As Muslims kill children in Nairobi, Kenya, Muslims in NY City chant, "We are Muslims, mighty, mighty Muslims" at Muslim Day Parade, 9/22/13

9/22/13, ""Mighty" Muslims," Urban Infidel

During slaughter in Nairobi, Muslims at "Muslim Day Parade" in Midtown Manhattan, NY City chant:

"We are Muslims, Mighty, Mighty Muslims," Urban Infidel video, 1:31



Numerous black flags of jihad at the parade (photo below) as well as white flags with same message. 

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9/23/13, "Flag of Jihad raised on Madison Avenue, NYC during Kenya Jihad Massacre and All Saints Church bombing," Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs 

Jihad flag on Madison Ave., 9/22/13

"At the same time as devout Muslims were separating Muslim children from non-Muslim children and executing them in cold blood in an upscale mall in Kenya, Muslims marched down Madison Avenue under the flag of jihad (the same flag the Muslims in Kenya were killing under)."....image from Urban Infidel

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9/22/13, "PHOTOS: Jihad in Kenya, Death toll hits 68 in Muslim Massacre at Westgate Mall," Atlas Shrugs, Pamela Geller

Pamela posts a good selection of photos many of which are by Reuters via UK Daily Mail articles.

9/21/13, "'Five of the Kenyan mall massacre gunmen are American': Special forces storm in to free 'most' hostages following two-day stand-off with Muslim terrorists that has left 68 dead and wounded 175 more," UK Daily Mail, By Louise Boyle, Ellie Buchdahl, Stuart Woledge and Ryan Gorman

9/21/13, photo by Reuters via UK Daily Mail

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9/23/13, "(NY City Police Chief) Ray Kelly smiles (and doesn't say much) at a Muslim Day parade," capitolNewyork.com, Azi Paybarah

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2013 Muslim Day Parade Theme (Not a Joke), "Islam's Contribution to Human Civilization," muslimdayparade.com

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They do the same thing every year:
 
12/4/12, "11 Days After Benghazi, Jihad Was Proclaimed on the Streets of New York," fellowshipoftheminds.com

"Hate and Intolerance for America was on parade September 23, 2012, at the NYC Muslim Day Parade."

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Youngest killed in Nairobi was aged 2:

 9/23/13, "3 Islamic militants dead, more hostages freed in Nairobi mall terror attack," Fox News

"The victims ranged in age from 2 to 78, Reuters reports. Nineteen people, including at least four children, died after being admitted to Nairobi's MP Shah hospital."... 







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Scientists revise opinion, now say soot caused European Alps glacier melt in 1800s-PNAS study

"Scientists used to think soot was unlikely to have been carried high enough to start the glaciers melting, but they now appear to have been mistaken."

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9/4/13, "Soot ‘melted Alps glaciers, not heat’," ClimateNewsNetwork.net, Alex Kirby, London

"Scientists think they know why some European glaciers started to shrink decades before climate change had begun to raise temperatures.

It wasn’t warming that attacked the glaciers, they say in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It was soot from industry, steam locomotives and domestic fires.

Glaciologists have for years been puzzled by the sudden start in the middle of the 19th century of the retreat of the Alpine glaciers, which number around 4,000.

They had survived in good condition from the 13th century throughout the fairly cool 500-year period called the Little Ice Age. They reached their greatest extent in the mid-1800s, about double what they are now.

But even though it remained cool the glaciers suddenly began shrinking, leading scientists to believe that the Little Ice Age had ended around 1850.

Average global temperatures, though, did not rise significantly – until the end of the 19th century. In fact, Alpine climate records – among the most extensive and reliable in the world  – suggest that the glaciers should have continued to grow for another 50 years or more, until about 1910.

The scientists acknowledge that other parts of the world may also have been affected, but point out that the decline was well documented only in the Alps.

However, soot is also a big concern in the Himalayas, at high altitudes in some regions bigger than temperature rises. The burgeoning economies of China and India contribute huge amounts.

“Something gnawed on the glaciers that climate records don’t capture,” said Georg Kaser, a glaciologist at the University of Innsbruck in Austria and a member of the team that identified black carbon, or soot, as the cause.

“A strong decline in winter snowfall was often assumed to be the culprit. But from all that we know, no such decline occurred.”

