[From Green Party Watch] Posted by Gregg Jocoy at June 30th, 2009 First, I got a return call from the Israeli consulate in Atlanta and the consulate employee told me that the Israeli Defense Force and Israeli Foreign Affairs office has released information he read which says that Cynthia McKinney is not being detained by [...]
Archive For June, 2009
Israelis intercept Gaza aid ship
[From BBC NEWS] Israeli forces have boarded a ship trying to carry aid and pro-Palestinian activists to the Gaza Strip in defiance of Israel’s blockade of the territory. The 20 passengers include former US congresswoman Cynthia McKinney [2008 Green Party presidential candidate] and Nobel Prize winner Mairead Maguire. Ms McKinney described it as “an outrageous [...]
Weed-Whacking Herbicide Proves Deadly to Human Cells
Used in gardens, farms, and parks around the world, the weed killer Roundup contains an ingredient that can suffocate human cells in a laboratory, researchers say By Crystal Gammon and Environmental Health News Image by David_Reverchon via Flickr Used in yards, farms and parks throughout the world, Roundup has long been a top-selling weed killer. But now researchers have [...]
Should Obama Control the Internet?
A new bill would give the President emergency authority to halt web traffic and access private data. [From Mother Jones] Should President Obama have the power to shut down domestic Internet traffic during a state of emergency? Senators John Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) think so. On Wednesday they introduced a bill to [...]
Coal River—Mass Arrests Against Mountaintop Removal
James Hansen getting arrested on June 23 at an anti-mountaintop-removal protest. Antrim Caskey Ken Hechler, the 94-year-old legendary West Virginia congressman and coal miner hero who has been battling mountaintop removal since 1971, was arrested in a non-violent protest with NASA’s celebrated climate scientist James Hansen, actress Daryl Hannah, Michael Brune (the executive director of [...]
Illinois State Senate Passes Resolution Opposing Afghanistan War
[From Media Mouse] The Illinois State Senate passed a resolution last week calling for an end to the United States’ war in Afghanistan. It calls on the government–including former Illinois State Senate member Barack Obama–to remove troops from the country on an “appropriately expedited timeline” and to engage nations in the Middle East to develop [...]
360 MPG Hydrogen Car Unveiled
[From TG Daily ] By Andrew Thomas London, England – A top secret British car unveiled in London today claims to be the world’s first low cost, practical hydrogen powered vehicle. A new type of fuel cell developed by Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies has resulted in a two-seater zero emissions hydrogen-electric city car with an [...]
Shoppers’ cars will soon be able to power supermarkets
By SEAN POULTER Mail Online Shoppers’ cars will be used to power supermarket tills in a revolutionary new scheme. The weight of vehicles driving over road plates into a new eco store will power a generator that creates enough electricity to keep checkouts ringing. The system uses the same type of technology Formula 1 cars use [...]
Unknown Automaker Could Build The First Electric Sedan
From: Wired.com Coda Automotive unveils its new electric prototype, promising a production model by next year for $45,000. SANTA MONICA, California — The first electric sedan you’re likely to see in showrooms could come from a company you’ve never heard of and cost more than you’re willing to pay. Coda Automotive unveiled the Coda on [...]
Aveda, Cradle to Cradle, and a Paradigm Shift in Cosmetics
[From GreenerComputing.com] Marc Gunther talks with Dominique Conseil, the president of cosmetics company Aveda, about the first-ever Cradle to Cradle certification for personal care products, how innovations in packaging can shift markets, and why he’s found no tensions between the company’s environmental and economic goals. Continue reading Aveda, Cradle to Cradle, and a Paradigm Shift [...]
