The indictment is built largely around the testimony of a sixth Blackwater operative who has already pleaded guilty to two charges as part of an … Nisoor Square massacreRead more
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Workers gettig attension in US
For the past six days, hundreds of union workers have refused to leave the plant, staging a factory sit-in seldom seen in this country since … Workers gettig attension in USRead more
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Big Boy Rules: America’s Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq
The pact recently approved by the Iraqi cabinet that allows 150,000 US troops to stay in Iraq ’til 2011 could have a significant impact on … Big Boy Rules: America’s Mercenaries Fighting in IraqRead more
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Construction of the Callaway II suspended
Construction of the Callaway II Nuclear Power Plant has been suspended indefinitely. The company issued a request for the sponsors of the Construction Work In … Construction of the Callaway II suspendedRead more
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Global warming What you believe
This chart, adopted from a very interesting new survey (.pdf) of 2,164 American adults on climate policy, reveals part of the problem that advocates of … Global warming What you believeRead more
Posted inSolar / USA Empire
New solar power plant in Arizona
Albiasa Corporation, subsidiary of Spanish based Albiasa Solar, has chosen Arizona as the new location for the renewable energy firm’s development headquarters and has selected … New solar power plant in ArizonaRead more
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Clean Air Act
Background On April 2, 2007, in Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U.S. 497 (2007), the Supreme Court found that greenhouse gases are air pollutants covered by … Clean Air ActRead more
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Working Class in US
we started out calling them the working poor, and we found that really it wasn’t the best term, because we want to work in a … Working Class in USRead more
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New Economic Team of US
On Monday Obama named New York Federal Reserve Bank President Timothy Geithner to the post of the Treasury Secretary. Former Treasury Secretary under Clinton Lawrence … New Economic Team of USRead more
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No clear record of nuclear materials
A number of U.S. institutions with licenses to hold nuclear material reported to the Energy Department in 2004 that the amount of material they held … No clear record of nuclear materialsRead more