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Documents Reveal Shell Paid Nigerian Military to Suppress Protests
10/10/2011by Rachel Cernansky, Boulder, Colorado Interesting news from The Guardian this week: oil giant Shell worked with the Nigerian military and…
Read MorePhysicist Calls Out Other Physicists for Being Climate Change Hypocrites
10/10/2011by Brit Liggett Physicists clock, on average, 23,000 air miles per year flying around the world to observatories, conferences and meetings, and…
Read MoreLeveling the Playing Field for a Cleaner Mediterranean
10/10/2011by Jennifer Hattam, Istanbul, Turkey Onlookers gazing out over the Bosphorus last week might have been shocked to see a tanker…
Read MoreImages from Occupy Wall Street’s Protest Camp
10/10/2011by Jessica Root – Brooklyn, NY After Brian’s inspiring coverage of Occupy Wall Street, I had to show support to my…
Read MoreRachel Freire’s “Cow Nipple” Dress Sparks Controversy at London Fashion Week
10/10/2011by Jasmin Malik Chua Londoners can hardly be called prudes, but a dress made from 3,000 protruding cow nipples—not yak, as…
Read More7-Year-Old Donates Two Year’s Worth of Tooth Fairy Money to The Nature Conservancy
10/07/2011by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California Imagine being seven years old and saving all your money for over two years. Imagine…
Read MoreRefugees From East African Drought & Famine Tell Their Harrowing Stories
10/07/2011by Matthew McDermott, New York, NY We’ve tried painting a compelling picture of the ongoing drought in East Africa, and accompanying…
Read MoreJustin Timberlake to be honored as environmental leader
10/07/2011Environmental Media Association to honor the entertainer with its prestigious Futures Award. Joining past recipients such as Edward Norton, Rosario Dawson,…
Read MoreArctic Shelves Have Lost Half Their Size in Six Years
10/07/2011By IAN AUSTEN Denis Sarrazin/ReutersThe Ward Hunt ice shelf in Canada is rapidly disappearing. Canada’s Arctic ice shelves, formations that date…
Read MoreZambia cotton project gets Otto Group support
10/07/2011HAMBURG – The Otto Group and the Aid by Trade Foundation have launched a project to promote Zambia’s school infrastructure through…
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