Hidden Hunger: Kids in UK rely on food banks

E120, food-matters

“Thousands Of Innocent People Have Been Killed Under These Drone Attacks!” Amy Goodman

E120, e145,

Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz commits suicide in midst of controversial trial

E120, media,

Birthplace of Atomic Bomb, New Mexico Remains Center of Massive U.S. Nuclear Arsenal

democracynow

Published on Oct 11, 2012

DemocracyNow.org – In this special broadcast from just outside Los Alamos National Laboratory, we look at the radioactive legacy of New Mexico. The atomic bombs used in World War II were designed and developed here, and the state still plays a key role in maintaining the nation’s massive nuclear arsenal. We’re joined by two guests: Jay Coghlan, Executive Director of Nuclear Watch New Mexico; and Chuck Montaño, a former investigator and auditor at Los Alamos who turned whistleblower after calling attention to wasteful spending and fraud at the nation’s foremost nuclear weapons lab.

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‘The World Until Yesterday,’ by Jared Diamond – NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/books/review/the-world-until-yesterday-by-jared-diamond.html?pagewanted=all

Amy Toensing/National Geographic Stock

Papua New Guinea, 2009.

By DAVID BROOKS

Published: January 10, 2013

The custom among the Pirahã Indians of Brazil is that women give birth alone. The linguist Steve Sheldon once saw a Pirahã woman giving birth on a beach, while members of her tribe waited nearby. It was a breech birth, however, and the woman started crying in agony. “Help me, please! The baby will not come.” Sheldon went to help her, but the other Pirahã stopped him, saying that she didn’t want his help. The woman kept up her screams. The next morning both mother and baby were found dead.

THE WORLD UNTIL YESTERDAY:What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies?

By Jared Diamond

Illustrated. 499 pp. Viking. $36.

Jodi Cobb/National Geographic Stock

In Papua New Guinea, Asaro mudmen pretend to be spirits of vanquished warriors returned from the dead to haunt their enemies.

The Pirahã believe that people have to endure hardships on their own.

The anthropologist Allan Holmberg was with a group of Siriono Indians of Bolivia when a middle-aged woman grew gravely ill. She lay in her hammock, too unwell to walk or speak. Her husband told Holmberg that the tribe had to move on and would leave her there to die. They left her a fire and some water and walked away without saying goodbye. Even her husband had no parting words for her.

Holmberg was also sick and went away to get treatment. When he returned three weeks later, he saw no trace of the woman. At the next camp, he found her remains picked clean by scavenging animals. ….(more).

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After Decades of Uranium Mining, Navajo Nation Struggles With Legacy of Contamination

democracynow

Published on Oct 11, 2012

DemocracyNow.org – New Mexico’s long history of uranium mining on Native American lands provides fuel for the front end of the nuclear industry and stores much of the mine tailings and radioactive waste from nuclear weapons and power plants. We look at the devastating impact uranium mining continues to have on Native lands with Leona Morgan of Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining, a group dedicated to protecting the water, air, land and health of communities in areas impacted by uranium mines. We’re also joined by Jay Coghlan of Nuclear Watch New Mexico and former Los Alamos National Laboratory investigator Chuck Montaño.

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Environment Ethics http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre120

The National Climate Assessment

http://www.globalchange.gov/what-we-do/assessment

The next National Climate Assessment is scheduled to be completed in 2013. Information about the current assessment can be found on this site by following the links below and in the sidebar.

The National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee (NCADAC) has overseen the development of this draft climate assessment report, engaging over 240 authors in its creation. Click here to access the report: http://ncadac.globalchange.gov

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Major report warns climate change could raise temperatures by 10 degrees – The Hill’s E2-Wire

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/276769-federal-report-finding-unambiguous-warming-fuels-calls-for-tougher-action
By Ben Geman – 01/11/13 04:51 PM ET

A major draft federal report concludes that climate change is already affecting U.S. residents through heat waves, droughts and other changes, and warns that temperatures could increase as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit if global carbon emissions keep soaring.

The third National Climate Assessment, released Friday, said there’s “unambiguous evidence” that earth is warming, and that climate change over the past 50 years is driven primarily by human activity, especially from burning fossil fuels.

“Certain types of weather events have become more frequent and/or intense, including heat waves, heavy downpours, and, in some regions, floods and droughts. Sea level is rising, oceans are becoming more acidic, and glaciers and arctic sea ice are melting,” states the draft report developed by a federal advisory panel.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/276769-federal-report-finding-unambiguous-warming-fuels-calls-for-tougher-action

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Federal Advisory Committee Draft Climate Assessment Report Released for Public Review

http://ncadac.globalchange.gov/

A 60-person Federal Advisory Committee (The “National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee” or NCADAC) has overseen the development of this draft climate report.

The NCADAC, whose members are available here (and in the report), was established under the Department of Commerce in December 2010 and is supported through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It is a federal advisory committee established as per the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972. The Committee serves to oversee the activities of the National Climate Assessment. Its members are diverse in background, expertise, geography and sector of employment. A formal record of the committee can be found at the NOAA NCADAC website.

The NCADAC has engaged more than 240 authors in the creation of the report. The authors are acknowledged at the beginning of the chapters they co-authored.

Following extensive review by the National Academies of Sciences and by the public, this report will be revised by the NCADAC and, after additional review, will then be submitted to the Federal Government for consideration in the Third National Climate Assessment (NCA) Report. For more information on the NCA process and background, previous assessments and other NCA information, please explore the NCA web-pages. The NCA is being conducted under the auspices of the Global Change Research Act of 1990 and is being organized and administered by the Global Change Research Program.

To simply access and read the draft report, please download the chapters below. However, if you would like to submit comments on the report as part of the public process, you will need to enter the “review and comment system” and register with your name and e-mail address and agree to the terms. All comments must be submitted through the review and comment system.

 

Download the Full Report (warning, 147Mb. Very large file)

Between chapters, there are some page numbers that are not used. This is intentional and does not reflect missing pages.

or download each chapter separately:

Cover page

Introduction: Letter to the American People
1. Executive Summary
2. Our Changing Climate
Introduction to Sectors
3. Water Resources
4. Energy Supply and Use
5. Transportation
6. Agriculture
7. Forestry
8. Ecosystems, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services
9. Human Health
10. Water, Energy, and Land Use
11. Urban Systems, Infrastructure, and Vulnerability
12. Impacts of Climate Change on Tribal, Indigenous, and Native Lands and Resources
13. Land Use and Land Cover Change
14. Rural Communities
15. Interactions of Climate Change and Biogeochemical Cycles

Introduction to Regions
16. Northeast
17. Southeast and Caribbean
18. Midwest
19. Great Plains
20. Southwest
21. Northwest
22. Alaska and the Arctic
23. Hawaii and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands
24. Oceans and Marine Resources
25. Coastal Zone Development and Ecosystems

Introduction to Response Strategies
26. Decision Support: Supporting Policy, Planning, and Resource Management Decisions in a Climate Change Context
27. Mitigation
28. Adaptation
29. Research Agenda for Climate Change Science
30. The NCA Long-Term Process: Vision and Future Development

Appendix I: NCA Climate Science – Addressing Commonly Asked Questions from A to Z

Appendix II: The Science of Climate Change

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Julian Assange to UN: ‘US trying to erect national secrecy regime’ (Full version)

RussiaToday

Published on Sep 27, 2012

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has called on the United States to move from words to actions, and put an end to its persecution of WikiLeaks, its people and its sources – READ MORE http://on.rt.com/f3jgtl

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