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Fuel from fat
02/26/2007 Biodiesel@MIT is a group of MIT students, faculty, and staff whose goal is to install a biodiesel processor on the MIT campus as part of the MIT Energy Initiative. The processor would convert waste vegetable oil from campus dining facilities into biodiesel to be mixed with regular diesel fuel and used in the institute's diesel-powered Tech Shuttles.
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Related: [Transport] [Renewable Energy]
Image: Fuel from fat © Agricultural Research Service / U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
02/23/2007 President Bush’s Texas ranch is off-grid and eco-friendly. Does he know something we don’t? Is he prepared while the rest of us are doomed?
Image: Bush in the bush

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Related: [Renewable Energy] [Politics]
Palestinian vegetable grower displays produce Israeli barriers prevent him from selling
02/22/2007 Conditions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are close to meltdown, an international charity said today as the U.S., EU, Russia and the UN met to discuss Middle East peace hopes.
+ OneWorld Guide to Palestine
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From: Oxfam International
Related: [Palestine] [Europe]
Image: Palestinian vegetable grower displays produce Israeli barriers prevent him from selling © Edward Parsons / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
02/22/2007 Farhang Jahanpour examines the background to the U.S. House of Representatives "momentous decision" to formally repudiate President Bush's decision to send 21,500 new combat troops to Iraq.

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From: Transnational Foundation
Related: [Iraq]
 The way life used to be in rural Mexico.
02/22/2007 Many in developed countries think only of immigration's impact on domestic economies. But the flip side of that--thousands of citizens leaving home for the "greener pastures" of wealthier lands--has significant consequences for the home country's economic and social fabric.
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From: In Motion Magazine
Related: [Mexico]
Image: The way life used to be in rural Mexico. © Norma Linda Urena / In Motion Magazine
Wynona Ward
02/22/2007 Wynona Ward drives her "office on wheels" thousands of miles over Vermont back roads each year, to reach even the most geographically isolated families that suffer from domestic abuse.
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From: Changemakers.net
Image: Wynona Ward © Changemakers.net
U.S. soldier watches over prisoners at Guantanamo.
02/21/2007 Human rights advocates were dismayed Tuesday after an Appeals Court ruled suspects at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp can be detained indefinitely and can not demand a trial. The case is still expected to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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From: Amnesty International USA
Image: U.S. soldier watches over prisoners at Guantanamo. © U.S. Dept of Defense / Amnesty International USA
02/20/2007 NEW YORK, Feb 20 (OneWorld) - UNICEF is best known for its work on behalf of children in the developing world, but its latest report turns an eye to the well-being of children in 21 wealthy nations including the United States, which ranks second to the bottom overall.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Children] [Education] [Poverty] [Health]
Tehran Bazaar
02/20/2007 A delegation of 13 American religious leaders is visiting Iran this week to meet religious and political leaders in the hope of improving relations between the people of Iran and the United States.
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From: American Friends Service Committee
Related: [Iran ]
Image: Tehran Bazaar © Shirin Sadeghi
02/20/2007 The House of Representatives of the U.S. state of South Dakota has passed a bill that would ban abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or if the life or health of the woman is endangered.
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From: Feminist Majority Foundation
02/20/2007 U.S. President George W. Bush's 2008 budget request is a mixed bag for women worldwide. Issues like family planning, reproductive health, anti-trafficking, and violence against women saw cuts, while there were increases in funding for education and HIV/AIDS.
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From: Women Thrive Worldwide
02/20/2007 U.S. President George W. Bush's proposed budget would see a dramatic 25% reduction in funding for international family planning and reproductive health programs.
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From: Population Action International
02/20/2007 from Green Options blog:
Animation works wonders at getting messages across, and cartoons are increasingly popping up in spreading the word about environmental issues.
Image: SustainLane Unsustainables

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Related: [Environment] [Information & Media]
02/20/2007 "The US does not police, it marauds." It's time for lawful global power, says Mark Kingwell.
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From: openDemocracy
We can lick global warming
02/19/2007 from Gristmill:
Global warming is happening, but there's nothing we can do about it. Might as well just batten down the hatches and hope for the best. Right? Wrong, says David Roberts.
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Related: [Climate Change]
Image: We can lick global warming © SaveOurEnvironment.org
02/19/2007 from about my planet:
Combined heat and power - also known as 'cogeneration' and 'micro CHP' - is now becoming a viable way to both heat and power your home.
Image: CHP unit

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Related: [Energy]
Adapting to a post-oil world
02/18/2007 from truthout:
A great primer with plenty of practical, essential details. It will help those who have not yet fully considered the future they will inhabit.
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Related: [Climate Change]
Image: Adapting to a post-oil world © Global Witness
02/17/2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 16 (OneWorld) - Trade unionists on both sides of the Pacific expressed relief Thursday after a seventh round of free trade negotiations between South Korea and the United States ended without an agreement.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [South Korea] [Labor] [Trade]
02/16/2007 A Senate committee has begun hearings into allegations of collusion between industry and political appointees to roll back health and environmental protections in the United States.
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From: Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
02/15/2007 The British Government’s bid to reverse a High Court ruling in favour of Indian Ocean islanders evicted from their homes 40 years ago to make way for a U.S. nuclear base is in its final day.
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From: OneWorld UK
Related: [United Kingdom] [Mauritius]
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