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March 2017


Click on a date for the Green News Story-of-the-Day
Click on follow-up links for context and added info


'Quick Read' on March 27th

https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Nuclear_Nonproliferation


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Sunday 'Earth Services' / Week 12
Sarasota, Florida, Sunset --- and an Early Night View from the International Space Station


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March 25th
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Virtual_Earth
March 24th
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Block_Island_Wind_Farm
March 23rd
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns_versus_butter_model
http://strategicdemands.com/costsofwar/
March 22nd
https://www.planet.com/explorer/
https://www.planet.com -- https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_API
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Imaging-New_Space -- https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Observations
March 21st
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_and_Space,_Politics
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Atmospheric_Science
March 20th
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/EarthPOV #DSCOVR


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Sunday 'Earth Services' / Week 11
I see trees of green...
Watching the Planet Breathe


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March 18th
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Nuclear_Weapons "No one wants to be Cassandra in the field of nuclear prophecy..."
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/NPT_-_Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferation_of_Nuclear_Weapons
http://strategicdemands.com/nuclear-issues-cold-war-2-0/ -- http://billmoyers.com/story/sleepwalking-nuclear-arms-race-russia/
March 17th
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Climate_Change -- https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/New_Definitions_of_National_Security
http://www.thinbluelayer.com -- https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Security,_National_Security
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_and_Space,_Politics -- https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_News
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Observations
March 16th
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/15/car-pollution-carbon-emissions-obama-trump-epa
https://electrek.co/2017/03/15/trump-epa-fuel-rules/
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/trump-set-challenge-obama-era-fuel-standards-detroit/
http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Air_Quality -- http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Fossil_Fuels
http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Full-cost_Accounting -- https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Gas-Powered_Transportation
http://cait.wri.org/indc/#/map -- Worldwide Climate Policy Plans (PDF Graphic) including the US and its status upholding or retreating from commitments
March 15th
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space -- https://www.nasa.gov/cygnss
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Right_Now -- https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Vital_Signs
http://www.unoosa.org/pdf/icg/2013/Ed_GNSS_eBook.pdf #EarthScience #NASA
March 14th
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Anthropocene -- https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/PlanetCitizen
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_and_Space,_Politics #NewDefinitionsofNationalSecurity
March 13 | #WorldWideWeb
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Beginning_of_WWW_89_TimBerners-Lee_CERN.jpg - Web Foundation
Open Letter from WWW founder Tim Berners-Lee on Threats to the World Wide Web
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360-eOS#Digital_Rights_Movement


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Sunday 'Earth Services' / Week 10
http://strategicdemands.com/costsofwar/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_migrant_crisis
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Map-Migration-_disaster-Mideast-wars.png
March 11th | #Fukushima
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Gary_prepping_pump_for_flight_to_Japan.jpg
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Fukushima-Tokyo_was_on_brink_of_nuclear_catastrophe
March 10th | #Pruitt #EPA
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Pruitt_talks_EPA_-_CO2.png
March 9th | #ClimateChange #ClimatePolicy #US #California
https://www.wired.com/2017/03/want-gut-emission-rules-prepare-war-california/
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/California_out_in_front_in_a_Green_future
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Governor_Jerry_Brown
(Re: New actions threaten the US 'Clean Power Plan')
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060051196
March 8 | #DeepState #SecurityState
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Digital_Rights
March 7 | #Pollution
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Air_Pollution
March 6 | #Expertise #Science
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_and_Space,_Politics
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Right_Now


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Sunday 'Earth Services' / Week 9
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Above.png #NewDefinitionsofNationalSecurity
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:New_Definitions_of_National_Security.png


