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Congress should boost worker ownership over corporate subsidies September 11, 2014 6:00AM ET by Matthew Harwood When American politicians and commentators discuss inequality and poverty, they do so almost exclusively in ways that do little to empower workers. Instead the debates typically focus on what government can do in a top-down fashion to either diminish inequality …
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Four decades after the book was published, Limit to Growth’s forecasts have been vindicated by new Australian research. Expect the early stages of global collapse to start appearing soon By Graham Turner and Cathy Alexander- The Guardian– Sept. 1, 2014 http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/02/limits-to-growth-was-right-new-research-shows-were-nearing-collapse Piles of crushed cars at a metal recycling site in Belfast, Northern Ireland.Photograph: Alamy …
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By Mark D. Thomas In July 1843, Joseph Smith delivered a series of remarkable sermons outlining what he called the three Fundamental Principles of Mormonism. On Sunday, the 9th, he introduced the first of these three: “One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from where it may.”1 …
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By Dahr Jamail, Truthout | News Analysis http://truth-out.org/news/item/25051-dahr-jamail-the-brink-of-mass-extinction “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” – Native American proverb March through June 2014 were the hottest on record globally, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. In May – officially the hottest May on record globally – the average temperature of the …
By Mark Kinver, Environment reporter, BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28132555 The invasive non-native Australian fern tree stands out against the canopy of the native forest species. US conservationists and a satellite imagery company have teamed up to use the power of crowdsourcing to halt the spread of destructive invasive plants. Species such as the Australian tree …
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You can actually be better off, healthier and happier with less consumption, says Munasinghe. And it’s not just rich countries that need to change, he told Noah Sachs – poor countries too must develop sustainably, or the Earth’s resources will simply run out. http://www.theecologist.org/Interviews/2408513/confronting_consumption_an_interview_with_mohan_munasinghe.html Mohan Munasinghe shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize as Vice-Chair of …
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By Thom Kenworthy- JUNE 19, 2014 AT 9:54 AM http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/06/19/3447621/dust-on-snow-colorado/ Dust on snow in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. CREDIT: JEFFREY DEEMS GOLDEN, COLORADO — The deep snow cover in Colorado’s mountains, well above average this year everywhere except the southern part of the state, is melting and running off veryquickly in June. It’s an …
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http://environews.tv/evangelical-and-mormon-groups-now-calling-for-climate-action/ Evangelical and Mormon Groups Now Calling for Climate Action bureau EnviroNews DC News Bureau, by Shad Engkilterra on June 16, 2014 — Washington D.C. — Richard Cizik, president of the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good, has called for people of faith to search their scriptures and find out what God wants for …
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Natural and social scientists develop new model of how ‘perfect storm’ of crises could unravel global system This Nasa Earth Observatory image shows a storm system circling around an area of extreme low pressure in 2010, which many scientists attribute to climate change. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images A new study partly-sponsored by Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight …
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http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-06-05/pine-beetles-chew-up-forests-local-economies-in-western-u-dot-s Photograph by Brian Howell/USFS Rocky Mountain Region Colorado’s Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest The western U.S., already suffering an historic drought, is also battling another Old Testament-worthy plague: a tiny insect with a monster appetite. Pine beetles, each the size of a grain of rice, are obliterating forests, ravaging towns, draining city budgets, and threatening …