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5.26.2011
Killing Millions with Coal Fine, but Greenpeace activists handed felony charges in smokestack protest www.chicagotribune.com
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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
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Discusses US-Pak relations, Middle East and being a Taliban sympathiser.
NZ in great position to ditch coal - scientists, activists www.3news.co.nz
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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
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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
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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
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The president can corner the prime minister now—if he wants to.
US Extreme Weather Consistent with Climate Change | USA | English www.voanews.com
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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
www.entrepreneur.com
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
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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.
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Colombia’s disastrous floods make clear world isn’t prepared for catastrophic climate change « Clim climateprogress.org
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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.
VID - GREENPEACERS RISKING LIVES NOW IN CHICAGO
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Before dawn, a team of eight Greenpeace activists climbed the 450 foot smokestack at the Fisk power plant in Chicago. From the stack, they are demanding that...
Two Greenland glaciers lose enough ice to fill Lake Erie
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A new study aimed at refining the way scientists measure ice loss in Greenland is providing a "high-definition picture" of climate-caused changes on the island. And the picture isn't pretty. In the last decade, two of the largest three glaciers draining that frozen landscape have lost enough ice tha
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