For the second time in less than six months a “once-in-a-lifetime” weather catastrophe struck the U.S. East Coast, leaving America’s most populous region and economic heart paralyzed and struggling to recover. And just like the unimaginable devastation caused by last October’s Superstorm Sandy, last weekend’s massive blizzard has the disturbing fingerprints of`climate change all over it. [...]
Already a defining challenge for millions of Americans after several years of unusual and deadly weather events, climate change has taken on new prominence as a political issue thanks to President Obama’s promise in his second inaugural address that he will seek to “respond” to the “threat” posed by a warming planet. But environmentalists argue [...]
While the undeniable ramifications of a warming planet are hard to ignore in the first months of what many say will be the hottest year in recorded history, some leading scientists and climate experts argue that important policy decisions that would perpetuate American reliance on fossil fuels could truly mean “game over” for climate change. [...]
SPECULATION OR SANCTIONS: WHAT IS DRIVING UP GLOBAL OIL PRICES? (Antiwar.com) While some analysts argue that market speculators are artificially manipulating prices to their benefit, U.S. Energy Information Administrator Howard Gruenspecht calls this a “minority view.” The real major factor in that rise, he says, is the effect of U.S. and E.U. sanctions against Iranian [...]
AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES DISPLAY SOME BAD MANNERS, ALL BECAUSE OF A LITTLE GENOCIDE. (Black Agenda Report) Australian Prime Minister and opposition leader join in condemning protests in which aborigines were displaying their “righteous anger” in a way which puts a damper on Australia Day festivities. The opposition leader says that all Australians love their native population, [...]
What many lawmakers see as a key component of America’s future energy supply is leaving residents of many states quite literally quaking in their sleep, as fallout from aggressive natural gas exploration hit the country in frightening and unexpected ways. Scientific experts have determined that a series of strong earthquakes in a region of Ohio [...]
GLEN FORD TO OCCUPY HARLEM: NEVER MIND WHAT THOSE WHITE KIDS IN ZUCOTTI PARK ARE THINKING: WHAT ARE WE THINKING WHEN WE SUPPORT THE BLACK MISLEADERSHIP CLASS? (Black Agenda Report) Ford addresses the convening meeting of the Occupy Harlem movement at a Harlem Church, and gives a “power to the people” speech about the necessity [...]
WHERE ARE THE HAPPIEST FAMILIES IN ITALY? WHY IN FLORENCE OF COURSE! (The Florentine) How do we know this? Because the Chamber of Commerce of Monza and Brianza, an “administrative province” that contains the city of Florence, conducts a survey in Italy and reports this fact. Only 19% of Florentines define themselves as “unhappy,” compared [...]
THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS LIVING IN POVERTY IS NOW THE HIGHEST IN RECORDED HISTORY. (New York Times) Dire statistic from the 2010 Census paint a dark picture of what has become of the “American Dream.” The percentage of Americans living in poverty has soared to its highest level since 1993, and the number of individuals [...]
President Barack Obama has decided to risk the lives and well-being of thousands, potentially millions, of Americans at risk by deciding to quash efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to put in place stronger air quality regulations targeting the nation’s dirtiest industries and regions. The order is is especially unexpected given that the clean air [...]
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