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A morning fog shrouds the west bay of Grass Lake. If you look closely there is a very thin layer of ice in the bay and traces of snow from a November 21-22 storm. Photographed November 27, 2016 at Grass Lake Preserve in Vadnais-Snail Lakes Regional Park, Shoreview, Minnesota, USA.
parks.co.ramsey.mn.us/parks/Pages/snaillake.aspx
www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/Parks%20and%20Rec...
Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Sony AF DT 18-70mm lens on tripod.
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Windthrow, heat, drought and the bark beetle have taken their toll on the forest stands in the Sauerland-Rothaargebirge Nature Park (3,827 km²), here on the River Ilse between Banfe and Feudingen in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein.
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 23.02.2022
Windwurf, Hitze, Dürre und der Borkenkäfer haben den Waldbeständen im Naturpark Sauerland-Rothaargebirge (3.827 km²) erheblich zugesetzt, hier an der Ilse zwischen Banfe und Feudingen im Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein.
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland 23.02.2022
Evening twilight reflection on Watson Lake from the Front Range foothills overlooking Pleasant Valley. Photographed Wednesday, September 14, 2016 near the village of Bellvue, Colorado, U.S.A..
www.larimer.org/naturalresources/lions_open_space.cfm
Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Sony AF DT 18-70mm lens on tripod.
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From late October through early November milkweed plants open their seed pods with seeds attached to fluffy white plumes that look like tiny parachutes. The wind captures the seed plumes and some manage to land in suitable locations for planting. This series of images illustrates that beautiful succession of reproduction.
Common Milkweed [Asclepias syriaca] is a U.S. native prairie-grassland plant. It is commonly found in roadside ditches and park preserves, along the borders of farm fields and is becoming popular in residential gardens.
Milkweed is the only source of egg-laying for the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and the only food source for the monarch caterpillar larvae. Monarch butterflies feed on the nectar from many flowers and plants, but lay their eggs only on the milkweed. The hatched larvae [a striped caterpillar] feed on the milkweed leaves. Successful pollination and propagation of the milkweed provides nurseries for future generations of monarchs. Ironically this symbiotic interdependence threatens the existence of both the monarch and milkweed. Milkweed plants and monarchs are disappearing due to loss of habitat, stemming from land development and widespread use of herbicides and pesticides on agricultural land and gardens.
myaltonaforest.wordpress.com/2014/04/30/monarchs-and-milk...
www.ramseycounty.us/residents/parks-recreation/tamarack-n...
www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/Parks%20and%20Rec...
Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Sony AF 75-300mm lens on tripod.
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A cluster of dead Cottonwood trees that are still standing at Bobcat Ridge Natural Area in the Rocky Mountains foothills, near Masonville, Colorado, U.S.A. Photographed Friday, September 9, 2016.
www.fcgov.com/naturalareas/finder/bobcat
www.fcgov.com/naturalareas/pdf/bcr-brochure2014.pdf
Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Sony AF DT 18-70mm lens.
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Autumn colors in the maple-oak-aspen forest at Tamarack Nature Center, White Bear Lake Township, Minnesota U.S.A. Photographed October 12, 2016.
www.ramseycounty.us/residents/parks-recreation/tamarack-n...
www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/Parks%20and%20Rec...
Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Sony AF DT 18-70mm lens on tripod.
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Another perspective of the gold and scarlet autumn colors surrounding a forest pond at William O'Brien State Park. O'Brien State Park is located in the St. Croix River valley near the village of Marine-On-The-St. Croix, Washington County, Minnesota U.S.A. Photographed Thursday. October 13, 2016.
www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/william_obrien/index.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Croix_River_%28Wisconsin%E2%80%...
Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Sony AF DT 18-70mm lens on tripod.
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From late October through early November milkweed plants open their seed pods with seeds attached to fluffy white plumes that look like tiny parachutes. The wind captures the seed plumes and some manage to land in suitable locations for planting. This series of images illustrates that beautiful succession of reproduction.
Common Milkweed [Asclepias syriaca] is a U.S. native prairie-grassland plant. It is commonly found in roadside ditches and park preserves, along the borders of farm fields and is becoming popular in residential gardens.
Milkweed is the only source of egg-laying for the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and the only food source for the monarch caterpillar larvae. Monarch butterflies feed on the nectar from many flowers and plants, but lay their eggs only on the milkweed. The hatched larvae [a striped caterpillar] feed on the milkweed leaves. Successful pollination and propagation of the milkweed provides nurseries for future generations of monarchs. Ironically this symbiotic interdependence threatens the existence of both the monarch and milkweed. Milkweed plants and monarchs are disappearing due to loss of habitat, stemming from land development and widespread use of herbicides and pesticides on agricultural land and gardens.
myaltonaforest.wordpress.com/2014/04/30/monarchs-and-milk...
www.ramseycounty.us/residents/parks-recreation/tamarack-n...
www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/Parks%20and%20Rec...
Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Sony AF 75-300mm lens on tripod.
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It was a beautifully calm evening for capturing this reflection on Watson Lake, but minutes later a large, very dark rainstorm passed by to the north. Photographed Wednesday, September 14, 2016 near the village of Bellvue, Colorado, U.S.A.
www.larimer.org/naturalresources/lions_open_space.cfm
Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Sony AF DT 18-70mm lens on tripod.
