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Majora Carter & Judy Bonds

November 17th, 2008
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Majora Carter: Greening The Ghetto
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Sustainable South Bronx
ssbx.org
The Majora Carter Group
majoracartergroup.com
We wanted to share this image with all of you. This is a picture of Majora Carter and our very own Judy Bonds. Majora is someone we admire greatly. She is the founder of Sustainable South Bronx (SSBx) and president of the Majora Carter Group, LLC

photo by James Chase


The Mission Statement of Sustainable South Bronx:

Environmental Justice Solutions

through innovative, economically sustainable projects

informed by community needs

 ... SSBx addresses land-use, energy, transportation, water & waste policy, and education to advance the environmental and economic rebirth of the South Bronx, and inspire solutions in areas like it across the nation and around the world.


see video... Majora Carter: Greening The Ghetto

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a few quotes about Majora Carter from www.majoracartergroup.com:


"One of the 50 Most Influential Women in NYC"  2007 and 2008
- New York Post

 "One of 25 Most Influential African Americans" 2007
- Essence Magazine"New York City's most influential environmentalist"
- BBC World service
 
"Majora has more of what Gandhi called "satyagraha" - a palpable, almost physical projection of the feeling and power of truth---than anyone I have met in decades"
- Dr Larry Brilliant, Google.org

"She is the grand-daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King"
- Tom Brokaw
 
Posted by: Nick Regalado
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2008 Fall Student Summit

October 27th, 2008
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Fall Summit Registration
Come and tell the world MTR must end!
Coal River Mountain Watch, along with the Student Environmental Action Coalition and Southern Energy Network are hosting the 4th Annual Fall Student Summit in the Coal River Valley on November 21-23.  Join us to learn about the past, present and future of the fight against Mountaintop Removal and other abuses of the coal industry.

We will be talking with local residents who have been fighting mountaintop removal, taking a trip to Kayford Mountain to see MTR first hand, and meeting and networking with students from across Appalachia and the Southeast.  There will be talks on all our current projects, from the Coal River Wind Project to Sludge Safety and our joint campaign to get national legislation passed.  The Campaign is in full swing and the youth are a huge part of it.

Past summits have been amazing events by all accounts and they only look to be getting better.  Make sure to Register to be part of the weekend.



 
Posted by: Matt Noerpel
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Ivan Steifel wins Brower Youth Award

October 20th, 2008
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Brower Youth Awards
Mountain Justice Spring Break
Our good friend Ivan Steifel was given the Brower Youth Award for his work student organizing in West Virginia around Mountaintop Removal and other environmental and Social Justice issues.  Along with many other accomplishments, Ivan was an integral part of making Mountain Justice Spring Break happen.  The folks over at Earth Island Institute made this short video about Ivan and his work:


 
Posted by: Matt Noerpel
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Coal River Wind on CNN

October 7th, 2008
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The battle over Coal River Mountain
CNN
CNN ran a story on the Coal River Wind Farm this morning.  Watch the video and be sure to read the whole story on CNN.

 
Posted by: Matt Noerpel
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Alternative Energy Clock Co2 Emissions

