5.28.2011
Every President and Congress Are Complicit in Israel's 'War Crimes' - Salem-News.Com www.salem-news.com
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Under International Law and America's War Crimes Act, all U.S. Presidents and the 535 members of the U.S. Congress are "complicitors" in Israel's long history of genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.And as
2 LAWLESS TERRORISTS - Netanyahu asked Canada's Harper to thwart G8 support for 1967 borders www.haaretz.com
www.haaretz.com
G8 statement would have supported Obama's policy that Israeli-Palestinian talks should be based on 1967 lines with land swaps.
Down with coal! The grassroots anti-coal movement goes global www.grist.org
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A worldwide anti-coal movement is coming together. Here are a dozen places around the world where people are uniting to halt coal projects.
Cancer Now #1 Cause of Death in China, Coal Largely to Blame www.treehugger.com
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Image: Haldini via Flickr/CC BY-SA China is beginning to see the costs of its rapid march towards industrialization -- the heavy industry, coal-fired power plants, and numerous factories have so saturated the air with pollution that cancer is officially
"If you don't find their 'message' in their Life, don't listen to their lips." SL
"If you don't find their 'message' in their Life, don't listen to their lips." SL
'Never listen to anyone whose message is not courageously, honestly, sincerely evident as their way of Life. Listen carefully to those where it is." SL
'Never listen to anyone whose
message is not courageously, honestly, sincerely evident
as their way of Life. Listen carefully to those where it is." SL
message is not courageously, honestly, sincerely evident
as their way of Life. Listen carefully to those where it is." SL
Giant Wind Turbine Blades Tested in Boston www.reuters.com
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by Caleb DenisonThe race is on to build a bigger, stronger blade for wind turbines. Bigger blades can harness more wind power, thus generating more electricity. However, as it is often said, the bigger
It's time the U.S. dropped support of Netanyahu | The Des Moines Register | DesMoinesRegister.com www.desmoinesregister.com
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President Barack Obama's tentative and halting attempt to forge a peace between Palestine and Israel is failing ('Obama Jolt Unlikely to Spark Peace Talks,' May 21).Early in his presidency, Obama boldly asserted Israel's settlement construction must stop, backing off later as Israel ignored his call
5.27.2011
AFP: Israeli figures urge Europe to back 'Palestine' at UN www.google.com
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JERUSALEM — A group of notable Israeli figures, among them former senior officials, are calling on Europe to recognise a Palestinian state at the United Nations in September in a letter published on Friday.
Spitzer: Netanyahu picked the wrong fight inthearena.blogs.cnn.com
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Editor's Note: In The Arena's Eliot Spitzer is a weekly contributor to Slate.com. CLICK HERE to read his essay, "Netanyahu Blew It: The Israeli prime minister picks a stupid, unnecessary, and wrong fight with President Obama.
Olmert urges PM to make concessions, not speeches www.jpost.com
www.jpost.com
Former PM says in opinion piece that Netanyahu is an impressive speaker who knows how to speak to Americans in way that touches their heart.
West Bank land won't give Israel security: Jordan www.msnbc.msn.com
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Israel will not gain security by holding on to territory beyond what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called its "indefensible" 1967 West Bank border, Jordan's foreign minister said.
Zakaria: History will pass Netanyahu by globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com
globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com
Here's a transcript of my conversation with Eliot Spitzer Thursday about Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech to Congress: Eliot Spitzer: You wrote an article in today's Washington Post and to say it is critical of Prime Minister Netanyahu is perhaps an understatement.
West Texas sees worst drought since Dust Bowl « Climate Progress climateprogress.org
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Low U.S. corn supplies www.reuters.com
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - A bidding war is heating up among users of corn in the United States as livestock feeders and ethanol makers scramble to lock in supplies before extremely low stocks run dry by this
U.S. Electric Car Revolution to Go Forward, With or Without Congress www.reuters.com
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New federal legislation encouraging mass adoption of electric vehicles will only help 'to catalyze the change that is coming,' says Hertz executive By Elizabeth McGowan, SolveClimate News WASHINGTON—Jack
Secreting bacteria eliminate cost barriers for renewable biofuel production | R&D Mag www.rdmag.com
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A Biodesign Institute at Arizona State Univ. research team has developed a process that removes a key obstacle to producing low-cost, renewable biofuels from bacteria. The team has reprogrammed photosynthetic microbes to secrete high-energy fats, making byproduct recovery and conversion to biofuels
GOP DARLING Chris Christie: Global warming is 'real.' - Darren Samuelsohn www.politico.com
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But he says cap and trade programs are ineffective.
Smart Grid Benefits ‘Could Top $2 Trillion’ · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental www.environmentalleader.com
Smart Grid Benefits 'Could Top $2 Trillion' · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental
www.environmentalleader.comSmart grid technologies could deliver between $1.3 trillion and $2 trillion in benefits over the next 20 years, according to a study by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), reported in the ...
5.26.2011
Obama Scores Points With the Iranian People www.huffingtonpost.com
www.huffingtonpost.com
Under a single-entry policy, Iranian students studying in the United States could not leave without their visas expiring. But a newly revised policy allows Iranian students to enter and leave the US multiple times.