Because darker surfaces absorb more heat than lighter, more reflective ones, if enough soot is deposited on snow and ice it can accelerate melting.

Records suggest that by the mid-19th century the air in some Alpine valleys was laden with pollution. “Housewives in Innsbruck refrained from drying laundry outdoors,” says Kaser.

Scientists used to think soot was unlikely to have been carried high enough to start the glaciers melting, but they now appear to have been mistaken.

When Kaser’s team looked at ice cores previously drilled at two sites high in the western Alps – the Colle Gnifetti glacier saddle 4,455 m up on Monte Rosa near the Swiss–Italian border, and the Fiescherhorn glacier at 3,900 m in the Bernese Alps – they found that in around 1860 layers of glacial ice started to contain large amounts of soot.

The team measured the effect the soot would have had on glaciers at the time in terms of  equivalent changes in air temperature. They found that the melting effect of black carbon provided a good explanation of the observed glacier retreat.

Andreas Vieli, a glaciologist at the University of Zurich in Switzerland (who was not involved in the study) said: “…[T]his study offers a very elegant and plausible explanation for the glacier conundrum. It appears that in central Europe soot prematurely stopped the Little Ice Age.”

Only after around 1970, when air quality began to improve, did accelerated climate warming become the dominant driver of Alpine glacier retreat, Kaser says.

He says that if glaciers in the region continue to melt at the rate seen during the past 30 years, there is a risk that nearly all of them will vanish before the end of the century." via Junk Science










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Tarp on the field in Philadelphia v NY Mets

9/21/13, Tarp on the field in Philadelphia v NY Mets, final 5-4 Mets in 6, ap

9/21/13, Fans in the rain in Philadelphia v
NY Mets, final 5-4 Mets in 6, ap






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Rain delay in Washington, DC, Marlins v Washington Nationals

9/21/13, Washington Nationals crew squeegees water from the tarp to the field, ap

9/21/13, Fans sit in rain delay at Washington Nationals stadium, ap. Please mail your carbon tax to Al Gore so this kind of weather will stop happening.







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Oakland A's rain delay before game v Minnesota Twins also a 'sewage' delay, third sewage incident at A's Stadium this year. City and County of Oakland owns and maintains A's stadium

9/21/13, Grounds crew pushes water off the infield tarp in Oakland, Calif. before a baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and Oakland Athletics," ap

9/21/13, Ground crews in Oakland, Ca. during rain delay, ap

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9/21/13, "On A’s potential clinch day, rain at Coliseum, sewage in coaches room," SF Chronicle, Susan Slusser

"The rain has abated here at the Coliseum, but its aftereffects are still being felt: The game has been delayed for at least 45 minutes and probably more because of standing water on the field and flooded dugouts. ...

There is no sewage in the dugouts – you do always have to ask here – but because of backups in the pipes because of rain runoff, the bathrooom/shower area in the A’s coaches’ room has flooded with sewage.  
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This is the third sewage incident at the Coliseum this year, if you’re keeping track.

“It’s flowing like lava,” catcher Kurt Suzuki said. “The sound it makes is amazing.”
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At one point, sewage was flowing out of the faucets, Suzuki said. One A’s employee, who says this has happened before when it rains because the drainoff pipes and the coaches’ room pipes cross, says it sounds like the plumbing is “possessed” when sewage starts coming back up. “Glub, glub, glub,” he said.
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“This is bad,” coach Mike Gallego said, shaking his head. There were many jokes by the other coaches about trying to save the diminutive Gallego from drowning.
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As a reminder: This is not the A’s building, they are tenants. It’s the city and county who are responsible for the infrastructure here. Also,  the playing field is 22 feet below sea level."...

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9/21/13, Susan Slusser ✔ @susanslusser
 

"For those wondering why this doesn't happen w/ Raiders, it does: A's coaches room always floods w/ hard rain. Raiders are on different level."

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'Occupy' damage in Oakland cost the already financially strapped city over $5 million just between Oct. 2011 and Jan. 2012:

1/30/12, "Oakland Tries To Recover From Weekend ‘Occupy’ Damage," SanFrancisco.cbslocal.com

"(Oakland Mayor) Quan took reporters through City Hall on Sunday, pointing to walls where “offensive” and “obscene” graffiti had already been painted over and other areas of garbage, vandalism and destruction that she said had been left by protesters.

