Environment

GLOBAL DISCUSSION

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Climate Change:

The Earth's climate is changing. Temperatures are rising, snow and rainfall patterns are shifting, and more extreme climate events—like heavy rainstorms and record high temperatures—are already affecting society and ecosystems. Scientists are confident that many of the observed changes in the climate can be linked to the increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, caused largely by people burning fossil fuels to generate electricity, heat and cool buildings, and power vehicles.

Individual Rights:

Freedom is not a product of historical destiny, divine intervention or happy accident. Freedom is an intellectual achievement that depends on the vital concept of individual rights.

The right to life is the only fundamental right. It is the moral entitlement to engage in every type of action objectively necessary to sustain a human life. All other rights—including property rights, without which no other rights can exist—are implications of this bedrock right.

PRACTICE POSITIVE ENERGY

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When was the last time you heard someone else say they couldn't be happier? Happiness can be elusive. It can be fleeting. Too often, it can be lost in our modern world's swirl of stress, multitasking, and 24/7 news.

The fact is, today you are already thinking about what you'll be doing tomorrow.

Positive energy shows you how you can surmount the obstacles that disrupt and diminish your ability to enjoy life to its fullest, with awareness and connection.

Hydraulic Fracturing or FRACKING?

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The energy industry wants you to know that they are responsible operations and that natural gas is found throughout the world in underground formations, such as sandstone, carbonates, coal and shale. Gaining access to this gas involves drilling vertical, horizontal or multi-lateral wells to the target formation.

Various completion techniques, such as hydraulic fracturing, are then used to create an effective connection between the well and the targeted hydrocarbon-containing formation, thereby providing a pathway for the gas to be produced.

Demand Elected Officials Support Museum Services Now

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Dear public servant:

I am writing to ask you to sign on to the appropriations letter being circulated by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, requesting funding for the Office of Museum Services (OMS) at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). It is funded through the Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee.

Advanced Energy Conference

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Six months after Hurricane Sandy devastated the Eastern Seaboard and its energy grids, hundreds of the nation’s foremost experts from academia and industry, as well as a number of prominent elected officials and government policy makers, will convene for Advanced Energy 2013 April 30 to May 1 in New York City.

POSITIVE ENERGY

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When was the last time you said, "I couldn't be happier" Happiness can be elusive.
It can be fleeting. Too often, it can be lost in our modern world's swirl of stress, multitasking, and 24/7 news and information content. Today you are already thinking about tomorrow.

Positive energy is sure to guide us into greater personal happiness. It show us how we surmount the obstacles that disrupt and diminish our ability to enjoy life to its fullest, with awareness and connection.

Emergency Hearing on Subway Deaths

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On February 7, NYC Council Member James Vacca, who chairs the Transportation Committee, will hold an emergency hearing on the recent spate of deaths in New York City’s subway system and what the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is doing to prevent them.

So far in 2013, subway trains have already killed seven people. In 2012, 141 people were struck by trains, 55 fatally.

TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES

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After months of meetings and planning sessions, NYC’s public bike share program -- Citi Bike -- is hitting the street this summer! Your outspoken support for better bicycling in the Big Apple helped to make this program a reality. Thank you!

Transportation Alternatives wants to be sure we continue to advocate for the needs surrounding your daily bicycle trips. With the roll-out of public bike share getting closer and closer, we’re interested in finding out how you plan on taking advantage of this great new public transit option.

How will YOU use Citi Bike?

TRANSPORTATION NEWS

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Feds slam the breaks on 26 bus operations, which regularly transported more than 1,800 passengers every day along Interstate 95. These trips between New York and Florida have now been been halted for safety violations in our government's largest single safety crackdown of the motor coach industry.