Helicopters Rush Food, Water to US Towns Cut Off by Irene's Floodwaters; 'We Need help'

Wpg. Free Press Aug 30 - '11
NEWFANE, Vt. - U.S. National Guard helicopters rushed food and water Tuesday to a dozen cut-off towns in the northeastern state of Vermont….Details here.
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PLT: When will this world wake up and smell the C02? This is getting just stupid!

Why the State Department Environmental Impact Report for Tar Sands Pipeline is Inadequate

350.org Aug 28'11
Almost the entire environmental community condemned the final State Department report on the environmental impact of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline released this morning…Details here.

Climate Insights 101 - This Should be a Required Course for All Students!!!

Top NASA Scientist Among the Arrested as White House Pipeline Protests Grow (Video)

Millions of Songbirds in Danger - Stop the Monster Pipeline! (Video)

Tropical Storm Warnings for Eastern Canada as Irene Approaches From U.S.

Canadian Press - Aug 28 - 2011

Courtesy Yahoo! News

HALIFAX - Up to 180,000 homes were without power in Quebec on Sunday as hurricane Irene steamed northward as a tropical storm...Details here.

Obama Administration Backs Oil Pipeline From Alberta to Texas

Campaigners disappointed as White House says 1,700-mile pipeline will not cause significant environmental damage. Details here.
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The Alberta tar sands - source of "product" for the pipeline

courtesy, the Boreal Songbird Initiative 

PLT: As pessimistic as I am about President Obama actually stopping this thing, I think the gist of this story is a tad misleading. It is the President, and only the President (not the "White House" or "State Department"), who must sign off on the actual permit that will allow it to proceed. And that has yet to take place.