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March 4
http://www.ucsusa.org/press/2017/white-house-s-proposed-cuts-noaa-will-undermine-science-and-weather-forecasting-crucial
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Science_Research_from_Space.png
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_and_Space,_Politics
March 3
http://www.strategicdemands.com
March 2
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Book_Reviews_@GreenPolicy
March 1
Facts & Science, the basis of knowledge
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Stats_-_Green_Research_&_Science
February 28
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Strategic_Demands_of_the_21st_Century_A_New_Vision_for_a_New_World.png
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:New_Definitions_of_National_Security
February 27
US National Parks Maps.
Begun in 2013 by Colorado park ranger Matt Holly, the site currently hosts “1,198 free high-resolution national park maps to view, save, and download.”
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Virtual_Earth


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Sunday 'Earth Services' / Week 8
"Fragile edge of our planet" / www.ThinBlueLayer.com
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:ThinBlue.png


February 25
http://the-animatorium.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-best-environmental-epic-case-for.html
http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/princess-mononoke.html -- https://muse.jhu.edu/article/614511


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February 24
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Planetary_Science
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:The_James_Webb_telescope_modeled_at_SXSW_2015.jpg
February 23
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Webb_Telescope_construction_completed-Nov2016.jpg
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Hubble
February 22
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:NASA_Climate_Feb16,2017.png
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Arctic1_by_Timo_Lieber_800x480.jpg


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February 21

Lawsuit Emails Due to be Produced Today
Trump EPA's Busy First 6 Months
February 20
'Middle Earth' where 'The Lord of the Rings' was filmed and in the olden times --- Zealandia
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Glenorchy-the-lord-of-the-rings-in-Queenstown-NZ.jpg
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Out_in_Front


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Sunday 'Earth Services' / Week 7
Go Under to Watch the Forests of the Seas & Listen to Philip Glass
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens,_Planet_Scientists
http://www.tinybluegreen.com


Floating Forests-Kelp -- Oceanlight.jpg


February 18
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/New_Definitions_of_National_Security
http://strategicdemands.com/new-definitions-of-security/
February 17
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/NPT_-_Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferation_of_Nuclear_Weapons
http://strategicdemands.com/nuclear-issues-cold-war-2-0/
February 16
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Stats_-_Green_Research_&_Science
February 15
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Landsat_data_users_handbook
February 14
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Berkeley_Earth_Sciences-NASA_Data_Sets_Mission_Feb2017.jpg
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360-eOS#Digital_Rights_Movement
February 13
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/02/11/rachel-carson-national-wildlife-refuge-in-wells-is-losing-ground-to-erosion/
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Sea-Level_Rise


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Sunday 'Earth Services' / Week 6
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Trumbull_vfx_master.jpg
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:2001_pic3.jpeg


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February 11
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Air_Pollution
February 10
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Arctic
February 9
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_and_Space,_Politics
February 8
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Biodiversity
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Tree_of_Life
February 7
A View of Our Home Planet (w/ VFX 2001 thanks to our friend Doug Trumbull)
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Trumbull_vfx_master.jpg
February 6
Planet, Alphabet-Google, Terra Bella -- Democratization of Space
Earth Observations, key to understanding, a sustaining future for generations to come


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Sunday 'Earth Services' / Week 5
'Bridges to Babylon', recorded in Los Angeles @ Ocean Wave Studio w/ Billy Preston on Hammond. 'Saint of Me' - Live in Rio


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February 4
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/EarthPOV
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Right_Now
February 3
Japan has more car charging stations than gas stations
February 2
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Science_from_Space
February 1
GPS satellites, distributed over 6 orbital planes, provide important context for ongoing and historical science missions, and enable new types of #EarthScience research not previously possible
The data are publicly available, hosted by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information and can be found by searching the data.gov portal or at https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/space-weather/satellite-data/satellite-systems/gps/
January 31
"Earth in Human Hands"
January 30
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Tillerson-Putin_mtg.jpg


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Sunday 'Earth Services' / Week 4
GOES "First Light": http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=89506&src=eoa-iotd
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GOES-16