Quan said that vandalism related to Occupy Oakland has already cost the financially-strapped city $2 million, and that occupy-related activities have cost more than $5 million since October....

Oakland, with a population of about 420,000, has a long and sometimes violent history of activism dating back to the mid-1960s with the founding of the militant Black Panther Party and later for its anti-war protests."...

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Oakland is a 'Green' success, meaning it's uninhabitable for civil society. A true "Green" city is one that allows 'caring' CO2 terror profiteers to get between taxpaying citizens and their government to form new, 'smarter' 'regional' governments in which citizens won't have to worry about anything because it will all be decided by the 'smart' green people.

Oakland, Ca. is an ICLEI "Green Town"

"ICLEI Member - Oakland, CA."

Contact Info

Name: Ronald V. Dellums

Email: officeofthemayor@oaklandnet.com

Website: http://www.oaklandnet.com/

1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, 3rd Floor

Oakland, CA
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About "ICLEI-Creating Climate Awareness"

"ICLEI-Creating Climate Awareness and Support to Local Governments Committed to Sustainability
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Read more about "ICLEI-Creating Climate Awareness""

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1/29/12, "300 Occupy Oakland protesters arrested after clash with California cops," AP via NY Daily News

""These demonstrators stated their intention was to provoke officers and engage in illegal activity and that's exactly what has occurred today," Santana said.

The group assembled outside City Hall late Saturday morning and marched through the streets, disrupting traffic as they threatened to take over the vacant Henry Kaiser Convention Center.
.The protesters walked to the vacant convention center, where some started tearing down perimeter fencing and "destroying construction equipment" shortly before 3 p.m., police said.

Police said they issued a dispersal order and used smoke and tear gas after some protesters pelted them with bottles, rocks, burning flares and other objects....

Quan said that at one point, many forced their way into City Hall, where they burned flags, broke an electrical box and damaged several art structures, including a recycled art exhibit created by children....

Oakland Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente, echoed Reid's sentiments and said that what was going on amounts to "domestic terrorism."...
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The demonstration comes after Occupy protesters said earlier this week that they planned to move into a vacant building and turn it into a social center and political hub. They also threatened to try to shut down the port, occupy the airport and take over City Hall."...

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Oakland Occupy throws bottles of urine:

2/5/12, "No Arrests at Oakland Occupy Protest," nbcbayarea.com

"Police said that the only incident reported was that before the march left Frank Ogawa Plaza, several masked protesters hurled bottles of what was believed to be urine at media parked on 14th Street....

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11/3/11, "(NY) Times Downplays Occupy Oakland Destruction; Will Violence Show Up in Print?" MRC

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 Behind the Green Mask

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Would that $2.8 billion taxpayer dollars were just a 'conspiracy theory:'

The US Mayors Climate group received a $2.8 billion grant from the 2009 Obama stimulus. The Mayor's Climate group is a partnership with ICLEI. ICLEI assists in "planning and implementing" the spending of the billions (for "very reasonable fees"). ICLEI "Enhanced Services" offers to help cities "institutionalize" financing, (ie, arrange permanent flows of chump taxpayer dollars). It suggests setting up a permanent "Energy Office" with the stimulus money, and ICLEI will help you do this for "an easy hourly rate." Mayors website announces the $2.8 billion award:

US Conference of Mayors website, usmayors.org, 2009

"Mayors Leading the Way on Climate Protection"

"This is one of many reasons why 1,060 mayors continue to join The U.S. Conference of Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement, vowing to reduce carbon emissions in their cities below 1990 levels, in line with the Kyoto Protocol....

Under the leadership of The Conference, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program was conceived, making it possible for the first time in U.S. history, for cities, counties and states to receive grants specifically to fund energy-efficiency projects. This program was a top priority of the Mayors' 10-Point Plan and the Mayors' MainStreet Recovery Program. The Obama Administration earlier this year, acted to distribute $2.8 billion for EECBG, included in the Recovery Package (ARRA), which will benefit hundreds of U.S. cities."

