Times of India -
KOCHI: The striking nurses at Lakeshore Hospital will begin relay hunger strike from Monday as part of intensifying their agitation, said the United Nurses Association (UNA).
3.25.2012
Mali Ministers Held by Junta Go on Hunger Strike ABC News
ABC News -
The brother of one of ministers being detained by the junta that took over Mali last week says his brother and 13 others held with him have started a hunger strike. Tiegoum Boubeye Maiga said Sunday that they started the strike to protest against their ...
LET HER DIE. Israeli court rejects hunger striker's appeal Aljazeera.com
Aljazeera.com -
An Israeli military court has rejected the appeal of a Palestinian woman on hunger strike for 39 days. "The Israeli military court rejected the appeal and now we will go to the High Court," lawyer Jawad Bulus said, adding that his client Hanaa Shalabi ...
Aung San Suu Kyi suspends Burma election tour after falling ill The Guardian
The Guardian -
Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has fallen ill while campaigning for upcoming by-elections and has suspended her extensive tour of the country a week before the polls, said her party.
High price for the planet and kids by hiding co2 wreckage costs Toronto Star
Toronto Star -
Unbridled carbon emissions will only make this worse. We need to put a price on carbon and accelerate our investment in non-carbon energy sources before we pass the tipping point.
GE's Rice Applauds Australia's Move to Impose Price on Carbon BusinessWeek
BusinessWeek -
“Over the long run the world is going to be better served if there is a cost associated with the production of carbon,” Rice told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.'s “Inside Business” program in an interview broadcast today in Sydney.
Ah, the Pedophle Guys: Priest has hundreds of images of suspected child pornography found on his computer wp
Washington Post -
Finn is accused of violating Missouri's mandatory reporter law by failing to tell state officials about hundreds of images of suspected child pornography found on the computer of a priest in his diocese.
Mankind kept 2011 global temperatures near record msnbc.com
msnbc.com -
"The world is warming because of human activities and this is resulting in far-reaching and potentially irreversible impact on our Earth, atmosphere and oceans," he said.
Natural Gas a Weak Weapon Against Climate Change, New Study Asserts National Geographic
National Geographic -
Although natural gas burns more cleanly than coal, a new study argues that replacing all the world's coal power plants with natural gas would do little to slow global warmingthis century. "There are lots of reasons to like natural gas, but climate ...
Na. Gas - Bridge fuel to Hell: As natural gas production grows, questions arise about methane leaks Charleston Gazette
Charleston Gazette -
It's generally agreed, however, that there isn't good data on how much methane is entering the atmosphere from natural gas operations. "Even small leaks can wind up undoing most of theglobal warming benefit we think we're getting when we substitute ...
JUST SIT THERE. LET THE EPA TWIST IN THE WIND! Judge Overrules EPA Denial of Mountaintop Removal Coal Permit AllGov
AllGov -
Arch Coal had received approval for the permit from the EPA in 2007, during the administration of President George W. Bush, but EPA in January 2011 revoked the permit, marking the first time the agency had ever done so. EPA concluded that the Spruce No ...
P. Obama, QUIT FIGHTING CORP WELFARE! EPA plan could cost three Montana plants $90 million Great Falls Tribune
Great Falls Tribune -
Proposed EPA rules will cost the Colstrip power plants an estimated $80 million. Cement plants near Montana City and Three Forks would also face cleanup costs.
GOP Ignoring Its Own Climate Scientists About Climate Change Huffington Post
Huffington Post -
According to a fascinating article by Katherine Bagley prosaically titled "GOP Not Listening to its Own Climate Scientists on Climate Change," a group of prominent conservative scientists, many of them evangelicals, approached conservative politicians ...
ABC Weatherman to Talk About Climate Change The Ithaca Independent
The Ithaca Independent -
Sam Champion will present "Beyond the Daily Forecast: Covering Weather Disasters and Climate Change" on Thursday, Mar. 29 at 7:30 pm in Emerson Suites, Phillips Hall.
