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 ...

The Five Most Significant Actions You Can Take To Protect Yourself From The Earth's No. 1 Killer (Millie Bruce)

Millie Bruce -- World News Trust May 14, 2011 -- For men and women of all ages, coronary disease is considered the No. 1 killer. It kills more people than ALL different types of cancer joined togethe ...

Earthlings Unite? (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust "In a world where everything is living, nothing can be thrown away. Where would you throw it to?" --Clark Strand, Seeds from a Birch Tree May 10, 2011 -- It is the duty ...

Peak Psychotherapy, Abundant Human Connection (Carolyn Baker)

We cannot be cured apart from the planet --James Hillman May 1, 2011 (Speaking Truth To Power) -- In a world of unprecedented resource depletion, climate change, and economic catastrophe unseen since ...

Fukushima Reactors Are a 'Ticking Time Bomb,' Japanese Govt in Denial (Michio Kaku)

Scientist Michio Kaku: When we hear "that things are stable, it’s only stable in the sense that you’re dangling from a cliff hanging by your fingernails." Democracy Now Apr. 13, 2011 AMY GOODMAN: Jap ...

Spain Declines to Investigate Alleged Guantanamo Bay Torture after Receiving US Assurances (AP)

Apr. 14, 2011 -- MADRID (AP) -- A Spanish judge has thrown out a request that he probe six senior Bush administration officials accused of creating a legal framework for the torture of terror suspect ...

Fukushima radiation taints US milk supplies at levels 300% higher than EPA maximums (Ethan A. Huff)

Apr. 11, 2011 (NaturalNews) -- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to release new data showing that various milk and water supply samples from across the United States are testing ...

Japan's Nuclear Volcano Erupts (Mike Whitney)

Apr. 12, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Shares plunged across Europe and Asia Tuesday as the crisis at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant deepened and Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency ...

Radiation Detected In Drinking Water In 13 More US Cities, Cesium-137 In Vermont Milk (Jeff McMahon)

Apr. 11, 2011 (Forbes) -- Radiation from Japan has been detected in drinking water in 13 more American cities, and cesium-137 has been found in American milk --in Montpelier, Vermont -- for the first ...

'No safe levels' of radiation in Japan (Dahr Jamail)

Experts warn that any detectable level of radiation is "too much." According to the US Department of Energy, no level of radiation is so low that it is without health risks Apr. 4, 2011 (Al Jazeera) ...

Japan nuclear operator aims for cold shutdown in 6-9 months (Taiga Uranaka)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese nuclear power plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) hopes it will be able to achieve cold shutdown of its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant within six to n ...