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Cowspiracy Exposes the Truth About Animal Agriculture
2014-10-10 14:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A recent documentary, Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, asks why most leading environmental organizations are ignoring a leading cause of environmental damage. In 90 minutes, co-producers Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn argue that our institutional and individual attention to selected environmental issues will not make a collective difference unless we also confront the realities of animal agriculture. Animal agricultures environmental effects are so pervasive that apparent progress elsewhere...
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The truth about Arctic sea ice melt, and its inevitable denial
2014-10-07 20:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: First, the truth: After a summer of seasonal melting, on Sept. 17, 2014, Arctic sea-ice extent* likely hit its minimum for the year. The official word is that it was measured at 5.02 million square kilometers (1.94 million square miles). This is the sixth-lowest minimum since satellite records began in 1979. It also fits right in with the overall declining trend of Arctic sea ice: As you can see, back in the late 70s there used to be about 7.5 million square kilometers when ice hit its...
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Report: Proposed Texas Textbooks Deny The Truth About Climate Change
2014-09-17 20:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Seven of nineteen proposed social studies textbooks in Texas distort climate science and climate change, a report by the National Center for Science Education found on Monday. Textbooks proposed by both Pearson and McGraw Hill, two of the largest educational material publishers in the country, suggest that scientists are divided on what causes climate change. McGraw Hill`s textbook argues that "scientists agree that Earth`s climate is changing. They do not agree on what is causing the change,"...
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09.22: City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death, and the Search for Truth in Tehran
2014-08-18 22:38:51| Powells Books Events Calendar
Drawn from conversations whispered across tables in the cafes that line Vali Asr, Tehran, Iran's pulsing central thoroughfare, journalist Ramita Navai gives voice to the unforgettable lives of ordinary people forced to live extraordinary lives in modern Tehran: the porn star, the aging socialite, the assassin and enemy of the state who ends up working for the Republic, the religious militiaman who undergoes a sex change, the dutiful housewife who files for divorce, and the old-time thug running a gambling den. Rich, absorbing, and exotic, City of Lies (PublicAffairs) is an insider's glimpse into the local personalities, unremarkable busy bodies, and hysterical intrigues buzzing about the city like you've never seen before. This event is sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Oregon.
Truth behind 5 misleading food labels
2014-08-17 20:56:37| Beverages - Topix.net
Truth behind 5 misleading food labels Truth behind 5 misleading food labels Check out this story on WUSA9.com: http://on.wusa9.com/VwPUbx Food shopping is more complicated than you think.
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