
• tech watch
• auto technology
• fuel economy
• India
  

Barring any last-minute design changes on the way to production, the Air Car should be surprisingly practical. The $12,700 CityCAT, one of a handful of planned Air Car models, can hit 68 mph and has a range of 125 miles. It will take only a few minutes for the CityCAT to refuel at gas stations equipped with custom air compressor units; MDI says it should cost around $2 to fill the car’s carbon-fiber tanks with 340 liters of air at 4350 psi. Drivers also will be able to plug into the electrical grid and use the car’s built-in compressor to refill the tanks in about 4 hours.

Of course, the Air Car will likely never hit American shores, especially considering its all-glue construction. But that doesn’t mean the major automakers can write it off as a bizarre Indian experiment — MDI has signed deals to bring its design to 12 more countries, including Germany, Israel and South Africa.

Uh Huh From Ono - Just Imagine

ONO FINALLY GRANTS PERMISSION FOR CHARITY TO USE IMAGINE

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YOKO ONO finally granted permission for JOHN LENNON's peace anthem IMAGINE to be used for an awareness campaign after deciding she trusted the charity's intentions.
Since the ex-Beatle was murdered in 1980, Ono has turned down hundreds of requests from organisations wanting to use Imagine, but has now finally decided to give the OK to Amnesty International.
The 1971 song features on a new CD, Instant Karma: The Campaign To Save Darfur, otherwise made up of Lennon covers. The double album is raising money to benefit relief efforts in the war-torn region of Sudan.
Ono says, "I'm not afraid to say no. There are so many people and organisations who've had that same request, and I've said no to everybody.
"The Amnesty International people brought this proposal to me and I responded very quickly because I had been doing some projects with them before that and had a very good feeling about them.
"So in this case it was a big 'Yes'."

An Act Of Kindness? OR Marketing Ploy?

June 2, 2007 - 11:46PM

A rare sighting happened Saturday morning at a local gas station: People were smiling about the price of gas.

Yuma Community Church partnered with Sellers Petroleum,
to sell $2 gas to customers from 9 to 11 a.m. Read More Here...

Does God need a marketing program? No - but this new
church does. It plans to "market" itself once a month, by going
out into the community and giving something away. I am mixed
on this. I like that they are doing something practical, instead of
building fancy buildings, etc., but I wonder if the message is lost
in the quest for "customers". . .