Would Millennium Consumption Goals Help Rich Nations Reduce Their Eco-Impact?
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photo: David Blackwell / Creative Commons I’ll assume you know what the Millennium Development Goals are and assume the same about how the ‘developed’ world consumes natural resources is grossly in excess of what is ecologically sustainable and e… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Kristina Gjerde Explains How We Make Laws for Un-Owned Oceans (Interview)
February 11, 2011 No Comment
Photo Credit: John@lastocean.com Penguins/Killer Whales of the Ross Sea Kristina Gjerde is an expert on regulating the high seas. Or rather, as much an expert as anyone can be on a topic that is constantly questioned and changing. Regulating the open ocean is part of ensuring a sustained future for fisheries, whales, sea turtles, sharks, corals and countless other important species, let alone the natural systems like currents and pH balance that are impacted by global warming. Last year, she gave a
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Jubilant crowds in Cairo take in news that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is leaving office. Some set off fireworks and what appear to be brightly-glowing flares. (Feb. 11)
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Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak resigned as president and handed control to the military on Friday after 29 years in power, bowing to a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations by hundreds of thousands. (Feb. 11)
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In Case You Missed It of the Day: Justin Bieber “shaves off” his signature coiffure for Jimmy Kimmel Live . [ jkl .] Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Daily What Discovery Date : 11/02/2011 18:45 Number of articles : 3
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Gunmen barged into a bar in the battered border city of Ciudad Juarez and opened fire late Thursday, killing seven women and one man, authorities said. (Feb. 12)
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Switzerland’s gun culture is under fire in a referendum Sunday. The battle at the ballot box pits traditionalists against gun skeptics including those seeking to cut the country’s high rate of firearm suicides. (Feb. 11)
Continue reading …The GOP and its barrage of abortion-linked bills are a menace to women’s health, says an incensed Nancy Pelosi, who calls the “extreme legislation” the “the most comprehensive and radical assault on women’s health in our lifetime.” And she worries that women aren’t fired up enough about the possibility that…
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By MARGARET COKER, CHRISTOPHER RHOADS And SAM DAGHER President Hosni Mubarak succumbed to the demands of hundreds of thousands of his countrymen Friday and resigned from office, bringing to an end three decades of autocratic rule. Associated Press In this photo taken from Egyptian television, Egypt’s vice president Omar Suleiman announced that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down. The announcement was delivered by Egypt’s vice president, Omar Suleiman, in a brief statement on state television. Mr. Mubarak delegated control of the country’s affairs to Egypt’s army, Mr. Suleiman said. “Because of the current circumstances in the country the president, Hosni Mubarak, has decided to…
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You may remember that we had an oh-so-brief hands-on with the Clamcase back at CES , and at that time we were promised a review unit the following week. Well, here we are a month later and we still don’t have our unit, and according to some unhappy tipsters neither do those who reordered all the way back in December. We spoke with a rep to get to the bottom of the matter and we got some updates on the situation to share with all you eager pre-orderers.. Things got off to a bit of a rough start when the initial January ship date slipped to February, and although an email was sent to preorder customers indicating a few week delay, credit cards were still charged. Apparently, a manufacturing issue early on rendered a small batch of the earliest units un-chargeable, though some of these units made their ways into customers’ hands. We’re told that these problems have since been solved and that units are rolling off the Texas factory lines daily, but we’ve also gotten reports of bunk tracking numbers and ‘shipments’ that never arrive. The last piece of the puzzle is the suspicious disappearance of a discussion thread on the company’s official Facebook page, which apparently got so heated that lawsuits were threatened. We’re told that it was “accidentally taken down while the page was being reorganized”, but we still cannot locate it ourselves. Not all is wrong in the world though, as some Twitter spelunking has revealed that real live people have received real live units in at least some cases, so our best bit of advice would be to either hit the company up for a status report or simply move along to one of the many other iPad keyboard case options available to lighten your wallets. We’ve been assured that our unit should arrive sometime shortly, so stay tuned for the next installment of the Clamcase Chronicles coming in the near future! Debunk: Clamcase now shipping, manufacturing problems remedied originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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