Environment
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Fighting Doom: The New Politics of Climate Change (Brendan Smith)
Nov. 23, 2010 (Common Dreams) -- I am not an environmentalist. But all I think about these days is the climate crisis. I admit I have arrived late to the party. Only recently have I begun to realize ...
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The Evolution of Transition In The U.S. (Michael Brownlee)
The Backstory Nov. 26, 2010 (Transition Times) -- The emergence of the Transition movement in the last four years or so is one of the most hopeful signs in the early 21st century, and Transition may ...
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Peak Energy, Climate Change, and the Collapse of Global Civilization (Tariel Mórrígan)
Global Climate Change, Human Security & Democracy -- Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies University of California, Santa Barbara -- October 2010 Nov. 21, 2010 -- This is the final ...
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The Really Strange Story Behind Sunday's Blue Moon (Joe Rao)
A "blue moon" isn't really blue, as this artist rendering suggests. The moon can appear somewhat blue if there's been a major volcanic eruption that put tons of particles in the air, but otherwise ...
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Food prices may rise by up to 20%, warns UN (John Vidal)
Prices of wheat, maize and many other foods traded internationally have risen by up to 40% in just a few months. Photograph: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images Poor harvests put global food reserves under ...
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None Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: A World Without Birds (Kate Ravilious)
A wing and a prayer: starlings congregate over Gretna on the Scottish Borders (PA) Nov. 15, 2010 (The Independent/UK) -- Scanning the sky with his binoculars, he searches carefully for any sign of ...
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World Action Plan Emerging to Combat Asteroid Threat (Leonard David)
Nov. 9, 2010 -- DARMSTADT, Germany (Space.com) -- Space agencies around the world are working to be ready to coordinate their response to any potentially harmful asteroid headed for Earth. To help ...
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Eruption: As the Indonesian volcano explodes, scientists fear something far more catastrophic may be brewing (William Sargent)
Nov. 10, 2010 (Boston Globe) -- THE MERAPI volcano, currently exploding more forcefully every day in Indonesia, is located on the Sundra Arc, one of the planet’s most complex and dangerous ...
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A Recipe for Fascism (Chris Hedges)
Nov. 8, 2010 (Truthdig) -- American politics, as the midterm elections demonstrated, have descended into the irrational. On one side stands a corrupt liberal class, bereft of ideas and unable to ...
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New Report Refutes Industry Argument that Genetically Modified Salmon will Feed Hungry World Populations (Food and Water Watch Europe)
Nov. 4, 2010 -- BRUSSELS (Food and Water Watch Europe) -- Food & Water Europe released a report today outlining why the genetically engineered salmon currently being considered by the U.S. Food and ...
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Earth Will Take 100,000 Years to Recover from Global Warming Say Geologists (Louise Gray)
The Earth will take 100,000 years to recover from global warming if mankind continues to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, geologists have warned Nov. 2, 2010 (Telegraph) -- A conference ...
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