Tag: north america
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World Petroleum Use Sets Record High, Asia Remains Largest Consumer
The world’s consumption of gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, heating oil and other petroleum products reached a record high of 88.9 million barrels per day …
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Arctic is Caught in Rapid Melt ‘Death Spiral’
Every year the total volume of ice in the Arctic gets smaller and smaller—just like the tighter and tighter circles of a death spiral. The melt is happening so quickly, some researchers believe it’s possible we’ll see a summer with an ice-free Arctic as early as 2015.
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Millions Against Monsanto: On the Road to Victory
The anti-GMO movement in the U.S. has identified Monsanto’s “Achilles Heel”—GMO food labeling at the state level—and has begun to achieve some preliminary victories, both in the marketplace and in the legislative arena … Our common task now must be to win the all-important Washington State ballot initiative.
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Millions Against Monsanto: On the Road to Victory
The anti-GMO movement in the U.S. has identified Monsanto’s “Achilles Heel”—GMO food labeling at the state level—and has begun to achieve some preliminary victories, both in the marketplace and in the legislative arena … Our common task now must be to win the all-important Washington State ballot initiative.
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Resource Scarcity, Climate Change and the Encroaching Global Catastrophe
TOMDISPATCH — Brace yourself. You may not be able to tell yet, but according to global experts and the U.S. intelligence community, the earth is already shifting under you. Whether you know it or not, you’re on a …