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 Murphy's Blog January 2, 2010 Hi folks, it's me Murphy, and I'm jumping up and down, I am so happy! I want you to read about what Brazil has been doing to fight Global Warming. Brazil, Latin America’s largest country, can serve as an example to the world on how to fight global warming. This week, the Brazilian government announced that it will make its greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) targets legally binding. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a law requiring Brazil to reduce emissions 36 to 39 percent from projected 2020 levels, or about 15 to 25 percent below 2005 levels. “We will fully comply with the targets. It doesn't matter that Copenhagen didn't go as well as we had hoped,” Environment Minister Carlos Minc said. “Brazil will have a strong climate change policy.” Deforestation will account for about half of the emissions reduction. Over 60 percent of Brazil’s carbon dioxide emissions come from deforestation of the Amazon. Brazil aims to reduce deforestation by 70 percent, and by 80 percent in the Amazon, which will save 4.18 billion tons of GHG emissions. Increasing renewable energy Part of reducing GHG emissions will include increasing renewable energy use, and increasing ethanol production. Brazil is the second biggest producer of ethanol, and almost 80 percent of its ethanol is sold domestically. In fact, 45 percent of Brazilian vehicles run on ethanol. Since 1975, Brazil has revved up its ethanol production, and the government now requires that all light vehicles use at least 25 percent ethanol blends. According to an August 2009 survey by Conab, the 2009 production of ethanol was expected to increase 10 percent over 2008. “Most Brazilian mills are capable of producing both ethanol and sugar, which gives the industry flexibility to opt for production of one or the other,” said Airton Camargo Conab’s Agribusiness Information Superintendent. The majority of Brazil’s electrical power generation (85 percent) comes from hydropower, which accounts for part of the reason why Brazil ranks 42nd in global carbon emissions. Brazil produces less carbon emissions than countries like Israel and the Philippines which are much smaller in population and size. Installed wind energy in Brazil increased from 2004 to 2009 from about 22 megawatts (MW) to 602 MW. Brazil currently has 36 wind energy plants. The country has an estimated 143 gigawatts (GW) of wind power generation potential. All of Brazil’s sugar and ethanol factories (100 percent) supply their own energy, according to the Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo, Department of Energy. Some factories generate their own energy by burning sugarcane waste, called bagasse. Many of the factories produce surplus power which they sell to utility companies Brazil, Latin America’s largest country, can serve as an example to the world on how to fight global warming. This week, the Brazilian government announced that it will make its greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) targets legally binding. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a law requiring Brazil to reduce emissions 36 to 39 percent from projected 2020 levels, or about 15 to 25 percent below 2005 levels. “We will fully comply with the targets. It doesn't matter that Copenhagen didn't go as well as we had hoped,” Environment Minister Carlos Minc said. “Brazil will have a strong climate change policy.” Deforestation will account for about half of the emissions reduction. Over 60 percent of Brazil’s carbon dioxide emissions come from deforestation of the Amazon. Brazil aims to reduce deforestation by 70 percent, and by 80 percent in the Amazon, which will save 4.18 billion tons of GHG emissions. Increasing renewable energy Part of reducing GHG emissions will include increasing renewable energy use, and increasing ethanol production. Brazil is the second biggest producer of ethanol, and almost 80 percent of its ethanol is sold domestically. In fact, 45 percent of Brazilian vehicles run on ethanol. Since 1975, Brazil has revved up its ethanol production, and the government now requires that all light vehicles use at least 25 percent ethanol blends. According to an August 2009 survey by Conab, the 2009 production of ethanol was expected to increase 10 percent over 2008. “Most Brazilian mills are capable of producing both ethanol and sugar, which gives the industry flexibility to opt for production of one or the other,” said Airton Camargo Conab’s Agribusiness Information Superintendent. The majority of Brazil’s electrical power generation (85 percent) comes from hydropower, which accounts for part of the reason why Brazil ranks 42nd in global carbon emissions. Brazil produces less carbon emissions than countries like Israel and the Philippines which are much smaller in population and size. Installed wind energy in Brazil increased from 2004 to 2009 from about 22 megawatts (MW) to 602 MW. Brazil currently has 36 wind energy plants. The country has an estimated 143 gigawatts (GW) of wind power generation potential. All of Brazil’s sugar and ethanol factories (100 percent) supply their own energy, according to the Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo, Department of Energy. Some factories generate their own energy by burning sugarcane waste, called bagasse. Many of the factories produce surplus power which they sell to utility companies Brazil, Latin America’s largest country, can serve as an example to the world on how to fight global warming. This week, the Brazilian government announced that it will make its greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) targets legally binding. