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EARTH MEANDERS: 9/11/01 The Day America Died
Posted by Water Conservation Blog on September 11th, 2011
The 9/11 attacks were inhumane barbarity that brutally destroyed thousands. Yet America squandered the opportunity to unite the world against terrorism, instead going it alone to wage perma-war for a decade (permanent war, still on-going), causing tremendous lasting damage to life in America, our ideals, and world standing. In policies that can best be described as grotesque acts of revenge, hundreds of times the original victims of 9/11 were murdered by U.S. troops given illegal orders. Many if not most of the 300,000 to 1,000,000 killed were innocents just as in the twin tower attacks. This is not the America where I was born and raised. If these militarist, fascist, morally and financially bankrupt policies and resultant collapse of ecology continue; the simpler, more honorable America has died, perhaps forever.
By Dr. Glen Barry, Ecological Internet
Earth Meanders come from Earth's Newsdesk
Introduction
On the tenth anniversary of 9/11 attacks upon America, I too mourn 3,000 victims of a monstrous criminal evil. Yet as a politically unaffiliated free thinker and global citizen, I am acutely aware that this was only the beginning of the decades violent criminal atrocities. I will not and cannot forget Americas dramatic and incautious over-reaction, as mostly ...
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Date palm decline: Iraq looks to rebuild
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 11th, 2011
Agence France-Presse: Iraqi officials are pushing re-planting programmes for the country's date palms, which are famed across the Middle East as the region's best but have suffered terrible losses in past decades.
The trees were celebrated during Babylonian times for their strength and majesty, but more than three decades of conflict, sanctions and mismanagement have seen their numbers dramatically fall.
"In ancient times, people were heavily dependent on this tree," from which they derived not only food, but wood...
Arctic sea ice decline continues in August
Posted by Summit Voice: Bob Berwyn on September 11th, 2011
Summit Voice: The August sea ice extent in the Arctic reached the second lowest level for the month and tracked near record low levels for much of the summer. The latests readings underscore the continued decline in Arctic ice cover, according to the monthly update from the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
The Arctic sea ice extent w ill probably reach its lowest level in the next few weeks before starting to reform in the cold autumn and winter days ahead.
Average ice extent for August 2011 was 5.52 million...
Heat pumps ‘not on the radar’ for most of the UK, warns Huhne
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 11th, 2011
Business Green: Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has put his weight behind a new set of guidelines designed to boost investor confidence in heat pump technologies, which are "off the radar" for most people in the UK.
Huhne launched a set of updates to the Microgeneration Certification Scheme MIS3005 guidelines late last week, which are designed to ensure that air and heat pump installers select the right devices for customers.
The UK is currently trailing behind market leaders such as France, Germany and Sweden...
Pakistan: Are Sindh monsoon rains linked to climate change?
Posted by News International: None Given on September 11th, 2011
News International: Unprecedented monsoon torrential rains in Sindh have caused severe flooding in 16 districts of Sindh. Has this any linkage with the climate change? To find out answer to this, we talked to Dr Qamaruz Zaman Chaudhry, Climate Affairs Adviser, who is also the lead author and architect of Pakistan's first Draft National Climate Change Policy.
Talking to The News, Dr Qamar explained that these are the highest ever recorded monsoon rains in Sindh during about four weeks period. Before the start of these...