Is 'Prescription for Disaster' Our 'Most Optimistic' Climate Future?
February 11, 2012 by Common Dreams New data indicates warming of 2C now planet's "most optimistic" scenario Details here.
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The Cancer in Occupy
By Chris Hedges Truthdig Feb 6 - '12 The Black Bloc anarchists, who have been active on the streets in Oakland and other cities, are the cancer of the Occupy movement. Details here.
The True Cost of Mad Cow Disease in the West Midlands (England)
Justine Halifax, Birmingham Mail - Feb 6 2012 Birmingham could be facing a disease timebomb following the outbreak of the human form of mad cow disease or vCJD, health experts say. Details here. PLT photo
Corporations Have No Use for Borders
By Chris Hedges - Truthdig Jan 30-'12 What happened to Canada? It used to be the country we would flee to if life in the United States became unpalatable. No nuclear weapons. No huge military-industrial complex. Universal health care. Funding for the arts. A good record on the environment. But that was the old Canada. Details here.