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a law requiring Brazil to reduce emissions 36 to 39 percent from projected 2020 levels, or about 15 to 25 percent below 2005 levels. “We will fully comply with the targets. It doesn't matter that Copenhagen didn't go as well as we had hoped,” Environment Minister Carlos Minc said. “Brazil will have a strong climate change policy.” Deforestation will account for about half of the emissions reduction. Over 60 percent of Brazil’s carbon dioxide emissions come from deforestation of the Amazon. Brazil aims to reduce deforestation by 70 percent, and by 80 percent in the Amazon, which will save 4.18 billion tons of GHG emissions. Increasing renewable energy Part of reducing GHG emissions will include increasing renewable energy use, and increasing ethanol production. Brazil is the second biggest producer of ethanol, and almost 80 percent of its ethanol is sold domestically. In fact, 45 percent of Brazilian vehicles run on ethanol. Since 1975, Brazil has revved up its ethanol production, and the government now requires that all light vehicles use at least 25 percent ethanol blends. According to an August 2009 survey by Conab, the 2009 production of ethanol was expected to increase 10 percent over 2008. “Most Brazilian mills are capable of producing both ethanol and sugar, which gives the industry flexibility to opt for production of one or the other,” said Airton Camargo Conab’s Agribusiness Information Superintendent. The majority of Brazil’s electrical power generation (85 percent) comes from hydropower, which accounts for part of the reason why Brazil ranks 42nd in global carbon emissions. Brazil produces less carbon emissions than countries like Israel and the Philippines which are much smaller in population and size. Installed wind energy in Brazil increased from 2004 to 2009 from about 22 megawatts (MW) to 602 MW. Brazil currently has 36 wind energy plants. The country has an estimated 143 gigawatts (GW) of wind power generation potential. All of Brazil’s sugar and ethanol factories (100 percent) supply their own energy, according to the Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo, Department of Energy. Some factories generate their own energy by burning sugarcane waste, called bagasse. Many of the factories produce surplus power which they sell to utility companies Brazil, Latin America’s largest country, can serve as an example to the world on how to fight global warming. This week, the Brazilian government announced that it will make its greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) targets legally binding. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a law requiring Brazil to reduce emissions 36 to 39 percent from projected 2020 levels, or about 15 to 25 percent below 2005 levels. “We will fully comply with the targets. It doesn't matter that Copenhagen didn't go as well as we had hoped,” Environment Minister Carlos Minc said. “Brazil will have a strong climate change policy.” Deforestation will account for about half of the emissions reduction. Over 60 percent of Brazil’s carbon dioxide emissions come from deforestation of the Amazon. Brazil aims to reduce deforestation by 70 percent, and by 80 percent in the Amazon, which will save 4.18 billion tons of GHG emissions. Increasing renewable energy Part of reducing GHG emissions will include increasing renewable energy use, and increasing ethanol production. Brazil is the second biggest producer of ethanol, and almost 80 percent of its ethanol is sold domestically. In fact, 45 percent of Brazilian vehicles run on ethanol. Since 1975, Brazil has revved up its ethanol production, and the government now requires that all light vehicles use at least 25 percent ethanol blends. According to an August 2009 survey by Conab, the 2009 production of ethanol was expected to increase 10 percent over 2008. “Most Brazilian mills are capable of producing both ethanol and sugar, which gives the industry flexibility to opt for production of one or the other,” said Airton Camargo Conab’s Agribusiness Information Superintendent. The majority of Brazil’s electrical power generation (85 percent) comes from hydropower, which accounts for part of the reason why Brazil ranks 42nd in global carbon emissions. Brazil produces less carbon emissions than countries like Israel and the Philippines which are much smaller in population and size. Installed wind energy in Brazil increased from 2004 to 2009 from about 22 megawatts (MW) to 602 MW. Brazil currently has 36 wind energy plants. The country has an estimated 143 gigawatts (GW) of wind power generation potential. All of Brazil’s sugar and ethanol factories (100 percent) supply their own energy, according to the Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo, Department of Energy. Some factories generate their own energy by burning sugarcane waste, called bagasse. Many of the factories produce surplus power which they sell to utility companies October 