Bombshell: High and rising price for carbon pollution emerges as credible deficit reduction strateg climateprogress.org
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GE sees solar cheaper than fossil fuels in 5 years « Climate Progress climateprogress.org
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"The Web's most influential climate-change blogger" — Time Magazine A Project of Center for American Progress Action Fund
Killing Millions with Coal Fine, but Greenpeace activists handed felony charges in smokestack protest www.chicagotribune.com
www.chicagotribune.com
Eight Greenpeace activists who were arrested Wednesday after climbing down a smokestack of a Pilsen coal-fired plant were charged this morning with felony criminal damage to property.
In US-Pakistan relations stability means obedience: Chomsky tribune.com.pk
tribune.com.pk
Discusses US-Pak relations, Middle East and being a Taliban sympathiser.
NZ in great position to ditch coal - scientists, activists www.3news.co.nz
www.3news.co.nz
Ex-Greens MP Nandor Tanczos gave out Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee's phone number to activists on the weekend. NZ in great position to ditch coal - scientists, activists
Obama throws the weight of the west behind freedom in the Middle East | World news | The Guardian www.guardian.co.uk
www.guardian.co.uk
The president redefines the role of the US and its allies with a stirring speech to both houses of parliament in Westminster Hall
Distributed geothermal could supply 7 percent of California’s electricity www.grist.org
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Small, geographically dispersed geothermal power plants could play an active role in reaching California's renewable energy goals.
How to Quit Coal in 30 Seconds www.youtube.com
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Beautiful time-lapse footage of activists painting "Quit Coal" on the smokestack of Chicago's Fisk coal-fired power plant. The activists occupied the smokest...
5.25.2011
Barack Obama: Leadership is about deeds, not words | Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian www.guardian.co.uk
www.guardian.co.uk
Editorial: The challenge of declining influence is not the relationship between America and Britain, but that of both countries to the non-western world
ACT NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW Appoint Elizabeth Warren to Lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau act.boldprogressives.org
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Republicans are threatening to block ANY appointment to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Join top progressive voices on a letter urging President Obama to give a "recess appointment" to Elizabeth Warren -- add your name here!
Netanyahu's Boorish Performance Gives Obama the Edge | The Nation www.thenation.com
www.thenation.com
The president can corner the prime minister now—if he wants to.
US Extreme Weather Consistent with Climate Change | USA | English www.voanews.com
www.voanews.com
The powerful tornadoes and other extreme weather events that have cut swaths of destruction across the United States over the past month have prompted many to wonder if they are part of a new trend. Are these violent storms the result of climate change, or can they be explained as normal weather var
Mountain Justice Summer Fights Back in the Heart of MTR Country - Scrapbook sierraclub.typepad.com
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On Friday, May 20, Cumberland Chapter volunteer leader Rick Clewett and Water Sentinels Deputy Director Tim Guilfoile, below, traveled to the mountains of eastern Kentucky to spend the weekend sampling water quality in local streams and training other volunteers to...
Japan eyes solar panels on all new buildings news.cnet.com
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Grappling with strained power supplies, Japan may require all new buildings, including homes, to come equipped with rooftop solar panels by 2030, the Nikkei newspaper reports. Read this blog post by Tim Hornyak on Crave.
True Torah Jews Denounce Netanyahu Speeches
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True Torah Jews React to Netanyahu Speeches.
A New Social Venture Takes the Lead from Toms Shoes to Fight Child Hunger www.entrepreneur.com
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Two Degrees addresses malnutrition in developing countries with a get-one, give-one sales approach.
Climate change may be linked to allergies - UPI.com
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Increased prevalence of two allergens -- mold and ragweed -- linked to climate change may account for an increase in U.S. allergies, researchers suggest.
ISRAELIS: 'NETANYAHU SHOULD HAVE SUPPORTED OBAMA'S PROPOSAL'
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5.24.2011
Google & Partners To Make 5-Billion Dollar Wind-To-Wire Investment Along US Mid-Atlantic Coast www.treehugger.com
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High power transmission lines. Image credit: Naama's photo stream on Flickr Google and its two business partners are approved for construction of a $5bn power transmission project, conveying power to land from wind farms to be built off the
India's Solar Power Needs $110 Billion Capital online.wsj.com
online.wsj.com
India needs $110 billion in total investments over the next decade to develop solar energy to the extent that it can meet nearly 7% of the nation's power needs in 2022, according to a report released Tuesday by advisory firm KPMG in India on the potential of solar energy in the country's tropical cl
Australian Climate Commission says act now or “the global climate may be so irreversibly altered we. climateprogress.org
Australian Climate Commission says act now or "the global climate may be so irreversibly altered we.
climateprogress.org"The Web's most influential climate-change blogger" — Time Magazine A Project of Center for American Progress Action Fund
Colombia’s disastrous floods make clear world isn’t prepared for catastrophic climate change « Clim climateprogress.org
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"The Web's most influential climate-change blogger" — Time Magazine A Project of Center for American Progress Action Fund
HUNGER STRIKE Day 37 EXPERT TIPS ON HUNGER STRIKING www.youtube.com
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Climate change is real. We cause it. But then, you knew that www.abc.net.au
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If the Climate Commission's report felt like scientific deja-vu, then so did the politicised and self-interested responses.
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