Munger: White Oak Dam contains hot lake : Columnists : Knoxville News Sentinel

Seeded on Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:10 PM EDT (Knoxville News Sentinel)

The failure of TVA's fly ash retention pond late last year made Kingston a household word in places far from Tennessee and made everybody a little more aware of the potential hazards of earthen dams.

nuclear, tennessee, us-news, radioactive, doe, ornl, nuclear-waste, fuel-cycle, n-waste, contamiantion

The list of best all time peace songs on YouTube

Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:18 PM EST

At such a moment in time, I thought it might be nice to compile a list of some of the best anti-war peace songs that have come out over the years. And just to spice the list up, here they are in video format!

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music, peace, video, world-news, anti-war, best-of

American Chronicle | Bush Firing Disloyal Federal Employees

Seeded on Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:35 AM EST (American Chronicle)

Half the story has been told. On Tuesday the Washington Post reported that Bush is creating civil service positions for loyal appointees, in order to make it hard for Obama to get rid of them.

bush, scandal, us-news, administration, whistleblowers, lame-duck

Web 2.0 Summit Videos: Lessig, Kelly, Al Gore, many more - Boing Boing

Seeded on Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:06 AM EST (Boing Boing)

This link is to the Lessig Video that is a must see for anyone who wants to get to the core of the kind of changes that we must seek or being pulled back down into the maw of lobbyists and politics as usual.

us-news

How the Thundering Herd Faltered and Fell

Seeded on Sun Nov 9, 2008 2:30 PM EST (The New York Times)

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"THERE were high-fives all around Merrill Lynch headquarters in Lower Manhattan as 2006 drew to a close. The firm's performance was breathtaking; revenue and earnings had soared, and its shares were up 40 percent for the year.

business, merrill-lynch, subprime

What will you do if the election is stolen on November 4th?

Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:39 PM EDT

Last week Newsweek called the election for Obama. Sunday, McCain said he had it.

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us-news

Yale Environment 360: Environmental Failure: A Case for a New Green Politics

Seeded on Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:23 AM EDT (e360.yale.edu)

The U.S. environmental movement is failing – by any measure, the state of the earth has never been more dire. What's needed, a leading environmentalist writes, is a new, inclusive green politics that challenges basic assumptions about consumerism and unlimited growth.

environment, us-news, ecology, environmentalist, ecologist

Frontline: Heat | Pbs

Seeded on Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:39 AM EDT (PBS)

PBS's Frontline has put together a new program on global warming and U.S. energy policy. The program documents the defeatist strategies of various energy interests in the country from the coal, car and oil companies in dealing with global warming.

energy, oil, nuclear, gas, coal, cars, solar, us-news, wind-policy

Over 1,500,000 New York State Voters Purged

Seeded on Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:50 PM EDT (nyvv.org)

As I wrote about in my last blog, HAVA required substantial changes to the way voter registration lists are managed, requiring that all states maintain a single statewide database, and that voter registration records be purged of incorrect records.

election, us-news, scandals-2008

When is Newsvine going to fix its messed up editing system?

Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:19 PM EDT

I am really really frustrated that we have been forced to use a broken editing system. Let's start with the simple fix, and one that is now way long overdue.

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newsvine, editing, broken

The Real News Network - The right to assembly

Seeded on Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:01 PM EDT (therealnews.com)

The American Civil Liberties Union is representing dozens of protestors arrested at the RNC

us-news

YouTube - I'm Voting Republican

Seeded on Thu Sep 4, 2008 2:05 PM EDT (YouTube)

I'm voting Republican! All the best reasons in just 3 minutes! Needs updating since the hurricane season hit

us-news, politcs, republicsns

ACLU Blog: Because Freedom Can't Blog Itself: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union » NYCLU to Denver Police: What Not to Do This Week

Seeded on Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:23 PM EDT (No End in Sight: Immigrants Locked Up for Years Without Hearings | American Civil Liberties Union)

Just as thousands of political protesters descend upon Denver — and Denver police prep their makeshift prison warehouse — the NYCLU today released startling new footage from New York's arrest-marred protests four years ago.

nyc, 2008, civil-rights, protest, denver, st-paul, us-news, aclu, dnc, rnc

Confidential documents reveal Finnish nuclear reactor cannot be guaranteed safe

Seeded on Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:17 PM EDT (webwire.com)

Finland, August 2008 — Confidential documents obtained by Greenpeace reveal that basic safety procedures have not been followed in the construction of the European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) Olkiluoto 3 (0L3) in Finland.

energy, nuclear, safety, finland, world-news, reactors, areva

Monsanto Company; Availability of Determination of Nonregulated Status for Corn Genetically Engineered for Insect Resistance | Federal Register Environmental Documents | USEPA

Seeded on Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:30 PM EDT (epa.gov)

We are advising the public of our determination that a corn line developed by the Monsanto Company, designated as transformation event MON 89034, which has been genetically engineered for insect resistance, is no longer considered a regulated article under our regulations governi …

monsanto, alert, us-news, comments, ecology, gmo

10 Steps in 10 Years to 100 Percent Renewable Power | Post Carbon Institute

Seeded on Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:15 PM EDT (postcarbon.org)

Below is a conceptual plan for achieving the goal of 100% renewable energy by 2018. We will be updating this document with specific recommendations and additional resources in the near future. 1. Reduce 6. Reinvest 2. Share 7. Relocalize 3. Diversify 8. Reengineer 4.

energy, us-news, alternative-energy, conservation, ecology, renewable-energy, heinberg

Has anyone done a netvibe universe for Newsvine?

Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:27 PM EDT

Has anyone set up a netvibe universe for Newsvine? For folks not familiar with netvibe, its has a nice format for building rss and other widget like tools online in a very nicely organize package.

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newsvine, netvibe

Deadly denial: Nuclear weapons workers who risked their safety in the Cold War now must fight for compensation

Seeded on Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:14 PM EDT (rockymountainnews.com)

Tens of thousands of America's former nuclear bomb builders are sick, dying or already dead because of their exposure to radiation and other poisons. You knew that.

us, nuclear, workers, scandal, nuclear-weapons, us-news, contamination, compensation, doe, fuel-cycle

Netroots on climate and energy | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist

Seeded on Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:47 PM EDT (gristmill.grist.org)

Grist/ReGeneration.org talks to bloggers about how to address the climate and energy challenge

energy, blogging, us-news, energy-policy, netroots

The Real News Network - Canada: This is the dirtiest oil in the world

Seeded on Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:30 PM EDT (therealnews.com)

Guardian: What happens when the world's biggest oil companies target a northern wilderness?

canada, energy, oil, charged, news, climate-change, corporate, shell, world-news, us-news

The Columbus Dispatch : Feds to pay Ohio $13.75 million for Fernald cleanup

Seeded on Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:28 AM EDT (columbusdispatch.com)

Radioactive waste left in the groundwater at the former Fernald uranium-processing plant in southwestern Ohio could linger for a century, state officials estimate.

energy, ohio, nuclear, cleanup, costs, us-news, doe, nuclear-waste, fernald, fuel-cycle