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A morning fog shrouds the west bay of Grass Lake. If you look closely there is a very thin layer of ice in the bay and traces of snow from a November 21-22 storm. Photographed November 27, 2016 at Grass Lake Preserve in Vadnais-Snail Lakes Regional Park, Shoreview, Minnesota, USA.
parks.co.ramsey.mn.us/parks/Pages/snaillake.aspx
www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/Parks%20and%20Rec...
Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Sony AF DT 18-70mm lens on tripod.
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A morning fog shrouds the west bay of Grass Lake. If you look closely there is a very thin layer of ice in the bay and traces of snow from a November 21-22 storm. Photographed November 27, 2016 at Grass Lake Preserve in Vadnais-Snail Lakes Regional Park, Shoreview, Minnesota, USA.
parks.co.ramsey.mn.us/parks/Pages/snaillake.aspx
www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/Parks%20and%20Rec...
Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Sony AF DT 18-70mm lens on tripod.
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This painting was made by Vilas Nayak in less than 10 minutes on the spot at Palace Ground, Bengaluru during the "Rally for Rivers 2017". This depicts before and after implementation of the programme, scenario of our rivers.
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Obama Gives Biofuels a Presidential Jumpstart
By "Environment News Service", www.ens-newswire.com
To spur biofuels research and commercialization, President Barack Obama signed last Tuesday a Presidential Directive establishing a Biofuels Interagency Working Group. He announced his administration's notice of a proposed rulemaking on a national Renewable Fuels Standard and announced $786.5 million in additional Recovery Act funds for renewable fuel projects.
"We must invest in a clean energy economy that will lead to new jobs, new businesses and reduce our dependence on foreign oil," said President Obama. "The steps I am announcing today help bring us closer to that goal. If we are to be a leader in the 21st century global economy, then we must lead the world in clean energy technology. Through American ingenuity and determination, we can and will succeed."
The Biofuels Interagency Working Group will be co-chaired by the secretaries of agriculture and energy and the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and will operate in cooperation with the National Science and Technology Council's Biomass Research and Development Board.
The Working Group is tasked with developing the nation's first comprehensive biofuel market development program. It will use existing authorities and identify new policies to support the development of next-generation biofuels, increase flexible fuel vehicle use, and assist in retail marketing efforts.
The Working Group will coordinate infrastructure policies that affect the supply, secure transport, and distribution of biofuels.
And the Working Group will identify new policy options to promote the environmental sustainability of biofuels feedstock production, taking into consideration land use, habitat conservation, crop management practices, water efficiency and water quality, as well as lifecycle assessments of greenhouse gas emissions.
In his directive, the President called on Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to immediately begin restructuring existing investments in renewable fuels as needed to preserve industry employment; and develop a comprehensive approach to accelerating the investment in and production of American biofuels and reducing the nation's dependence on fossil fuels.
Secretary Vilsack told reporters on a conference call this morning that the President's directive creates an "exciting opportunity for USDA."
"USDA must stimulate investment, persuade existing biorefineries to convert away from petroleum fuel to biofuels, and it's an opportunity for communities to convert as well," Vilsack said.
"The directive reflects Obama's commitment to rural America, he said. "It will create clean jobs, provide additional income opportunities for farmers and ranchers, energy security for every single American."
"Our responsibility is crafted, directed and shaped not just by this Presidential memo," said Vilsack, "but also by the energy title of the Farm Bill. Resources are available to farmers to audit their operations on the farm. Steps can be taken to convert to biofuels and away from fossil fuels. Once the audits are finished they can apply to USDA for additional resources to convert their operations to renewable energy. We are a financing mechanism for these changes. First doing the audit, then encouraging farms to move away from dependence on fossil fuel will impact footprint of agriculture generally."
To create advanced biofuels like green gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels, the Department of Energy will oversee the $786.5 million commercial biorefinery effort. The biomass program will leverage DOE's national laboratories, universities, and the private sector to help improve biofuels reliability and overcome technical challenges.
The $786.5 million in Recovery Act funding is a mix of new funding opportunities and additional funding for existing projects. More than half the money, $480 million, will fund integrated pilot-scale and demonstration-scale biorefineries, and an additional $176.5 million will fund commercial-scale biorefinery projects.
Fundamental research in key program areas will get $110 million and $20 million will be spent for ethanol research.
"Developing the next generation of biofuels is key to our effort to end our dependence on foriegn oil and address the climate crisis - while creating millions of new jobs that can't be outsourced," said Secretary of Energy Steven Chu. "With American investment and ingenuity, and resources grown right here at home, we can lead the way toward a new green energy economy."
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Lab have been working on developing biofuels made from nonedible plants like prairie grasses, wood chips and harvested corn and wheat leftovers. They are close to achieving a U.S. Department of Energy goal - producing by 2012 cellulosic ethanol cheap enough to compete with conventional gasoline.
The President also announced the EPA's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the nation's first Renewable Fuel Standard. This proposal outlines the EPA's strategy for increasing the supply of renewable fuels to reach 36 billion gallons by 2022, as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.
Four categories of renewable fuels will be established: cellulosic biofuels; biomass-based diesel; advanced biofuels; and total renewable fuel.