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In the Mayors/ICLEI agreement, the terms "climate disruption" and "global warming pollution" (p. 35 et al.) are used interchangeably. US Mayoral signers accept that the UN IPCC is the world's "most respected" authority on climate issues, and has found "climate disruption" is real, caused by humans, (p. 35) and can be alleviated by purchase of tradeable "green tags" (p. 36) among other things. Mayors agree to work with ICLEI (page 36), which acts as a "bridge between local governments and UN processes." (subhead, "What is ICLEI's international role?"):

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p. 35, "US Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement" (also known as Climate Action Handbook)
 

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"ICLEI Enhanced Services," icleiusa.org/action-center-financing
 
"ICLEI USA now offers higher levels of support to help local government members apply for economic recovery funds and develop their implementation strategies. These services are available only to ICLEI members and for very reasonable fees. To sign up or learn more about any of these offerings, including fees, contact a staff liaison in your ICLEI regional office.
 

EECBG Assistance ICLEI offers a range of services to help your jurisdiction plan for and implement highly-effective Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EECBG) programs.

Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy Assistance
 

For local governments that received planning funds as the first phase of their EECBG allocation.  ICLEI can help you create an effective Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy (EECS) for submittal to DOE for the release of the rest of your funding.
 

NEW: Custom Implementation Strategy for Revolving Energy Funds ICLEI can help your government put in place a financially-sustainable revolving loan fund that supports your energy efficiency and climate protection goals.  This work helps you sort through legal and organizational issues to arrive at a clear roadmap for implementing your loan fund.

Energy Office Initiative

ICLEI’s Energy Office Initiative is a great resource for local governments seeking 
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to institutionalize financing
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and policy mechanisms that support energy efficiency. EECBG funds are a great source of seed capital to get an Energy Office up and running. NEW: Consult with ICLEI's Energy Office Director with  
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an easy hourly rate.
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Learn More"

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Re: "Green tags" suggested in Mayors Climate Action Agreement, sold by US gov.:

"Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)," US Dept. of Energy

"Renewable energy certificates (RECs), also known as renewable energy credits, green certificates, green tags, or tradeable renewable certificates, represent the environmental attributes of the power produced from renewable energy projects and are sold separate from commodity electricity. Customers can buy green certificates whether or not they have access to green power through their local utility or a competitive electricity marketer. And they can purchase green certificates without having to switch electricity suppliers. Table of Retail Products Table of Commercial &/or Wholesale Marketers List of REC Marketers REC Prices National REC Tracking Systems"

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"ICLEI acts as a bridge between local governments and UN processes." (subhead, 'What is ICLEI's international role?')..."It's first global programs were Local Agenda 21."

"FAQ: ICLEI, the United Nations, and Agenda 21"

2nd subhead, 

"What does ICLEI do:" 

ICLEI "works to help local governments achieve deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions." 

4th subhead

"What is ICLEI’s international role?"

"Working with elected officials, ICLEI's World Secretariat helps voice local government needs and priorities during international negotiations and agreements that will effect local governments, such as the U.N. climate negotiations and the upcoming Rio+20 summit.

ICLEI is one of many NGOs recognized by the U.N. to provide input into these processes. ICLEI is the "Local Authority Major Group Co-Organizing Partner" for Rio+20 and the "Local Government and Municipal Authority Focal Point" for UNFCCC climate change negotiations."...

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ICLEI convened its first World Congress in 1990 at UN HQ in NY:

"By 2050, a third of all humans will be living in cities," iclei.org/iclei-global 

subhead, "Our Development"

"ICLEI was founded in 1990 by 200 local governments from 43 countries who convened for the first World Congress of Local Governments for a Sustainable Future at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Operations started in 1991 at the World Secretariat in Toronto, Canada, and the European Secretariat in Freiburg, Germany. 

ICLEI’s first global programs were Local Agenda 21, a program promoting participatory governance and local sustainable development planning, and Cities for Climate Protection™ (CCP), the world’s first and largest program supporting cities in climate action planning using a five milestone process including greenhouse gas emissions inventories to systematically reduce emissions. ICLEI’s programs and campaigns looked beyond mere environmental aspects and embraced wider sustainability issues. The ICLEI Council acknowledged this and formally broadened the mandate of the association in 2003, renaming the association ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability."

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ICLEI assisted in formulating Agenda 21 in 1992:

"What is ICLEI's relationship to Agenda 21?"

"At the Earth Summit (in 1992), national governments, including the United States under the Bush Administration, negotiated and wrote Agenda 21....

In this context, ICLEI served the role of technical representative for a range of local government organizations....ICLEI took input from these organizations regarding their key positions in areas pertinent to local government, such as urban development, water resources, and waste management, and presented these positions to UN representatives and national government representatives, who included them into the final text.

