Endangered Spaces

• Natural Gas IS NOT the Answer

  
  New Gas ~ Same as the Old Gas
  
  Have you seen the commercial about how the United States has 100 years worth of natural gas just lying under our feet? How about the commercial that states that new natural gas can make solar and [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 9:33pm EST
  

• Pests are Moving North as Earth Warms

  Some unforeseen problems caused by global warming:
  
  Almost 2000 jellyfish species have increased in population, expanded their range northward and now appear earlier in the year.
  
  Ticks that transmit Lyme disease have spread northward into Canada, once too cold for them.
  
  Giant squid have reached British Columbia [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:06pm EST
  

• Climate Change is Harder on Women

  Women are disproportionately burdened with the impacts of climate change. The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) released a new report, State of World Population 2009, that takes a closer look at this imbalance: Girls drop out of school to help their mothers, who must work harder to secure food, [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:56pm EST
  

• Toxic Lake Viewed from Space

  Berkeley Pit: Butte, Montana
  
  Image credit: NASA
  
  In 1955, copper mining in the area expanded with the opening of the Berkeley Pit. The mine took advantage of the existing subterranean drainage and pump network to lower groundwater until 1982, when a new owner [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 3:00am EST
  

• Give Thanks to a Veteran Today

  
  They Did Their Share
  
  On Veteran’s Day we honor
  Soldiers who protect our nation.
  For their service as our warriors,
  They deserve our admiration.
  
  Some of them were drafted;
  Some were volunteers;
  For some it was just yesterday;
  For some it’s been many [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 2:13pm EST
  

• Nuclear Power Plants are Not Sustainable

  Art work from chernobyl-international.org/pavel.html
  
  
  Read about the bailout at UCS: Nuclear Energy Industry Wish List Would Hurt Taxpayers | Union of Concerned Scientists
  
  Excerpt:
  . . . the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) . . . released a proposal asking for billions of [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 5:52am EST
  

• Dona Nobis Pacem

  Dona Nobis Pacem is Latin for Grant Us Peace
  
  See the peace globes, from this year and past years, at the Peace Globe Gallery. Visit Mimi Writes blog to learn about peace globes.
  
  
  
  This powerful prayer [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 2:53am EST