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Four Corners Recycling InitiativeThe mission of the Four Corners Recycling Initiative is to promote sustainable living through waste diversion and recycling, education and outreach, and economic opportunities without increasing the tax burden on those we serve.

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Search Saves
the Rainforest

The more you search, the more trees survive !!

Read about it here

San Juan RC&D
Area Plan Survey

San Juan RC&D (M-CAN’s 401C-3 umbrella organization)

The Area Plan is their 5 year Strategic Plan that helps guide the Council into the future. One of the most important parts of the revision process is to gather public input from our communities. The San Juan RC&D would like to invite you to provide us with your ideas and comments on the needs and opportunities that you see in your communities.

The San Juan RC&D has prepared an On-Line survey and would like to ask you to take about 3 minutes and provide us with your input on what you feel is important in your community.

Please provide us with your thoughts and ideas as to what areas you feel need addressed. Feel free to add any comments or additional ideas as to what you feel the needs of your community are.

Below is a link that will take you directly to the San Juan RC&D survey. You do not need to supply your name if you wish, but your ideas are important for the Council to determine what direction they will take to assist our area in the future.

Thank you for your input and feel free to contact me if you have any problems or ideas.

Doug Ramsey
Coordinator
San Juan RC&D Program
Durango, Colorado
970-259-3289 ext 111 is looking to the future and is working on updating their Area Plan.

(click here) to take the survey.

Check out the latest on Feed In Tariffs

Wind Works Paul spoke at the "Creating Jobs for the Local Economy" FIT triple−feature Wednesday, September 15th, 2010. He spoke at the LPEA Board Meeting, again at the Green Roundtable Luncheon, and yet again at the Sasco Community Workshop, "FIT for Colorado". Paul is an internationally recognized authority on the FIT. is Paul Gipe´s website.

Stop the Junk Mail Monster

Eco-Cycle Do-It-Yourself instructions
41pounds.org Hands off, 100% guaranteed, 5 year, non-profit service costs $41

Check Your Appliance Power Use

Check out Kill-a-Watts at
Mancos Public Library Do you know what your refrigerator, freezer or other household appliances are costing you per month? Empire Electric and the Mancos Public Library have teamed up to help you determine how you are using your electricity in your home. Empire Electric has donated KILL-A-WATT METERS that you can check out just as you would a book. Take it home, plug it in and test your electric consumption! It is free but electricity is not.

Lotsa Useful Links

Citizen Action

New! Ft. Lewis College Environmental Center

The EC has five goals that guide our work

* Empower students
* Make sustainability a community effort
* Strengthen community-based learning and research
* Encourage innovation
* Integrate environmental and social justice issues (read more)

Montezuma County Conservation District,

Partners in protecting the agricultural lifestyle in Montezuma County.

(read more)
Dolores and Mancos Conservation Districts

LaPlata Climate and Energy Action Plan

The La Plata Climate and Energy Action Plan project provides a concrete and systematic way for concerned citizens to volunteer and get involved right now in identifying the many ways, large and small, that our community, individuals, governments, businesses, and other groups can reduce greenhouse gasses throughout La Plata County.

Scientist James Hansen Proposes His proposal calls for a "simple, honest" carbon fee, collected from fossil−fuel companies upon the first sale at the mine, wellhead or port of entry. The money collected via this fee would be distributed to the public as a monthly "dividend" or "green check."
Read more... "People´s Climate Stewardship Act": A Simple Carbon Fee with Revenue Returned to Americans

Carbon Tax Center Why revenue-neutral carbon taxes are essential, what´s happening now, and how you can help

Citizens´ Climate Lobby At Citizens Climate Lobby, we believe that our national policy on climate change should be a match for the science. Toward that end, we offer the following legislation that will achieve the critical goals needed to avert catastrophic climate change. We believe this legislation can achieve these goals while at the same time shielding Americans from the financial impact of transitioning to a clean−energy economy.

Price Carbon Campaign A price on carbon would be the quickest and most effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create incentives for renewable energy and efficiency, and generate green jobs. Fees could be returned to citizens as payroll tax relief or as dividends to promote economic equity.

Environment Tech Sites

New! EPA page on Navajo Generating Station Proposed Actions
Four Corners Power Plant

October 6, 2010 − Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Best Available Retrofit Technology Determination for Four Corners Power Plant

EPA proposes to cut NOx emissions at nation’s largest source, Four Corners Power Plant
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More Energy News from MIT's Technology Review Among the most technically interesting and accurate eneregy news sites.

Skeptical Science Scientific skepticism is healthy. Scientists should always challenge themselves to expand their knowledge and improve their understanding. Yet this isn´t what happens in global warming skepticism. Skeptics vigorously criticise any evidence that supports man-made global warming and yet eagerly, even blindly embrace any argument, op−ed piece, blog or study that refutes global warming.

Global Warming
Union of Concerned Scientists Global warming is one of the most serious challenges facing us today. To protect the health and economic well−being of current and future generations, we must reduce our emissions of heat−trapping gases by using the technology, know−how, and practical solutions already at our disposal.

Global Climate Change − NASA's Eyes on the Earth

2009: Second warmest year on record

Public Technology Institute

Energy Information Administration, an independent agency within the U.S. Department of Energy.

Nasa's Global Climate Change Site contains the latest information regarding climate change in very readable format. The site is by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Cal Tech.