Environmental activists and ordinary citizens joined in what was heralded as the largest rally against climate change in American history on Sunday, marching past the White House to send an unmistakable message to President Obama against construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Stakes are high in the fight to kill the proposed Keystone pipeline that [...]
ISRAEL: GET YOUR GAS MASK, YITZAK! SYRIA MAY BE ABOUT TO “TRANSFER” ITS CHEMICAL WEAPONS TO THE HEZBOLLAH MILITIA IN LEBANON. Israeli warplanes, for the first time in six years, launch an airstrike keep inside Syria, allegedly targeting a convoy headed toward Lebanon with such weapons. Although analysts doubt that either Syria or its [...]
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 [...]
As more than 60 million people brace for Hurricane Sandy along the U.S. East Coast this week, the gigantic super storm is seen by scientists as more evidence of the destructive link between extreme weather and man-made climate change. This unnatural “Frankenstorm” may be the gravest and most intense threat from climate change America has [...]
Extreme and unpredictable events are leading many scientists to warn that we may be running out of time to check the most devastating effects of climate change. 2012 may well go down as the year when climate change became a pervasive and in-your-face reality for most Americans, with wildfires, severe weather, record temperatures and an [...]
TINY “SUICIDE DRONES” COULD ALLOW THE UNITED STATES TO LAUNCH “PRECISION” ASSASSINATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 11 years after the attacks of September 11, the arsenal of weaponry that the “war on terror” has justified continues to grow along with the global reach of U.S military and intelligence operations. Drone strikes have become the [...]
“Big” heat across the United States is leading to serious ecological and economic pressures as the nation and the world face unprecedented weather events that are now unquestionably linked to the phenomenon of global warming. Experts say we are dealing with rapidly escalating and potentially unpredictable consequences of man-made climate change that may soon be [...]
“NATIONAL STARBUCKS APPRECIATION DAY” TO COUNTER THE CHICK-FIL-A ONE—DOES THAT MAKE A LOT OF SENSE? Cord Jefferson doubts it, noting that there is a vast difference between the two fast-food restaurants in their active support of either side of the marriage equality issue. For conservatives, the “day” made sense as contributing to the coffers [...]
Over half of the United States is in the grips of a historic drought that has hit the Midwestern agricultural belt of the nation especially hard, generating fears of food shortages, price spikes, and a dangerous “new normal” in what could be called America’s “climate change summer.” The recent increase in extreme and unusual weather [...]
` STATE OF FLORIDA CLOSES TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL IN MIDST OF “WORST OUTBREAK IN 20 YEARS”; OUTRAGE ENSUES… (Palm Beach Post) ` In what may be the most bizarre yet potentially deadly political controversies seen in Florida, Gov. Rick Scott and some state lawmakers are facing questions from health officials and public wrath for their decisions [...]
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