[Biofuel] TEPCO Can't Keep Up with Costs of Its Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/12/27-0 Published on Thursday, December 27, 2012 by Common Dreams TEPCO Can't Keep Up with Costs of Its Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Corporate utility looks for increased public funding yet again - Jon Queally, staff writer Tokyo Electric Power Co.

[Biofuel] US retools terror war in scramble for Africa

US Deploying Troops To 35 African Countries By Russia Today December 25, 2012 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33431.htm Scrambling for Africa's Resources By Stephen Lendman Global Research, December 26, 2012 It's more than about oil, stupid. It's for vast African riches.

[Biofuel] Obama's gift to al-Qaida, support for tyranny, and FBI monitoring of dissent

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/26/drones-yemen-fbi-occupy-terrorism Obama's gift to al-Qaida, support for tyranny, and FBI monitoring of dissent Numerous individual events from this week alone signify important trends in US government policy Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk,

[Biofuel] Why Chuck Hagel Is Irrelevant

http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/9233/why-chuck-hagel-is-irrelevant Why Chuck Hagel Is Irrelevant Dec 24 2012 by Max Ajl The latest non-scandal scandalizing the American commentariat is whether Barack Obama will be able to nominate former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel as his new

[Biofuel] Bahrain, a Brutal Ally

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/opinion/bahrain-a-brutal-ally.html?_r=0 OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR Bahrain, a Brutal Ally By ZAINAB al-KHAWAJA Published: December 25, 2012 EARLIER this month, Aqeel Abdul Mohsen, 19, was shot in the face for protesting against Bahrain's government. He was covered

[Biofuel] FBI Documents Reveal Secret Nationwide Occupy Monitoring

F.B.I. Counterterrorism Agents Monitored Occupy Movement, Records Show By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and COLIN MOYNIHAN Published: December 24, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/25/nyregion/occupy-movement-was-investigated-by-fbi-counterterrorism-agents-records-show.html Occupy protests targeted by

[Biofuel] New Year's Revolution: Connecting the Dots, Coming Together and Fighting Like Hell

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/27-0 Published on Thursday, December 27, 2012 by Common Dreams New Year's Revolution: Connecting the Dots, Coming Together and Fighting Like Hell by Ronnie Cummins As a longtime writer and activist campaigning for decades on food and farming issues,

[Biofuel] Watchdogs: US Regulators Are Not Prepared to Prevent Arctic Spill, Sue for Access to Info on Shell Oil Drilling Plan

New Report Finds That West Antarctica Is Warming at an Alarming Rate DEC 24 2012 Rebecca J. Rosen http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/12/new-report-finds-that-west-antarctica-is-warming-at-an-alarming-rate/266623/ Top Three Dirty Energy Battles to Watch in 2013 Wednesday, 26

[Biofuel] Australian utility companies disconnect thousands of households

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/12/27/elec-d27.html Australian utility companies disconnect thousands of households By Terry Cook 27 December 2012 Increasing numbers of Australian households are being disconnected from electricity and gas supplies because of soaring energy bills,

[Biofuel] Villagers Join al-Qaeda After Deadly US Strike

When U.S. drones kill civilians, Yemen's government tries to conceal it By Sudarsan Raghavan, Published: December 25, 2012 Dhamar, Yemen