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The Earth Can no longer sustain us

Human damage to Earth worsening fast-report Reuters AlertNet, UK By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent. OSLO, March 30 (Reuters) – Humans are damaging the planet at an unprecedented rate and …

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Doctors give up on ill boy.

A nine-year-old boy in Fiji is awaiting death on his bed after doctors sent him home because nothing could be done for him about a growing tumour on his lower

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The US Oil Addiction

The Wall Street Journal, John J. Fialka and Jeffrey Ball, 28 Mar 2005 Bipartisan coalition presses Bush to get behind oil-use reduction Lambasting U.S. oil addiction: It’s not just for

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World Bank’s (E)Mission Creep

Critics question World Bank’s role as carbon trader, fossil-fuel funder By Daphne Wysham 25 Mar 2005 For as long as it’s been around, the World Bank has been prone to

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Restaurant Lingo

I thought it might be helpful to put down some definitions to words that we throw around constantly but might mean nothing to the lay-person. The Dictionary of Serving Weeds

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Why another Exxon Valdez could happen

Sixteen years ago this week, the Exxon Valdez oil spilled 11 million gallons of oil in Alaska’s Prince William Sound and horrified Alaska and the world. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is

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Mercury Pollution and Autism Linked

It has been reported of the link between vaccinations and autism, including a special report it published by Dr. Russell Blaylock.See also Birth Defects caused by Workplace and Chemical exposure.

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Italy Massively Taps Its Citizens’ Phones

Italians are known for speaking their minds, pouring out their hearts and just generally speaking loudly, in public. So it would seem hard to keep a secret there. But even

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Former GOP Boss Zings Jeb and George

Former Florida Republican State Chairman Tom Slade’s claim to fame is that he was the key architect of making Florida a solid Republican state. He also played a major role

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Zogby: Iraqis Want U.S. to Leave

U.S. officials were delighted at the turnout of voters for Iraq’s first free elections in more than a generation. But according to an analysis of the demographics of voters by

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