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Archive - Jan 2010
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. - George Bernard Shaw
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
Photo: Indignity. Humiliation. Horror to innocent people, millions. History: January 27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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World War II in the Pacific - Liberation of Allied Prisoners of War in the Tokyo Bay Area.
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Photos courtesy of History.com and U.S. Navy
"The best prophet is common sense, our native wit. " - Euripides (Ancient Greek playwright, c. 480-406 BC)
The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.
Arctic: pollution on its way. Oil drilling in Chukchi Sea threatens clean air, water, ocean resources & sea life
Shall we protect Nature as it is,
reserve some land, ocean, resources
for coming generations, for our children’s children?
Shall we, or shall we not? In words, or in action?
(quote) Approval of oil drilling in Chukchi Sea fails to include recent science and violates laws that protect clean air, water, and ocean resources. Oceana, together with Arctic communities and other conservation groups filed a legal challenge in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to the Minerals Management Service’s (MMS) approval of Shell Offshore Inc.’s proposed exploration drilling in the Chukchi Sea. The groups argue that MMS and Shell have not complied with federal laws that require thorough analysis of potential impacts and protections for clean air, water, and marine life. read more »
"We must never be driven by fear but by our values." ... "To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."
"We must never be driven by fear but by our values."
"To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."
2010 International Year of Biodiversity. Ongoing extinction at 1000 times natural rate: most species to disappear in <100 years
Green sea turtles, whose ancestors evolved on land and took to the sea to live about 150 million years ago, are one of the few species so ancient that they watched the dinosaurs evolve and become extinct.
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World's biodiversity crisis needs action, says UN. With species extinction running at about 1,000 times the "natural" or "background" rate, some biologists contend that we are in the middle of the Earth's sixth great extinction - the previous five stemming from natural events such as asteroid impacts.
The United Nations has launched the International Year of Biodiversity, warning that the ongoing loss of species around the world is affecting human well being. Eight years ago, governments pledged to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, but the pledge will not be met. read more »
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