Tuesday, February 16, 2010

A Quarter of U.S. Nuclear Plants Are Leaking a Radioactive Material Linked to Cancer


Alternet - Harvey Wasserman feb 12 -2010


At least 27 of America's 104 aging atomic reactors are known to be leaking….

Oil Groups Mount Legal Challenge to Schwarzenegger's Tar Sands Ban

guardian.co Feb 16-2010

• Californian legislation branded 'unconstitutional'...

U.S. Press Digs Into IPCC Story

The Observatory — February 15, 2010 - By Curtis Brainard
Articles still fall short of ambitious work in the U.K.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

The Day After Tomorrow Might Have Been Yesterday

Matthew Berger - Inter Press Service - Feb. 14 - 2010

WASHINGTON, 12 Feb (IPS) - When the 2004 film "The Day After...

Unravelling the “Miracle” of Malawi’s Green Revolution

GRAIN - Feb 12 - 2010
Malawi farmers - courtesy of BBC News
Malawi’s green revolution success story has been...

Saturday, February 13, 2010

38% of World's Land in Danger of Turning into Desert

by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York on 02.10.10 - treehugger
If you're not familiar with desertification, it might be time...

Friday, February 12, 2010

Cattle Pastures in Deforested Amazon Now the Size of Iceland

by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York on 01.31.09 - Treehugger

The largest rainforest in the world is being chopped down almost entirely for...