"And I see it in the towns across the nation where floods or fires ...have driven people from their homes....
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1/28/13, "Arsonist gets death for Calif. fire that killed 5," AP
"He was convicted in August 2012 of five counts of first-degree murder and two counts of arson."
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P.S. Ms. Beinecke, the Zeta drug cartel runs Mexico's largely unregulated coal mines along the US border and spews coal residue into the US atmosphere. Have you met with them about their unsafe CO2 and secured their cooperation?
Coal mining "more lucrative for Zetas than selling drugs."
1/4/13, "Mexican Cartels Go Underground—to Mine Coal," TheFix.com
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11/17/12, "Mexican druglords strike gold in coal," AFP via Gloucester City News
"Since the Zetas discovered coal, violence has been on the rise, especially in a town of 150,000 called Piedras Negras, or black stones....Legitimate businesses help cartels launder money and bring in extra revenue....Such business activities allow them not just to bring in more money "but above all gain social and political legitimacy."...Traffickers sometimes kidnap, mug or even kill miners and their bosses, or force them into business-sharing agreements."...
"Since the Zetas discovered coal, violence has been on the rise, especially in a town of 150,000 called Piedras Negras, or black stones....Legitimate businesses help cartels launder money and bring in extra revenue....Such business activities allow them not just to bring in more money "but above all gain social and political legitimacy."...Traffickers sometimes kidnap, mug or even kill miners and their bosses, or force them into business-sharing agreements."...
Coal mined by the Zetas is "sold to state-owned electric company CFE."
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10/31/12, "3 Coal companies investigated for drug ties in Mexico," Latino.FoxNews.com. .
"Mexican authorities are investigating three coal mining firms for their alleged links to drug traffickers, a Mexico City daily reported Wednesday.
Citing unidentified officials, the Reforma newspaper said the Los Zetas drug cartel, regarded as Mexico's most violent, was the gang allegedly involved in this business in the northern state of Coahuila....
According to Reforma, illegal mining generates at least 6 million
pesos (some $460,000) in weekly income for organized crime gangs,
which later launder those proceeds through legally incorporated entities.
According to the daily, the firms
Impulsora JBN,
Perforaciones Tecnicas Industriales and
Minera La Mision
are under investigation "for their alleged role in these illegal businesses."
The mineral resources are sold to state-owned electric company CFE, the daily said.
The sources told Reforma that the Zetas' point man for this business is Jose Reynol Bermea, who runs several coal mines in Coahuila."...
which later launder those proceeds through legally incorporated entities.
According to the daily, the firms
Impulsora JBN,
Perforaciones Tecnicas Industriales and
Minera La Mision
are under investigation "for their alleged role in these illegal businesses."
The mineral resources are sold to state-owned electric company CFE, the daily said.
The sources told Reforma that the Zetas' point man for this business is Jose Reynol Bermea, who runs several coal mines in Coahuila."...
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1/4/13, "Mexican Cartels Go Underground—to Mine Coal," TheFix.com
"Mexico's federal human rights agency
has said that criminal involvement in the mines poses a threat to
miners' lives, by stripping them of basic safety protocols."...=====================
Decapitated heads in Mexico, a frequent occurrence. via Giovanni:
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9/11/06, "Mexico's Mine Crisis: Tiny coal mines escape inspections," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, J.L. Sherman According to the Mexican Geological Service, the "carboniferous
region" of northern Coahuila state, Mexico's only coal mining region, now has about 60 pocitos, with 25 under construction."...photo, Esequiel Briones Ramirez, 19, works in a pocito in the northern Mexican desert, by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Northern Mexico open pit coal mine sells coal to Mexican gov.:
5/4/11, "Mexican Mine Explosion Leaves Five Dead; “No Chance” For Other Miners, Labor Secretary Says," latindispatch.com
"The gas explosion that trapped 14 miners underground Tuesday in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila has now claimed the lives of five of those workers.
Rescue crews at the mine near the town of Sabinas worked overnight to rescue the trapped miners, but have so far only recovered five bodies....
"The gas explosion that trapped 14 miners underground Tuesday in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila has now claimed the lives of five of those workers.
