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BP Looks to Profit from Oil Salvaged from Gushing Well

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2010-06-04

by Erika Bolstad

WASHINGTON - BP's runaway deepwater well could
still become a moneymaker for the company, even as it tries to stem the
gush of crude oil that's fouling the Gulf of Mexico.

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EU to Allow Nations to Ban Approved GM Crops

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2010-06-04

BRUSSELS - Individual EU nations will be free to ban genetically modified crops, even if they are deemed safe and approved, under rule changes being drawn up by Brussels to unblock the clearance process.

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Water: Will There Be Enough?

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2010-06-04

For at least three decades, Americans have had some inkling that we face an uncertain energy future, but we’ve ignored a much more worrisome crisis—water.

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J. P. Barlow — Internet Has Broken the Political System

Syndicated from Slashdot on Fri, 2010-06-04

MexiCali59 recommends an account up at Hillicon Valley on a speech by John Perry Barlow to the Personal Democracy Forum in New York. "The deluge of information available on the Web has made the country ungovernable, according to EFF co-founder John Perry Barlow. 'The political system is broken partly because of Internet,' Barlow said.

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Greenpeace divided on Boreal Forest Agreement

Syndicated from Media Co-op on Fri, 2010-06-04

Leaked conference call obtained by the Vancover Media Co-op exposes divergent views on CBFA

A leaked discussion between Greenpeace staff obtained by the Vancouver Media Co-op indicates the group is preparing damage

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Urban farms don’t make money - so what?

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2010-06-04

Over on Earth Island Journal, Sena Christian has an excellent, rigorously reported article about the tough economics of urban farming.

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Under Pressure to Block Oil, A Rush To Dubious Projects

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2010-06-04

In response to the widening disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, government officials have approved a plan to intercept the oil by building a 45-mile sand berm. But scientists fear the project is a costly boondoggle that will inflict further environmental damage and do little to keep oil off the coast.

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Afghan Gathering Agrees Peace Moves with Taliban

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2010-06-04

by Sayed Salahuddin and Hamid Shalizi

KABUL - Afghan tribal
elders and religious leaders agreed Friday to make peace with the
Taliban, handing President Hamid Karzai a mandate to open negotiations
with the insurgents who are fighting foreign forces and h

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Rethinking Transition as a Pattern Language: an introduction

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2010-06-04

Yesterday I posted a document which contained the first rough attempt at sketching out a new way of communicating Transition, using Christopher Alexander’s ‘pattern l

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Peak oil means deepwater drilling is business as usual

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2010-06-04

With Federal regulators approving a new Gulf of Mexico oil well and the Canadian government continuing to support deepwater drilling off its own coasts, it looks like business as usual for the oil industry despite media coverage of BP’s ongoing ecological disaster.

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Greece a month later, continuing reactions to the measures

Syndicated from Libcom on Fri, 2010-06-04

A month after the huge general strike march of the 5th of May and the tragic event that accompanied it, Greek workers' reactions to the austerity measures continue.

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Five more Landless People's Movement militants arrested in Soweto

Syndicated from Libcom on Fri, 2010-06-04

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What Does It Mean To Believe We Are Everywhere?

Syndicated from Infoshop News on Fri, 2010-06-04

<p>From <a href="http://www.crimethinc.com/texts/atoz/10pt2.php">CrimethInc</a>: The following essay is the second in a two-part series regarding p...

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Behind the Camera Lens in Honduras

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2010-06-04

by Joseph Huff-Hannon

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Katia Lara and Carlos del Valle grabbed
their cameras last June and started shooting: protesters gathered on
the Tegucigalpa streets, soldiers firing live rounds into crowds.

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US Calls for Rwanda to Release Professor

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2010-06-04

by Henry C. Jackson

WASHINGTON — The State Department on Thursday called on the Rwandan
government to release a jailed U.S. law professor. Peter Erlinder has
been in custody since Friday on charges he denied the central African
country's 1994 genocide.

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