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Happy Savages: What We Did to the Marshall Islanders

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Common Dreams - By Robert Koehler - Feb. 16 (Review) - Robert C. Koehler "Thirty seconds to zero . . . six, five, four, three, two, one." "Castle Bravo" -- Bikini Atoll, March 1, 1954 Suddenly a big orange blossom fills the screen, accompanied by ukuleles and lovely — I mean Strangelovian — Polynesian music. The blossom is actually Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb blast, the largest U.S. test ever, detonated over Bikini Atoll on March 1, 1954. read ...

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Author and Activist Derrick Jensen: "The Dominant Culture is Killing the Planet...It's Very Important for Us to Start to Build a Culture of Resistance"

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Democracy Now - By Derrick Jensen, Amy Goodman - Nov. 15 (Interview) - we can argue about whether, you know, there will be a few bacteria left or whatever, but when 90 percent of the large fish in the oceans are gone, when there’s six to ten times as much plastic as phytoplankton in parts of the ocean, when there’s dioxin in every mother’s breast milk, when background rates—or rates of extinction are a thousand to ten thousand times background rates, you know, it’s sort of just playing with numbers to talk about whether it’s killing the planet or simply mortally wounding it. And I think it’s very important for us to start to build a culture of resistance, because what we’re doing isn’t working, clearly.

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Sea Levels Are Rising: It's Time to Decide Which Coastal Cities Are Worth Saving

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Scott Thill - Apr. 17 (Opinion) - first and foremost, says Cooley, is dealing with the reality of what is coming. "We first need to ensure that all new developments integrate future sea-level rise into their designs. This should be done immediately," she said. "Communities must then conduct local analysis to determine what is at risk and what they want to protect. All stakeholders must be involved in this process.

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Hour is Late to Save Disappearing Pacific Isles

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:23:01 -0700

Pacific Islands Report - By Emanuel Mori, President Of The Federated States Of Micronesia - Sep. 25 (Speech) - Mr. Chairman, I respectfully suggest that we are all obliged to be responsible stewards of this creation called Earth, and all that is on it or in it... Let us all pray that this and future generations will be remembered for making a historic turn, from pollution to protection and respect for God's blessed environment.

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