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Democracy for New Mexico
Santa Fe Mayor David Coss is a former union member of Communication Workers of America, one of the leading partners in the national BlueGreen Alliance
A bus tour that highlights the potential to create good American jobs by passing comprehensive clean energy and climate change legislation in the U.S. Senate stopped in Albuquerque and Santa Fe on Tuesday. At its New Mexico stops, the emphasis of The Job's Not Done tour, a project of The BlueGreen Alliance, was to urge Senators Tom Udall and Jeff Bingaman to support action on comprehensive legislation that will create and save millions of American, clean energy jobs, including up to 15,000 in New Mexico. The effort to enact a comprehensive bill has stalled in the Senate.
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jer45y@gmail.com (James Rowen)
From a link to a 2000 report that
I posted earlier:
"Observed Climate Trends: Over the 20th century, the northern portion of the
Midwest, including the upper Great Lakes, has warmed by almost 4�F (2�C), while
the southern portion, along the Ohio River valley, has cooled by about 1�F
(0.5�C).
Annual precipitation has increased, with many of the changes
quite substantial,including as much as 10 to 20% increases over the 20th
century.
Much of the precipitation has resulted from an increased rise in
the number of days with heavy and very heavy precipitation events. There have
been moderate to very large increases in the number of days with excessive
moisture in the easternportion of the basin."
And from a 2009 report also cited:
“Average temperatures in the Midwest have risen in recent decades, with the
largest increases in winter. The length of the frost-free or growing season has
been extended by one week, mainly due to earlier dates for the last spring
frost.
Heavy downpours are now twice as frequent as they were a century ago.
In a stunning setback for Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland's proposed VLT (video lottery terminal) plan, the Ohio Supreme Court today voted 6-1 that any plan to authorize slot machines at Ohio race tracks requires a statewide referendum (ruling available in full here).
The Governor, who had attempted to implement the plan via executive order, had argued that the slot machine gambling fell within the jurisdiction of the Ohio Lottery. The conservative-backed LetOhioVote.org, however, successfully argued that the Governor and Legislature overstepped their authority in authorizing the plan.
Prior to today's ruling, the Governor had planned to have slots up and running by May, and the Legislature was relying on revenue from the machines to help balance the state's tottering budget by producing a projected $933 million in licensing fees and gambling revenues.
Today's ruling delays possible implementation of the slots plan until a referendum has been had, and orders Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to accept and process petitions on the matter forthwith. LetOhioVote.org now must gather signatures to repeal the slots referendum (which appears automatically via provisions in the state constitution).
OhioDaily's interview with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka from Friday, September 18th at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Trumka is standing at the foot of a wind turbine built by union workers.
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