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This collapse occurred during the 2008-2009 solar minimum. While these minimums are known to cool and contract the thermosphere, this collapse was 3-times greater than low solar activity could explain.
Emmert suggests high carbon dioxide (CO2) levels might play a role. As you know, CO2 acts as a coolant, shedding heat through infrared radiation. He speculates that the CO2 could magnify the cooling period during a solar minimum.
"The Coal War" Shows Alternatives to Mountaintop Removal - But Needs Help on Kickstarter
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/the-coal-war-shows-alternatives-mountaintop-removal-needs-help-kickstarter.html
tremendous impact that coal has on the environment—at every stage of production from mining to the coal ash waste produced when coal is burned for energy.
Well, there's a team raising funds on Kickstarter to complete its documentary, The Coal War, that will illustrate the devastation that mountaintop removal coal mining has brought to Appalachia and what woman is doing to fight it. The Coal War pitch on Kickstarter describes the project:
A story is told. Once a prophecy and now a reality where in 2004 thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers from all over the world came together and decided to form an alliance: The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers. This historic alliance is now captured in the documentary called For the Next 7 Generations and is sweeping the country spreading the word of peace and oneness.
http://www.examiner.com/x-26606-NY-Interfaith-Examiner%7Ey2009m11d1-The-International-Council-of-13-Indigenous-Grandmothers
(1) Indian Country Today - July 18, 2008 Indigenous grandmas nearly kicked out of Vatican. ROME - They went to pray. They went to see Pope Benedict XVI on his home turf. They went to ask that he rescind historic church doctrine that played a role in the genocidal onslaught of millions of indigenous people worldwide.For 13 indigenous grandmothers, accomplishing only one of their three goals wouldn't have been so bad - had they also not been harassed by several Vatican policemen who claimed the women were conducting ''anti-Catholic'' demonstrations.more >>
Toon that explains why the Pittsburgh Catholic can't write critically about women priests
http://www.examiner.com/x-35827-Pittsburgh-Atheism-Examiner~y2010m7d17-Toon-that-explains-why-the-Pittsburgh-Catholic-cant-write-critically-about-women-priests
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Chomsky: Is the U.S. Gearing Up for the Destruction of Iran?
http://www.alternet.org/story/147572/chomsky%3A_is_the_u.s._gearing_up_for_the_destruction_of_iran
The dire threat of Iran is widely recognized to be the most serious foreign policy crisis facing the Obama administration. General Petraeus informed the Senate Committee on Armed Services in March 2010 that "the Iranian regime is the primary state-level threat to stability" in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, the Middle East and Central Asia, the primary region of US global concerns. The term "stability" here has its usual technical meaning: firmly under US control.
Report: 27,000 Abandoned Wells Pose Threat to Gulf Coast
Concerns are being raised about the hazards posed by thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells throughout the Gulf Coast. An Associated Press investigation found more than 27,000 abandoned sites are in danger of leaking, with about 13 percent said to be particularly worrisome. Regulations forcing companies to plug the wells have been routinely ignored with no government intervention.
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/9/report_27_000_abandoned_wells_pose
Feds Raid Legal Marijuana Farm, Destroy Crops
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/147506/feds_raid_legal_marijuana_farm%2C_destroy_crops
In This Article, I Show How Easy It Is For Peaceful People to Violate the Patriot Act and Face 15 Years in Jail
http://www.alternet.org/world/147477/in_this_article%2C_i_show_how_easy_it_is_for_peaceful_people_to_violate_
the_patriot_act_and_face_15_years_in_jail
If Corporations are Persons...
http://open.salon.com/blog/david_brin/2010/07/11/if_corporations_are_persons
This legal contruct was established for basic, pragmatic reasons, in order to allow the limited liability corporation to attract investors whose potential losses would amount only to what they invested. That was the original purpose, and any expansion upon that purpose, creeping decade-by-decade toward investing corporations with the full rights of corporeal citizens, would be carefully considered.
What do you make of this 'Spirit' Orb?
http://encwor.blogspot.com/2010/01/spirit-energy-orbs.html#axzz0tyDAcB3U
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