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Jan.10.2013
For over thirty years “preventionist” Deborah Dupre' has been fighting for human rights, peace, social justice and environmental activism and research.
Now in her book “Vampire of Macondo” she shares the “ Life, Crimes, Curses in South Louisiana on the Gulf of Blood That ...
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Jul.28.2011
Five Reasons to Make Facebook Time for the Rainforest Action Network
By Hank Edson
I find Facebook fun and informative – a great way to stay connected to my friends and to be enriched by the things they share. There may be negatives to the evolving social network culture, but I prefer to...
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Jan.01.2011
The following are reports from the month of December 2010.
“Northern Ireland deep freeze leaves tens of thousands without water supply.”
From the Telegraph: “Britain's freezing weather: worst snow for 50 years paralyzes transport networks.”
London Silobreaker: “Blizzards shut down runways,...
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Jul.12.2010
It's called "Petit Bois," which means "little woods," and it's located off the coast of Southeastern Mississippi. As a child in Alabama, I knew it as "Petty Boy." We used to put our small family boat in the water at Pascagoula and make the short trip out. I remember...
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Jul.12.2010
I first published this blog post on my City Brights blog for SFGate on May 6, 2010. Two months later, the oil is still gushing, the beaches and islands of my childhood are closed, and the people I know who make a living fishing down in the Gulf have lost their livelihood.
Last Friday night, in the...
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Jul.08.2010
It occured to me, coming out of a deep sleep, which is when such thoughts often occur, that George R. Stewart's 1949 classic of world end, ``Earth Abides,'' has a particular section that resonates with what is happening now to planet earth.
As ``Ish'' travels the country looking for survivors...
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Jun.29.2010
The whole earth is groaning and travailing.
The whole earth is responding to the wounds and callous care.
The blood of the earth is flowing.
It rises to the surface of the seas.
Offering not life – but death.
The whole earth is groaning.
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Jun.28.2010
It was a D quality flawless diamond, almost two carats. I asked the customer if I could loupe it. He handed the tiffany-set solitaire to me. I placed the loupe close to my right eye and looked first at the table of the stone, I turned it slowly – even slower. I was enveloped in the clarity and...
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Jun.27.2010
Every summer, I travel to the South. I land in Atlanta, and then my pal Kris picks me up and we drive to the water, mostly to the Gulf Coast. We've had a time on the Atlantic Coast, but the Gulf water is what we dream of all year long.
This year, long after we'd made our reservations in Destin,...
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Jun.24.2010
Google, Bing and Yahoo are profiting from the BP oil spill as the besieged company fights to polish its oil stained image. Enter "oil spill, or “oil spill claims” as a search query and BP appears as the number one listing. BP is distributing its oil wealth to search engines as the company’s...
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