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FBI tracking animal videotapers as terrorists: would you believe? - latimes.com

Seeded on Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:52 PM EST (The L.A. Times)
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The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force has recommended for many years that animal activists who carry out undercover investigations on farms could be prosecuted as domestic terrorists. New documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by activist Ryan Sh …

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2011: The Year Data Centers Turned Green

Seeded on Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:39 PM EST (Wired News)
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The amount of data the world stores is on an explosive growth curve. According to research outfit IDC, the digital universe will grow 44 times larger over the course of the decade, thanks to the rise of worldwide obsessions with things like social media and cloud computing.

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The Obama Kwanzaa Series Day 6 of 7 2011

Sat Dec 31, 2011 3:50 PM EST
By Aunk (The Cultural Health Guy)

In the Obama Kwanzaa Series we have been comparing Obama's principles and performance, especially his third year as President, to each of the seven principles of Kwanzaa.

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France Moving Quickly to Increase Wind Energy

Seeded on Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:05 PM EST ()
Seeded by luckydog

The French government has set the objective to install 25 GW of wind power, including 6 GW offshore, to meet its obligation under the EU Directive to cover 23% of final energy demand from renewable sources by 2020.

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Tough Road Ahead for Nuclear Power

Seeded on Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:54 AM EST (cleantechnica.com)
Seeded by luckydog

Several experts have recently made it clear that they think nuclear power isn’t going to be growing any time soon, and will continue to experience popular criticism and fear, especially in light of the recent damage taken by the Fukushima nuclear reactor in Japan.

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New CO2 Sequestration from Finland Yields Commercially Useful Materials

Seeded on Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:48 AM EST (cleantechnica.com)
Seeded by luckydog

The Finnish physicist Matti Nurmia has patented a different type of CO2 sequestration with real commercial potential, using very little energy in the conversion process and creating byproducts with high commercial value.

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South African Farmers See Threat From Fracking - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Sat Dec 31, 2011 7:31 AM EST (The New York Times)
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KAROO, South Africa — When a drought dried up their wells last year, hundreds of farmers and their families flocked to local fairgrounds here to pray for rain, and a call went out on the regional radio station imploring South Africans to donate bottled water. Covering mu …

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Poll: The Obama Kwanzaa Series Day 5 of 7 2011

Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:25 PM EST
By Aunk (The Cultural Health Guy)

In the Obama Kwanzaa Series we have been comparing Obama's principles and performance, especially his first three years as President, to each of the seven principles of Kwanzaa. The question today is, will Obama be good for our Nation and our ethnic group's purpose.  

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2012 : the year you wish you had overpaid for an electric car ?

Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:31 PM EST
By nonStitiousZealot

Here is a tout sheet for an investment research service : I must emphasize that this should NOT be considered an endorsement by me of this service .The writer of this advert discusses the sectarian Islamic  …

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Big business behind solar power

Seeded on Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:36 PM EST (US_Homepage_Featured_Stories)
Seeded by Par4TheCourse (Clipped by Michael Sautter)

Energy independence, two words that evoke all sorts of questions: What’s "clean"? What’s safe? What’s cheap? What’s sustainable? By Josh Sternberg

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