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Daily Roundup: August 2, 2010

One-Two Punch: BP's next plan of action involves a two-part pumping of mud and cement into the well to force the oil back down below the seafloor. The Washington Post Times Are Changing: Increasingly acidic oceans off the coast of Washington state have caused Pacific oysters to stop reproducing for six seasons, scientists say. The Seattle Times
Unfair Advantage: Global subsidies were nearly 12 times greater for fossil fuels than for renewable energy sources in 2009, a survey by Bloomberg New Energy Finance found. The New York Times
Troubling Findings: Recent health recalls like that of Kellogg's cereal have shed light on the 80,000 unchecked chemicals on the market today. The Washington Times
Georgia on My Mind: Residents are concerned over the safety of the North Oconee River just south of Athens after a chemical spill caused color and odor changes in the river. Athens Banner-Herald
--Allison McCann 

Inception: Solar-Powered Dreams

Teaming Up to Protect a Predator

Green Fashion Monday: Slick T-Shirts

Green Your Garage Sale: Donate the Leftovers

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Inception: Solar-Powered Dreams 

Teaming Up to Protect a Predator

 Daily Roundup: July 30, 2010

Taking A Side: In a three-volume report released yesterday, the EPA strongly defended the the scientific community's position on anthropogenic warming and stated its plans to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions as part of the Clean Air Act. Los Angeles Times
Damming Consequnce: Massive catfish in the Mekong River could be driven to extinction due to planned hydropower development. ENN
Watery End? Years of dumping, drilling, and negligent regulation in the Gulf of Mexico could make the body of water unsalvageable, experts say. New York Times
Saving Grace: The Bureau of Land Management announced plans to protect 170,000 acres of biologically diverse habitat in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve. National Geographic
What A Man: The face of Old Spice, Isaiah Mustafa, isn't on a horse or a boat this time – he's taking a full-fledged vegan cleanse. Ecorazzi

Global Post

• Opinion: Brazil can boost African agriculture - 2 hours agoPresident Lula can convince increased investment in rural development. read more
• Taiwan: Dance for the masses - 2 hours agoFamous dance troupe is feted abroad. So, what are they doing in the sticks? read more
• Energy Entrepreneurs: better living through chemistry- 5 hours agoEnergy Entrepreneurs: Israeli chemists develop new rechargeable batteries. read more
• Ireland's road to the future - 5 hours agoA symbolic new freeway unites Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland. read more
• From fine art to rubbish: the stashes of drug traffickers

 No Quarter

• A Military Nightmare in Afghanistan? - 14 hours agoWe have enjoyed 9 years of celebrating men and women as heroes who serve in the U.S. military and that may soon end. I hope not, but news will be seeping out in the coming weeks that will tarnish the...
• Coming Out Of The Woodwork - 16 hours agoAbout what happened to the Hillary Delegates back in 2008. I guess it’s better late than never, though the damage Obama has done to this country is immeasurable. I imagine we know only the tip of th...
• About Those Beaches And That Seafood… - 19 hours agoBP announced on Friday that it is time to  scale back clean up and focus on restoration .  The Fed on Thursday expanded its  open fishery areas .  States are touting  reopened beaches and fisheries . ...
• A Glorious Day for the Clintons… - 1 day ago/ Bumped Up / According to the Katherine Seelye of the New York Times , at 7:32 pm on July 31st, Chelsea Clinton and Mark Mezvinsky were officially wed in an interfaith ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Clint...
• Paulie Abeles’ Show Is Rescheduled  

 EV Worldwire

• Super Beetle 'Juice' - 2 days agoAshton Stark converts '72 VW Beetle into electric car in yearlong project.
• Electric Flight Gets Serious - 2 days ago

RAW Story

• Microsoft patches “critical” crack in Windows - 1 hour agoMicrosoft released an emergency patch for a "critical" crack in Windows operating system software that could let hackers take control of computers over the Internet. "The vulnerability could allow re...
• Faith in Obama’s handling of Afghan war at record low: poll - 1 hour agoWASHINGTON — American public support for the Afghan war and US President Barack Obama's handing of the conflict has hit an all-time low after the leak of secret military documents, a poll showed Tues...
• O’Reilly promises to sit in Fox’s front row White House seat - 1 hour agoListenHe might want to check first for pins. Fox News has been awarded a front row seat in the White House briefing room and Bill O'Reilly is promising to personally use it. The White House Correspondents ...
• Germany gave assassination list to secret US unit - 1 hour agoThe German government supplied a secret Pentagon task force with names of Taliban leaders that the US then could target for assassination, documents show. Buried in the 92,000 pages of documents rele...
• Geithner: Unemployment could go up before it goes down - 2 hours agoListen