Have we reached the climate change point of no return? Wisconsin State Journal
Have we reached the climate change point of no return?
Wisconsin State Journal -
I'm a little freaked out about this uncommonly warm stretch of weather we're having and whether it represents something of a point of no return from that most recent of doomsday narratives: climate change. Yes, I know it's not prudent to blame any one ...
Manmade Climate Change Accelerated In 2001-2010, World Meteorological ... ThinkProgress
ThinkProgress -
In addition, WMO also announced preliminary findings of the soon to be released Decadal Global Climate Summary, showing that climate change accelerated in 2001-2010, which was the warmest decade ever recorded in all continents of the globe.
RARE SANITY HERE!!! Why Obama Shouldn't Defend Gay Marriage (For Now) Daily Beast
Why Obama Shouldn't Defend Gay Marriage (For Now)
Daily Beast -
There are all sorts of reasons why Obama should come out in favor of gay marriage before the 2012 election. But the arguments on the other side are far stronger.
3.24.2012
Gee, imagine if he'd had a Heart when he was VP! Cheney had heart transplant USA TODAY
Cheney had heart transplant
USA TODAY -
2011 photo by Richard Drew, AP 2011 photo by Richard Drew, AP That's according to his office. It released a statement Saturday disclosing the surgery, and saying that Cheney has been on the transplant list for more than 20 months.
Germany's $270 Billion Renewables Shift Biggest Since WarBloomberg
Forbes -
This attractive investment opportunity may surprise those who have seen sharp drops in share prices of companies that make the hardware used by renewable energyprojects. Global manufacturers of wind turbines and solar panels have been facing stiff ...
Lung Doctors Expect Respiratory Diseases will Worsen with Global Climate Change EP Magazine
EP Magazine -
"These include more smoke and particulate matter from more wildfires, which are known to increase in frequency as the climate warms, and the presence of airborne particles from dust storms caused by desertification." The position paper outlines a ...
Solar Thermal - NC Turkey farm Prestage saves more than $200,000 a year in water heating costs – a savings of about 35 percent
Prestage saves more than $200,000 a year in water heating costs – a savings of about 35 percent
The 'Game' IS Long: Obama's Long Game on Energy National Journal
National Journal -
By Major Garrett, John Aloysius Farrell and Josh Kraushaar AP Photo/Julie Jacobson Sun king: Obama preaches solar energy in Nevada.
Natural Gas Wells Proliferation Poisoning Children's Air, Research Suggests Huffington Post
Huffington Post -
If everything goes as planned, Angie Nordstrum's son may look out the window of his second-grade classroom at Red Hawk Elementary this fall and see a full-scale natural gas drilling operation. He and his classmates, Nordstrum noted, will then have no ...
US Solar Energy Growing Despite Bad Press NASDAQ
NASDAQ -
(RTTNews.com) - A new study for Strategy Analytics has revealed that the semiconductor industry solar energy sector is continuing to grow despite a recent spat of bad press.
1.2 Billion People Live in Extreme Poverty - The Rockefeller Foundation and Institute ... MarketWatch
MarketWatch (press release) -
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- On April 3, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Institute for the Future (IFTF) will join forces with people across the globe and ask them to help solve global poverty through an interactive ...
Your Water footprint? Water Security, Global Health and Chocolate Bars Huffington Post
Huffington Post -
We flush our toilets with drinking water. The world is eating more and more meat, which takes surprisingly massive amounts of water to produce.
AND THE HIDDEN AQUIFER DEPLETION BOMB? World on Track to Meet MDG Safe Water Target, But Challenges Remain Huffington Post
Huffington Post -
By Susan Blumenthal, MD Safe and sustainable drinking water is essential for the health and economic well-being of the world's population, and yet 99 percent of the world's water supply is unsafe or unavailable to drink. Despite the challenges this ...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)