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Number of U.S. Sailors Devastated by Fukushima Radiation Continues to Climb
U.S. sailors irradiated while delivering humanitarian help near the stricken Fukushima nuke say their health has been devastated. So many have come forward that the progress of their federal class action lawsuit has been delayed. Bay area lawyer Charles Bonner says a re-filing will wait until early February to accommodate a constant influx of sailors…
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Snowy Owl Flocks to Southern States in Search of Food
The birding community in Washington, D.C., is abuzz over a rare, iconic avian visitor. The Snowy Owl, which has always been a “must-see” bird for the birding community, has been spotted at Arlington’s Reagan National Airport in recent days; other owls were spotted earlier at Dulles International Airport and later at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. [caption…
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Battery Storage Breakthrough at Harvard Could Play Huge Role in Future of Renewables
By Tim Radford Scientists in the U.S. think they may be on the track of a new kind of battery technology that could store huge reserves of energy. One of the great problems of renewable energy generators such as photovoltaic cells and wind turbines is that they can’t respond to demand. [caption id="attachment_317601" align="alignnone" width="500"]…
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Urgent Request to Stop Southern Leg of Keystone XL Pipeline Ignored by White House
The following letter was sent to the White House on Dec. 10 at the invitation of President Obama’s Senior Advisor, Valerie Jarrett. This urgent request from embattled Texas landowners for a face-to-face meeting with the president has so far been ignored. TransCanada has announced plans to bring the southern leg of Keystone XL pipeline commercially on line Jan. 22. [caption id=”attachment_317631″…
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National Campaign Supports 100 Grassroots Anti-Fracking Activists
As the national movement to ban fracking picks up steam, MoveOn.org Civic Action is announcing a new #FrackingFighter initiative to support 100 grassroots activists who are working to ban fracking in their local communities. MoveOn is awarding a total of $50,000 to the Fracking Fighters, along with materials, training and strategic support. The initiative seeks to slow…