www.bloomberg.com
The week after U.S. oil executives in Libya received tongue-lashings from Muammar Qaddafi and one of his lieutenants in February 2008, Occidental Petroleum Corp . hired an additional lobbyist.
6.14.2011
Earless rabbit born near Fukushima nuclear plant www.telegraph.co.uk
www.telegraph.co.uk
A rabbit has been born without ears close to Japan's leaking Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, triggering new health fears about radiation released since March 11.
Turkey arrests Anonymous members www.bbc.co.uk
www.bbc.co.uk
Turkish police have arrested 32 people believed to be members of hacker collective Anonymous.
Pilot Mr Nerandzic sacrificed himself by ordering his passengers from the airship.
www.heraldsun.com.au
THE Australian pilot of a Goodyear blimp who died in a fireball after crashing the zeppelin in a German airfield screamed "I crashed the airship" before it burst into flames, a passenger who leapt to safety says.
Climate change to affect Australian wine industry - Drinks Business Review wine.drinks-business-review.com
wine.drinks-business-review.com
A recent study has revealed that climate change is going to affect Australia's $5.5bn wine industry and threatens some of its favourite wines with ext
Can the Insurance Industry Survive Climate Change? www.reuters.com
www.reuters.com
by Francesca RheannonThe weather just seems to be getting crazier and crazier. First, the Mississippi River caused record flooding in several communities. Now, it's the turn of communities along the Missouri
It’s not just CO2: Cutting soot and smog will limit climate change quickly, says new UN report www.washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com
AMSTERDAM — The struggle to contain climate change usually focuses on reducing carbon dioxide. But black carbon and ozone, the main ingredients of soot and smog, also add to global warming, and controlling them will act quickly to slow rising temperatures, a U.N. agency said Tuesday.
6.13.2011
OBAMA'S RISKY BET IS, UH, US. Is Obama's Bet On Green Jobs Risky? : NPR www.npr.org
www.npr.org
The administration is betting that green technologies will create the jobs of the future. But despite reason for optimism, critics doubt whether the White House or anyone can see into the future with confidence or prevent such jobs from going overseas.
Climate science deniers team up with Islamophobes, creationists: American Freedom Alliance event f
thinkprogress.org
The UK Guardian had this remarkable story, Friday: Climate sceptics flirt with intelligent design and Islamophobic group American Freedom Alliance invites prominent climate sceptics to Los Angeles to debate 'green tyranny' I'll repost their whole story below. What may be even more remarkable than th
Boosting energy efficiency in buildings will create 114,000 jobs, new report finds thinkprogress.org
thinkprogress.org
This cross-post is by Lane Burt, Technical Policy Director, U.S. Green Building Council. Today USGBC, with our partners at the Real Estate Roundtable and the Natural Resources Defense Council, released an analysis conducted by the Political Economy Research Institute that concludes that President Ob
Scrap biofuel support to curb food costs: agencies www.reuters.com
www.reuters.com
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Governments should scrap policies to support biofuels because they are forcing up global food prices, according to a report by 10 international agencies including the World Bank and
HUGE. LOOK. SHARE. In the future, the only jobs left will be green thinkprogress.org
thinkprogress.org
"WIRED asked LinkedIn to analyze the 7 million US members who have switched industries during the past five years." The growth in "Renewables and The Environment" was 56.8% — almost off the chart [click to enlarge]. In the future, the only jobs left will be green. Last year, the NY Times reported,
Feeding a Growing World Population www.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com
Readers respond to a recent article about the projected increase in world population and resulting food shortages.
Climate change moves up the agenda www.ft.com
6.12.2011
WOW Netanyahu's tidings of destruction www.haaretz.com
www.haaretz.com
Indeed, the right wing considers recognition of the reality created in 1949 to be the chief enemy of Zionism. The dynamic of a conquering nationalism can never recognize that any situation created at any given time is final.
A link between climate change and Joplin tornadoes? Never. www.youtube.com
www.youtube.com
an op-ed by Bill McKibben, author and founder of 350.org, narrated and illustrated by Plomomedia http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-link-between-climat ...
The New Scramble for Africa Threatens Water Resources www.treehugger.com
www.treehugger.com
Photo credit: Dale Gillard/Creative Commons A new scramble for Africa is under way. As global food prices rise and exporters reduce shipments of commodities, countries that rely on imported grain are panicking. Affluent countries like Saudi Arabia, South Korea,
Turning toward the sun for energy www.grist.org
www.grist.org
Moving fast to harness the world's enormous solar potential would bring a clear win for local economies and for the climate.