Rescue crews at the mine near the town of Sabinas worked overnight to rescue the trapped miners, but have so far only recovered five bodies....
(Mexico Sec. of Labor) Lozano was critical of the
conditions at the mine, which had allegedly operated for 20 days without any authorization and which the Mexican mine workers’ union called totally unsafe. The mine is owned by the company BINSA.
Lozano added that there was no official record of the miner’s working at the site and that the mine “operated almost the underground.” ...
conditions at the mine, which had allegedly operated for 20 days without any authorization and which the Mexican mine workers’ union called totally unsafe. The mine is owned by the company BINSA.
Lozano added that there was no official record of the miner’s working at the site and that the mine “operated almost the underground.” ...
Mining near-surface coal in the region is a way of life for thousands
of miners who sell the coal to the Mexican state for power generation
and often work with little more than basic tools....
Mining accidents are common, as in 2006 a blast at the Pasta de Conchos mine collapsed thousands of tons of rocks and killed 65 miners....
Despite the grim news surrounding the mine explosion, Mexican President Felipe Calderón tried to sound hopeful and assure families of the miners that the federal government was working with state officials to coordinate the rescue effort."...photo: la nave de las locas @ Flickr."
Mining accidents are common, as in 2006 a blast at the Pasta de Conchos mine collapsed thousands of tons of rocks and killed 65 miners....
Despite the grim news surrounding the mine explosion, Mexican President Felipe Calderón tried to sound hopeful and assure families of the miners that the federal government was working with state officials to coordinate the rescue effort."...photo: la nave de las locas @ Flickr."
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6/4/12, “Climate change stunner: USA leads world in CO2 cuts since 2006,” Vancouver Observer, Saxifrage
“Not only that, but as my top chart shows, US CO2 emissions are falling even faster than what President Obama pledged in the global Copenhagen Accord.… Here is the biggest shocker of all: the average American’s CO2 emissions are down to levels not seen since 1964 --over half a century ago. …Coal is the number two source of CO2 for Americans. Today the average American burns an amount similar to what they did in 1955, and even less than they did in the 1940s. …It is exactly America’s historical role of biggest and dirtiest that makes their sharp decline in CO2 pollution so noteworthy
and potentially game changing at the global level.”...
and potentially game changing at the global level.”...
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NRDC notes stunning US CO2 drop and that no one talks about it:
6/26/12, “The Incredible Shrinking Carbon Pollution Forecast – Part 2,” switchboard.nrdc.org, Dan Lashof
.
.“Back in February I posted about a surprising development: Despite the failure of comprehensive climate and energy legislation in 2010, U.S. carbon pollution emissions and projections of future carbon pollution have been coming down ever since....
While there has been some press coverage of these facts (see here and here) I continue to find that most people are surprised to learn about this progress….
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News of US CO2 plunge has been described as:
- “Surprising,“
- “little noticed,“
- “dramatic,“
- “stunner,“
- “most people are surprised to learn,“
- “quiet but tremendous progress,”
- “major long term implications,”
- “game changing,”
- “shocker,”
- “huge contrast to the forecast.”
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11/19/12, "More than 1,000 New Coal Plants Planned Worldwide," Damian Carrington, UK Guardian
"India is planning 455 new plants compared to 363 in China."....
"India is planning 455 new plants compared to 363 in China."....
Above, August, 2007: “China’s industrial growth depends on coal, plentiful but polluting, from mines like this one in Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, behind a village store,” NY Times.
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7/20/2007, "Huge Dust Plumes From China Cause Changes in Climate," NY Times, Robert Lee Hotz
"On some days, almost a third of the air over Los Angeles and San Francisco can be traced directly to Asia. With it comes up to three-quarters of the black carbon particulate pollution that reaches the West Coast, Dr. Ramanathan and his colleagues recently reported in the Journal of Geophysical Research. This transcontinental pollution is part of a growing global traffic in dust and aerosol particles."...
"On some days, almost a third of the air over Los Angeles and San Francisco can be traced directly to Asia. With it comes up to three-quarters of the black carbon particulate pollution that reaches the West Coast, Dr. Ramanathan and his colleagues recently reported in the Journal of Geophysical Research. This transcontinental pollution is part of a growing global traffic in dust and aerosol particles."...
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