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Politics : Manmade Global Warming, A hoax? A Scam? or a Doomsday Cult? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (2256)	2/9/2011 9:42:24 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 4326

Enviro's Claim: Emissions control rules to create 1.4 million new jobs (New EPA Regs-New Costs) Penn Energy On-Line Reports 02-08-2011 \| RACookPE1978 Report: Emissions control rules to create 1.4 million new jobs Emissions control rules being proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will provide economic benefits and jobs across much of the U.S. in the next five years, according to a new report from Ceres, a network of investors and environmental organizations. The report found that the power sector will invest almost $200 billion total in capital improvements over the next five years. Total employment created by these capital investments is estimated at 1.46 million jobs, or about 290,000 jobs on average in each of the next five years. Among the states that will see the biggest job gains from this construction activity are Virginia, Tennessee, Illinois, North Carolina and Indiana. The study also finds that permanent operation and maintenance (O&M) jobs associated with pollution control installations and new generation construction will be created in all states. Although some O&M jobs will be lost because of projected retirement of older, less efficient coal plants, these losses will be offset by new O&M jobs, resulting in an approximately 4,200 net job gain across the 36 states studied. The new report evaluates job impacts under two Clean Air Act rules expected to be finalized in 2011: the Clean Air Transport Rule, and the Utility MACT rule. ---------------------------------------------------------------To download a copy of the report, visit ceres.org. ____________________________________________________________ Notice that this "study" - funded for and by the EPA and the environmental groups to "justify" the (very real) job losses and economic pain as energy costs are raised regionally to pay for these UNNEEDED changes in the emission control systems of existing power plants itself is propaganda tool. This 200 billion in "unneeded" new construction for unneeded new emission systems?

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (2256)	2/12/2011 12:13:01 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4326

Cold snap hits Mexico maize crop BBC News 2/11/11 bbc.co.uk A spell of unusually cold weather in northern Mexico has severely damaged the maize crop in the state of Sinaloa. Officials estimate the losses could amount to four million tonnes of corn - 16% of Mexico's annual harvest. President Felipe Calderon said everything possible must be done to re-sow the fields over the next two weeks. There are fears the losses could force up the price of the corn tortillas that most Mexicans eat with every meal. Officials say up to 600,000 hectares (1.5m acres) of maize have been lost to frost in Sinaloa, which is home to some of Mexico's richest farmland. At a meeting with Sinaloa farmers and state officials, President Calderon promised federal aid, credit and prompt insurance payments to help farmers get new crops in fast before it was too late in the season. "It is not an ordinary catastrophe or the simple loss of a harvest, but an emergency situation that demands a clear and forceful response from the authorities, a response that is not lost in bureaucratic delays," he said. "It's not just the billions of pesos that may be lost," he added. "We have to recover all we can because it is vital for feeding the country." Tortilla prices have already been rising in line with a spike in grain prices on global markets. In 2007 high tortilla prices provoked widespread protests in Mexico. Maize was first domesticated in Mexico and remains the main staple crop.