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Who Owns Who - the Government or the Oil Lobby? |

The oil and gas industry outspent environmentalists nearly eight-fold last year in federal lobbying on climate change legislation, which has failed to pass Congress, a recent report shows. Environmental groups spent a record $22.4 million lobbying for a bill backed by Presiden …

Newsvine Earnings .......... A Place to Help - Monarch Watch

One of the greatest migrations nature has ever developed is nearing it's seasonal end  in it's winter sleeping grounds in Mexico.  It is currently over a " 1,000 miles of hell ".  There is only group studying the Eastern Monarch Butterfly.

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Police Lose $1.5mil Suit to Man Pistol-Whipped in Cover Up Case

 When Therman Brown accused Elizabeth police of pistol-whipping him after an arrest in 2005, the city's internal affairs unit concluded the incident "didn't happen." When the man’s attorneys made the same accusations in federal court, a jury concluded it did and this  …

Historical Background: Israel's Unusual Efforts in Aiding Victims of Haitian Earthquake - CNN

Now that Turkey has finally agreed to allow Israeli help for the current tragedy there, it is interesting to see just what the Israelis do for earthquake relief that is different than what other countries do. This video clearly illustrates just what they do--  and how they  …

NYC West Indian parade features dancing, singing

Spectators have been dancing and singing behind police barricades to music pounding from loudspeakers aboard floats in New York City's West Indian Day Parade.

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HIV-2 Overview - HIV/AIDS - HealthCommunities

HIV usually refers to the HIV-1 strain; but another strain, known as HIV-2, was first described in 1986 in West Africa.

AFP: Japanese parents live with radiation fear

Some people have listened to the official advice, then voted with their feet and moved out of the fallout zone -- but most have stayed, reluctant to give up their jobs, homes and lives, despite the lingering fear.

32 years later, 'No Nukes' concert stars reunite for new show - San Jose Mercury News

It started over dinner one night in 1973, when Graham Nash asked Jacques Cousteau to name the issue he thought posed the gravest danger to humanity.

Exclusive: Al Gore On His 'Climate Realilty Project' Launch: "It's Urgent To Rendezvous With Reality To Save The Future Of Civilization As We Know It." | ThinkProgress

In an exclusive extended interview with Climate Progress, the Nobel-Prize winning champion of climate action discussed the “24 Hours of Reality” — a worldwide, live streamed event this September.

Dengue Fever Creeps Back Into the U.S. — and Climate Change Isn't Helping – TIME Healthland

Dengue fever is nasty. Transmitted by the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, dengue infects an estimated 220 million people a year — 2 million of whom develop a severe form called dengue haemorrhagic fever, which has no known cure. And it can be extremely painful.

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