The Unrepentant Patriots at Yahoo!  Groups

• FW: JPFO ALERT: Will Washington's Failures Lead To Second American R - 11 hours agoHowdy. id suggest all read this article then take the three question poll. Semper Fi Jim.
• Leahy Must Go - 11 hours agoLeahy is rotten to the core ...
• Follow The Money Seminar-1 Now on YouTube - 17 hours agoPatriots, A Youtube video that lays the knowledge foundation for how the Money Supply, Banks, Federal Reserve, etc..work in conjunction w/ each other. With
• PUSHING BACK - 19 hours agoVirginia AG rules police can check immigration status of anyone stopped or arrested Go to FoxNews.com for the latest on this developing story:
• Something to think about - 21 hours ago

Afghanistan Sun

• Afghanistan pullout means not all US troops will go home - 1 day agoThe US Defence department has decided to keep a number of American troops in Afghanistan after the limited drawdown which is scheduled to begin in July 2011.
• Zardari says NATO forces losing war against Taliban - 2 hours agoIn an interview given to the French daily Le Monde, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that NATO forces are losing the battle against the Taliban because they are failing to win the hearts a...
• Six guards beheaded in Afghan bank robbery - 5 hours agoSix private security guards were poisoned and then beheaded in northern Afghanistan during a bank robbery, a police spokesman said Tuesday.
• UN drops 35 Al-Qaeda, 10 Taliban members from terror blacklist - 5 hours agoA United Nations (UN) panel has removed 35 Al-Qaeda and 10 Taliban members and affiliates from its sanctions terror list.
• Gates hints at US ground force strikes against extremists holed up in Pak - 8 hours ago

Reuters Breaking News

• Northern Rock's "bad bank" returns to profit in first-half  - 9 hours agoLONDON (Reuters) - Northern Rock Asset Management Plc, the remnants of Britain's first major victim of the credit crisis, said on Tuesday it had returned to profit in the first half of the year after ...
• ITV makes first move into pay-TV  - 9 hours agoLONDON (Reuters) - ITV, Britain's biggest commercial free-to-air broadcaster, will increase its spending on programming and online offerings and make a tentative push into pay-TV to reduce its depende...
• Three million affected by Pakistan floods - UNICEF  - 10 hours agoISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The worst floods in memory in Pakistan have affected more than 3 million people so far and the death toll has climbed over 1,400, a spokesman for the U.N. Children's Fund said on...
• SEC probes BP as it poised to "kill" Gulf well  - 19 hours agoWASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators were investigating BP Plc on Monday for possible insider trading related to its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a move that may hurt the energy giant's efforts...
• Pakistan summons UK envoy over Cameron's comments  - 22 hours ago

BBC

• Pakistan push to flooded villages - 2 hours agoPakistani rescue teams try to reach tens of thousands of people cut off by devastating floods which are now estimated to have affected three million people.
• Northern Rock returns to profit - 4 hours agoNorthern Rock's "bad bank" arm containing old mortgages and loans returns to profit, but the new "good" bank makes a loss.
• Deadly Israel-Lebanon troop clash - 1 hour agoThree Lebanese soldiers and a journalist are reported killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli troops in their tense border area.
• Criticism ahead of Pakistan visit - 2 hours agoAs Pakistan's president is due to arrive in the UK, critics say he should be at home helping his country deal with devastating floods instead.
• Deficit most urgent issue, say PM and Clegg

BBC - England

• Angry driver grabbed helicopter - 3 hours agoA man is sentenced to a year in prison for endangering the safety of an aircraft when he grabbed a helicopter as it took off from his garden in Bristol.
• Life sentences over arson murders - 3 hours agoFour men who murdered a couple when they set fire to the wrong house in what was intended to be a so-called honour killing in Blackburn are jailed for life.
• Women 'refused help' before death - 4 hours agoTwo women, believed to be a mother and her disabled daughter, found dead in a house had refused help from social workers, a council says.
• Police talked to gun death youth - 2 hours agoA 16-year-old boy from Oxfordshire is believed to have shot himself while he was on the phone to police officers.
• Calls made to home deaths family - 6 hours ago

News  UK

• Three million affected by Pakistan floods
• Life for bungled 'honour killing' gang
• Solar eruption to put on spectacular light show
• Lady Gaga bares all in Vanity Fair
• BP poised to "kill" Gulf well as SEC probe trading
• Israel and Lebanon told to use 'maximum restraint'
• Pakistan erupts in violence
• Tokyo's Oldest Woman 'Awol For Decades'
• Will against new Jackson album
• Guns N' Roses launch UK arena tour

Top Stories

As of 11:10 am EDT

• 45 die in revenge attacks in Pakistan's Karachi (AP)
• On Gulf, crews hope kill attempt will do the trick (AP)
• Debate begins on Kagan; Confirmation in sight (AP)
• Powerful quake hits eastern Indonesia (AP)*
• Consumer spending and personal incomes both weak (AP)
• Police: Gunman among those dead in Conn. shooting (AP)
• Deadly flooding spreads to Pakistan's heartland (AP)

* Did you notice the story about 'Space Quakes' being linked to earthquakes...and such being predicted for Aug 2 - at
Dr. John's Hiding Place ?