16, 2009 Hello, It's me Murphy, and I am finally back to bring you up to date on what's been happening in the rainforests. I guess I'd better tell you why I missed almost a whole year blogging about the events that have been going on in the rainforests of the world. My mom developed a brain tumor,and had to have her watery blob removed, and then she needed time to recover from all of the trauma of missing out on her normal activities. I missed out on getting on the computer so I could talk to you about all my brothers and sisters in the rainforest.This has really been a rough year for all of us, in the forests and out. I noticed I had a BIG problem, I didn't know how to turn on the Computer!!! I also didn't know what to do after I got it turned on, if I ever got that far. I had always pulled my sneak attack to get to my page, when she would get up to go do something. Since she hasn't felt like doing much for the past year, I decided to try a new method to get her to go to the computer. Every morning I would tell her that "Murphy cooks", hoping she would think I would cook for her and she might go back to the computer. Well folks, that didn't work either, she stopped leaving my door open, so I was "jailed" again. You know the rest, I could not blog, but I can now, I just have to be careful. Mom's taking a nap, so I found my chance and here I am Ta DA!
Oops, I hear mom getting up from her nap, and I have to fly back to my cage and close the door, so more later. Wednesday October 21, 2009 Yesterday I cheated by copying and pasting a message from RAN (Rainforest Action Network), so you all could know what has been going on in the rainforests of Indonesia. Can you believe American Agro. companies would do this to the people and the rainforest? We have to stop it as soon as possible. My poor sister and brother birds, and the other animals in the area are running out of a place to live. I'm sorry to tell you that this morning, I sneaked out of my cage while Mama was taking a nap on the couch, and I ran in and got on the computer. Earlier this morning, I heard Mama talking with Papa about something she had read in one of her emails. I decided to read it to, and now I know why she was so upset. I thought you should read it too, so I copied it for you. In just two decades...
I must have missed something, like the name of the group, but this really upset me, cause I'm suppose to live to my 60's, and I am only11 years old now. What will happen to us, and ME?????? November 4, 2008 Hello All, and Happy Voting Day! It is very important that everyone get out and VOTE! As an American citizen, it is your responsibility to VOTE. If you do not vote, and something goes the way you don't like, you can only complain to yourself, because you did not vote! Think about all the people in the world, who do not have the right to correct mistakes, and vote, and you just sit on your limb and do nothing! It's me Murphy, and I realize it has been a long time since I have been here to give you the latest news about the rain forests of the world! There has been a lot going on in this area, and the people at Ran.Org have been busy spreading the word about Palm Oil, and how these Palm Oil Plantations are hurting the native people in the various countries, where big agro-businesses have been spreading. These companies are clear cutting the forests to make way for their Palm Oil Plantations, so they can make more money! They do not care about us wild creatures, or about the native people who make their living from the rain forests. It makes me angry, and sometimes I say ugly words, but I only say them in Indonesian, which most people do not understand. Ran.org had a campaign to educate the people about how many companies were using Palm Oil in their products. Get this, people went into grocery stores and put labels on products that had Palm Oil hidden in their product list. Imagine a company hiding something in a product that they don't want you to know about, surprising! Well they can't hide it now, cause everybody let them know by the bright yellow stickers on the shelf! It is great how one person can help spread the word, just by talking with another person. My mom was telling me about meeting a lady, who makes soap at the last show, and asking her about what oil she used in the soap. The lady said she used Palm Oil, and when my mom told her about the Palm Oil Plantations, this lady got upset, and said she was going to use Olive Oil instead of Palm Oil. Just that one little conversation changed another person's mind on doing the right thing. So one person can begin to make a difference in our world, and if we get a lot of "one persons" acting to change things, we can make a better world, for all of us creatures and people! People have to speak for us creatures, so speak loud and long because you need to be sure you are heard! We have a chance to make a better world, beginning here in the United States, by doing the right things, so we can all survive and live good lives, I know I want to do that, so I will continue my blog, when my mom lets me out and I can sneak on the computer, I just have to be careful where I put my toes and beak! My mom walks softly, and sometimes I don't hear her coming, and that's when she catches me doing something wrong, from her viewpoint, of course. Oops, I hear her coming, so I