9.26.2011
Grocers start bagging self-serve checkouts www.chicagotribune.com
www.chicagotribune.comWhen Keith Wearne goes grocery shopping, checking out with a cashier is worth the few extra moments, rather than risking that a self-serve machine might go awry and delay him even more.
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When Keith Wearne goes grocery shopping, checking out with a cashier is worth the few extra moments, rather than risking that a self-serve machine might go awry and delay him even more.
9.25.2011
HUGE HUGE HUGE Bill Clinton: Netanyahu isn't interested in Mideast peace deal www.haaretz.com
www.haaretz.com
Former U.S. President says a cynical perspective of Prime Minister's calls for negotiations 'means that he's just not going to give up the West Bank'.
STOP THE TRUTH!!! Erdogan: Relations with Israel broken www.ynetnews.com
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News: In interview with CNN Turkish PM continues with belligerent rhetoric towards Israel, questions the number of Israeli fatalities from rocket fire 'compared to thousands of dead Palestinians'
9.24.2011
Climate change may leave Mount Everest ascent ice-free, say climbers www.guardian.co.uk
www.guardian.co.uk
Mission launched to measure change in Himalayas as anecdotal evidence grows of melting ice on mountain's southern approach
9.23.2011
Why Developing Better Renewable Energy Isn’t Enough: Five Non-Technology Roadblocks to Faster Growt thinkprogress.org
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Permitting costs are one of many non-technology roadblocks blocking faster growth of renewable energy by John Farrell, in an Institute for Local Self Reliance cross-post Despite technology’s march toward more efficient and distributed energy production, there’s a substantial tension between the dece...
GOD BLESS JOHN - Jon Stewart Steps Up for Palestine www.newser.com
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On last night’s Daily Show , Jon Stewart summarized the US response to Palestine seeking UN membership: To win a seat, “all you need to do is settle your differences with Israel!”... Media News Summaries. | Newser
9.22.2011
[Coal burning] Carbon capture progress has lost momentum, says climate change agency www.guardian.co.uk
www.guardian.co.uk
Meeting of senior ministers in Beijing hears that CCS is being left behind due to financial crisis and weakening political will
At NYC Climate Week, Leaders Launch Clean Revolution www.huffingtonpost.com
www.huffingtonpost.com
Doing anything to fight man-made climate change is better than doing nothing at all.
Climate change in the Arctic - The Economist www.economist.com
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ON SEPTEMBER 9th, at the height of its summertime shrinkage, ice covered 4.33m square km, or 1.67m square miles, of the Arctic Ocean, according to America’s National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC).
YOU FOOLS. CO2 emissions up 45 percent in two decades zeenews.india.com
zeenews.india.com
During this period, CO2 emissions in the EU and Russia decreased by seven percent and 28 percent.
HEY, FELLOW WHITEYS! WE'RE SAFE! NO WORRIES! Half of All U.S. Latinos Live In The Country’s Most thinkprogress.org
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Jorge Madrid, in a HuffPost repost A major report released jointly this week by the Natural Resources Defense Council, the National Latino Coalition on Climate Change, the Center for American Progress and the National Wildlife Federation finds that nearly one in two Latinos live in areas where breat...
Obama Tells Palestinians to Stay in Back of the Bus www.theatlantic.com
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Perhaps most disappointing is that President Obama, who felt that achieving an Israel-Palestine two state deal was of such strategic significance to the United States that he made it one of the very first out-of-the gate priorities of his administration, has not only offered nothing new to break the...
9.21.2011
9.20.2011
NO PROBLEM! YOUR KIDS WILL PICK UP THE TAB!!! Analysis: Extreme steps needed to meet climate target www.reuters.com
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LONDON (Reuters) - New research, to be published in the journal Climatic Change in November, suggests humankind may have to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere on a vast scale if emissions
THIS ESTIMATE TOO IS LOW - Global Warming May Cause Far Higher Extinction of Biodiversity Than Previously thought thinkprogress.org
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If global warming continues as expected, it is estimated that almost a third of all flora and fauna species worldwide could become extinct. Scientists … discovered that the proportion of actual biodiversity loss should quite clearly be revised upwards: by 2080, more than 80% of genetic diversity wit...
9.19.2011
We've exhausted EVERYTHING but Waging Love for Joy. It's our Last and Only hope - Drug deaths now surpass traffic deaths www.latimes.com
www.latimes.com
Propelled by an increase in prescription narcotic overdoses, drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in the United Statealities in U.S., data shows, a Times analysis of government data has found.
Presbyterians want to make pro-Palestine statement www.chron.com
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(AP) â A committee within the Louisville-based Presbyterian Church (USA) says the denomination should dump investments in three American companies it says profit from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A report from the denomination's Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment says Cate...
2.5 to 1!!! More people support than oppose Palestinian state www.jpost.com
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BBC study asks 20,000 people in 19 countries if they support independent Palestine; 49% of responders say yes, 21% say no, 30% not sure.
FDR SPOKE and WWII was won. Oh, so simple. GARBAGE - Historian Douglas Brinkley: “We Need a Presidential Address on Global Warming thinkprogress.org
thinkprogress.org
So few public figures who are not scientists or environmentalists speak out on climate change these days that it is noteworthy when one does. MSNBC’s Martin Bashir show had a segment a few weeks ago on “The political legacy of Hurricane Irene” with historian Douglas Brinkley, author of “The Great D...
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