While many of us worked for a bluer United States as well as a bluer California; the new color or better yet the renewed color for 2009 should be green! Green as in GREENpeace; green as in GREEN JOBS NOW, green as in Senator Barbara Boxer's excellent work in the US Senate. Green has always been a keynote color in the environmental movement; and there is a renewed call for green interaction between environmentalists and organized labor as well as small business.
On the November 2008 ballot in California were two Faux environmental propositions that we thankfully defeated. What we need is a proactive, labor intensive, small business green initiative that we can all get behind and support. Not a T. Boone Pickens enrichment plan, nor a so called alternative energy proposal that enriches speculators and major corporations but blocks small business and the plans we already have in place as we strive to advance and enhance the provisions of AB-32. AB-32 was the California Global Warming legislation co-authored by newly elected State Senator Fran Pavley, and former Speaker Fabian Nunez. Couple this with an Obama EPA that will give California a waiver and we are on our own Green Road to an environmental OZ.
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how is the SF green jobs program coming along -can we repeat that elsewhere?
read this idea problem/solution
TO BEGIN a govt work program for unemployed or troops?
A REPLANT PROGRAMS BE STARTED AND in areas where the big offenders are (see bottom)
USE EMPLoYMENT PROGRASM TO CHOP THE OLD ONES MAKE natural pArk and bus BENCHES
I HAVE SIMPLE AND NICE DESIGNs IN MIND AND
CHIP THE REST.
BRING chips to low income "RENTAL" AREAS NEED soil/erosion help.
Effects on volatile organic compounds
Scientists have known for years that trees and other vegetation produce certain hydrocarbon compounds, such as monoterpenes and isoprene. These volatile organic compounds (VOCs), the source of the appealing scents associated with pine needles and cut grass, are used by plants to attract pollinating insects or to repel leaf-eating ones. Research shows that VOCs play a significant role in the formation of one of the most damaging pollutants, ground-level ozone, which is the major component of what is more commonly known as smog. The ozone forms in the presence of sunlight when volatile organic compounds react with nitrogen oxides emitted by cars and industrial plants. It is important to note that VOC plant emissions are harmless in the absence of the human-generated nitrogen oxides.
Emissions of VOCs by trees, particularly the isoprene emitted by deciduous trees, which shed their leaves annually, have been shown to increase levels of ground-level ozone in some urban areas. However, in atmospheres with low nitrogen oxide concentrations (e.g., some rural environments), VOCs may actually remove ozone. Because VOC emissions are temperature-dependent and trees generally lower air temperatures, increased tree cover can lower overall VOC emissions and, consequently, ozone levels in urban areas.
VOC emission rates also vary by species. Low VOC emitting species include certain types of pine and maple trees. High VOC-emitting trees include eucalyptus, sycamore, willow, and certain oak varieties. Thus, maximizing the net benefits of trees and other vegetation requires careful selection of species for each individual location.
While it is important to be aware of VOC contributions from trees and vegetation, the air quality improvements gained from direct pollutant removal, reduced energy use and power plant emissions, slower rates of ground-level ozone formation from lower air temperatures, and other benefits generally outweigh the negative impact of biogenic emissions.
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http://www.eoearth.org/article/Environmental_effects_of_urban_trees_and_vegetation
Eucalyptus and Sycamore SEEM THE BIGGEST POLLUTERS form another article
LET'S ASK NO MORE BE PLANTED BY BUILDERS!
more ideas from the road,
darlene matthews
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