In a rare show of political awareness and unity, the Parliament of Scotland has united to cut emissions by 42% by 2020 –'the toughest target of any industrialised nation in the world' and, according to campaigners, this 'hugely significant' vote sets new 'moral' standard...
By, Uwe Paschen. Japan is serious, when it comes to the environment. New legislation right in time for Earth day was passed and has been made law. Those laws are effective has of now with harsh Fines and even...
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A health care reform plan developed by Dr. Jacob S. Hacker is, according to this article at The New Republic, widely considered the rough model for the reform plans many Democrats, including President Barack Obama, have embraced. If it winds up putting private insurers out of...
Today, we learn that the Obama administration has asked that charges of election day voter intimidation against three members of the New Black Panthers Party for Self-Defense be dropped. Now, we ask why? According to a Washington Times editorial: "One of the defendants,...
In a clear message to the rest of the world - Belgium heeds government and UN calls to go Veg to the save the world. "Starting this week there will be a regular weekly meatless day" ""This is pretty special,...
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'Playing For Change' is a multimedia movement created to inspire world peace, and it's been a popular hit on YouTube this year. It started off a decade ago, by Grammy winning producer/engineer Mark Johnson,...
Drinking from plastic bottled water is not only damaging to yourself, to the enviornment, but you are also contributing to less water in the world. Recently in Australia, it was bought to our attention how...
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A culture of trust is vital to solving the big problems of our age.by Joe Brewer, May 2, 2009, Cognitive Policy Works: "I believe that a culture of trust is desperately needed if we are to address the looming...
Bolivian President promotes Earth’s ‘right to life’. Mr. Evo Morales, the first indigenous president in Bolivia's history, spoke whole-heartedly to the UN General Assembly to encourage people to put the...
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Although from various viewpoints is said that recovery is around the corner at least at the end of this year 2.009 but not later than early 2010, there are astonishingly still more indicators that point in the...
Forgetting about some of those negative "Tax Day Tea Parties" held around the country on April 15Th, I've thought of a more positive way to use Tea bags to gain the attention of American Voters.What if First Lady...
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So the new plan is to refinance the old mortgages into new LOWER interest mortgages and save BIG TIME!!! It’s all money right in the taxpayers pocket..
I know this sounds like the old refinance deal that created all the “cancerous” “toxic” and “bad” paper that...
This week on Living at the Barricades we’ll hear from Pandora’s Locks author Jeff Alexander, St. Clair Channelkeeper Doug Martz, and Kevin McMahon, Director of the new...
Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama share several things in common: Both were lawyers; both served in the Illinois legislature; and both were elected president of the United States. When it comes to the...
You would be hard pressed to see any dancing in the streets, tickertapes streaming from skyscrapers, or sailors kissing ladies in the streets, but The Global War on Terror is over (not that anyone knew what a Global War on Terror really meant in the first place). On Monday...
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