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The Anti-Defamation League has announced its opposition to the building of an Islamic community center (or mosque, as CNN and others put it) in Manhattan, near ground zero. It accepts that the builders have every right to do so, but believes that they should not because its presence there will cause offense and pain.
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According to the Weather Channel, this is the country’s largest hail stone. It’s 8 inches in diameter and weights approximately 2 pounds. It fell in Vivian, South Dakota, leaving damage like that seen in the image above right. “Record breaking hail“
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In a story that’s becoming all too familiar, officials are now reporting that initial estimates of the amount of crude oil spilling into a Lake Michigan tributary were too low.The Environmental Protection Agency now says it believes more than one mill…
When faced with the almost insurmountable tasks of cleaning up the mess BP created in the Gulf, most people feel helpless. Teenagers and kids outraged by the injustices much of the Gulf’s wildlife will have to endure as a result are often surprised th…
After nearly 100 days, the flow of oil gushing from the remnants of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig have finally ceased.Although many Americans will take this as a cue to resume their general disregard for the dirty practices of Big Oil an…
Earlier this week a black bear cub found himself caught in a fishing net in Anchorage, Alaska.To free her baby, the cub’s mom teamed up with a local resident and the rescue was captured on video …video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9SvPLZD8I0
Assembly Bill 1998 goes to the California State Senate in mid-August; if passed, the bill will outlaw plastic bags at large retail outlets throughout the state. Passage would be a major victory for environmentalists and the planet, and hopefully would…
Shark fin soup? Say what?!
It’s like the planet is trying to tell us something.On Monday, a faulty Michigan pipeline full of oil sprung a leak, sending over 19,000 barrels of crude (840,000 gallons) into a creek that feeds into the Kalamazoo River.Enbridge Energy Partners, the …
