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"Step It Up 2007"

"Step It Up 2007"

A series of events took place yesterday all over the United States to indicate people’s concern about climate change. The Step It Up website said: “In all 50 states, at more than 1400 iconic places across the nation, we have united around a common call to action: “Step It Up Congress: Cut Carbon 80% by 2050.’” […]

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One Day Without the Inernet vs. A Life of Slavery, How Does Isolation Help it Spread?

I am sitting here today and I am at my wits end, just because I cannot get on the internet! Its like my life can't go on unless I am on the internet, like I cannot be part of the world if I don't have communication with those outside my geographic reach. So if I […]

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If You Don't Like Al Gore, Then

… what about these people? California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) from a speech yesterday at the Council on Foreign Relations , “I can tell you, mainstream scientists are convinced, mainstream CEOs are convinced, and if you look at the surveys, mainstream Americans are convinced, that global warming and climate change is real, and that we […]

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Ohio Man Indicted for Conspiring with al Qa'ida; Padilla and Lindh Cases Develop.

Ohio Man Indicted for Conspiring with al Qa'ida; Padilla and Lindh Cases Develop.

An Ohio man was charged with conspiracy to commit and material support for terrorist acts associated with al Qa'ida.  Christopher Paul (a/k/a Paul Kenyatta Laws a/ka/ Abdulmalek Kenyatta), 43, from Columbus, was indicted on three counts; conspiracy to "provide material support and resources, in the form of personnel, training and equipment" to terrorist groups, conspiracy […]

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Ohio Man Convicted of Conspiring with al-Qa'ida.

Washington Post: A federal grand jury has indicted an Ohio man on charges of conspiring with the al-Qaeda terrorist network to bomb targets overseas and in the United States, possibly using remote-controlled boats and aircraft. More on this as it develops….

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Rwanda War Crimes Tribuanl Erupts in Canada.

Rwanda War Crimes Tribuanl Erupts in Canada.

A Rwandan witness, known as C17, and a frustrated defense lawyer had a fiery exchange during a war crimes tribunal in Canada.  Richard Perras, representing Desire Munyaneza, was warned by Quebec's Superior Court Justice Andre Denis to be civil in his examination of the witness, after she became exasperated.  C17 has testified for two days […]

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Awarness Saves Our Children

Awarness Saves Our Children

Today as I was taking my morning brake, I decided to watch The View on TV and it was a typical show full of quirky antidotes and sudden ramblings on celebrities, politics and whatever else the big story in the news is. The guest co-host today was Jamie-Lynn Sigler from the hit show the Sopranos. […]

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Presidential Candidates

Does climate change matter as an issue for the presidential campaigns?  See this from New Hampshire, giving a resounding yes to the question. "An overwhelming 96% of Democrats and 82% of Republicans favor taking action now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions." I referred to the Carbon Coalition in my post "Smorgasbord" below. They are zeroed […]

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Google Earth Shows Genocide in Darfur

Google Earth Shows Genocide in Darfur

Google's 3-D satellite image tool, Google Earth, has been recruited by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) to highlight the genocide in Darfur, as well as surrounding regions in Sudan and Chad. Using high resolution imagery, "Crisis in Darfur" offers users the ability to click on various photos showing the savage destruction committed by the […]

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Serbian Courts Hand Down First Verdicts for Srebrenica Massacre; Argentina prosecute black sites.

Serbian Courts Hand Down First Verdicts for Srebrenica Massacre; Argentina prosecute black sites.

The first sentences in regards to the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica were handed down today by a Serbian war crimes court.  Four members of a paramilitary group known as The Scorpions were handed sentences ranging from five to twenty years.  The soldiers were seen in a film, which surfaced during the trial of Slobodan Milosevic […]

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War Crimes and the Acts of War; Four Years after the Fall of Baghdad

War Crimes and the Acts of War; Four Years after the Fall of Baghdad

The regime of Saddam Hussein fell on April 9, 2003; four years ago today. The anniversary was marked with peaceful protests calling for US forces to abandon their "occupation" of Iraq. The most vocal protests were affiliated with Muqtada al-Sadr, a powerful Shi'ite cleric. Al-Sadr's supporters made varying statements calling for US withdraw and expressing […]

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Central Asia & Climate Change: Overview

I want to send you to my colleague Bonnie Boyd's terrific article on climate change in Central Asia. Bonnie is the FPA's blogger on Central Asia and has got some really interesting posts going up. 

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"Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability"

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its second report of the year yesterday in Brussels. (I referenced this in "Headlines" below on April 3.) The IPCC Report is titled "Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability" , that's a mouthful. Go to the IPCC website for all the material relevant to this including the […]

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Never Forget! The 13th Anniversary of The Rwandan Genocides

Never Forget!  The 13th Anniversary of The Rwandan Genocides

Memorials regarding the 13th anniversary of the massacres in Rwanda have commenced this week. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement earlier this week reflecting on "one of humankind's darkest chapters." The Secretary General made comments that it is important to "never forget" and "never stop working to prevent another genocide." He highlighted measures […]

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Renewable Energy

I've been looking at renewable energy , we used to call it alternative energy , for a long time. When I went, as a high schooler, to the first Earth Day in 1970, I said, "Yeah, great. This is the future." When I read Barry Commoner's The Politics of Energy, published in 1979, I said […]

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