In 2022, the proposal would require 36 billion gallons annually of renewable fuels, of which 16 billion gallons must be cellulosic biofuels; and 1 billion gallons must be of biomass-based diesel. At most 15 billion gallons of the renewable fuel mandate can be met with conventional biofuels, including corn-based ethanol.
Increasing renewable fuels will reduce dependence on foreign oil by more than 297 million barrels a year and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 160 million tons a year when fully phased in by 2022, the administration estimates.
For the first time, some renewable fuels must achieve greenhouse gas emission reductions compared to the gasoline and diesel fuels they displace. Refiners must meet the requirements to receive credit toward meeting the new standards.
EPA also will conduct peer reviews on the lifecycle-analysis methodology and the results for various fuels and feed-source combinations. Lifecycle refers to the greenhouse gas emissions over the life of the fuels.
"As we work towards energy independence, using more homegrown biofuels reduces our vulnerability to oil price spikes that everyone feels at the pump," said EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. "Energy independence also puts billions of dollars back into our economy, creates green jobs, and protects the planet from climate change in the bargain."
Nathanael Greene, director of Renewable Energy Policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said, "The opportunity to review EPA's proposal will help ensure that developing biofuels won't mean using our most fragile forests for fuel and that biofuels provide real benefits. We plan to submit comments on what EPA has gotten right and what must be improved to make sure the outcome serves our environmental and energy needs."
"We must develop biofuels the smart way, and we are encouraged that EPA Administrator Jackson has offered a science-based proposal to get this done," said Greene. "If we get the rules of the road right through policies such as this one, we can harness the ingenuity of America's farmers, foresters, and entrepreneurs to create a new generation of biofuels that will help create jobs and reduce our dependence on oil."
Bob Dinneen, president and chief executive of the Renewable Fuels Association, said, "President Obama is making clear once and for all that biofuels are critical to the nation's economic, environmental and energy strength. Investments in biofuels, like ethanol, are creating green jobs here at home, reducing America's foreign oil dependence, and helping to meet our environmental goals."
"America's ethanol industry faces an unprecedented set of opportunities as well as challenges," Dinneen said. "Revolutionary new technologies that turn once thought of waste materials into renewable fuel are very close at hand. These technologies will create the kind of economic and green job opportunities, as well as provide cleaner solutions to petroleum use, that President Obama desires."
"Yet, uncertainty remains for many of these technologies as unproven science and questionable logic are being used to penalize existing biofuel producers for carbon emissions occurring halfway around the globe for reasons that may have little, or nothing, to do with U.S. biofuel production," he said.
The ethanol industry is concerned that EPA has attempted to calculate indirect emissions that occur as a result of indirect land use changes from rainforest to biofuels crops, for instance, in the United States as well as internationally.
"The controversial notion of indirect land use changes impacts, including those happening outside the United States, are thought to greatly reduce ethanol's greenhouse gas benefit," said Dinneen.
"We welcome an open and robust science-based discussion of the indirect impacts of all fuels," said Dinneen. "The science of market-mediated, secondary impacts is very young and needs more reliance on verifiable data, and less reliance on unproven assumptions. Done correctly, such an analysis will demonstrate a significant carbon benefit is achieved through the use of ethanol from all sources."
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Come and join us to stop "Global Warming" -- Go Green
"GoGreenGoCycling is a concept of Cycling to work Encouraged & Supported by Group of professionals from various background. We not only Cycle to work but also organise GoGreen Campaign ride appealing to the community to use bicycles for regular commuting instead of using their Cars/Bikes. ""
From late October through early November milkweed plants open their seed pods with seeds attached to fluffy white plumes that look like tiny parachutes. The wind captures the seed plumes and some manage to land in suitable locations for planting. This series of images illustrates that beautiful succession of reproduction.
Common Milkweed [Asclepias syriaca] is a U.S. native prairie-grassland plant. It is commonly found in roadside ditches and park preserves, along the borders of farm fields and is becoming popular in residential gardens.
Milkweed is the only source of egg-laying for the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and the only food source for the monarch caterpillar larvae. Monarch butterflies feed on the nectar from many flowers and plants, but lay their eggs only on the milkweed. The hatched larvae [a striped caterpillar] feed on the milkweed leaves. Successful pollination and propagation of the milkweed provides nurseries for future generations of monarchs. Ironically this symbiotic interdependence threatens the existence of both the monarch and milkweed. Milkweed plants and monarchs are disappearing due to loss of habitat, stemming from land development and widespread use of herbicides and pesticides on agricultural land and gardens.
myaltonaforest.wordpress.com/2014/04/30/monarchs-and-milk...
www.ramseycounty.us/residents/parks-recreation/tamarack-n...
www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/Parks%20and%20Rec...
Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Sony AF 75-300mm lens on tripod.
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From late October through early November milkweed plants open their seed pods with seeds attached to fluffy white plumes that look like tiny parachutes. The wind captures the seed plumes and some manage to land in suitable locations for planting. This series of images illustrates that beautiful succession of reproduction.
Common Milkweed [Asclepias syriaca] is a U.S. native prairie-grassland plant. It is commonly found in roadside ditches and park preserves, along the borders of farm fields and is becoming popular in residential gardens.
