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NASA Releases Images of 1st Notable Solar Flare of 2015 | Karen C. Fox
Jan. 13, 2015 (NASA) -- The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 11:24 p.m. EST on Jan. 12, 2015. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of ...
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Richest 1 Percent To Have More Than Rest of Humanity Combined | Jon Queally
New Oxfam report shows the scale of global inequality is 'simply staggering' (Graphic: Oxfam International) Jan. 19, 2015 (Common Dreams) -- In less than two years, if current trends continued ...
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Humans Have Brought World's Oceans to Brink of 'Major Extinction Event' | Deirdre Fulton
But 'proactive intervention' could still avert marine disaster, researchers find "Although defaunation has been less severe in the oceans than on land, our effects on marine animals are increasing ...
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That Was Easy: In Just 60 Years, Neoliberal Capitalism Has Nearly Broken Planet Earth | Jon Queally
A pair of new studies show how various forms of human activity, driven by a flawed economic system and vast consumption, is laying waste to Earth's natural systems The conclusion that the world's ...
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Nuclear Calendar -- Jan. 12, 2014 | FCNL
Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation January 12, 2015 Jan. 12 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. ...
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'Incomprehensible' Secrecy: Sanders Demands Release of Trade Agreement Text | Deirdre Fulton
'It is incomprehensible to me that the leaders of major corporate interests are actively involved in the writing of the TPP, while the elected officials of this country have little or no knowledge ...
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New Snowden Docs Reveal Wider Net of NATO 'Kill List' Targets | Andrea Germanos
Reporting by Der Spiegel shows low-level suspected Taliban, drug traffickers targeted for killing Apache helicopters flying in Afghanistan in 2011. (Photo: DVIDSHUB/flickr/cc) Dec. 29, 2014 (Common ...
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Citing Next Generations, Lawsuits Demand Courts Recognize 'Mind-Blowing' Climate Impacts | Deirdre Fulton
"There are laws of nature that we have to comply with," says legal scholar on final episode of Moyers & Company. "And those laws are supreme." "Climate is not just an environmental issue," professor ...
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Transgender Youth's Tragic Suicide Galvanizes Movement | Deirdre Fulton
On her Tumblr page, Leelah Alcorn pleaded with those who read her suicide note to 'Fix society. Please.' Leelah Alcorn, 17, was struck by a tractor-trailer on Sunday, about four miles from her home ...
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Nuclear Calendar -- Jan. 2, 2014 | FCNL
Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation Jan. 2, 2014 Jan. 6 Noon, Congress convenes. Jan. 8 4:30 p.m., Brad Hammitt, National Nuclear Security Administration, "WMD Terrorism ...
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ACLU Calls Out NSA's Christmas Eve Document Dump | Deirdre Fulton
Reports on compliance violations were published "when basically no one would be paying attention to the internet or in the mood to think about unchecked government snooping for at least the next 30 ...
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