October 2nd, 2008

List of countries by emissions

Rank  ↓ Country  ↓ Annual CO2 emissions
(in thousands of metric tons)  ↓		 Percentage of total emissions[7]  ↓
-  World 27,245,758 100.0 %
1  United States [8] 6,049,435 22.2 %
2  China and  Taiwan 5,010,170 18.4 %
-  European Union 4,001,222 14.7 %
3  Russia 1,524,993 5.6 %
4  India 1,342,962 4.9 %
5  Japan 1,257,963 4.6 %
6  Germany 860,522 3.1 %
7  Canada 639,403 2.3 %
8  United Kingdom 587,261 2.2 %
9  South Korea 465,643 1.7 %
10  Italy [9] 449,948 1.7 %
11  Mexico 438,022 1.6 %
12  South Africa 437,032 1.6 %
13  Iran 433,571 1.6 %
14  Indonesia 378,250 1.4 %
15  France [10] 373,693 1.4 %
16  Brazil 331,795 1.2 %
17  Spain 330,497 1.2 %
18  Ukraine 330,039 1.2 %
19  Australia 326,757 1.2 %
20  Saudi Arabia 308,393 1.1 %
21  Poland 307,238 1.1 %
22  Thailand 268,082 1.0 %
23  Turkey 226,125 0.8 %
24  Kazakhstan 200,278 0.7 %
25  Algeria 194,001 0.7 %
26  Malaysia 177,584 0.7 %
27  Venezuela 172,623 0.6 %
28  Egypt 158,237 0.6 %
29  United Arab Emirates 149,188 0.5 %
30  Netherlands 142,061 0.5 %
31  Argentina 141,786 0.5 %
32  Uzbekistan 137,907 0.5 %
33  Pakistan 125,669 0.5 %
34  Czech Republic 116,991 0.4 %
35  Nigeria 114,025 0.4 %
36  Belgium 100,716 0.4 %
37  Kuwait 99,364 0.4 %
38  Vietnam 98,663 0.4 %
39  Greece 96,695 0.4 %
40  Romania 90,425 0.3 %
42  Iraq 81,652 0.3 %
43  Philippines 80,512 0.3 %
44  North Korea 79,111 0.3 %
45  Israel 71,247 0.3 %
46  Austria 69,846 0.3 %
47  Syria 68,420 0.3 %
48  Finland 65,799 0.2 %
49  Belarus 64,890 0.2 %
50  Chile 62,418 0.2 %
51  Libya 59,914 0.2 %
52  Portugal 58,906 0.2 %
53  Hungary 57,183 0.2 %
54  Colombia 53,634 0.2 %
55  Serbia and Montenegro 53,322 0.2 %
56  Sweden 53,033 0.2 %
57  Denmark 52,956 0.2 %
58  Qatar 52,904 0.2 %
59  Singapore 52,252 0.2 %
60  Norway 43,149 0.2 %
60  Bulgaria 42,558 0.2 %
61  Ireland 42,353 0.2 %
62  Turkmenistan 41,726 0.2 %
63  Morocco 41,169 0.2 %
64  Switzerland 40,457 0.2 %
65  Hong Kong 37,411 0.1 %
66  Bangladesh 37,165 0.1 %
67  Slovakia 36,289 0.1 %
68  Trinidad and Tobago 32,557 0.1 %
69  New Zealand 31,570 0.1 %
70  Peru 31,493 0.1 %
71  Azerbaijan 31,365 0.1 %
72  Oman 30,899 0.1 %
73  Ecuador 29,268 0.1 %
74  Cuba 25,818 0.1 %
75  Croatia 23,501 0.1 %
77  Tunisia 22,885 0.1 %
78  Yemen 21,114 0.1 %
79  Dominican Republic 19,640 0.1 %
80  Estonia 18,944 0.1 %
81  Bahrain 16,949 0.1 %
82  Jordan 16,465 0.1 %
83  Lebanon 16,263 0.1 %
84  Slovenia 16,212 0.1 %
85  Bosnia and Herzegovina 15,596 0.1 %
86  Lithuania 13,309 0.1 %
87  Guatemala 12,220 0.1 %
88  Sri Lanka 11,534 <0.1 %
89  Luxembourg 11,277 <0.1 %
90  Jamaica 10,592 <0.1 %
91  Kenya 10,588 <0.1 %
92  Zimbabwe 10,559 <0.1 %
93  Macedonia 10,420 <0.1 %
94  Sudan 10,372 <0.1 %
95  Myanmar 9,760 <0.1 %
96  Brunei 8,810 <0.1 %
97  Mongolia 8,553 <0.1 %
98  Ethiopia 7,982 <0.1 %
99  Angola 7,897 <0.1 %
100  Moldova 7,685 <0.1 %
101  Honduras 7,615 <0.1 %
102  Ghana 7,190 <0.1 %
103  Latvia 7,098 <0.1 %
104  Bolivia 6,973 <0.1 %
105  Cyprus 6,750 <0.1 %
106  Costa Rica 6,405 <0.1 %
107  El Salvador 6,167 <0.1 %
108  Kyrgyzstan 5,727 <0.1 %
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Posted by: Benny Webb
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Alternative Energy Clock Oil Consumption

