Driving Straight Into Catastrophe
PARIS, Jan 24, 2011 (IPS) – Despite repeated warnings by environmental and climate experts that reduction of fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions is fundamental to … [Keep reading >>]
Freak out Time
A monster winter storm bigger than some places have seen in years churned toward the nation’s midsection Monday as the region geared up its defenses against a potentially … [Keep reading >>]
Governor Brown’s State of the State address is today, [look at CalChannel.com to see it 5:00 pm] and there will be a lot in it not to like. At least … [Keep reading >>]
You gotta love the California Nurses Association. They hounded Schwarzenegger when he most needed it. Now they’ve joined Common Cause and others to bring attention to the terrible work of the … [Keep reading >>]
Security forces beat and arrested student protesters in the Sudanese capital on Sunday as the unrest and antigovernment fervor in Tunisia and Egypt showed their first indication of spreading to … [Keep reading >>]
CNN is reporting that some 4.5% of world oil –2.9 million barrels a day– ships through Egypt and the Suez Canal. Apparently the arteries themselves are OK but the communications … [Keep reading >>]
New research shows that 2010 set new records for the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, expected to be a major contributor to projected sea level rises in coming decades.
“This … [Keep reading >>]
Ten protesters in Tahrir Square began a hunger strike at 6PM on Sunday in response to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s refusal to relinquish power. Mubarak announced on Friday that although … [Keep reading >>]
Once again, convulsions in distant places are teaching us geography. It is also a good time to learn about the people themselves — beyond the scenes of tear-gas, tanks and … [Keep reading >>]
About 200 key figures in business, energy, the media and law were expected to assemble at a five-star hotel at the invitation of the Koch brothers for the latest of … [Keep reading >>]
My interview on Democracy Now on the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 is available on the Web. A text transcript follows at that link.
Zewail’s 4 point Plan for Egypt
Nobelist in chemistry, Dr. Ahmed … [Keep reading >>]
Robert Fisk, one of the most integrated and independent journalists in the Arab world weighs in on events Egypt.
The Egyptian tanks, the delirious protesters sitting atop them, the flags, the … [Keep reading >>]
