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Observer editorial: As the major polluters, wealthy nations have a responsibility to help developing countries survive extreme events
6.05.2011
Popular Indian guru's call for mass hunger strike brings state violence www.latimes.com
www.latimes.com
A popular Indian yoga guru retreated to his plush ashram Sunday claiming the Indian government was out to kill him after police forcibly removed the televangelist from a "fast-unto-death" hunger strike against corruption and scattered tens of thousands of followers.
Declare war on climate change www2.timesdispatch.com
www2.timesdispatch.com
As record flooding completes its destructive journey along the Mississippi River, accounts label this disaster the "flood of the century," implying we probably won't see such an event for another 90 years. Well, I've got 50 bucks that says we'll see at least two more floods of the century before the
Daily Kos: Climate change is the most important issue ever to face humanity www.dailykos.com
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Hayhoe, other scientists, civic planners and a manager at the giant Swiss Re reinsurance firm all cited human-caused climate change as an factor pushing this shift toward more extreme weather.
AFP: Pro-Palestinian protesters 'march on Israel border' www.google.com
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MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights — Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters coming from Syria marched towards the country's border with Israel on Sunday, approaching a first line of barbed wire fence, AFP photographers said.
AFP: Thousands rally in Australia for carbon tax www.google.com
www.google.com
SYDNEY — Thousands of Australians rallied around the nation on Sunday to support a tax on the carbon emissions blamed for global warming, as a new report outlined the risks of climate change for sea levels.
6.04.2011
WSJ: Germany to close Nuke Plans - 1.4 billion online.wsj.com
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Because of the earth quake and Tsunami in Japan; German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to close a majority of nuclear power plants. Merkel wants to shut eight of the country's 17 plants, but this is going to cost at least 1.4 billion in initial estimates. However, many people will jobs and because
Emergency ‘Call to Action to Protect Earth’ by UN, Pope, Scientists and Indigenous « eNewsChannels
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Emergency 'Call to Action to Protect Earth' by UN, Pope, Scientists and Indigenous,Olympic skier Suzy Chaffee, united nations, UN,eNewsChannels,Business, Entertainment and Technology News,business entertainment and technology news articles opinion and commentary,Neotrope News Network, Torrance, Cali
6.03.2011
Study: Climate change to hike ozone-related illnesses - Green House - USATODAY
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Study: Climate change to hike ozone-related illnesses - Green House - USATODAY.com
House GOP Tells DHS to Stop Worrying About Climate Change motherjones.com
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Readers of this blog are well-versed in Republican attempts to axe any and all government programs that include the word "climate" in the title. Among their attempts so far this year: axing NOAA's climate service, taking a chainsaw to the EPA, and attempting to defund NASA's climate work, to name a
GOP rejects Obama’s call for ‘Sputnik’ moment on energy thehill.com
thehill.com
House Republican appropriators have rejected President Obama's call to have a "Sputnik moment" by ramping up spending on clean energy. House Republican appropriators have rejected President Obama's call to have a "Sputnik moment" by ramping up spending on clean energy.
A 'Big Thumbs Up' for Renewable Energy www.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com
Experts advising the United Nations said renewable sources could deliver nearly 80 percent of world's total energy demand by the middle of the century
GOP rejects Obama’s call for ‘Sputnik’ moment on energy thehill.com
thehill.com
House Republican appropriators have rejected President Obama's call to have a "Sputnik moment" by ramping up spending on clean energy. House Republican appropriators have rejected President Obama's call to have a "Sputnik moment" by ramping up spending on clean energy.
92-year-old twin brother friars Julian and Adrian Riester die hours apart www.dailymail.co.uk
www.dailymail.co.uk
The Buffalo-born twins, who both spent 65 years as brothers in the Roman Catholic Franciscan friars, died just hours apart in Florida this week.
Brazil, After a Long Battle, Approves an Amazon Dam www.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com
Brazil's environmental agency approved a hydroelectric power plant that had been opposed by environmentalists fearful of the fate of indigenous people.
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