have to get off now, but I will return with more rain forest news later. April 30, 2008 Hi everyone, it's me Murphy, ready to strut and shout!! You would not believe what has happened to me since Christmas. My mom accidentally caught me with my toes on the keyboard, and my beak on the case, and she didn't give a fellow time to explain that I really was not sharpening my beak, but was actually holding on while I typed. Boy, was that a big mistake! I lost my freedom to roam, until two days ago, and now I have to be crafty, if I want to talk with all of you! To top it all off, we missed Earth Day, because of computer problems. I was so upset, cause I had a lot of things I wanted to say, by way of celebration, and I didn't get to say them, until now! I just got a bunch of information from RAN , Rainforest Action Network, and they want everybody to get the word out about Agrofuels. All the politicians have been talking about how the increase in Agrofuels is going to save the planet, well, let me tell you, NOT! (The following information is from the RAN Organization, and after you read it, please go to www.ran.org, and get involved to help save our planet.) Agrofuels are suppose to reduce GHG, Green House Gas, emissions. Agribusiness, oil, energy and auto companies are rapidly consolidating control over the entire agrofuel sector. The power of these corporations is huge! ADM, Archer Daniels Midland lobbied th US government for three decades to promote adding ethanol to gasoline, resulting in $2 Billion of government subsidies, most of which has gone to ADM. Agribusiness companies are rapidly expanding fuel crop plantations into the Amazon Rainforest and biodiverse tropical ecosystems throughout South America, Southeast Aisa, the Pacific and Africa. Palm oil expansion is te primary cause of deforestation in Indonesia, where the forests are disappearing at a rate of more than 2.8 million hectaes a year, an area half the size of Belgium. In North America, logging companies like Weyerhaeuser are teaming up with oil companies like Chevron to convert forests into fuels. Agrofuels are linked to human rights abuses. In order to make way for fuel crop plantations, the land rights of traditional and Indigenous communities are often violated. This encroachment of industrial plantations forces small family farmers to shift from subsistence to export-driven commodity farming, if they are not pushed off their land entirely. Plantation workers face abuse, exploitation and exposure to toxic pesticides. In Brazil, slave labor is still used on many soy and sugar cane plantations. Agrofuels pits food against fuel. Industrial agrofuel production requires dedicating huge swaths of land to fuel production and drives up the price of basic food crops as food production competes against fuel production for land, water and market resources. The further we go down the industrial agrofuels path, th more we are setting up competition between the US's oversized thirst for fuel and billions of people's basic right to food. Do the Math Even if all cropland in the US were used to grow corn and all the corn were used to make ethanol , we would not produce enough ethanol to replace our over-consumption of of gasoline. Every ton of palm oil produced results in 33 tons of carbon dioxide emissions - 10 times more per ton than petroleum. The corn required to make enough ethanol to fill up a 25-gallon SUV tank could feed one person for a year. Hi, it's me Murphy again, and I, for one, am angry about how big business forgets us little guys. How are we suppose to find our food? Bird seed, nuts, fresh fruit and veggies are vital for us birds, and come to think about it, you are also going to be left out in the cold, without food sources. If all the big farms are growing corn, and none of us are getting to eat it, where will we get our food???? Hi everyone, My name is Murphy and I am the spokesbird for the rainforest. I want to tell you about where I come from, and a little about my other brother and sister parrots in other areas of the world's rainforests, because we need your help.Every day, humans are destroying our homes, at an alarming rate. We, Congo African Grey parrots, live in the tree canopy, up in the very top. I really hate to admit this, but we are not great flyers, we tend to land on our chests, and you have no idea how much that hurts! We need the tree canopy because we can easily find our food and visit with our friends, plus, we are out of danger. In all the rainforests of the world, our trees are disappearing and soon, we may not have homes, then, (gasp!), we would be gone too! Now just think about this, where would you be without your bird children or Oxygen? Oops, my Mom just walked in and told me to get off the computer, so I have to go for now. I promise to be back soon with more news about the rainforests, and what you can do to help. November 19, 2007 Hello every body, it's me, Murphy, again. Boy do I have news for you! My mom finally left the computer, so I hopped on, because I gotta tell you about what I read in one of her emails. She belongs to some group called RAN, which stands for Rainforest Action Network. They sent a bunch of people to different rainforest areas of the world, to find out how things were going. Well, I can answer that, NOT GOOD! I want you to just read about what they found.