The State Department representatives of the Bush Administration encouraged local governments and ICLEI to provide input so that Agenda 21 reflected local realities.

ICLEI’s view was that the only way to sensibly pursue more sustainable development was to fully engage the citizens and stakeholders of cities and local communities in defining their own plans for development."...

"ICLEI USA is the leading membership association of cities and counties committed to climate action, clean energy, and sustainability."...(text from sidebar)

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"ICLEI GLOBAL-A World Movement:"

"ICLEI USA is part of an international organization that operates 13 offices on 7 continents. The ICLEI global network works on clean energy, climate protection, biodiversity, sustainable procurement and water issues."

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Origin of Mayors Climate group:

"U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement"

"On February 16, 2005 the Kyoto Protocol, the international agreement to address climate disruption, became law for the 141 countries that have ratified it to date. On that day, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels launched this initiative to advance the goals of the Kyoto Protocol through leadership and action by at least 141 American cities."...

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Mayors traveled to Copenhagen 'climate summit' in 2009:

1/11/10, "Mayors Lead the Way on Climate Protection At Copenhagen Summit," usmayors.org

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"WHO FUNDS UN AGENDA 21/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?" DemocratsAgainstUNAgenda21  

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In 2011 a Maryland County became the first to abolish Agenda 21:

2/21/11, "Agenda 21 Part III: Maryland County abolishes Agenda 21 – now it's your turn," Examiner.com, James Simpson
 
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Agenda 21 lingo

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Seattle Mayor Nickels' preoccupation with the idea of man caused global warming may have been his downfall. The UN provided him with temporary landing:

2/23/12, "Former Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels announces Secretary of State bid," mynorthwest.com

"Nickels sought a third term as mayor, but was defeated in the primary. It has been largely speculated that poor handling of the city during an unusually snowy winter, as well as the exit of the Seattle SuperSonics, lead to his defeat. 

Since 2008, Nickels taught a semester at Harvard and served a one-year term as a special representative to the United Nations."

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2013 Arctic sea ice extent minimum 50% more than 2012. Antarctic sea ice Sept. 2013 tied with 2012 for record high-BBC

9/20/13, "Arctic sea ice reaches seasonal low," BBC

"Sea-ice extent in the Arctic appears to have arrived at its yearly minimum, scientists report. The US National Snow and Ice Data Center says this summer's marine floes were reduced in cover to 5.10 million sq km (1.97 million sq mi). This low was reached on 13 September.

It represents almost 50% more ice than the spectacular satellite-era record-minimum achieved this time last year- when floes were reduced to just 3.41 million sq km (1.32 million sq mi)."...

[Ed. note: How long has the "satellite era" been? Below it says "space-based observations" began in 1979. Fairly recent. No matter. All climate "records" are "spectacular" proof that US taxpayers must pay billions.]

(continuing): "The NSIDC describes this summer's cover as a "temporary reprieve"."...

[Ed. note: How do they know it's "temporary?" Because there can be no interruption in confiscating US taxpayer dollars.]

(continuing): "Steadily warming conditions in the far north have seen the annual mean ice extent since 1979 - the beginning of continuous space-based observations - fall by about 4% per decade."...

[Ed. note: "Per decade?" What if the decade started in 1974 instead of 1979? Five years can make a big difference in short time spans. What years start and end each "decade?" When they say "per decade" they're only talking about 3 decades so 3+ numbers. All that matters is US taxpayers must pay billions and sign a "climate" treaty.]

(continuing): "This year represents the sixth smallest cover recorded by the satellites. It is close in size to that seen in September 2009.

Dr Julienne Stroeve, a NSIDC research scientist, said the larger extent this year compared with 2012 was evidence of the natural variability in the Arctic system.

"This year, we've had pretty cold conditions in the Arctic compared to the last few summers," she told BBC News....

In the Antarctic, winter sea ice reached its maximum extent on 18 September, NSIDC data shows.

The coverage was a tie with last year's record high of 19.45 million sq km (7.51 million sq mi)."...





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Norway gov. cancels billion dollar 'carbon capture' project, CC patented in 1930 but sold as avant garde in 2005, tech. and cost not panning out nationally or globally-BBC

9/20/13, "Norway abandons Mongstad carbon capture plans," BBC

"The outgoing government in Norway has buried much-vaunted plans to capture carbon dioxide and store it underground amid mounting costs and delays. The oil and energy ministry said the development of full-scale carbon dioxide capture at Mongstad oil refinery had been discontinued.

