Environment
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Al Gore vindicated-where's the apologies?
Political Cortex &bull 39 Minutes Ago
I recently wrote a piece where I stated I thought the naysayers would be wrong on both counts regarding Al: Al Gore Still Matters? You Bet He Does. One being the urgency of climate change which they think does not exist, and the false allegations made against him by Molly Haggerty and those hoping to climb on the gravy train that have surfaced and resurfaced of late and been beaten to death in tabloidland… Full Story »
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Prof. Adil Najam Publishes Book Chapter on Canadian Foreign Policy Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future Blog Archive Boston University
www.bu.edu via @BUPardeeCenter &bull 2 Hours AgoProf. Prof. Adil Najam, Boston University Professor of International Relations and Geography and Environment and Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, contributed a book chapter to the collection Canada Among Nations 2009-2010:… Full Story »
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US House Approves Oil Spill Reform Bill
Voice of America &bull 2 Hours Ago
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that would impose new safety regulations on the offshore oil-drilling industry. House members voted 209 to 193 in favor of the Democrat-backed legislation late Friday, siding largely along party lines. The bill,… Full Story »
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Stay And Go Policy Is 'Sound' Says Report
foreign.peacefmonline.com via @peacefmonline &bull 3 Hours AgoTHE final report into the 2009 Victorian bushfires says the controversial stay and go policy is sound." As a result of its enquiries the commission concludes that the central tenets of the stay and go policy remain sound," the report said." The February 7 fires did however severely test the policy and expose weaknesses in the way… Full Story »
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AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar tours rigs, keeps drill ban (AP)
Yahoo! News - Politics &bull 3 Hours Ago
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO - The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico - with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface - when out of the sea rises a skyscraper-like structure nearly 350 feet above the waves. The $600 million rig, nearly 100 miles off Louisiana's coast, has a hull larger than a football field and can drill more than 5 miles beneath the ocean floor. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar visited the colossal structure this past week while on a tour of three offshore oil rigs. It was his most extensive tour since the… Full Story »
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FARK.com: (5525012) Sarah Palin would have had the Gulf oil spill under control two months ago. The well would have been back in production, the environment cleaned up, punishment meted out, the fisherman back to fishing and tourists back to touristin'
www.fark.com via @farkpolitics &bull TodayFARK.com: (5525012) Sarah Palin would have had the Gulf oil spill under control two months ago. If you can read this, either the style sheet didn't load or you have an older browser that doesn't support style sheets. Try clearing your browser cache and refreshing the page.… Full Story »
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TIME's Epic Distortion of the Plight of Women in Afghanistan
AlterNet &bull Today
Tomorrow, TIME Magazine will treat newsstand customers everywhere to one of the most rank propaganda plays of the Afghanistan War. The cover features a woman, Aisha, whose face was mutilated by the Taliban, next to the headline, "What Happens If We Leave Afghanistan." Far more people will see this image and have their emotions manipulated by it than will read the article within (which itself seems to be a journalistic travesty, if the web version is any indication), so TIME should be absolutely ashamed of themselves for such a dishonest snow job on their customers. Readers deserve better. Let's clarify… Full Story »
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US House approves oil spill reform bill - Reuters -
www.moneycontrol.com via @jeetesh21 &bull TodayThe US House of Representatives on Friday approved the toughest reforms ever to offshore energy drilling practices, as Democrats narrowly pushed through an election-year response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Passing the bill as the… Full Story »
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Letter: Palin would have fixed spill quickly
www.freerepublic.com via @bnelms &bull TodaySarah Palin would have had the Gulf oil spill under control two months ago. The well would have been back in production, the environment cleaned up, punishment meted out, the fisherman back to fishing and tourists back to touristin'. They… Full Story »
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The Problem Isn't Fast News, It's Dumb News
Corrente &bull Today
Walter Shapiro picked this week to lament the sorry state of the media. He believes we have become ignorant and easily distracted by an Internet-bred culture that cultivates short attention spans. There have always been good and bad news sources, though, and that continues to be true on the Internet (which after all is just a technology). Shapiro, however, seems to believe we should trust - or at least privilege - the institutions that have been around longest; presumably they will have the… Full Story »
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Miramax sold for $660M