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January 28
National Resources Defense Council launches "onEarth-Trump V. Earth" to track environmental policy moves of the US president
January 27
Nuclear Issues / Cold War 2.0 -- Strategic Demands, GreenPolicy's associated site, investigates escalating #nuclear #proliferation
http://strategicdemands.com/nuclear-issues-cold-war-2-0/
January 26
Climate Mirror: https://climate.daknob.net/
The Climate Mirror Project is working to mirror and safely archive U.S. Govt. websites/datasets related to climate, climate change, and global warming
January 25
Powerpak: 80 MWh Powerpack station from TESLA & Southern California Edison, biggest energy storage project in the world using lithium-ion batteries
Coming online soon -- http://www.utilitydive.com/news/inside-construction-of-the-worlds-largest-lithium-ion-battery-storage-faci/431765/
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/California_out_in_front_in_a_Green_future
January 24
The REINS (Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny) Act of 2017
The 'Most Dangerous Bill You've Never Heard Of Just Passed the House of Representatives'
January 23
Bill McKibben, former GreenPolicy360 advisor, speaks to challenges with Trump as the US president


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Sunday 'Earth Services' / Week 3
"THAW" in the Arctic: "It’s almost as if global warming is looking right back at you"
http://mchannelonline.com/2017/01/21/2017-dawns-thaw-arctic/
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Arctic


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January 21
"Divisive Times" and the "Overview Effect"
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Overview_Effect
January 20
"Earth Right Now": Far Beyond an Inauguration Day
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_Right_Now_science.jpg
January 19
Environmental Protection Agency confirmation hearings: Does Scott Pruitt believe in the mission of the EPA?
January 18, 2017
US House Science Committee continues down the path of science denial
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_and_Space,_Politics
January 17, 2017
"Can California Climate Activism Make Sacramento the New DC?"
  • Read more on California being "Out in Front"
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Governor_Jerry_Brown
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/California_out_in_front_in_a_Green_future
https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement
January 16, 2017
  • "Science on trial". Scott Pruitt comes to the Senate for confirmation hearings to head up the Environmental Protection Agency


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Sunday 'Earth Services' / Week 2


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About Us in Clearwater, Florida


January 14, 2017
"Being clever". Cities/states/countries confronting the risks of climate change by being out in front with clean energy action
Tags: #EarthScience #PlanetCitizen #Green360 #ClimatePolicy #EnvironmentalProtection #NewDefinitionsofSecurity
January 13, 2017
Skyscrapers in China in 2016 going up, up and up. Count 'em beginning with Shenzhen
January 12, 2017
Alliances at risk, national/global security at risk: President-elect promises to dismiss the international climate agreement
Identifies 'Russian aggression, terrorism and Chinese aggressiveness' as the biggest security issues since WW II
January 11, 2017
Pulling into the local supermarket parking lot, what do I see? An EV i3 !
January 10, 2017
Smoking killing millions a year, trillions in costs
January 9, 2017
First ongoing study of the Earth's upper atmosphere #EnvironmentalSecurity #Earth360


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Sunday 'Earth Services' / Week 1


January 7, 2017
William Perry, 'prophet of doom', warns of nextgen nuclear weapons, proliferation and a new Cold War turning hot
Read more from the former head of the US Defense Department
  • Visit GreenPolicy's associated site, Strategic Demands
http://strategicdemands.com/nuclear-end-of-times-scenario/
http://strategicdemands.com/what-are-the-odds/
January 6, 2017
NASA Climate Resource Center (and vital national/global security programs the Trump administration is threatening)
January 5, 2017
Offshore Wind Energy starts up on the East Coast of the US (illustrated with vivid images)
January 4, 2017
From the Obama administration's top science advisor, John Holdren, words of caution
January 3, 2017
Cornelia Dean, writer of "Against the Tide" #RisingSeas #ClimateChange
January 2, 2017
Katharine Hayhoe, climate scientist at Texas Tech #PlanetCitizen


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