Milkweed is the only source of egg-laying for the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and the only food source for the monarch caterpillar larvae. Monarch butterflies feed on the nectar from many flowers and plants, but lay their eggs only on the milkweed. The hatched larvae [a striped caterpillar] feed on the milkweed leaves. Successful pollination and propagation of the milkweed provides nurseries for future generations of monarchs. Ironically this symbiotic interdependence threatens the existence of both the monarch and milkweed. Milkweed plants and monarchs are disappearing due to loss of habitat, stemming from land development and widespread use of herbicides and pesticides on agricultural land and gardens.
myaltonaforest.wordpress.com/2014/04/30/monarchs-and-milk...
www.ramseycounty.us/residents/parks-recreation/tamarack-n...
www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/Parks%20and%20Rec...
Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Sony AF 75-300mm lens on tripod.
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The setting sun casts a golden glow along the shoreline of Watson Lake in Pleasant Valley near Bellvue, Colorado. Photographed December 26 2016.
www.co.lrimer.co.us/parks/lions_open_space.cfm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellvue,_Colorado
www.google.com/webhp?ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=bellvue+colo...
Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Minolta Maxxum AF 28-85mm lens on tripod.
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JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE DESTRUCTION OF HAMBACHER FORST, ONE OF GERMANY'S OLDEST FORESTS BY THE CORRUPT RWE CORPORATION. THEY DO IT JUST FOR PROFIT! WE WERE OVER 50.000 PEACEFUL PROTESTERS YESTERDAY, SUPPORTED BY LOCAL FARMERS. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING!
Two extremely good and necessary books on environment and strategies for the protection of life and future. Very competent and well researched and vittingly written. Good - though frightening - reads!
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For Swedish readers:
På grund av Miljöpartiets debacle har dessvärre också miljöfrågorna hamnat i bakvattnet. Men de är i själva verket viktigare än någonsin och alla partier borde enas om att hetta upp frågan och göra den angelägen igen.
Två bra böcker kan hjälpa till. Den ena av dem finns ännu inte på svenska men den till höger - Dave Goulsons - finns. Då heter den Galen i insekter men handlar varken om galenskap eller bara om insekter utan om vår globala miljö i stort om det hot den står inför. Lånen och läsen!
Evening twilight reflection on Watson Lake from the Front Range foothills overlooking Pleasant Valley. Photographed Wednesday, September 14 near the village of Bellvue, Colorado, U.S.A.
www.larimer.org/naturalresources/lions_open_space.cfm
Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Sony AF DT 18-70mm lens on tripod.
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Magistratsabteilung 49 - Forstamt und Landwirtschaftsbetrieb der Stadt Wien.
Part of Arbores. In occasion of the United Nationes International Year of Forests 2011.
DMC-G2 - P1220927 13.12.2011
Der Parteitag von den Grünen ist zu Ende. Abbau. Ich bin schwer beeindruckt, wie WENIG Müll die hinterlassen haben. Es geht alles, wenn man nur will! #diegrünen #bündnis90diegrünen #umweltschutz #umweltfreundlich #plasticfree #münchen #munich #moc #mocmünchen #plastikfrei #münchenistgrün #weiterso #sunflowers #sonnenblumen
Engine: Caterpillar C-12 380 HP six cylinder diesel
Transmission: Eaton-Fuller RTO(F)-14908LL
Photo courtesy of Auctions International.
On a chilly January afternoon the sun was visible for a brief time through the clouds above the Front Range foothills and Pleasant Valley near Bellvue, Colorado.. Photographed January 5, 2017.
www.co.lrimer.co.us/parks/lions_open_space.cfm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellvue,_Colorado
www.google.com/webhp?ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=bellvue+colo...
Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Minolta Maxxum AF 28-85mm lens on tripod.
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From late October through early November milkweed plants open their seed pods with seeds attached to fluffy white plumes that look like tiny parachutes. The wind captures the seed plumes and some manage to land in suitable locations for planting. This series of images illustrates that beautiful succession of reproduction.
Common Milkweed [Asclepias syriaca] is a U.S. native prairie-grassland plant. It is commonly found in roadside ditches and park preserves, along the borders of farm fields and is becoming popular in residential gardens.
Milkweed is the only source of egg-laying for the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and the only food source for the monarch caterpillar larvae. Monarch butterflies feed on the nectar from many flowers and plants, but lay their eggs only on the milkweed. The hatched larvae [a striped caterpillar] feed on the milkweed leaves. Successful pollination and propagation of the milkweed provides nurseries for future generations of monarchs. Ironically this symbiotic interdependence threatens the existence of both the monarch and milkweed. Milkweed plants and monarchs are disappearing due to loss of habitat, stemming from land development and widespread use of herbicides and pesticides on agricultural land and gardens.
myaltonaforest.wordpress.com/2014/04/30/monarchs-and-milk...
www.ramseycounty.us/residents/parks-recreation/tamarack-n...
www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/Parks%20and%20Rec...
Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Sony AF 75-300mm lens on tripod.