It said it remained committed to research into carbon capture.

When the Labour Party presented the plan in 2007, it was hailed as Norway's equivalent of a "Moon landing". Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and his allies lost a general election to conservatives and centrists this month, and are due to step down shortly.

Mongstad had already run into difficulties.

"At both the national and international level, the development of  technologies to capture and store CO2 has taken longer, been more difficult and more costly than expected," Oil and Energy Minister Ola Borten Moe told reporters.
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The process was patented back in the 1930s, and it is reckoned to be one of the most important technologies available for tackling greenhouse gas emissions."...

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9/20/2013, "Norway nixes big carbon capture project at Statoil refinery in Mongstad," hydrocarbonprocessing.com, K. M. Hovland, Oslo
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"The project has been both challenging and costly, and the risks are now seen as too big to go through with it, the government said. Statoil said it has no plans to shut down the refinery, which ran a surplus in 2012 for the first time in years, and was going through a cost savings program.

"Norway is shutting down the Statoil-operated Mongstad full-scale CO2 capture project, Oil Minister Ola Borten Moe said Friday, ending the prestigious environmental project that outgoing Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg branded Norway's
"moon landing" in 2007.
 
The International Energy Agency -- the energy watchdog of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development -- has said that CO2 capture and storage from power plants fired by oil, gas and coal will play a vital role in worldwide efforts to limit global warming, contributing to about 20% of required emissions reductions in 2050. 

The Mongstad full-scale project was meant to capture CO2 from the nearby gas-fired power plant and refinery, and the government had estimated the planning to cost NOK3 billion. The project is led by Statoil, but the government pays all the costs.

The project has been both challenging and costly, and the risks are now seen as too big to go through with it, the government said. 
 
"We must have a project we can stand for, so we can show that this [technology] is good," Mr. Moe told the Wall Street Journal in an interview. "When our assessment is that Mongstad isn't such a project, it's the right thing to do what we are now doing, taking the consequences." 

The uncertainty about the CO2 capture project also increased because the Western European refinery business is struggling, the government said. This has hurt the margins at Statoil's Mongstad refinery, one of the project's CO2 sources. 

Statoil said it has no plans to shut down the refinery, which ran a surplus in 2012 for the first time in years, and was going through a cost savings program. 

"The margins in the refinery market are challenging," Statoil spokesman Oystein Johannessen told the Wall Street Journal. 

Earlier this week, the Norwegian Office of the Auditor General slammed the lack of government control over the costs of the Mongstad capture project, which includes a full-scale CO2 capture project and a test center where companies Aker Clean Carbon and Alstom are testing different CO2 capture technologies. 

The government said it has spent a total of NOK7.2 billion on the project, but will continue to fund the test center in coming years. The full-scale capture project ends in 2014.

"The government has spent NOK1.2 billion on full-scale capture on Mongstad alone," Mr. Moe told an Oslo press conference, adding that he still has the ambition to establish a full-scale CO2 capture project by the end of 2020, giving no more details.

"This is some of the worst political incompetence and [lack of] will to control an oil company I've seen," said Frederic Hauge of the Bellona foundation, an environmental organization that has been a key advocate for CO2 capture technology. "I'm angry." 

The reason the government allowed Danish company Dong Energy to build the Mongstad gas power plant, in operation since 2010, was that it had plans to capture the CO2 emissions and store them underground. Nature and Youth, another environmental organization, claimed that Statoil was never really interested in the CO2 capture project. 

"This should be the big moon landing and was the big environmental issue in 2005, but now it will just be a pollution bomb that will spew out CO2 for decades," said Silje Lundberg, leader of Nature and Youth.

Statoil said it hasn't been able to solve the technical challenges with installing a huge, complex capture plant at a refinery and gas heat and power plant in full operation.

"We've had a binding deal, which we have taken most seriously. We've worked dedicated and hard," said Statoil's Mr. Johannesen, adding that the project "has been big and complex and has met challenges."

Mr. Stoltenberg, who lost last week's national elections to a center-right coalition headed by Conservative Erna Solberg,
was on a plane and wasn't immediately available for comment."



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