[From: The Seattle Times ] By Jerry Hirsch Los Angeles Times More than a billion dollars a day, $45 million an hour, almost $340 for every living American — that’s what Exxon Mobil reported in third-quarter revenue Thursday. For the oil giant, that translated to $9.9 billion in net income. The financial results drew outrage [...]
Archive For October, 2005
Global Warming Sparks Increased Plant Production in Arctic Lakes
By Robert Roy BrittLiveScience Managing Editor Biological activity in some Arctic lakes has ratcheted up dramatically over the past 150 years as a result of global warming, according to a new study. In six lakes, researchers dug deep into the sediment to measure the amount "chlorophyll-a," the main pigment involved in photosynthesis. When plants convert [...]
Greens shocked by selective logging revelation
[From Green Party UK] The Green Party today expressed shock and concern as satellite pictures revealed that the destruction of the Amazon rainforest has been underestimated by as much as 60%. Advanced satellite images reveal the true extent of the damage caused by selective logging, the practise where one or two trees are logged leaving [...]
Women, single moms disproportionately affected by Katrina
[From feministing] According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), women in New Orleans are more likely to be impoverished and heading single-parent families: The poverty rate among female-headed families — which comprise 56 Women of New Orleans and the Gulf… Continue reading Women, single moms disproportionately affected by Katrina at feministing
Voters go to polls armed with mobile phones
[From swissinfo - Switzerland's news and information platform] The residents of Bülach in canton Zurich are casting text, internet, postal and ballot box votes on proposals to introduce a 30kmph speed restriction for vehicles. The result will be known on October 30. The pilot project will then be extended to Schlieren and Bertschikon, also in [...]
Bush Should Live Up to 2000 Pledge
[From The Washington Post] After all, back in June 2004 the president said he’d fire anyone involved in the leak of Plame’s name. But Bush seemed to lower the standard this summer — when it became clear that Rove and Libby did in fact have conversations with reporters about Plame — saying only that if [...]
Phil Donahue vs Bill O’Reilly
[From: Crooks and Liars.com] Falafel Bill’s head explodes! Phil goes on the offensive immediately telling Billy that he’s leading the pack to marginalize Cindy Sheehan. Donohue: Cindy Sheehan is one tough mother and nothing you say or anyone else is going to slow her down. Bill: That’s fine, she’s has a right- Phil:….You can’t hurt [...]
Schwarzenegger Plans to Woo Democrats in 2006
[From Taegan Goddard's Political Wire] “Even as his battle with Democrats and their union supporters continues,” California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) “is preparing to adopt some of his opponents’ most important issues as his own next year, when he will be campaigning for reelection,” the Los Angeles Times reports. “Schwarzenegger wants to focus on health [...]
Creationism VS. The Theory of Evolution
[From Dufferin Caledon Greens] From C.J. Petersons The current renewed debate in the United States over Creationism VS. The Theory of Evolution is outrageous. It might even be considered dangerous to those of us who fear for the future of this planet’s ecology. The idea that human beings have been created by a divine power [...]
Sister Rosa Parks – thank you
[From Educational Justice] Thank you sister Rosa for bringing struggle to our movements and inspiring us to fight on! Thank you for not just taking on racism and segregation just that one day in Montgomery, Alabama, Dec. 1. 1955. But also for strategizing with E.D. Nixon, organizers and community groups, before and after that day, [...]