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Cil Yu Ha Vuong, K’ho native, who patrols the forests along with fellow community members. He remembers the old life they used to live before the implementation of the ADB-funded project. “In the past, we had a difficult life. We depended on slash-and-burn agriculture, clearing the forest, farming a spot for two years, and then shifting to another spot. We didn’t have enough food to eat.” Alternative incomes offered by the program have enabled them to pursue non-destructive forms of livelihood.
Video:
Resettled Communities in Viet Nam Learn New Skills
Forest Protection Boosts Income for Viet Nam Farmers
Read more on:
Greater Mekong Subregion Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Project
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This photomontage must shock… It represents soiled hands by polluter's behaviors on the Environment …
I would want that we are all conscious of negative impact that we can have on our Environment while adopting a lack of interest, negligent and/or ignorance behavior… to having chosen, since so many years, to be unaware of the risk linked to the exploitations of the off-shores, we rendered all responsible of what has just arrived… that does me hurt my heart for the wildlife and the flora threatened by this oil spill, and, for the local populations, who lived fishing and tourism…
Even if this worldwide economical crisis touched all us, we cannot continue to leave to produce itself of such pollution before acting… It is time to adopt responsible and solidarity behaviors for the protection of our Mother Earth… These solidarity behaviors will be reflected afterward on the social… and towards go out of the crisis…
I would wish that all together, we thank all the mobilized persons to attempt to stop this flow and to protect what again can be it save… Personally if I lived on the spot, I would have rejoined the courageous volunteers… Then, to all the Americans that can help, done it please, for the love of our Mother Earth…
Think about the Earth Day and this why this worldwide event was created (April 22, 1970, thanks to the senator Gaylord Nelson), and of there, the creation of the EPA in December 1970…
There is no longer any political membership when it is a matter to protect the Environment… It is time to act together and for the better one of all…
The LIFE (under all its forms) deserves to be lived for beautiful realizations. Small hands to the big hands, we all can realize big things for humanity, to become it future generations…
You can follow all the news, photos, videos and commentaries, through the official links below:
Deepwater Horizon Response - Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/page/2931/45531/
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response - FAQ's
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doctype/2931/52435/
VOLUNTEERING - I want to volunteer. Who should I contact?
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/542499/
Alternative technology, services or products - I have a technology, service, or idea to provide. How can I do that?
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/542511/
*Correction* Public urged to report breaks in boom along the Gulf Coast
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/551367/
Deepwater Horizon Response - Facebook
www.facebook.com/DeepwaterHorizonResponse
Deepwater Horizon Response – Oil Spill 2010 - Twitter
Photos of Deepwater Horizon Response - Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/deepwaterhorizonresponse
Videos of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - You Tube
www.youtube.com/deepwaterhorizonjic
Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response - Blog
feeds.feedburner.com/deepwaterhorizonresponse
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response – U.S. Department of Homeland Security
homeport.uscg.mil/mycg/portal/ep/home.do
EPA's Gulf of Mexico oil spill response
USGS Responds to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
www.usgs.gov/deepwater_horizon/
Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico – NASA
www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/oilspill/index.html
Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico – Office of Response and Resporation by NOAA’s National Ocean Service
response.restoration.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic_entry.php?RE...
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill – National Response Center (NRC)
At last, you can follow in photo the evolution of this oil spill and its impact on the environment, through the links below:
U.S. Department of the Interior on Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/usinterior/
Usepagov - EPA’s Deepwater Horizon Response on Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/usepagov/
Louisiana GOHESP on Flickr - The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness' mission is to lead and support Louisiana and its Citizens
www.flickr.com/photos/lagohsep/
Disaster unfolds slowly in the Gulf of Mexico
www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/disaster_unfolds_slowly...
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Ce photomontage doit choquer… Il représente des mains souillées par des comportements pollueurs sur l’environnement…
Je voudrais que nous soyons tous conscients de l’impact négatif que nous pouvons avoir sur notre environnement en adoptant un comportement désintéressé, négligent et/ou ignorant… En ayant choisi, depuis tant d’années, d’ignorer le risque lié aux exploitations de off-shore, nous nous sommes tous rendus responsables de ce qui vient d’arriver… ça me fait mal au cœur pour la faune et la flore menacées par cette marée noire, et, pour les populations locales, qui vivaient de la pêche et du tourisme…
Même si la crise économique mondiale nous a tous touchés, nous ne pouvons pas continuer à laisser se produire de telles pollutions avant d’agir… Il est temps d’adopter des comportements responsables et solidaires pour la protection de notre Mère la Terre… Ces comportements solidaires se répercuteront par la suite sur le social… et vers une sortie de la crise…
Je souhaiterais que tous ensemble, nous remercions toutes les personnes mobilisées pour tenter de stopper cette fuite et pour protéger ce qui peut encore l’être… Personnellement si je vivais sur place, j’aurais rejoint les courageux volontaires… Alors, à tous les américains qui peuvent aider, faites-le s’il vous plaît, pour l’amour de notre mère la Terre…
Pensez au Earth Day, et ce pourquoi cet événement mondial a été créé (le 22 avril 1970, grâce au sénateur Gaylord Nelson), et de là, la création de l’EPA en décembre 1970…
Il n’y a plus d’appartenance politique quand il s’agit de protéger l’Environnement… Il est temps d’agir ensemble et pour le meilleur de tous…
La VIE (sous toutes ses formes) mérite d’être vécue pour de belles réalisations. Des petites mains aux grandes mains, nous pouvons tous réaliser de grandes choses pour l’humanité, pour le devenir des futures générations…
Vous pouvez retrouver toutes les news, photos, vidéos et commentaires, via les liens officiels ci-dessous :
Deepwater Horizon Response - Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/page/2931/45531/
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response - FAQ's
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doctype/2931/52435/
VOLUNTEERING - I want to volunteer. Who should I contact?
