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Dow Chemical - Tower Hamlets Mayor Statement

The Vietnam war memorial is 492 feet long. If a similar memorial had been made for the Vietnamese who died, it would be nine miles long.

(LONDON) - Len Aldis, the internationally respected Agent Orange Activist and Chair of the Tower Hamlets CND has released the attached letter from the Mayor of Tower Hamlets regarding the London Olympics.

Len has been instrumental in organising worldwide condemnation of Dow Chemical involvement with the London games.

`Mother Nature is Extremely Wise and Extremely Kind`

It seems the answers to some of the world's scariest problems are right under our nose.

(LONDON) - The title is a quote from Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride.

And Mother Nature has been unusually busy lately, helping out mankind. At every step, she is ending long-standing fears. One by one, they are being overturned.

History is the Enemy as `Brilliant` Psy-Ops Become the News

“the US has dumped a quantity of toxic chemical amounting to six pounds per head of population, including women and children” - 1970, US Senate report

(SYDNEY) - From Agent Orange in South Vietnam to Obama’s drone attacks in Afghanistan and war in Syria, Washington spins its assaults on the world as it cynically lives up to a reputation for casual slaughter.

Green Energy Bad Idea for Pension Funds

State pension fund managers you can relax now: Al Gore is here.

(OCEANSIDE, CA) - Gore wants to put your retirement savings in Green Energy. He does not want to tell us what companies or how much.

Just last week it was revealed that Al Gore's investment company has been managing assets for New York state and city pension funds for three years. Pension fund officials say Al is doing a great job.

Police Arrest Six at State Capitol During Earth First! Timber Protest

Salem timber protest kept local law enforcement officers busy.

(SALEM) - Cascadia Earth First! and Cascadia Forest Defenders converged at the Oregon State Capitol after the regional Earth First! Rendezvous.

Activists staged a “die-in” and hung banners reading, “Oregon: For Sale by Kate Brown and Ted Wheeler” and “Defend Oregon, No Compromise, Earth First!”

Len Aldis - the Man Behind and Often in Front of the News

Len is working to establish further events to raise much needed funds for the Victims of Agent Orange.

(LONDON) - In December 2011 Len Aldis, Secretary of the Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society and a small select number of government guests and dignitaries were invited to fly on the inaugural direct flight from the UK to Vietnam.

Len was honoured to be invited as a participant on this momentous occasion in Vietnam - UK aviation history.

Crucial Bird Conservation Programs Cut by 50 Percent by House

The bill will now move to the full House Appropriations Committee for consideration.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Bird conservation groups are attacking a new political move as “one of the most regressive wildlife appropriations” ever.

Crucial conservation programs were slashed by 50% of FY 2012 funding levels in a funding bill approved by the House Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee for Fiscal Year 2013.

The Most Immediate Threats to Global Energy Security - Jellyfish Interview

Energy supplies have always been at risk, particularly due to geopolitical maneuverings, transit through countries in conflict and those suffering from ongoing political instability, as well as piracy on the high seas.

(LONDON OilPrice.com) - Global energy supplies are under increasing attack by non-state actors and private energy holdings are becoming key targets of political maneuverings and criminal activities.

Oilprice.com discusses the nature of the growing threat and how to reverse the risk with “smart power.”

The Agent Orange Leak on Okinawa

Buried Stockpile of Toxic Defoliant is Contaminating Futenma Air Base.

(YOKOHAMA) - The U.S. Marine Corps buried a massive stockpile of Agent Orange at the Futenma air station in Okinawa, seriously sickening the base’s former head of maintenance and potentially contaminating nearby residents and the ground beneath the base.

The barrels were abandoned in Okinawa at the end of the Vietnam War...

NRDC Analysis: `Gang of Eight` Utilities Spent Millions Lobbying and Litigating Against EPA Action While Pollution Contributes t

On Eve of Inhofe Vote to Repeal EPA Mercury Standards, Report Links Emissions to Lobbying Efforts by AEP, Ameren, DTE Energy, Energy Future Holdings, FirstEnergy, GenOn, PPL and Southern Company.

(WASHINGTON DC) - As eight leading U.S. utilities spent millions against major Clean Air Act safeguards, their coal-fired power plants emitted enough pollution to contribute to nearly 10,400 deaths.

It amounted to as much as $78 billion in health care costs, according to a new analysis from the NRDC.