On 26th may 2011 there was a public hearing of UCIL in Jadugoda. Following is a report by JOAR from Jharkhand. The experiences of the … Protest against uranium mining in IndiaRead more
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How We Know We’re Causing Global Warming
In 1859, physicist John Tyndall ran an experiment demonstrating the greenhouse effect. Visible sunlight easily passes through our atmosphere to warm the Earth. However, invisible … How We Know We’re Causing Global WarmingRead more
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Wall Street & Pentagon Emerge Victorious on Debt Deal
After months of a bitterly partisan stalemate, the U.S. House of Representatives has voted in favor of raising the federal borrowing limit and avoiding a … Wall Street & Pentagon Emerge Victorious on Debt DealRead more
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UK closes Sellafield nuclear fuel plant
Built at a cost of more than £1.2 billion the plant, on the coast of the Irish Sea in northern England, ran into trouble from … UK closes Sellafield nuclear fuel plantRead more
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The Myth of the Sole Inventor
The theory of patent law is based on the idea that a lone genius can solve problems that stump the experts, and that the lone … The Myth of the Sole InventorRead more
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Euthanasia of Industry
. “When I was in Norway one of the Norwegian politicians sat next to me at a dinner and said, “You know, there’s one good … Euthanasia of IndustryRead more
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A Secret War in 120 Countries
In “Getting bin Laden,” Nicholas Schmidle’s New Yorker report on the assault on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, here’s the money sentence, according … A Secret War in 120 CountriesRead more
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World’s largest uranium deposits in India?
India’s nuclear industry is currently celebrating its discovery of what might be one of the world’s largest uranium deposits. Will this find help the nation’s … World’s largest uranium deposits in India?Read more
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A guide to food speculation
Financial speculation in rich industrialised countries like the UK and US is pushing up food prices of staples like maize in low-income countries. Banks including … A guide to food speculationRead more
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Ecotricity launches the Electric Highway
For first time electric vehicles will be able to travel the length and breadth of Britain using the world’s first national charging network at motorway … Ecotricity launches the Electric HighwayRead more