October 2nd, 2008

Energy Statistics > Oil > Consumption (most recent) by country

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Showing latest available data.
Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   United States: 20,730,000 bbl/day  
#2   China: 6,534,000 bbl/day  
#3   Japan: 5,578,000 bbl/day  
#4   Germany: 2,650,000 bbl/day  
#5   Russia: 2,500,000 bbl/day  
#6   India: 2,450,000 bbl/day  
#7   Canada: 2,294,000 bbl/day  
#8   Korea, South: 2,149,000 bbl/day  
#9   Brazil: 2,100,000 bbl/day  
#10   France: 1,970,000 bbl/day  
#11   Mexico: 1,970,000 bbl/day  
#12   Italy: 1,881,000 bbl/day  
#13   Saudi Arabia: 1,845,000 bbl/day  
#14   United Kingdom: 1,827,000 bbl/day  
#15   Spain: 1,573,000 bbl/day  
#16   Iran: 1,510,000 bbl/day  
#17   Indonesia: 1,168,000 bbl/day  
#18   Taiwan: 965,000 bbl/day  
#19   Netherlands: 946,700 bbl/day  
#20   Thailand: 900,000 bbl/day  
#21   Australia: 877,300 bbl/day  
#22   Singapore: 800,000 bbl/day  
#23   Turkey: 715,100 bbl/day  
#24   Belgium: 641,000 bbl/day  
#25   Egypt: 590,000 bbl/day  
#26   Venezuela: 560,000 bbl/day  
#27   Malaysia: 515,000 bbl/day  
#28   South Africa: 502,000 bbl/day  
#29   Argentina: 470,000 bbl/day  
#30   Poland: 445,700 bbl/day  
#31   Greece: 435,700 bbl/day  
#32   United Arab Emirates: 400,000 bbl/day  
#33   Iraq: 377,000 bbl/day  
#34   Sweden: 362,400 bbl/day  
#35   Philippines: 342,000 bbl/day  
#36   Kuwait: 335,000 bbl/day  
#37   Portugal: 332,000 bbl/day  
#38   Pakistan: 324,000 bbl/day  
#39   Nigeria: 290,000 bbl/day  
#40   Hong Kong: 285,000 bbl/day  
#41   Ukraine: 284,600 bbl/day  
#42   Austria: 282,000 bbl/day  
#43   Colombia: 269,000 bbl/day  
#44   Switzerland: 268,100 bbl/day  
#45   Israel: 249,500 bbl/day  
#46   Norway: 244,300 bbl/day  
#47   Chile: 238,000 bbl/day  
#48   Libya: 237,000 bbl/day  
#49   Puerto Rico: 234,000 bbl/day  
#50   Algeria: 233,000 bbl/day  
#51   Vietnam: 230,000 bbl/day  
#52   Syria: 230,000 bbl/day  
#53   Kazakhstan: 222,000 bbl/day  
#54   Finland: 220,400 bbl/day  
#55   Romania: 212,000 bbl/day  
#56   Cuba: 204,000 bbl/day  
#57   Czech Republic: 203,100 bbl/day  
#58   Ireland: 182,400 bbl/day  
#59   Denmark: 171,000 bbl/day  
#60   Morocco: 170,000 bbl/day  
#61   Belarus: 165,000 bbl/day  
#62   Peru: 156,000 bbl/day  
#63   New Zealand: 150,600 bbl/day  
#64   Ecuador: 148,000 bbl/day  
#65   Uzbekistan: 148,000 bbl/day  
#66   Hungary: 132,000 bbl/day  
#67   Bulgaria: 131,400 bbl/day  
#68   Dominican Republic: 127,000 bbl/day  
#69   Azerbaijan: 120,000 bbl/day  
#70   Virgin Islands: 115,000 bbl/day  
#71   Lebanon: 107,000 bbl/day  
#72   Jordan: 107,000 bbl/day  
#73   Turkmenistan: 95,000 bbl/day  
#74   Croatia: 93,000 bbl/day  
#75   Tunisia: 89,000 bbl/day  
#76   Bangladesh: 85,000 bbl/day  
#77   Yemen: 85,000 bbl/day  
#78   Serbia and Montenegro: 85,000 bbl/day  
#79   Sri Lanka: 82,000 bbl/day  
#80   Qatar: 80,000 bbl/day  
#81   Panama: 79,000 bbl/day  
#82   Slovakia: 74,000 bbl/day  
#83   Guatemala: 73,510 bbl/day  
#84   Jamaica: 72,080 bbl/day  
#85   Netherlands Antilles: 70,000 bbl/day  
#86   Sudan: 66,000 bbl/day  
