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Stay home and save the planet |
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Written by Jan Lee Martin
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Saturday, 15 July 2006 |
Our love affair with flying is fuelling phenomenal growth in the airlines' activities: flight numbers are projected to double by 2020 and triple by 2030. But it is also driving phenomenal growth in the airlines' greenhouse gas emissions, writes British Green MP Caroline Lucas. “According to scientists at the Tyndall Centre, one of the UK's foremost climate change institutes, aviation's emissions are growing so fast that they will gobble up all reductions from every other sector if they are left unchecked, she wrote.
The Independent 22 June 2006
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Nearly 2.2m American residents behind bars |
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Written by Jan Lee Martin
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Saturday, 15 July 2006 |
Prisons and jails added more than 1,000 inmates each week for a year, putting one in every 136 US residents behind bars, according to the Justice Department. It also found 62% of people in jails have not been convicted, meaning many of them are awaiting trial.
Overall, 738 people were locked up for every 100,000 residents, compared with 725 in 2004. In the 25-29 age group, an estimated 11.9% of black men were in prison or jails, compared with 3.9% of Hispanic males and 1.7 percent of white males.
Associated Press May 22 2006
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Demand for Organic Food Outstrips Supply |
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Written by Jan Lee Martin
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Saturday, 15 July 2006 |
America's appetite for organic food is so strong that supply can't keep up. Organic products still have only about 2.5% of the nation's food market, but that slice is expanding at a feverish pace, writes Libby Quaid. Growth in sales of organic food has been 15% to 21% each year, compared with 2% to 4% for total food sales. The number of organic farms - an estimated 10,000 - is also increasing, but not fast enough. Organic manufacturers are now looking for ingredients outside the United States.
www.commondreams.org 7 July 2006
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Evolution as action learning |
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Written by Jan Lee Martin
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Saturday, 15 July 2006 |
By reconstructing ancient genes from long-extinct animals, scientists have demonstrated the step-by-step progression of how evolution created a new piece of molecular machinery by reusing and modifying existing parts. The findings, published in the journal Science, offer a counterargument to doubters of evolution who question how a progression of small changes could produce the intricate mechanisms found in living cells
New York Times July 4 2006
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"Normalisation of violence" fastest trend in USA |
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Written by Jan Lee Martin
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Tuesday, 30 May 2006 |
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In direct contrast to turn-of-the-century research by people like Ray & Anderson (The Cultural Creatives) and Richard Florida (The Creative Class), Canadian researcher Michael Adams argues that the normalisation of violence is now the fastest growing trend in the United States.
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