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It is impossible not to notice the difference between the federal government and Bush administrations response to the Southern California wildfires and their response to Katrina. They would have us believe that the explanation is simple; they have learned from their mistakes. But we know better don't we?...

Fifty Australian marine scientists have issued a consensus statement warning of the impact of climate change on coral reefs and calling for immediate and substantive reduction targets in human produced greenhouse emissions. The unprecedented call for action is the outcome of a National Forum on Coral Reef Futures, held at the Australian Academy of Science, in Canberra. The scientists have already warned that ocean acidification due to increased atmospheric CO2 is accelerating....

Tuesday, October 23, 2007 : Hundreds of people converged on the U.S. Capitol Building to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the Bush administration's record on climate change. We speak to organizer Ted Glick who is on the 50th day of a Climate Emergency Fast....

Last night my house was filled with families who were forced to evacuate from Ramona due to fires surrounding their homes. It was/is an emotional time for many families. Children crying because their fathers decided to stay behind with the homes to fight the fires, mothers staying strong for their children and working to keep their spirits high. The stress of wondering when or if you will have a home to go back to must be heavy....

On 14 September this year, the New Zealand government and three other governments (Canada, USA and Australia) shared the dubious distinction as the only states to vote against the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples....

On Friday morning 25 protestors disrupted the start of the Australian Nuclear Association conference and the speech by Ziggy Switkowski, chairman of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) in Sydney. With anti-nuclear placards and chanting slogans the protest caused heated arguments with conference attendees before the building manager was called and ordered the protestors to leave. The protest and Switkowski's speech outlines that this Federal election campaign is ...

Ocean acidity is increasing at a much faster pace according to marine scientists meeting in Australia's capital, Canberra, at the Coral Reef Futures 07 Forum, October 18-19, 2007. "It appears this acidification is now taking place over decades, rather than centuries as originally predicted. It is happening even faster in the cooler waters of the Southern Ocean than in the tropics. It is starting to look like a very serious issue." said Professor Malcolm McCulloch of the Centre of Excellence f...

[Highlights of Sept. NCDC report] Last month's combined global land and ocean surface temperature was the fifth warmest September on record and the global ocean surface temperature was the second warmest since records began in 1880....

Jeffrey Luers has been moved from OSP to Lane County Jail in expectation of his re-sentencing hearing(s)....

The international Gold mining company Geocom Resources, along with Kinross Gold Corp., both United States based companies are quietly buying up the mineral rights to the Espolon Valley in the heart of the Chilean Patagonia totaling over 91,000 hectares (353 square miles), with over 318 claims in the region X....