Environment

Nuclear Calendar -- February 20, 2012 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- February 20, 2012 -- Friends Committee On National Legislation Feb. 18-26 House and Senate Presidents Day recess. Feb. 20 7:00 p.m., Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council, book discussion of ASingle Roll of the Dice: Obama's Diplomacy with Iran. Politics ConnecticutAve., NW, Washington. Feb. 20 Presidents Day (federal holiday). Feb. 21 10...

Corporate Power vs. Animal Rights: #DeOccupyAETA (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “We know we cannot be kind to animals until we stop exploiting them -- exploiting animals in the name of science, exploiting animals in the name of sport, exploiting ani...
Nuclear Calendar -- February 13, 2012 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- February 13, 2012 -- Friends Committee On National Legislation Feb. 13 11:15 a.m., Office of Management and Budget releases the annual federal budget. Posted on the Governm...
2012 Forecast: Bang and Whimper (James Howard Kunstler)

James Howard Kunstler James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Jan. 2, 2012 -- There's a lot to be nervous about, even if you don't subscribe to the undercooked Mayan apocalypse lo...
Nuclear Calendar -- November 26, 2011 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- November 26, 2011 Nov. 19-27 House and Senate Thanksgiving recess. (House recess is through Nov.28.) Nov. 26 20th anniversary of the last British nuclear weapon tes...
PILLOW TALK: Dear Hunters (Deborah Goodwin)

This moose hung around our place for a few days last winter. We named him(?) Hector Nov. 18, 2011 (ShapeShiftas) -- It's hunting season here in Vermont -- deer hunting with rifles right now ...
PILLOWTALK: We Are Devo! (Deborah Goodwin)

It's very important to wear proper safety goggles Oct. 26, 2011 (ShapeShiftas) -- The past few days I have been doing something I never would have done if I had stayed in the city. I have ...
PILLOWTALK: Peak Stuffing (Deborah Goodwin)

Deborah stuffing a pillow in her loft Oct. 5, 2011 (ShapeShiftas) -- Today I plan to stuff some new pillows to bring to Art in the Park this weekend (http://www.chaffeeartcenter.org/art_park.html...
Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Corn Fields (Anthony Gucciardi)

Sept. 20, 2011 (NaturalSociety) -- Hungary has taken a bold stand against biotech giant Monsanto and genetic modification by destroying 1,000 acres of maize found to have been grown with genetically m...
Moving Earth (Deborah Goodwin)

Exacavator Sept. 26, 2011 (ShapeShiftas) -- There have been giant Tonka Trucks and prehistoric-looking excavators driving up and down Stony Brook Road for many days now, it's almost as noisy...
Nuclear Calendar -- October 25, 2011 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- Oct. 25, 2011 Oct. 3-Nov.1 U.N. General Assembly'sFirst Committee(Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations. Oct. 22-30 Senate recess. O...
Going Apeshit (James Howard Kunstler)

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Oct. 17, 2011 -- It was amusing to see President Obama try to align himself with the OWS movement. The genial Millard Fillmore update asked them not to &quo...
Pillow for Flood Relief (Deborah Goodwin)

Oct. 14, 2011 -- STOCKBRIDGE, Vt. (ShapeShiftas) -- ShapeShiftas is pleased to announce the availablility of a very special, limited-edition Eye of the Hurricane Irene pillow. This handcrafted piece i...
I 'Heart' VT (Deborah Goodwin)

Sept. 19, 2011 (ShapeShiftas.com) -- The 10th anniversary of 9/11 has come & gone, marked this year with admirable restraint from the fear-mongering politicians who turned the attacks into...
Why The Whole Idea Of The U.S Achieving 'Energy Independence' Is A Sham That Enriches Big Oil And Coal (Joshua Frank)

Oct. 13, 2011 (Alternet) -- Whether it is the hucksters pushing for the Keystone XL pipeline to cut across the Heartland, or the coal barons who are ramping up their exploits in Powder River Basin, a ...
Fukushima Desolation Worst Since Nagasaki as Residents Flee (Yuriy Humber, Yuji Okada and Stuart Biggs)

Sept. 27, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- Beyond the police roadblocks that mark the no-go zone aroundJapan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, six-foot tall weeds invade rice paddies and vines gone wild strangle ...
Red -- I'll BUY It! (Deborah Goodwin)

Sept. 16, 2011 (ShapeShiftas.com) -- The first pieces of furniture my husband and I bought together were a red leather couch and loveseat, seven years after we got married. We were expecting...
Nuclear Calendar -- Sept. 26, 2011 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar-- Sept. 26, 2011 Sept. 24-Oct.2 House of Representatives Rosh Hashanah recess. However, the House may return to take up a Continuing Resolution on Sept.29. Sept. 26 5:30...
Pillow Talking about Irene (Deborah Goodwin)

Sept. 14, 2011 (ShapeShiftas.com) -- On the Saturday of Irene, I posted a picture of this pillow, called The Eye of the Hurricane, on the ShapeShiftas' Facebook page, with the caption, &q...
Record Arctic Ice Melt Threatens Global Security (Stephen Leahy)

This data visualisation from the Aqua satellite show the maximum sea ice extent for 2008-09. Credit:NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio Sept. 15, 2011 (Inter Press Service) --All ...
Can We Stop the Next Fukushima Times 10,000? (Harvey Wasserman)

Sept. 13, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) --The horrible news from Japan continues to be ignored by the western corporate media. Fukushima's radioactive fallout continues to spread throughout the ar...
Perestroika (James Howard Kunstler)

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Sept. 5, 2011 -- There's a difference, of course, between what this country thinks it needs and what it's going to get. The world has a way of drag...
Greetings From The (Former?) Stony Brook Islands -- Part I (Francis Goodwin)

Francis M. Goodwin -- World News Trust Sept. 5, 2011 -- Greetings from the (former?) Stony Brook Islands of Stockbridge, Vermont. It's been a week since Hurricane Irene swept up the East Coast ...
Katrina in Vermont (James Howard Kunstler)

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Note to readers: I'll run an update at the bottom of this blog over the next few days. Aug. 29, 2011 --The same creeping nausea that followed the CNN...
ADVISORY: World News Trust Headquarters Closed Indefinitely By Severe Floods

Aug. 29, 2011 (World News Trust) -- The World News Trust headquarters in Stockbridge, Vt., has been closed indifinitely due to a power outages and severe flooding that has washed away numerous bridges...