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/542499/
Alternative technology, services or products - I have a technology, service, or idea to provide. How can I do that?
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/542511/
*Correction* Public urged to report breaks in boom along the Gulf Coast
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/551367/
Deepwater Horizon Response - Facebook
www.facebook.com/DeepwaterHorizonResponse
Deepwater Horizon Response – Oil Spill 2010 - Twitter
Photos of Deepwater Horizon Response - Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/deepwaterhorizonresponse
Videos of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - You Tube
www.youtube.com/deepwaterhorizonjic
Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response - Blog
feeds.feedburner.com/deepwaterhorizonresponse
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response – U.S. Department of Homeland Security
homeport.uscg.mil/mycg/portal/ep/home.do
EPA's Gulf of Mexico oil spill response
USGS Responds to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
www.usgs.gov/deepwater_horizon/
Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico – NASA
www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/oilspill/index.html
Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico – Office of Response and Resporation by NOAA’s National Ocean Service
response.restoration.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic_entry.php?RE...
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill – National Response Center (NRC)
Enfin, vous pouvez suivre en photo l’évolution de cette marée noire et son impact sur l’environnement, via les liens ci-dessous :
U.S. Department of the Interior on Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/usinterior/
Usepagov - EPA’s Deepwater Horizon Response on Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/usepagov/
Louisiana GOHESP on Flickr - The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness' mission is to lead and support Louisiana and its Citizens
www.flickr.com/photos/lagohsep/
Disaster unfolds slowly in the Gulf of Mexico
www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/disaster_unfolds_slowly...
Marsa Alam, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Egypt
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Zespół nowoczesnych urządzeń odpylających, zainstalowanych za kotłami parowymi zakładowej elektrociepłowni. Zadaniem odpylaczy jest usuwanie cząstek stałych, niesionych w gazach spalinowych z kotłów, które mogłyby trafić do atmosfery. Urządzenia przedstawione tutaj noszą nazwę cyklofiltrów i są szeroko stosowane dla kotłów małej mocy, stąd są popularne w ciepłowniach miejskich i niedużych elektrociepłowniach przemysłowych. Ruch spalin z kotłów w kierunku komina nadawany jest poprzez wentylatory ciągu. Po drodze spaliny przechodzą poprzez cyklofiltr. Część spalin trafia do zespołu cyklonów, umieszczonych w górnej części urządzenia, natomiast pozostała część do filtra workowego w jego dolnej części. W cyklonach, na zasadzie działania siły odśrodkowej, zwarte w spalinach pyły odrzucane są na ściany cyklony i spadają do leja, a oczyszczone spaliny trafiają do komina. Natomiast filtr workowy swoją konstrukcją przypomina odkurzacz, gdzie pyły z gazu zapylonego zatrzymują się na workach i są strzepywane impulsem sprężonego powietrza podczas tzw. regeneracji worków. Dzięki temu urządzeniu stężenie pyłów w spalinach wylotowych wynosi mniej niż 100 miligramów na metr sześcienny.
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A modern baghouses with induced draft fans at steam boilers.
This beautiful girl i drew for test about how some of us not making shower more then one a day and not using deodorants just for protect our mother nature:)
If seriously, its about environment protection in upcoming Elle magazine, but questions about deodorants and shower really exist.
My small part in saving planet just do not throw garbage and empty packs everywhere on street or leave it after barbeque, but im allways ready to go some far away just to help pinguins and clean stones after another oil wreck at the sea
Engine: Caterpillar C-12 380 HP six cylinder diesel
Transmission: Eaton-Fuller RTO(F)-14908LL
Photo courtesy of Auctions International.
The countryside of Da Nhim displays a mix of virgin forests and cultivated land.
Video:
Resettled Communities in Viet Nam Learn New Skills
Forest Protection Boosts Income for Viet Nam Farmers
Read more on:
Greater Mekong Subregion Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Project
Ulaanbaatar is the coldest capital city in the world. During winter temperatures can drop below -30 degrees Celcius. It is also the season when the air quality in the city drops to hazardous levels because of over-dependence in burning cheap raw-coal for heating and cooking. A marked improvement in air quality in the city is expected after a ban on the use of raw-coal was implemented by the government in Ulaanbaatar in May 2019.
Evening twilight reflection on Watson Lake from the Front Range foothills overlooking Pleasant Valley. Photographed Wednesday, September 14, 2016 near the village of Bellvue, Colorado, U.S.A.
www.larimer.org/naturalresources/lions_open_space.cfm
Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Sony AF DT 18-70mm lens on tripod.