Bye Bye Oh, I forgot to tell you, that's my picture at the top of this page, don't I look handsome? November 24, 2007 Hello again, yep, its me, Murphy, and I just wanted to say I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I have to tell you that I do get little upset when I hear people call it as "Turkey Day". After all, the turkey just might be one of my distant relatives. I promised to show you all a picture of the rainforest, in Indonesia, where my papa is from, but I could not get it to fit in here, so I guess I'll have to get help with it. Oops, that would mean that my mom would know what I've been doing, you know, using her computer, and she is really gets upset about that. I have to remember to hide my snacks from her, peanut shells on the keyboard are a giveaway. I am going to put a button for you to click on, (under my Blog picture), and it will save 11.5 feet of rainforest every day it is clicked, and it's free. There are a bunch of sponsors, whatever those are, that pay for the clicks, to save the rainforests. I was being nosy, but I found some more news about the rainforest, from  that RAN group, and I want you to read it.Why Preserve Rainforest Habitat?Rainforests are some of the world's most ancient and complex ecosystems. They cover a mere 2% of the Earth, yet more than half of all plant and animal species live there. The rainforest is home to creatures as famous as the jaguar and poison dart frog, as well as lesser-known and even unidentified species. These ecosystems are an amazing resource that is quickly slipping away. The rainforest is where many modern food staples originated, including tomatoes, corn, and chocolate, but we use a mere fraction of the edible plants available there. In addition, one quarter of modern medicines come from plant species that were first used as traditional remedies. Western science has analyzed less than one percent of rainforest plants for medicinal compounds, and the indigenous tribes that use these plants are rapidly disappearing. To complicate matters more, the rate of species extinction in the rainforest is undeniably high. As the forests are burned for short-term farming, grazed, and harvested for wood and other compounds at an unsustainable rate, we are swiftly losing the very species that may someday provide needed cures or disease-resistant crops. With them, we lose an extraordinary number of unique creatures found nowhere else in the world. Help us save the rainforests by clicking every day. The benefits to humankind and to the world are incalculable, and it costs you nothing more than a moment of your time. A click a day can save the world!* *Facts and figures from: The Rainforest Alliance, World Health Organization, and the Rainforest Foundation. That's it for today, my mom has been resting all day, from all the cooking yesterday, and I had a chance to jump back on here and bring you some news. I know she will be back here tomorrow, and I'll be "locked up" again, while she works. Poor me, all I have to do then is watch my other little bird brothers and sisters play in their cage, and maybe catch some TV, or listen to the radio, if she remembers to turn it on. I do like to sing when there is a song I like on th radio. Uh oh, I hear her moving this way, so I have to go. I'll tell you more later, promise, parrot's honor! Hello Everyone! Yep, It's me, Murphy, and I just wanted to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. I am sorry I haven't been able to tell you all about the news from the Rainforest, but my Mom has been "hogging" this computer all month! I want to lodge a protest! It is UNFAIR to this Spoke's Bird, when I don't get equal time to use the computer. How am I suppose to do my job, when I cannot get a foot on the keyboard? I know I must have some fans out there in cyberspace, that would be willing to stand up for my right to use this computer. Hello, anybody out there? Can I get any support? OOPS, I just remembered, tomorrow is Christmas, and I did see some funny shaped packages under the tree, with my name on the tags. I wonder if there is a computer for me? I better wait to stage my protest, until after the holidays. Yes, that is definitely a better plan. Well, I don't want to get caught, and have to go to time out again. I hope you have a Wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year! Oh, and please come back again, I may need your help with a protest! |
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