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Oceans in Distress Foreshadow Mass Extinction (Marlowe Hood)
Pollution and global warming are pushing the world's oceans to the brink of a mass extinction of marine life unseen for tens of millions of years, a consortium of scientists warn. June 20, 2011 -- ...
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A bridge to somewhere (John Michael Greer)
John Michael Greer Jun 8, 2011 (The Archdruid Report) -- Last week’s discussion of the twilight of the electrical grid in an age after abundance turned out to be timely, in an ironic sort of way. ...
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Replacing Economic Democracy with Financial Oligarchy (Michael Hudson)
June 3, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Soon after the Socialist Party won Greece’s national elections in autumn 2009, it became apparent that the government’s finances were in a shambles. In ...
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Human Intelligence and the Environment (Noam Chomsky)
May 10, 2011 (International Socialist Review) -- I’ll begin with an interesting debate that took place some years ago between Carl Sagan, the well-known astrophysicist, and Ernst Mayr, the grand old ...
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Enabling Acts (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust May 7, 2011 -- I’ve been watching a magic trick, just another of many that I’ve witnessed over the years. Funny thing about magic tricks is that even though you ...
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Japan’s ‘BP Moment’ Troubles Global Economy (William Pesek)
Mar. 20, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- You never want to kick a nation when it’s down. It’s time, though, to consider the depth of Japan’s coming recession. A week ago, before radiation fears prompted a mass ...
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All Out War on Libya: Surge in the Price of Crude Oil (Prof. Michel Chossudovsky)
"Humanitarian Wars are Good for Business"... Speculators Applaud... This is Part III of a three-part article. PART I Insurrection and Military Intervention: The US-NATO Attempted Coup d'Etat in ...
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Humanitarian crisis deepens in Japan (Yoko Kubota)
Millions of people in Japan are spending a fourth night without water, food or heating, as tens of thousands of rescue workers struggle to reach them Mar. 15, 2011 -- RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan (Reuters) ...
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The Collapse of the Old Oil Order: How the Petroleum Age Will End (Michael T. Klare)
Mar. 4, 2011 (Information Clearinghouse) -- Whatever the outcome of the protests, uprisings, and rebellions now sweeping the Middle East, one thing is guaranteed: the world of oil will be ...
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Record Gasoline Grips Europe, California Faces $4 a Gallon (Brian Swint)
Mar. 4, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- Gasoline prices are setting records across Europe and exceeding $4 a gallon in California as the rise in crude oil caused by the conflict in Libya punishes companies and ...
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Global Systemic Crisis / World Geopolitical Breakup – End Of 2011: Fall Of The “Petro-Dollar Wall” And A Major Monetary-Oil Shock For The US (LEAP/E2020)
Feb. 16, 2011 -- Public announcement GEAB N°52 (LEAP/E2020) -- With this issue our team is celebrating two important anniversaries in anticipation terms. Exactly five years ago, in February 2006, ...
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