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Documents Reveal Shell Paid Nigerian Military to Suppress Protests
10/10/2011

by Rachel Cernansky, Boulder, Colorado Interesting news from The Guardian this week: oil giant Shell worked with the Nigerian military and…

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Physicist Calls Out Other Physicists for Being Climate Change Hypocrites
10/10/2011

by Brit Liggett Physicists clock, on average, 23,000 air miles per year flying around the world to observatories, conferences and meetings, and…

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Leveling the Playing Field for a Cleaner Mediterranean
10/10/2011

by Jennifer Hattam, Istanbul, Turkey Onlookers gazing out over the Bosphorus last week might have been shocked to see a tanker…

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Images from Occupy Wall Street’s Protest Camp
10/10/2011

by Jessica Root – Brooklyn, NY After Brian’s inspiring coverage of Occupy Wall Street, I had to show support to my…

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Rachel Freire’s “Cow Nipple” Dress Sparks Controversy at London Fashion Week
10/10/2011

by Jasmin Malik Chua Londoners can hardly be called prudes, but a dress made from 3,000 protruding cow nipples—not yak, as…

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7-Year-Old Donates Two Year’s Worth of Tooth Fairy Money to The Nature Conservancy
10/07/2011

by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California Imagine being seven years old and saving all your money for over two years. Imagine…

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Refugees From East African Drought & Famine Tell Their Harrowing Stories
10/07/2011

by Matthew McDermott, New York, NY We’ve tried painting a compelling picture of the ongoing drought in East Africa, and accompanying…

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Justin Timberlake to be honored as environmental leader
10/07/2011

Environmental Media Association to honor the entertainer with its prestigious Futures Award. Joining past recipients such as Edward Norton, Rosario Dawson,…

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Arctic Shelves Have Lost Half Their Size in Six Years
10/07/2011

By IAN AUSTEN Denis Sarrazin/ReutersThe Ward Hunt ice shelf in Canada is rapidly disappearing. Canada’s Arctic ice shelves, formations that date…

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Zambia cotton project gets Otto Group support
10/07/2011

HAMBURG – The Otto Group and the Aid by Trade Foundation have launched a project to promote Zambia’s school infrastructure through…

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