#87   Luxembourg: 62,420 bbl/day  
#88   Estonia: 60,000 bbl/day  
#89   Oman: 60,000 bbl/day  
#90   Lithuania: 56,000 bbl/day  
#91   Kenya: 55,000 bbl/day  
#92   Slovenia: 53,000 bbl/day  
#93   Angola: 48,000 bbl/day  
#94   Bolivia: 47,000 bbl/day  
#95   Latvia: 47,000 bbl/day  
#96   Ghana: 44,000 bbl/day  
#97   Costa Rica: 44,000 bbl/day  
#98   El Salvador: 43,000 bbl/day  
#99   Armenia: 41,000 bbl/day  
#100   Uruguay: 38,100 bbl/day  
#101   Honduras: 37,000 bbl/day  
#102   Trinidad and Tobago: 34,000 bbl/day  
#103   Senegal: 31,000 bbl/day  
#104   Ethiopia: 29,000 bbl/day  
#105   Tajikistan: 28,000 bbl/day  
#106   Paraguay: 27,000 bbl/day  
#107   Bahamas, The: 27,000 bbl/day  
#108   Bahrain: 27,000 bbl/day  
#109   Albania: 25,200 bbl/day  
#110   Nicaragua: 25,200 bbl/day  
#111   Korea, North: 25,000 bbl/day  
#112   Mauritania: 24,200 bbl/day  
#113   Cameroon: 24,000 bbl/day  
#114   Gibraltar: 24,000 bbl/day  
#115   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 23,000 bbl/day  
#116   Côte d'Ivoire: 23,000 bbl/day  
#117   Tanzania: 23,000 bbl/day  
#118   Macedonia, Republic of: 23,000 bbl/day  
#119   Zimbabwe: 22,500 bbl/day  
#120   Mauritius: 21,500 bbl/day  
#121   Iceland: 20,560 bbl/day  
#122   Burma: 20,460 bbl/day  
#123   Malta: 19,000 bbl/day  
#124   Namibia: 18,000 bbl/day  
#125   Papua New Guinea: 18,000 bbl/day  
#126   Guam: 16,000 bbl/day  
#127   Brunei: 14,900 bbl/day  
#128   Madagascar: 14,500 bbl/day  
#129   Togo: 14,000 bbl/day  
#130   Moldova: 14,000 bbl/day  
#131   Benin: 14,000 bbl/day  
#132   Gabon: 13,000 bbl/day  
#133   Georgia: 13,000 bbl/day  
#134   Zambia: 13,000 bbl/day  
#135   Macau: 12,360 bbl/day  
#136   Djibouti: 11,900 bbl/day  
#137   Haiti: 11,600 bbl/day  
#138   Nepal: 11,550 bbl/day  
#139   Botswana: 11,500 bbl/day  
#140   Mozambique: 11,500 bbl/day  
#141   Mongolia: 11,220 bbl/day  
#142   Guyana: 11,200 bbl/day  
#143   Suriname: 11,200 bbl/day  
#144   Barbados: 11,000 bbl/day  
#145   Uganda: 10,890 bbl/day  
#146   Kyrgyzstan: 10,000 bbl/day  
#147   Fiji: 10,000 bbl/day  
#148   New Caledonia: 10,000 bbl/day  
#149   Guinea: 9,650 bbl/day  
#150   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 8,200 bbl/day  
#151   Burkina Faso: 8,200 bbl/day  
#152   Maldives: 7,200 bbl/day  
#153   Aruba: 7,000 bbl/day  
#154   Sierra Leone: 6,600 bbl/day  
#155   French Polynesia: 6,000 bbl/day  
#156   Congo, Republic of the: 6,000 bbl/day  
#157   Seychelles: 5,600 bbl/day  
#158   Malawi: 5,500 bbl/day  
#159   Niger: 5,500 bbl/day  
#160   Rwanda: 5,400 bbl/day  
#161   Eritrea: 5,300 bbl/day  
#162   Somalia: 5,000 bbl/day  
#163   Bermuda: 4,658 bbl/day  
#164   Faroe Islands: 4,550 bbl/day  
#165   Afghanistan: 4,500 bbl/day  
#166   Mali: 4,300 bbl/day  
#167   American Samoa: 3,900 bbl/day  
#168   Greenland: 3,860 bbl/day  
#169   Antigua and Barbuda: 3,800 bbl/day  
#170   Cambodia: 3,750 bbl/day  
#171   Liberia: 3,500 bbl/day  
#172   Swaziland: 3,500 bbl/day  
#173   Burundi: 3,100 bbl/day  
#174   Belize: 3,000 bbl/day  
#175   Laos: 3,000 bbl/day  
#176   Saint Lucia: 2,800 bbl/day