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Games@NOAA

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:08:58 -0700

a portal to games and interactive activities focused on ocean and air themes

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Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:45:35 -0700

Welcome to Stumbleupon...peace.

Green Left - Nuclear debate: A dangerous option that wont solve climate change (Jim Green)

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:05:33 -0700

There are three main problems with the nuclear "solution" to climate change -- it is a blunt instrument, a dangerous one, and it is unnecessary.

In Our Own Backyard

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:06:11 -0700

a project of In Our Own Backyard, an organization of photojournalists commited to poverty alleviation in the United States

Sarah and Jim getting ready for the day of action outside the Xcel Bay Front Power Plant in Ashland, WI

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:24:47 -0700

"I dream of a different future"

The local spin on the International Day of Climate Action -The Green Blog - A Boston Globe blog on living Green in Boston

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:07:22 -0700

If you see people with snorkels, life vests and scuba gear in Boston's Christopher Columbus Park tomorrow afternoon, it's not because of the expected heavy downpours. It's to highlight that critical parts of Boston could be submerged as sea levels rise because of global warming.

EPA cracks the whip on power plants - Environment- msnbc.com

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:45:33 -0700

From the page: "It is unconscionable that 19 years after the Clean Air Act of 1990, we still do not have air toxics controls on these large existing sources of pollution."

Critical habitat in Alaska is proposed for polar bears -- latimes.com

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:33:25 -0700

They can say that all they want, but they can't change the plain language of the [Endangered Species Act]. The law says federal agencies cannot 'adversely modify' critical habitat. Hard to see how putting an oil rig in the heart of polar bear habitat does not adversely modify it.

From Poverty to Power by Duncan Green & Blog Archive & 25 years after the Ethiopian famine, what have we learned?

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:06:41 -0700

In 1984, one million Ethiopians died during a catastrophic famine. The severity of suffering seen 25 years ago has not returned to Ethiopia. But drought still costs Ethiopia roughly $1.1bn a year - almost eclipsing the total annual overseas assistance to the country.

Kwashiorkor is a form of malnutrition that occurs when there is not enough protein in the diet

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:08:28 -0700

When people are not sure where their next meal is coming from, it is difficult for them to get excited about trying to stabilize the earth's climate.