New York Post &bull Today
The media giant said yesterday that it sold Miramax Films to Filmyard Holdings -- a group that includes California construction magnate Ron Tutor and Tom Barrack, CEO of Colony Capital. The statement said nothing, however, of possible other partners in… Full Story »
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When will spill be cleaned up? Maybe never (McClatchy Newspapers)
Yahoo! News - Politics &bull Today
After more than three months, BP appears finally to have gotten a firm grasp on its runaway Deepwater Horizon well. Now the big question in the Gulf of Mexico is how, and if, an environmental mess of unprecedented scope can be cleaned up. Only last week did federal spill managers begin discussing with state and parish leaders in Louisiana , the hardest hit state, how to set the standards for declaring the nation's largest offshore oil spill officially mopped up. How do we get to the inevitable question of how clean is clean?" We've never dealt with this before, the… Full Story »
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U.S. House approves oil spill reform bill
in.reuters.com via @TheMusicofIndia &bull TodayShivinder Singh (L), Managing Director of Fortis Healthcare, speaks to his brother and Chairman Malvinder Singh during a news conference in Singapore, July 1, 2010. Drill ships and response vessels work in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast line while attempting to drill relief wells at the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill wellhead July 27, 2010. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved the toughest reforms ever to offshore energy drilling practices, as Democrats narrowly… Full Story »
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NYC Health Department To Eat Away at the Profits of NYC Restaurants
LewRockwell Blog &bull TodayThe New York City Food Nazis are at it again. They are enacting a bogus restaurant hygiene grading system to "alert" the sheeple diners about the hygienic "qualities" of each restaurant in NYC. There is some good news though: They… Full Story »
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WWF Hails Passage of House Bill Responding to Gulf Oil Disaster - International Business Times -
www.ibtimes.com via @KarenKinnaman &bull TodayWashington (Vocus) July 30, 2010 -- The US House of Representatives today passed legislation that would reform the nation's laws pertaining to offshore oil and gas development and provide additional safeguards to protect and restore our nation's marine and coastal communities and resources. World Wildlife Fund officials… Full Story »
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The new wave of literary events
Guardian Unlimited &bull Yesterday
In pubs and arts venues up and down the country traditional book readings are being replaced by a combination of cabaret, comedy and club nights. The results, Alex Clark discovers, are great fun ' This is my Fight Club ," says Todd Zuniga, the editor of American creative writing magazine Opium and the inventor of Literary Death Match, who is already confusing me with his appearance: strikingly fresh-faced, he tells me he is 35; exuding hipness, he is nonetheless wearing a slightly grotesque white jacket with Miami Vice -style rolled-up sleeves. It transpires that his outfit is in keeping with… Full Story »
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After the spill: a Louisiana tragedy
Guardian Unlimited &bull Yesterday
For Tim Gautreaux, a Louisiana local whose family is immersed in the oil industry, the BP leak means the death of his whole community. And things can only get worse... Those who live in Louisiana all their lives develop an understanding of disaster. We know a hurricane can turn over hundreds of offshore oil rigs in one pass and then come to land and do the same to our homes. Refineries explode, rigs blow up, pipelines burst, well pressures cause accidents that take fingers, feet, arms, legs and life itself. There's hardly a family in the Gulf region that does… Full Story »
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ADF Alliance Alert Ireland: Marriage redefinition is Green Party's goal
www.alliancealert.org via @IndiJG &bull YesterdayIrish Times: "Gay marriage is a goal of the Green Party, Minister for the Environment John Gormley told an event in Dublin to mark the passing of the civil partnership legislation." Your email address is never published nor shared. Comments… Full Story »
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The New Credit-Card Tricks
Wall Street Journal: Politics and Policy &bull Yesterday
U.S. Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. See a sample reprint in PDF format. Whomever President Barack Obama taps to head the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection could find it difficult to keep ahead of the credit-card industry. The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, known as the Card Act, was intended to reshape the contours of consumer finance. Among other things, it forces card issuers to give customers more notice about interest-rate increases and restricts certain controversial billing practices such as inactivity fees. The Card Act forces issuers to… Full Story »
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Oil-Rig Workers Gain Whistleblower Protections in House Bill
Business Week &bull Yesterday
July 30 (Bloomberg) -- The House passed legislation that would protect oil-rig workers who report health or safety concerns from retaliation by their employers. The measure, a response to BP Plc's Gulf of Mexico oil spill, passed 315-93. The House… Full Story »
