The New York Times – Environment | by Justin Gillis | September 20, 2010 This year’s extreme heat is putting the world’s coral reefs under such severe stress that scientists fear widespread die-offs, endangering not only the richest ecosystems in the ocean but also fisheries that feed millions of people. Read on:
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Flying the Flag; Faking the News | by: John Pilger, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed | Friday 03 September 2010 Edward Bernays, the American nephew of Sigmund Freud, is said to have invented modern propaganda. During the First World War, he was one of a group of influential liberals who mounted [...]
published by mother nature network | March 05, 2010 Read on: http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/infographic-top-20-countries-with-most-endangered-species
Post by JimQ | TheBurningPlatform.com in Economy | Posted on 10th May 2010 Day after day, bankers have been paraded before Congressional committees regarding their role in the financial crisis which brought the financial system to the edge of the abyss on September 18,2008. Every one has claimed that they were not responsible in any [...]
By TODD WOODY | The New York Times | May 7, 2010 AMID the $6 million homes perched on a beachfront cliff in this conservative Southern California enclave, the seven-year-old Honda Civic hybrid with the Obama bumper sticker is the giveaway. It’s not the usual drive of choice for wealthy former hedge fund managers like [...]
By Mark Hertsgaard | Wired Science | April 26, 2010 | 6:28 pm John Williams has been making wine in California’s Napa Valley for nearly 30 years, and he farms so ecologically that his peers call him Mr. Green. But if you ask him how climate change will affect Napa’s world famous wines, he gets [...]
Posted by Lindsay Brooke-Nottingham | FUTURITY | Friday, April 23, 2010 16:12 U. NOTTINGHAM (UK)—Scientists have discovered the gene that enables an extraordinary worm to regrow its whole head and brain—and other body parts—after amputation. The finding is another step forward in efforts to explore how humans might one day regenerate damaged organs and tissue. [...]
TED2006 | Filmed February 2006 | Posted June 2006 Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. Source: http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
By Daniel Roth | Wired May 2010 | April 19, 2010 | 12:00 pm It’s late November 2009, and US energy secretary Steven Chu is leaning against a fake sink in a fake kitchen. Chu is 62 years old and athletically trim with graying black hair. He’s wearing a rumpled pin-striped suit, argyle socks, and [...]
The huge mining corporation’s legal actions against two small book presses — what do they say about our democracy? By Philip Resnick | TheTyee.ca | April 21, 2010 Barrick Gold is a giant in the world of Canadian mining corporations, and its founder and chair, Peter Munk, has revelled in media attention for his philanthropy. [...]