RAHWAY — A Rahway woman is chronicling the efforts to help the victims of super typhoon Haiyan on her website, The FilAm, according to a Voice of America report.
Rahway Woman’s Website Promotes Typhoon Relief Efforts
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2013 On Track To Be Seventh Warmest Year Since 1850
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(via Climate Central) The world is on track to have its 7th warmest year on record in 2013, which is up from 2012, which was the globe’s 9th warmest year, according to a new report released on Wednesday.
Ozone Treaty Accidentally Slowed Global Warming: Study
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(via Climate Central) The Montreal Protocol, a treaty enacted in 1987 to protect the Earth’s thinning ozone layer, has had the unintended benefit of helping to slow the rate of global warming since the mid-1990s, according to a new study published Sunday.
[OPINION] Tear Down This Wall: Celebrating Victories Over Communism On World Freedom Day
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Saturday, Nov. 9, marks the 24th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is an important date in the history of human civilization. President Ronald Reagan’s demand, “President Gorbachev, tear down this wall,” constitute some of the most memorable words spoken in the last century.
What Happens When The World Dries Out
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What Happens When the World Dries Out (via Climate Central) By Tim Radford, Climate News Network LONDON – A warmer, drier world will be bad news for those people who already live on the edge. Higher temperatures will do more than…
Study Shows Carbon Sequestration Can Cause Quakes
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Study Shows Carbon Sequestration Can Cause Quakes (via Climate Central) By Bobby Magill Follow @bobbymagill Two scientists have found evidence that underground carbon dioxide injection in oil and gas fields may cause earthquakes, a finding that suggests carbon sequestration projects…
Renewable Energy Needs Huge Mineral Supply
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Renewable Energy Needs Huge Mineral Supply (via Climate Central) By Tim Radford, Climate News Network LONDON – Humankind could be about to exchange one kind of energy crisis for another. The switch from the finite store of fossil fuels to renewable…
[OPINION] The Climate Change Era Is Already Upon Us
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We have been given a sobering glimpse into the speed of our changing climate and the vulnerabilities of our world. It turns out we must focus greater attention to the tropics, where so much of humanity and wildlife live, and to our oceans.
[OPINION] Obama, NSA Spying & The Dangers Of Secretive, Authoritarian Government
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Recent reports indicating that President Obama was aware of and personally approved an NSA program that involved spying on the personal communications of various international leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, have once again highlighted the deception and intransigence of the Obama administration in dealing with the revelations that the National Security Agency has been acting outside the bounds of the law, sucking up electronic communications the world over.
Sandy A Warning Rising Seas Threaten Nuclear Plants
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Sandy A Warning Rising Seas Threaten Nuclear Plants (via Climate Central) By Bobby Magill Follow @bobbymagill As Hurricane Sandy barreled ashore a year ago, the storm forced the shutdown of several Northeast coastal nuclear power reactors, including the Oyster Creek…