Forest destruction is costing the global economy US $2 to $5 trillion per year — more than Wall Street has lost since the start of the current financial crisis. After stalling for years, the European Commission has finally come out with a proposal for forest legislation. Unfortunately, the law does very little to address deforestation […]

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Activists from our ship the Arctic Sunrise have been putting coal in the hot seat from both land and sea in Italy. Five of them scaled a 150 meter crane at the new coal-fired power plant Civitavecchia, near Rome to drop a banner highlighting the fact that the Italian government opposes the Kyoto Protocol. Meanwhile […]

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This thread needed to be moved up for obvious reasons. Have at it. –PalMD
I’ve been writing quite a bit about “questionable” illnesses, shameless quacks and the like, but there are reasons that people seek out odd diagnoses and cult doctors. They feel crappy, and they haven’t yet found someone who can make them feel less […]

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Weird Science is going up late this week, sorry guys. But it’s weird science AND historical science, which makes it double cool.
Also, NEW site from Zooillogix, and it’s the CUTEST THING EVER. Called zooborns, you just want to cuddle everything on the site. It will definitely cheer you up after a bad day.

So I like […]

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