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In front of the extent of the oil spill provoked by the explosion of the platform Deepwater Horizon, April 20 2010, the slowness of BP to react actively and his inability to close the winnow of security to 1500 meters of depth… the first too late reaction of local authorities, was to burn controlled portions of layer of oil, already complexed to water, in the form of an emulsion, with the intention of to slow down the progression of the oil spill in the direction of the coasts and its devastating impact to see irreversible on the coastal Environment of 4 American states: the Louisiana, the Mississippi; the Alabama and the Florida…
But, this first step was not without risk for the atmospheric and oceanic environment… The burning of these emulsions of heavy hydrocarbons products a double toxicity:
* in the atmosphere, while generating aromatic hydrocarbons polycycliques volatile, owing to the impoverishment in oxygen of the combustion (hydrocarbons recognized carcinogenic), and,
* in the ocean, an emulsion more again with difficulty to degradable and all also toxic…
It is unfortunate to see a so big oil group, such as BP, mobilized media since several years, on the protection of the environment, and to attempt conceal the extent of negligence to the devastating effects of one of their oil platform…
Let us hope that BP implies himself more generously and reasonably to finance all the expenses, absolutely all the present and especially the future expenses from the consequences of the oil spill provoked by the explosion of Deepwater Horizon, April 20 2010...
Message to the LEADERS and to all the SHAREHOLDERS of BP (British Petroleum):
Assume and come to terms totally the consequences of its acts, this is to rebound stronger and proves the interest of his presence on the market of the natural resources and perspectives of evolution in renewable energies...
Then, has you to choose the futuristic image of your BP group: winner or loser on the long term?...
You have the financial means to react and to repair before it is too late...
An error can be repaired if she is taken on time and efficiently... If you choose to continue to minimize this error instead of to assume it, she will drive to the loss of BP... The consumer is the King and a Boycott on a large scale can be even more dramatic that a so big Oil Spill…
I call for common solidarity: for all those that think to be able to bring their assistance, of all the manners that this is, you will find, through below the official links, all coordinated them necessary, and the responses to all your questions…
Deepwater Horizon Response - Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/page/2931/45531/
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response - FAQ's
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doctype/2931/52435/
VOLUNTEERING - I want to volunteer. Who should I contact?
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/542499/
Alternative technology, services or products - I have a technology, service, or idea to provide. How can I do that?
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/542511/
I invite you all to rejoin Deepwater Horizon Response on Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and You Tube… for following the evolution of the position in new, photos and videos …
Deepwater Horizon Response - Facebook
www.facebook.com/DeepwaterHorizonResponse
Deepwater Horizon Response – Oil Spill 2010 - Twitter
Photos of Deepwater Horizon Response - Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/deepwaterhorizonresponse
Videos of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - You Tube
www.youtube.com/deepwaterhorizonjic
Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response - Blog
feeds.feedburner.com/deepwaterhorizonresponse
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response – U.S. Department of Homeland Security
homeport.uscg.mil/mycg/portal/ep/home.do
EPA's Gulf of Mexico oil spill response
USGS Responds to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
www.usgs.gov/deepwater_horizon/
Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico – NASA
www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/oilspill/index.html
Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico – Office of Response and Restoration by NOAA’s National Ocean Service
response.restoration.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic_entry.php?RE...
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill – National Response Center (NRC)
At last, you can follow in photo the evolution of this oil spill and its impact on the environment, through the links below:
Photos of Deepwater Horizon Response - Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/deepwaterhorizonresponse
U.S. Department of the Interior on Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/usinterior/
Usepagov - EPA’s Deepwater Horizon Response on Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/usepagov/
Louisiana GOHESP on Flickr - The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness' mission is to lead and support Louisiana and its Citizens
www.flickr.com/photos/lagohsep/
Disaster unfolds slowly in the Gulf of Mexico
www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/disaster_unfolds_slowly...
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Devant l’ampleur de la marée noire provoquée par l’explosion de la plate-forme Deepwater Horizon, le 20 avril 2010, la lenteur de BP à réagir activement et son incapacité à fermer le vanne de sécurité à 1500 mètres de profondeur… la première réaction trop tardive des autorités locales, fut de brûler des portions contrôlées de nappes de pétrole, déjà complexées à l’eau, sous forme d’émulsion, dans le but de ralentir la progression de la marée noire dans la direction des côtes et son impact dévastateur voir irréversible sur l’Environnement littoral de 4 états américains : la Louisiane, le Mississippi ; l’Alabama et la Floride…
Mais, cette première étape n’a pas été sans risque pour l’environnement atmosphérique et océanique. Le brûlage de ces émulsions d’hydrocarbures lourds produit une double toxicité :
* dans l’atmosphère, en générant des hydrocarbures aromatiques polycycliques volatils, du fait de l’appauvrissement en oxygène de la combustion (hydrocarbures reconnus cancérigènes), et,
* dans l’océan, une émulsion plus difficilement dégradable et tout aussi toxique…
Il est regrettable de voir un si grand groupe pétrolier, tel que BP, mobilisé médiatiquement depuis bien des années, sur la protection de l’environnement, tenter de dissimuler l’ampleur d’une négligence aux effets dévastateurs…
Espérons que BP s'implique plus généreusement et plus raisonnablement à financer tous les frais, absolument tous les frais présents et surtout à venir des conséquences de la marée noire provoquée par l'explosion de Deepwater Horizon, le 20 avril 2010...
