[Biofuel] Japan - A cautious return to nuclear power

2013-01-04 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/print/nn20130103f2.html A cautious return to nuclear power Though public is wary, new LDP-led government backs resumption of reactors, plant construction By MIYA TANAKA Kyodo Japan appears to be heading toward a gradual revival of nuclear power generation under

[Biofuel] Japan - New fossil fuel resources

2013-01-04 Thread Keith Addison
LNG gains political value as Japan's needs soar Alaska looks to be key source if pipeline plan goes through http://www.japantimes.co.jp/print/nn20130103f1.html --0-- http://www.japantimes.co.jp/print/ed20130103a1.html EDITORIAL New fossil fuel resources While there have been heated

[Biofuel] Let's Give Up on the Constitution

2013-01-04 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33506.htm Let's Give Up on the Constitution By LOUIS MICHAEL SEIDMAN January 02, 2012 NY Times -- AS the nation teeters at the edge of fiscal chaos, observers are reaching the conclusion that the American system of government is broken. But

[Biofuel] World Bank 'Fights Poverty' by Investing in Five-Star Hotel

2013-01-04 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/02-1 Published on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 by ProPublica World Bank 'Fights Poverty' by Investing in Five-Star Hotel by Cheryl Strauss Einhorn Accra is a city of choking red dust where almost no rain falls for three months at a time and clothes

[Biofuel] Progressives: Washington's Fiscal Deal a Predictable, Terrible Mess

2013-01-04 Thread Keith Addison
Fiscal Cliff Over, Now the Attack on the People Begins By Kevin Zeese January 02, 2013 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33504.htm Politicians Who Cut Social Programs Will Pay Price By Orson Aguilar January 02, 2013 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33500.htm The

[Biofuel] As 2013 begins: A mood of anxiety in ruling circles

2013-01-04 Thread Keith Addison
Pope calls for new economic model, more ethical markets Fri Dec 14, 2012 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/14/pope-economy-idUSL5E8NE3OV20121214 Net worth of world's richest rose by $241B in 2012 Bloomberg index ranks wealthiest 100 individuals Bloomberg News 11:53 a.m. CST, January 2, 2013

[Biofuel] Renditions continue under Obama, despite due-process concerns

2013-01-04 Thread Keith Addison
Mysterious Court Appearance Proves Rendition Alive and Well Under Obama Three men were detained for months before appearing in Brooklyn court - Lauren McCauley, staff writer Published on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 by Common Dreams http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/02-7 --0--

[Biofuel] New Year's Day Farm Bill Extension a Giant Step Backward

2013-01-04 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/01/02-2 January 2, 2013 Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) New Year's Day Farm Bill Extension a Giant Step Backward Prior Senate Gains for Healthy Food and Farms Lost Out to Big Ag Subsidies WASHINGTON - January 2 - Having failed throughout 2012 to

[Biofuel] Thirty Foot Waves, Arctic Storm Batter Shell's Grounded Oil Rig

2013-01-04 Thread Keith Addison
Greenpeace Statement on Shell's Arctic Drill Rig Kulluk Greenpeace January 2, 2013 http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/01/02 --0-- http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/02 Published on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 by Common Dreams Thirty Foot Waves, Arctic Storm Batter Shell's

[Biofuel] Free Syrian Army Claims It Can Make Chemical Weapons

2013-01-04 Thread Keith Addison
New UN Report on Syria By Stephen Lendman January 02, 2013 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33510.htm Al Qaeda in Yemen offers bounty for U.S. ambassador DUBAI | Mon Dec 31, 2012

[Biofuel] A Tale of Two Diplomatic Asylums: Julian Assange and Chen Guangcheng

2013-01-04 Thread Keith Addison
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13667-a-tale-of-two-diplomatic-asylums-julian-assange-and-chen-guangcheng A Tale of Two Diplomatic Asylums: Julian Assange and Chen Guangcheng Wednesday, 02 January 2013 11:37 By Danny Weil, Truthout | Op-Ed Two dissidents, two appeals for asylum, two very

[Biofuel] Details of Obama 'Kill List' to Remain in the Shadows, Court Rules

2013-01-04 Thread Keith Addison
The Coming Drone Attack On America Drones on domestic surveillance duties are already deployed by police and corporations. In time, they will likely be weaponised By Naomi Wolf By 2020, it is estimated that as many as 30,000 drones will be in use in US domestic airspace. January 02, 2012