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  • Fishable Waters

    Syndicated from Intercontinental Cry on Fri, 2013-05-24

    In the Spring 2013 American Indian Law Journal, Catherine A. O’Neill examines what it means to indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest to have fishable waters. In her discussion of the fish and fishing peoples of Washington State, O’Neill...

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  • Evacuation Ordered as Melting Ice Cracks Beneath Arctic Research Station

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2013-05-24

    <div class='node-body'><p>A Russian Arctic research station <a href="http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/russia-evacuates-drifting-arctic-research-station-145226993.html" target="_blank">has been forced to evacuate</a> following the discovery that the ice was melting beneath it.</p>

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  • Arctic Ice Melting Too Fast to Measure: Russian Researchers Find the Hard Way

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2013-05-24

    <div class='node-body'><p>Ice melting at a dangerous pace <a href="http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/russia-evacuates-drifting-arctic-research-station-145226993.html" target="_blank">has forced</a> a Russian research team in the Arctic to pack up shop early&mdash;and leave in a hurry.</p>

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  • WikiLeaks Leaks Transcript of "Anti-WikiLeaks Documentary"

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2013-05-24

    <div class='node-body'><p><a href="http://wikileaks.org">WikiLeaks</a> leaked an <a href="http://wikileaks.org/IMG/html/gibney-transcript.html">annotated transcript</a> of the documentary &quot;We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks,&quot; on Thursday, the eve of its opening, in an effort to &quot;reveal errors and sleight of hand by the director Alex Gibney,&quot; the group <a href="http://wiki

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  • WikiLeaks Leaks Transcript of "Anti-WikiLeaks Documentary"

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2013-05-24

    <div class='node-body'><p><a href="http://wikileaks.org">WikiLeaks</a> leaked an <a href="http://wikileaks.org/IMG/html/gibney-transcript.html">annotated transcript</a> of the documentary &quot;We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks,&quot; on Thursday, the eve of its opening, in an effort to &quot;reveal errors and sleight of hand by the director Alex Gibney,&quot; the group <a href="http://wiki

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  • Groups Slam Environmental Defense Fund for Fracking "Greenwash"

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2013-05-24

    <div class='node-body'><p>Environmental groups and activists slammed the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) this week for partnering with a coalition of Big Energy companies and pro-fracking groups, saying there is &quot;nothing sustainable about shale oil or shale gas.&quot;</p>

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  • Groups Slam Environmental Defense Fund for Fracking "Greenwash"

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2013-05-24

    <div class='node-body'><p>Environmental groups and activists slammed the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) this week for partnering with a coalition of Big Energy companies and pro-fracking groups, saying there is &quot;nothing sustainable about shale oil or shale gas.&quot;</p>

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  • Radioactive Cesium Recorded at 10 Spots in Pacific Ocean After Fukushima

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2013-05-24

    <div class='node-body'><p>Radioactive cesium from the Fukushima plant was found at <a href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/23/national/cesium-levels-in-water-plankton-baffle-scientists/#.UZ-FGOtyRyg">10 points</a> in the Pacific Ocean, including a location as far as 1300 miles from the plant, less than a year after Fukushima nuclear disaster began, scientists revealed on Tuesday.</p>

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  • Radioactive Cesium Recorded at 10 Spots in Pacific Ocean

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2013-05-24

    <div class='node-body'><p>Radioactive cesium from the Fukushima plant was found at <a href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/23/national/cesium-levels-in-water-plankton-baffle-scientists/#.UZ-FGOtyRyg">10 points</a> in the Pacific Ocean, including a location as far as 1300 miles from the plant, less than a year after Fukushima nuclear disaster began, scientists revealed on Tuesday.</p>

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  • Pakistan Not Soothed by Obama's "Reformed" Drone Program

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2013-05-24

    <div class='node-body'><p>Pakistan officials criticized President Obama&#39;s speech on Thursday for not announcing an immediate moratorium on all drone strikes in the country, insisting that any drone attack on Pakistan&#39;s soil is illegal and constitutes an assault on Pakistan&#39;s sovereignty.</p>

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  • Pakistan Not Soothed by Obama's "Reformed" Drone Program

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2013-05-24

    <div class='node-body'><p>Pakistan officials criticized President Obama&#39;s speech on Thursday for not announcing an immediate moratorium on all drone strikes in the country, insisting that any drone attack on Pakistan&#39;s soil is illegal and constitutes an assault on Pakistan&#39;s sovereignty.</p>

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  • Over a Million Signatures in Support for Sen. Warren's Student Loan Bill

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2013-05-24

    <div class='node-body'><p>Senator Elizabeth Warren&#39;s (D-Mass.) call to lower student loan interest rates to the same &quot;discounted rates&quot; given to big banks has received an &quot;outpouring of support&quot; as organizations and institutions of higher education are lining up to endorse the measure.</p>

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  • Over a Million Signatures in Support for Sen. Warren's Student Loan Bill

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2013-05-24

    <div class='node-body'><p>Senator Elizabeth Warren&#39;s (D-Mass.) call to lower student loan interest rates to the same &quot;discounted rates&quot; given to big banks has received an &quot;outpouring of support&quot; as organizations and institutions of higher education are lining up to endorse the measure.</p>

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  • Shelter from the Tornado

    Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2013-05-24

    <img src="http://www.resilience.org/rendition.small/uploads/article_custom/1369407287-8cea564df6ad0d918/2011-10-17 14.57.33.jpg">
    <p>I live in Tornado Alley, in Oklahoma City. The suburb located fifteen miles south of our home, Moore, averages a tornado every 2.5 years since 1991.

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  • (en) Ireland, WSM Report back from Dublin meeting on Croke Park - your opinions?

    Syndicated from A-Infos (English) on Fri, 2013-05-24

    On the 8th of May the WSM held a meeting in Dublin on the Croke Park No Vote. A 3rd
    'deal' has since been announced and we will be arguing for a No vote on that deal but we
    want to invite our readers to look at the notes below and to post comments on what they
    think is the way to defeat the attempts by the union leaders and government to impose
    these cuts in one way or the other.

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