Message aux DIRIGEANTS et à tous les ACTIONNAIRES de BP (British Petroleum):
Assumer totalement les conséquences de ses actes, c'est rebondir plus fort et prouver l'intérêt de sa présence sur le marché des ressources naturelles et des perspectives d'évolution en énergies renouvelables...
Alors, a vous de choisir l'image futuriste de votre groupe BP: gagnant ou perdant sur le long terme?...
Vous avez les moyens financiers de réagir et de réparer avant qu'il ne soit trop tard...
Une erreur peut être réparée si elle est prise à temps et efficacement... Si vous choisissez de continuer à minimiser cette erreur au lieu de l'assumer, elle conduira à la perte de BP... Le consommateur est Roi et un Boycott à grande échelle peut être encore plus dramatique qu’une marée noire…
J’en appelle à la solidarité commune : pour tous ceux qui pensent pouvoir apporter leur aide, de quelques manières que ce soit, vous trouverez, via les liens officiels ci-dessous, toutes les coordonnées nécessaires, et les réponses à toutes vos questions…
Deepwater Horizon Response - Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/page/2931/45531/
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response - FAQ's
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doctype/2931/52435/
VOLUNTEERING - I want to volunteer. Who should I contact?
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/542499/
Alternative technology, services or products - I have a technology, service, or idea to provide. How can I do that?
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/542511/
Je vous invite tous à rejoindre Deepwater Horizon Response sur Facebook et Flickr, Twitter, sur You Tube… pour suivre l’évolution de la situation en news, en photos et en vidéos…
Deepwater Horizon Response - Facebook
www.facebook.com/DeepwaterHorizonResponse
Deepwater Horizon Response – Oil Spill 2010 - Twitter
Photos of Deepwater Horizon Response - Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/deepwaterhorizonresponse
Videos of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - You Tube
www.youtube.com/deepwaterhorizonjic
Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response - Blog
feeds.feedburner.com/deepwaterhorizonresponse
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response – U.S. Department of Homeland Security
homeport.uscg.mil/mycg/portal/ep/home.do
EPA's Gulf of Mexico oil spill response
USGS Responds to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
www.usgs.gov/deepwater_horizon/
Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico – NASA
www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/oilspill/index.html
Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico – Office of Response and Restoration by NOAA’s National Ocean Service
response.restoration.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic_entry.php?RE...
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill – National Response Center (NRC)
Enfin, vous pouvez suivre en photo l’évolution de cette marée noire et son impact sur l’environnement, via les liens ci-dessous :
Photos of Deepwater Horizon Response - Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/deepwaterhorizonresponse
U.S. Department of the Interior on Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/usinterior/
Usepagov - EPA’s Deepwater Horizon Response on Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/usepagov/
Louisiana GOHESP on Flickr - The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness' mission is to lead and support Louisiana and its Citizens
www.flickr.com/photos/lagohsep/
Disaster unfolds slowly in the Gulf of Mexico
www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/disaster_unfolds_slowly...
From late October through early November milkweed plants open their seed pods with seeds attached to fluffy white plumes that look like tiny parachutes. The wind captures the seed plumes and some manage to land in suitable locations for planting. This series of images illustrates that beautiful succession of reproduction.
Common Milkweed [Asclepias syriaca] is a U.S. native prairie-grassland plant. It is commonly found in roadside ditches and park preserves, along the borders of farm fields and is becoming popular in residential gardens.
Milkweed is the only source of egg-laying for the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and the only food source for the monarch caterpillar larvae. Monarch butterflies feed on the nectar from many flowers and plants, but lay their eggs only on the milkweed. The hatched larvae [a striped caterpillar] feed on the milkweed leaves. Successful pollination and propagation of the milkweed provides nurseries for future generations of monarchs. Ironically this symbiotic interdependence threatens the existence of both the monarch and milkweed. Milkweed plants and monarchs are disappearing due to loss of habitat, stemming from land development and widespread use of herbicides and pesticides on agricultural land and gardens.
myaltonaforest.wordpress.com/2014/04/30/monarchs-and-milk...
www.ramseycounty.us/residents/parks-recreation/tamarack-n...
www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/Parks%20and%20Rec...
Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Sony AF 75-300mm lens on tripod.
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Tthe Teddy-bear cholla in Joshua Tree National Palrk comes into its own for photographers when back-lit at sunrise or sunset. The back-lit needles just glow in this light. While we were photographing the sunrise at Barker Dam during our Joshua Tree workshop, I noticed this little cholla plant glowing against the boulders. When you are out during a sunrise or sunset and concentrating on the 'big picture', don't forget to look at smaller things you can use as design elements in your compositions.
Coal briquettes being packed and distributed around the ger district in Ulaanbaatar. Compared to raw-coal, the briquttes emits less smoke and ash. A city wide-ban on the use of raw-coal for heating and cooking has been implemented by the government in Ulaanbaatar since May 2019.
Buildings in Ulaanbaatar obscured by smog. Ulaanbaatar is one of the most polluted cities in the world. During winter when temperatures drop below -30 degrees Celcius, the air quality also drops to hazardous levels because of over-dependence in burning cheap raw-coal for heating and cooking. A marked improvement in air quality in the city is expected after a ban on the use of raw-coal was implemented by the government in Ulaanbaatar in May 2019.