Opit's LinkFest!: 16 May

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

16 May - Late Links

Emergency Services Unit of the New York Police Department (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

NYPD graduation ceremony in Madison Square Garden, July 2005. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1000 years of climate data confirms Australia is warming

www.abc.net.au

The most comprehesive study ever done of climate in the last millennium found the last 50 years in Australia have been the warmest Scientists from Melbourne university used 27 different types of natu

Seattle's First Urban Food Forest Will Be Open To Foragers : NPR

www.npr.org

A community group in Seattle is transforming a 7-acre plot of land into a forest of fruit trees where neighbors will be encouraged to forage and meet each other.

Al Jazeera English

Stung by a UN official's criticism of the country for allowing some of its people to go hungry, Canada has dismissed him as a "patronizing academic" and said there are more pressing food concerns in other countries.

'Food insecure' Canada rebukes UN official

www.aljazeera.com

Ministers question use of his time and dismiss him as a patronising academic for saying 800,000 households need help.

Judge rules that millions can sue NYPD over stop-and-frisk

rt.com

A federal judge in New York has given the go ahead for a class action lawsuit to move forward against the city’s police department over allegations that its stop-and-frisk program has continuously allowed officers to discriminate against minorities.

Bridge the Gulf

Don't watch the news, don't listen to the media, listen to the actual people on the ground. These people, they're dying every day and the animals are dying. We have no jobs. It's depressing and if they don't get us help, it's just going to keep getting worse.

Troubled Waters: Discussion with Thao Chi Nguyen on Creating Alternatives for Asian American Fishers.

bridgethegulfproject.org

After the BP oil disaster, Thao Chi Nguyen worked with Asian Americans for Change (AAC) to provide services and advocate for Asian American fishing communities along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. She spoke with Bridge The Gulf and the Institute for Southern Studies for the report Troubled Waters: Two ...

Real Coastal Warriors

Allen and her co-workers at the Cornerstone Care community clinic are like a lot of health care professionals across the suddenly overwhelmed Marcellus Shale region of Appalachia: They’ve seen an increase in visit from anxious neighbors who are worried that symptoms such as increased headaches, dizziness, rashes, difficulty breathing, and various and sundry aches and pains might have something to do with these new wells, polluting the air that they breathe or the water that they drink.

Mystery Illness and Mystery Smells: The Neighbors of America’s Fracking Boom Need Answers | Stuart H

www.stuarthsmith.com

Kay Allen is a nurse who deserves some answers. She works at a health clinic in Burgettstown, Pa. -- in the southwestern corner of the Keystone State where the

Real Coastal Warriors

Rebuilding the beach with even more sand. This operation runs all day and night. As if us coastal residents didn't have enough VOC's in our blood. Now we get to choke on diesel fumes. How can they allow this dozer to run like this? This isn't just one time, it has ran for weeks like this. Maybe the engine will hurry up and blow soon.

The Cover-Up Continues on the Gulf Coast

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Real Coastal Warriors

‎"Natural Oil Seeps" afterthoughts are being actively expounded by obviously pro-BP scientists and industry experts, in the futile attempts to absolve BP of billions in liability for the obvious regional environmental damage, economic disruption, slow genocide and untold wildlife suffering from the BP Macondo Oil spill disaster. Realistically, how could one shallow gas well blowout have caused so much damage ?( Corexit 9500 and a blowout 5 miles deep )

Part I - In Reply to Pro-BP Natural Oil Seeps Afterthoughts 2 Years After the Disaster - Bk Lim

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BP oil spill residue found on pelicans in Minn.

minnesota.publicradio.orgResearchers for the state Department of Natural Resources have found evidence of petroleum compounds and the chemical used to clean up the oil in the eggs of pelicans nesting in Minnesota.

80 PERCENT OF Pelican EGGS CONTAIN DISPERSANT!!!!

Surfers Against Sewage

Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) is an environmental charity protecting the UK’s oceans, waves and beaches for all to enjoy safely and sustainably, via community action, campaigning, volunteering, conservation, education and scientific research.

Organization gathers signatures against GMO - Newport | Demotix.com

www.demotix.com

Oregon – Right to Know’ gathering signatures for a state-wide ballot initiative for labeling GMO foods Newport OR
NaturalNews.com
With all of the evidence that sunlight is beneficial in the prevention of cancer and heart disease, maintaining a strong immune system and building bones, no one should be using sunscreens on a routine or daily basis.
Commercial sunscreens are a danger to your health

www.naturalnews.com

Commercial sunscreens are a danger to your health
Institute for Responsible Technology

http://foodfreedomgroup.com/2012/05/16/nz-bans-fertility-damaging-soy-based-baby-formula/

NZ bans fertility-damaging soy-based baby formula | Food Freedom News

foodfreedomgroup.com

Yet another study showing that genetically modified foods cause sterility -- this one in humans instead of just animals. Health and medical experts in N...

http://www.alternet.org/economy/155213/hedges%3A_how_our_demented_capitalist_system_made_america_insane/

Hedges: How Our Demented Capitalist System Made America Insane | Economy

www.alternet.org

When civilizations start to die they go insane. Let the ice sheets in the Arctic melt. Let the temperatures rise. Let the air, soil and water be poisoned. Let the forests die.

US judge blocks indefinite detention of Americans

rt.com

A US federal judge has temporarily blocked a section of the controversial National Defense Authorization Act that allows for the indefinite military detention of US citizens.