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Announcement :: Environment |
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J8 No G8 East Coast Convergence Richmond, VA |
by mjs
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14 Jun 2005
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Noon July 8th Monroe Park--Richmond, VA
On July 8th as the rulers of the eight most powerful nations meet in Scotland to decide our fates, communities around the world will take to the streets to fight back against the fossil fuels industry’s devastation of our Earth and its people. |
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Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights : Media |
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EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers |
by via Cryptome
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14 Jun 2005
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As blogging expands, important legal issues remain to be decided. The Electronic Freedom Foundation offers a handy guide to the current state of the law regarding blogs. |
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News :: Environment : Government Secrecy : International Relations : Political-Economy : Regime |
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Global Warming: The US Contribution in Figures |
by Marie Woolf and Colin Brown
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14 Jun 2005
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* The United States constitutes 4 per cent of the world population
* It is responsible for a quarter of all carbon dioxide emissions - an average of 40,000 pounds of carbon dioxide is released by each US citizen every year - the highest of any country in the world, and more than China, India and Japan combined
* Americans use 50 million tons of paper annually - consuming more than 850 million trees
* There are more than 200 million cars and light trucks on american roads
* According to the Federal Department of Transportation, they use over 200 million gallons of petrol a day
* Motor vehicles account for 56 per cent of all air pollution in The United States
* A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2002 concluded that people living in the most heavily polluted metropolitan areas have a 12 per cent increased risk of dying of lung cancer than people in the least polluted areas
* 32 of the 50 busiest US airports currently have plans to expand operations
* Every year US industries release at least 2.4 billion pounds of chemicals into the atmosphere
* Despite having just 2 per cent of known oil reserves, the US consumes 25 per cent of the world's oil production
* 16 per cent of world oil production goes into american cars alone.
* Approximately 160 million people living in 32 US states live in regions with smog and soot levels considered dangerous to health
* The new clear air interstate rule aims to cut sulphur dioxide by 73 per cent and nitrogen oxide by 61 per cent in the next 10 years
* Around 50 million new cars roll off US assembly lines each year
* There are already more than 20 million four-wheel-drive vehicles on US roads
* More than 1.5 million gallons of oil were spilled into US waters in 2000 alone
* Only 1 per cent of american travel is on public transport, an eighth of that in the UK and an eighteenth of that in Japan
* As much as 5.99 tons of carbon dioxide is emitted per American per year, compared with 0.31 tons per Indian or 0.05 tons per Bangladeshi.
* The US had 16 major oil spills between 1976 and 1989, whereas France suffered six and the UK five
* The average American produces 864kg of municipal waste per year, almost three times the quantity of rubbish produced annually by an Italian |
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LOCAL Announcement :: Arts |
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UCIMC – Artist Collective Forming |
by Sandra Ahten
spiritofsandra (nospam) hotmail.com (unverified) |
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14 Jun 2005
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Are you are a professional artist, a wanna-be, an art student, a Sunday painter or an art teacher, or would just like to share space with other artist please consider joining our (yet to be named) artist collective. |
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Convictions and Corrections |
by Florian Roetzer
mbatko (nospam) lycos.com (verified) |
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14 Jun 2005
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The psychologists' report concluded that people ignore corrections irrespective of the certainty that a news report was notorious. The truth is unimportant, one must say. Whether something fits and confirms the worldview is decisive. |
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News :: Right Wing |
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Former Bush Team Member-WTC Collapse Likely A Controlled Demolition |
by Messenger
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13 Jun 2005
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author: Greg Szymanski
Highly recognized former chief economist in Labor Department now doubts official 9/11 story, claiming suspicious facts and evidence cover-up indicate government foul play and possible criminal implications. |
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News :: Right Wing |
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Bush for Life: GOP introduces new bill to Congress |
by Colorado Palestine Solidarity Campaign
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13 Jun 2005
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Republicans have officially started the the campaign to amend the Constitution by repealing the 22nd Amendment - the one that confines the President to two terms. If the Republicans hold their current strength, or increase it, in the 2006 Congressional elections, expect this measure to pass allowing Bush to remain President... |
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