Quotes
On climate change deniers: "It's as if we think the laws of physics are to debate and amendment and political contributions can sway the laws of physics."
Al Gore, former Vice President
"It's just economics 101: When its free to pollute, you get more pollution. When there's a price to pay, industry will have an incentive to finding low-cost carbon solutions."
Fred Krupp, President of the Environmental Defense Fund.
"We have been stuck in over-regulated economy years."
Jack Welch, former CEO General Electric
Federal Judge: Blocks ConocoPhillips' Development Project
According to court documents Alaska District Judge Sharon Gleason vacated Bureau of Land Management approval of a six billion dollar development project proposed by ConocoPhillips. She ruled that there were omissions in greenhouse emissions analysis.
On climate change deniers: "It's as if we think the laws of physics are to debate and amendment and political contributions can sway the laws of physics."
Al Gore, former Vice President
"It's just economics 101: When its free to pollute, you get more pollution. When there's a price to pay, industry will have an incentive to finding low-cost carbon solutions."
Fred Krupp, President of the Environmental Defense Fund.
"We have been stuck in over-regulated economy years."
Jack Welch, former CEO General Electric
Federal Judge: Blocks ConocoPhillips' Development Project
According to court documents Alaska District Judge Sharon Gleason vacated Bureau of Land Management approval of a six billion dollar development project proposed by ConocoPhillips. She ruled that there were omissions in greenhouse emissions analysis.
ConocoPhillps also failed to address comparable alternatives and options to the project the judge wrote.
The Story of the Orphan Train
In the 1850s the number of orphaned children exploded. A young minister named Charles Brace became concerned with the number of street children often called Street Arabs. Some children were orphaned when their parents died of epidemics such as typhoid, yellow fever, or the flu. Others were abandoned because of poverty. In the 1850s there were 10-30 thousand orphans in New York, a city of only 500,000.
Brace's Children's Aid Society hit on the idea of sending the children in a train to the rural mid-west to be adopted and raised by farmers. Many were adopted as cheap labor. Records show some became teachers, doctors, or clergy. The orphan trains were funded by wealthy donors and ran from 1854-1929.
The foster children's program was established in 1930.
The song about the trains, "Take Us In" accurately portrays the trains and the children's search for someone to take then in.
The Story of the Orphan Train
In the 1850s the number of orphaned children exploded. A young minister named Charles Brace became concerned with the number of street children often called Street Arabs. Some children were orphaned when their parents died of epidemics such as typhoid, yellow fever, or the flu. Others were abandoned because of poverty. In the 1850s there were 10-30 thousand orphans in New York, a city of only 500,000.
Brace's Children's Aid Society hit on the idea of sending the children in a train to the rural mid-west to be adopted and raised by farmers. Many were adopted as cheap labor. Records show some became teachers, doctors, or clergy. The orphan trains were funded by wealthy donors and ran from 1854-1929.
The foster children's program was established in 1930.
The song about the trains, "Take Us In" accurately portrays the trains and the children's search for someone to take then in.
Take us in, we have rode the Orphan Train
Take us in, we need a home, we need a name
Take us in, oh won't you be our kin
We are looking for someone to take us in
Take us in, we need a home, we need a name
Take us in, oh won't you be our kin
We are looking for someone to take us in
Take us in