Dear Israel: It is YOU who is the provocateur, not us
As we get ready to sail in two weeks, Israel has stepped up the threats, threatening to sue the Canadians who are going, threatening to sue the satellite phone company if they provide us with service, threatening to kill and maim us if we don't stop, then saying, "I told you so...we said we would kill you."
This behavior has got to stop. Israel is behaving like the schoolyard bully who parents and teachers fear, because his parents are rich and have contributed to the school. It's time for us to put our foot down.
Start calling your member of parliament/congress now. Start writing letters to the editor. Start a civil movement on social networks of outrage against Israel's attacks on civilians. Distribute this statement below and post on your websites.
We CAN stop Israeli attacks against us if we work together. Greta
This behavior has got to stop. Israel is behaving like the schoolyard bully who parents and teachers fear, because his parents are rich and have contributed to the school. It's time for us to put our foot down.
Start calling your member of parliament/congress now. Start writing letters to the editor. Start a civil movement on social networks of outrage against Israel's attacks on civilians. Distribute this statement below and post on your websites.
We CAN stop Israeli attacks against us if we work together. Greta
ANNOUNCEMENT
June 12, 2011
Regarding statements of government officials in Israel (echoed by officials in other countries) about diplomatic initiatives to impede the "Freedom Flotilla II- Stay Human" mission to Gaza, Palestine, we say:
Proper diplomacy does not exclude humanitarian action; Instead of seeking to prevent an international community of concerned citizens from taking nonviolent action in defense of liberty and human rights, diplomacy must pursue such actions and encourage them.
It is, therefore, a provocation to label the humanitarian action taken by movements supporting human rights to sail to Gaza a "provocation."
It is a provocation that powerful states and international organizations, such as the US, Israel, the EU and the UN, are asking people to be silent and not react to violations of law and the disdain for universal values.
It is a provocation that international diplomacy is demanding that solidarity action from "people to people" be stopped.
It is a provocation that this international peaceful action is threatened with violence, and the powerful of the earth "wash their hands" of the consequences if Israel attacks us.
It is a provocation that these powerful entities justify, a priori, the murders, wounding, arrests and torture of unarmed human rights activists that took place one year ago on board all six ships of Freedom Flotilla 1.
We are determined to sail to Gaza, and we will. Our cause is just and our means are transparent. International diplomacy must do what it has refused to do for years, to undertake initiatives that it has turned away from for decades. Instead of condoning threats of repeated violence against unarmed civilians sailing in international waters, the global community must legally sanction the perpetrators of such crimes.
Those who seek to uphold and defend freedom, human rights, and justice must do more than denounce belligerent occupation, man-made humanitarian crises, ethnic cleansing, wanton violence against civilians, and the fierce oppression of social movements.
Civil society must be present, direct, and pro-active; it must transcend the political process of handling and resolving crises, which governments and international organizations carry out slowly, indecisively and, above all, with their self-interest at the forefront.
The grossly unjust and unlawful blockade of the Gaza Strip and the ongoing belligerent occupation of the rest of Palestine is a stark case of states sacrificing principle and human rights for power and self-interest.
The Freedom Flotilla II – Stay Human mission is a healthy reaction to the apathy of the international political community. We are sailing to confront massive injustice with global nonviolent action. This mission puts on notice all those who, for many years, have passively watched the tragedy of Palestine, as well as those who directly contribute to it.
Therefore, direct action taken by civil society to uphold freedom, human rights, and justice (such as Freedom Flotilla II - Stay Human), not only helps to build a different level of conscience, but is, and has to be, a means for the public to become a part of change and a direct challenge to governmental bodies that will not be stopped.
Demand is strong for N.J. offshore wind farm parcels www.nj.com
www.nj.com
Eleven offshore wind companies want to stake a claim — and construct clusters of huge turbines — in federal waters off the coast of New Jersey, according to a document released by federal officials yesterday.
6.11.2011
Top 25 Dirtiest Coal Plants? thinkprogress.org
thinkprogress.org
There's a good chance you do. According to the Environmental Defense Fund, twenty of the top 25 mercury-emitting coal plants are located within 50-100 miles of some of the America's biggest cities. There are 600 coal plants in the U.S. These 25 coal plants emit roughly 30% of total mercury pollution
June 2011 Heat Records Crushing Cold Records by 13 to 1 thinkprogress.org
thinkprogress.org
Stanford climate scientists forecast permanently hotter summers The tropics and much of the Northern Hemisphere are likely to experience an irreversible rise in summer temperatures within the next 20 to 60 years if atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations continue to increase, according to a new cl
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