Senator Jim DeMint vs White House ‘Land Grab’ for National Parks

Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) takes to the Senate floor to discuss a leaked document that says the President intends to take large tracks of land and claim them as Parks Service monuments.  By doing so the tracks...

The battle for Afghan hearts and minds

Yes and what do the humble farmers and herders think about this war to free them from the control of the Taliban? Well its really a different opinion than one would get from the town folk. now America's plan...

Israel approves 900 settler homes

These people do not want peace, each time before a meeting something like this happens. The Jews are just as bad as the Arabs.  " Planning applications for 900 new housing units at a Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem have been approved by the Israeli interior...

Sentinel-3 ESA’s Next Generation Satellite Scheduled to Launch in

Sentinel-3 satellite which is scheduled to launch in 2013 is the third in a series of five space missions European Space Agency (ESA) is developing for the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative. The missions main objective is to determine the...

Situation In Honduras Heats Up As Zelaya Tries To Return

[UPDATE – July 6, 2009]  After a failed attempt to return to Honduras yesterday, President Zelaya pledged to make more attempts to enter Honduras. Meanwhile, he is staying in the capital of El Salvador. In...

Stupid property owners

The taxes that property owners hate most are the ones that hurt them least and are most likely to be spent for their benefit, writes Gavin R. Putland.–April, 2009–"Land and taxes In any tax jurisdiction, the supply of land is fixed. From the viewpoint of the...

The Citizens Dividend Liberates Everyone

EXCERPT: This Robin Hood scenario has rarely happened in history. More efficient than trying to capture wealth downstream, after the elite has accumulated it, is to capture wealth upstream, preventing an elite from forming. A tax on income or sales or property captures wealth...

Doomsday is knocking. What are you doing?

Reporting at their 31st annual end-of-winter survey, US-based organizations National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), stated that over 90 percent of...

Reinvigorating old ideas: Who Owns the World

From the March edition of Tinteán, the magazine of the Australian Irish Heritage Network.–A review of Kevin Cahill's masterful work, Who Owns the World, (This website features sample chapters from the book) Published by Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh,...

Sustainable logging could create millions of green jobs says UN

In this current economic climate, the United Nations is urging all countries to develop 'green' jobs, as this could not only help the economy, but also help the environment as well. The key to this is sustainable...

Deforestation in Brazil up slightly from last year

The rates of Amazon deforestation in Brazil have been varying in recent years. Amazon deforestation used to be quite extensive, but than a period of a sharp drop in forest destruction ensued. Based on the analysis...

surfrider foundation: catch of the day.

" This is smart. Super smart. It’s getting more and more rare to see an actual, honest to goodness guerilla campaign that involves both a surprise and an insight tied together with a purpose. Slapping decals on the hand-rests of escalators just isn’t enough anymore. To...

Greenpeace Buys Acre of Land, Just to Stop Airport Adding Another

Hoping to stall the development of a new runway at Heathrow, the environmental organisation have purchased a plot of land that sits directly in its path.In their latest attempt to block the planned expansion of Heathrow airport, Greenpeace campaigners have purchased an acre...

The Future of Coney Island is Now X Rated Thanks to Thor Equitis

Thor Equitites in 2007 launched the Site  "TheFutureofConeyIsland.com" .  Recently it has been reported that when you clicked on the web site warnings came stating  an attempt of highjacking  my computer has...

Tropical Hardwood, to save Panama from Deforestation.

By, Uwe Paschen. Tropical Hardwood to save Panama from Deforestation.  Tropical Deforestation and decades of Agricultural Misuse and abuse of the land have left Panama's Rain Forest in a dyer state to the...

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