7-square-mile ice sheet breaks loose in Canada

"EDMONTON, Alberta - A chunk of ice spreading across seven square miles has broken off a Canadian ice shelf in the Arctic, scientists said Tuesday."

Barack who? Mixed Bag of Reactions as Obama Takes It to The Middle East

It's a feisty, contradictory mix of politics, religion, and personal views now sitting as Barack Obama's judge on his Middle East tour. As this article shows, one person may think he'll improve things by with-drawing...

President Bush Lifts Offshore Drilling Ban, Crude Drops over $6.00 a Barrel

Update: July 18, 2008 Crude Oil has dropped to $128.88 a Barrel Update: July 17, 2008 Crude Oil has dropped to $130.73 a Barrel Update July 15, 2008 Crude Oil has dropped to $138.74 a Barrel Biggest drop in 17 years...

Oil Prices Plummet When Ban on Drilling Was Lifted

I thought it was going to take ten years to see any change. Look, the market works this way (yes, even those mysterious "speculators" whom many say are the cause of this rise in oil prices): when the market thinks...

Russian army trains for Arctic resource war

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor\Well as long as they stay on their side of the arctic, Canada most likely would not act.  The United States may do that for us.  Funny the world powers are all...

Bush to urge Congress to allow offshore drilling

" President Bush plans to make a renewed push Wednesday to get Congress to end a long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, echoing a call by GOP presidential candidate John McCain. Congressional Democrats have opposed lifting the prohibitions on energy...

Acidified Seawater Hits West Coast

OPINION: Though climate models predicted major ocean acidification would not hit the west coast of North American until the end of the century, new joint research between the USA and Canada indicates this devastating...

Republicans ponder plan to freshen party's image

It's hard to see how the party that's been in power for the past eight years is going to positon itself as the party of 'change'. This article takes an intersting look at the strategy crossroads the Republican Party finds itself at."The bad news has come from Illinois,...

Environmental Alert: The Antarctic Ice Shelf is Coming Apart

"A section of Antarctica's largest ice shelf is disintegrating, satellite images have shown and global warming is thought to be the cause. An iceberg measuring 41km by 2.4km broke off the southwestern front of the...

Mighty ice chunk lifts and separates

The breakup of a Connecticut-sized ice shelf has many scientists worried about the effects of global warming."(CNN) -- Some 220 square miles of ice has collapsed in Antarctica and an ice shelf about the size of...

Big chunk of Antarctic ice shelf falling apart

"A section of Antarctica's massive Wilkins Ice Shelf has begun disintegrating under the effects of global warming, satellite images by the University of Colorado's National Snow and Ice Data Center showed. The collapse of a substantial section of the ice shelf was triggered...

Escalating Ice Loss Found in Antarctica

NEW YORK, MIAMI, FRENCH RIVIERA, LONDON taking first steps reacting to rising water levels and  storm dammage NASA ANTARCTICA OZONEHOLE VIDEOEXPLAINER"Sheets Melting in an Area Once Thought to Be Unaffected by...

Antarctic Ice Loss Is Escalating: Inc. NBC NEWS VIDEO

"Climatic changes appear to be destabilizing vast ice sheets of western Antarctica that had previously seemed relatively protected from global warming, researchers reported yesterday, raising the prospect of faster...

Wal-Mart "forcing" suppliers to go green....

Wal-Mart is certainly in a position to demand Green products from their suppliers, they have the muscle.  Does it help our society's consumption problem?  No.  How "green" and "sustainable" can society be if we continue to believe in a business/lifestyle that...

Natalie Imbruglia's "The Singles 1997-2007" Hit The Shelf Sept 22nd

"She is beautiful, talented and happily married to one of Australia's hottest guys; in short, for Natalie Imbruglia, life is glorious. On her way from London to shoot a feature film in Adelaide, she may even join husband, Silverchair lead singer Daniel Johns, on his national...

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