Agriculture
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Japan says it may take months to end radiation leaks (Chizu Nomiyama and Yoko Nishikawa)
4:02 p.m. EDT, Apr. 3, 2011 -- TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan warned Sunday it could take months to stop radiation leaking from a nuclear plant crippled by a huge earthquake and tsunami three weeks ago, wh ...
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Soaring radioactivity deals blow to Japan's plant (Shinichi Saoshiro)
Mar. 27, 2011 -- 11:21 p.m. JST (10:21 EST) -- TOKYO (Reuters) -- Workers were withdrawn from a reactor building at Japan's earthquake-wrecked nuclear plant Sunday after potentially lethal levels of ...
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Plastic Particles Circulating Endlessly in World's Oceans (Stephen Leahy)
Marine debris on a Hawaiian beach. Credit:NOAA Mar. 24, 2011 -- HONOLULU, Hawaii (IPS) -- That plastic bottle or plastic take-away coffee lid that has 20 minutes of use can spend decades killing coun ...
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Radiation spikes in seawater by stricken Japan plant (Chizu Nomiyama and Shinichi Saoshiro)
Leslie's CHP Atomic Fish (Tablecloth) 8:00 p.m. JST (7 a.m. EDT) -- TOKYO (Reuters) - Radioactivity levels are soaring in seawater near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, Japan's nuclear safety ag ...
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BOOKS: Beyond Affluenza And Into The 'New Normal': Carolyn Baker Interviews David Wann (Carolyn Baker)
Feb. 23, 1011 (CarolynBaker.net) -- In our efforts to include voices that offer options for our current human predicament, we often overlook those in our own local communities. I’m fortunate to live ...
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Driving Straight Into Catastrophe (Julio Godoy)
According to the latest statistics, unprecedented climate change has Earth hurtling down a path of catastrophic proportions. "The weather extremes that we cannot predict, such as the floods in Pakist ...
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'We need to stop this culture before it kills the planet': A Conversation With Derrick Jensen (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. and Derrick Jensen Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 23, 2011 -- As you begin reading this interview, take a look at the nearest clock. Now, dig this: Since yesterday at the same exact tim ...
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Bees in Freefall as Study Shows Sharp US Decline (Alok Jha)
Jan. 4, 2011 (Guardian/UK) -- The abundance of four common species of bumblebee in the US has dropped by 96 percent in just the past few decades, according to the most comprehensive national census o ...
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What Lies At The Core of Pattern Language, and Why Should We Care? (Carolyn Baker)
Dec. 28, 2010 (CarolynBaker.net) -- Many individuals involved with Transition, including Rob Hopkins, have become fascinated with the work of Christopher Alexander and his development of pattern lang ...
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Crop Failures and Drought Within Our Children's Lifetimes (Steve Connor)
Nov. 30, 2010 (The Independent/UK) -- Children today are likely to reach old age in a world that is 4C warmer, where the 10,000-year certainties of the global climate can no longer be relied on, and ...
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The Really Strange Story Behind Sunday's Blue Moon (Joe Rao)
A "blue moon" isn't really blue, as this artist rendering suggests. The moon can appear somewhat blue if there's been a major volcanic eruption that put tons of particles in the air, but otherwise bl ...
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