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NRDC: 123 Members of Congress Support Polluters Over Health

The victim of their actions are 7 Million U.S. Children.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Attacks on Clean Air Act Updates Would Increase Air Pollution and Health Risks - Including Asthma - for Millions of American Children, Adults.

The lawmakers taking an ax to the act collectively have received over $27,292,000 from polluters, many of which have made stopping the EPA a high priority.

Mount Marijuana Permit Explosion

Almost 50,000 Oregon patients now have permits.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Way back in 1998 learned gentlemen of the Department of Human Services (DHS) when confronted with the legalization of Medical Marijuana collectively opined that about 500 patients in Oregon would qualify and be eligible for the ultra-valuable Oregon Medical Marijuana Permit.

After the first year, there were about 1000 patients and they of the DHS contentedly settled back, “Well we were only half wrong”.

The Continuing Idiot Cycle of Cancer Contributors

The situation has just gotten much worse than the movie indicates.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - In December we carried a report on a new film called "The Idiot Cycle" that delivers the goods on the world's top cancer causing culprits.

As this report shows, These same companies control the FDA and under the new "food safety" bill - S 510, they have just gotten the FDA to ban IV vitamin C as an unapproved drug.

Journalists Targeted by Police Violence, Arrests

Includes details of some of the cases of arrests or attacks on journalists.

(CAIRO RSF) - Reporters Without Borders roundly condemns police use violence against journalists covering Egypt’s street protests. It is hard to establish exactly how many journalists have been arrested or physically attacked by police officers in the past 48 hours.

According to the latest information obtained by Reporters Without Borders, more than a dozen journalists have been arrested.

Richard Falk Under Fire for 9/11 Comments on his Personal Blog

A grand exercise in hypocrisy... as usual, the accusers are more guilty of the crimes than the accused!

(MELBOURNE) - UN Human Rights Council, and law professor Richard Falk, is under fire from the usual suspects for expressing skepticism about the official 9/11 story. This is what Falk had to say about 9/11 on his blog:

"The arguments swirling around the 9/11 attacks are emblematic of these issues. What fuels suspicions of conspiracy is the reluctance to address the sort of awkward gaps and contradictions in the official explanations..."

Ninth Circuit Court Denies Government Request to Resume Clearcutting Upper Big Hole Valley

The ruling preserves the right of all citizens to request a preliminary injunction to stop construction before the damage is done.

(WISDOM, Mont.) - A ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this week has set a precedent by defining at what point environmental groups may stop federal projects.

In question was the Preliminary Injunction issued by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last year that stopped a massive federal logging project about 15 miles west of Wisdom in Montana’s Big Hole Valley.

What`s Next at the Helm of Portland Development Commission? It Matters!

Equity is the non-negotiable foundation of any sustainability policy...

(PORTLAND, Ore. Skanner) - Portland Development Commission is looking for a new executive director, to replace Bruce Warner, retiring after 5 years at the helm.

This Friday you can let the commission know what kind of leader you want to see at a meeting from 1 -2 pm at the Portland Development Commission, because it matters.

Operation Egypt from Anonymous

Anonymous release in English, Arabic, French and German.

(WORLDWIDE) - Anonymous can not, and will not stand idly while people are being denied their basic rights and human liberties.

Yet, there are still a lot of governments worldwide who fail to even aspire to the standard of freedom that was set by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

A Republican Mythology

Christianity evolved as a plan by a coterie of Judaic sectarians convinced its philosophy of One God for All Nations should replace Judaism’s One God of the Jewish Nation.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - It can hardly be doubted that the Republican Party truly is the Party of God.

The problem is that the Party, its members and Representatives in Congress are misguided in their belief that Jesus is God when there is substantial evidence to prove that he is not...

Rahm Emanuel`s Father Specialized in Bus Bombings in Palestine

Wikipedia deleted the page about Rahm Emanuel's father in 2008. Why do you suppose?

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel held a top position in our country's leadership and his example of ethics and integrity is of the highest importance.