Daily Archives: April 30, 2015

9th Annual Youth Summit on Climate Change! | Radius

SATURDAY, MAY 30 AT MIT~~9TH ANNUAL YOUTH SUMMIT ON CLIMATE CHANGE!

On May 30, 2015, join us for the 9th Annual Youth Summit on Climate Change! The day will be filled with informative and fun workshops, lunch and prizes. Last year’s summit was amazing and this year’s promises to be even better!

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Hosted by Radius and organized by the Boston Latin School’s Youth Climate Action Network (BLSYouthCAN).

Check back here for updated changes and news. Registration will begin soon!

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What the 1% Don’t Want You to Know


Moyers & Company

Published on Apr 18, 2014

Economist Paul Krugman explains how the United States is becoming an oligarchy – the very system our founders revolted against.

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Sanders on 2016: ‘We’re in This Race to Win’


Associated Press

Published on Apr 30, 2015

Bernie Sanders has made it official: he’s running for president. The Vermont independent senator says he will seek the Democratic nomination, joining Hillary Rodham Clinton in a race in which she’s the heavy favorite. (April 30)

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Astronaut Fire up Student’s Space Dreams


CCTV Africa

Published on Apr 30, 2015

Egyptian students are dreaming of space exploration after a former NASA astronaut spoke to them about her experience. Mary Ellen Weber is on a visit to Egypt to promote higher education programs.CCTV’s Adel Makhoury reports.

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Inhofe on Climate Change vs. Terrorism


Senator Jim Inhofe

Published on Feb 26, 2015

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Press Conference on Introduction of S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Act


Senator Jim Inhofe

Published on Apr 30, 2015

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Abe U.S. Visit: Abe Fails To Apologise For Wartime Atrocities during Historic Congress Speech

CCTV Africa Published on Apr 30, 2015
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe did not deliver an official apology for Japan’s wartime atrocities in his address at the U.S. Congress in Washington D.C., despite calls from various circles urging him to do so

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Demand that FDA Create Lower Radiation Limits for Our Food NOW


Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network

Published on Mar 3, 2014

FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT AWARENESS NETWORK (FFAN) filed a legal document known as a Citizen Petition with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to drastically reduce the amount of radioactive Cesium permitted in food, from a ridiculous 1200 Bq/kg, to 5 Bq/kg.
PLEASE add your comments to the FDA CITIZEN PETITION filed on March 12, 2013 by FFAN coalition members Beyond Nuclear, Citizens for Health, and Ecological Options Network to significantly lower cancer causing Cesium 134 and 137 in the U.S. food, nutritional supplement and pharmaceutical supply, including imports from Japan.

FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT AWARENESS NETWORK~FFAN WEBSITE
http://ffan.us/

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