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Brazil`s Belo Monte Hydroelectric Plant Threatens 40,000

Brazil's president approves construction of massive plant in virgin Amazon forest.

(SALEM) - Local tribes believe construction of the massive Belo Monte hydroelectric power plant on the Xingu River in Brazil's northern region continues, water levels will eventually flood 40,000 human beings from their homes.

Environmental Protection Agencies: Federal and State Versions Under Siege

Reducing Power and Lowering Standards of Environmental Oversight Is Fiscal Stupidity.

(LAGUNA BEACH) - They pitch the battle as environment vs. jobs, it is a phony argument using economic recovery through ecological laxity as the key to our nation’s fiscal woes.

This type of “Zero Sum Game,” is a winner-take-all scenario that will create more jobs---More jobs in the remediation and restoration career sectors after we’ve destroyed our country’s ecologies.

Fishy Border Contamination

"The possession of contaminated fish taken from the reservoir is prohibited by the TDSHS" - EPA

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - In the latest chapter of a long-running border environmental mystery, U.S. federal and state officials plan a visit to south Texas this coming week.

Malvinas in Britain`s Imperialist Claws

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner says the UK harbors secret plans to plunder the natural resources.

(TEHRAN) - The simmering tensions over the Malvinas Islands or Falkland Islands (off the coast of Argentina in the South Atlantic) as called by the British occupiers.

The British Royal Navy is planning to send the Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless, a state-of-the-art warship, to the region on her maiden mission

Vietnam War Veterans: Burden of Proof

The reality is, we were there and we were poisoned.

(MEDIA, Pa.) - Vietnam veterans who never had boots-on-ground Vietnam, who are sick from presumptive exposure to agent orange dioxin poisoning are tied up in paperwork.

The burden of proof is placed solely upon the veteran. Burden of proof is mainly directed to those service members who never had boots-on-ground.

Hypocrisy and Intransigence- Mainstays of the Agent Orange Controversy

Suspicions continue to exist between the US and Viet Nam, although the deep freeze appears to be thawing...

(BRITISH COLUMBIA) - Over 77 million litres of herbicide were dispensed over southern Viet Nam by the US military through the code-named ‘Operation Ranch Hand’.

The Vietnamese reported early in operation that human health was being adversely affected by widespread dispersal of defoliants. Agent Orange.

Nuclear Power is Clean -- as Long as you Ignore `Safety`!

Every American nuclear power plant could be closed down if Americans turned off extra lights and became energy efficient.

(CARLSBAD, Calif.) - In the U.S., radiation-related "safety" decisions over commercial nuclear power plants are handled very undemocratically.

They are considered to be strictly the purview of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Courts, utility and state energy commissions, EPA, DOE, and everyone else whose regulatory authority touches on nuclear power will insist that you cannot talk to them about "safety." You must go to the NRC.

California Quelches Plans to Transform Marine Base into Homes

Voice of OC reveals dimming hope for Irvine's 'Great Park' project.

(SALEM) - The story of the proposed redevelopment of the old El Toro Marine base in Irvine, California is beginning to match our predictions from more than three years ago.

The effort was bogus from day one; the base is packed with toxic chemicals and their residue and no sensible person would consider living even close to it, let alone 'on' the old wreck of a base.

Reactor Reax- Roundup of Nuclear-Related Stories

The latest stories about nuclear power and energy.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - This week in Reactor Reax, activists in Iowa say future plans for nuclear power should be skipped.

Doctored Photo In Marine Murder Probe (PART 3)

Motive for the murder was to prevent Colonel Sabow from talking about unmarked civilian aircraft to flying drugs into MCAS El Toro.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - Colonel James E. Sabow, age 51, was found dead by his wife in their backyard patio at MCAS El Toro on the morning of January 22, 1991. The death was reported as a suicide from a self-inflicted shotgun wound.

Just another tragic military suicide, you say. In this case, the answer is a resounding “NO.” The forensic evidence supports homicide; a violent and brutal murder...