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The Land of the Free & The Home of the Brave

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A video is making it rounds around the internet. It appears that some marines that are based out of Camp Lejeune are urinating on the dead bodies of Taliban fighters. If this is true and this really is what they did these men need to face military justice. Standing up and saying that this behavior is unacceptable is not an indication that you are a fan of the Taliban. Sadly, many are not only justifying… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Pundit Press Discovery Date : 12/01/2012 00:24 Number of articles : 2

The Land of the Free & The Home of the Brave

‘Green News Report’ – January 12, 2012

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TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport VIA SMART PHONE: Stitcher Radio! IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: GOP planning end-run around Obama on Keystone XL pipeline?; 2 years after massive earthquake, Haiti still devastated; Big polluters in your neighborhood? There’s a map for that; PLUS: While Obama talks clean energy, Germany actually does it … All that and more in today’s Green News Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Brad Blog Discovery Date : 12/01/2012 16:08 Number of articles : 2

‘Green News Report’ – January 12, 2012

Wikileaks: Dalai Lama Says Tibet’s Environmental Problems Cannot Wait, But Political Solution Can

photo: Helene / Creative Commons In the latest environmentally-themed release from Wikileaks , published by The Guardian but not yet on the Wikileaks Cable Viewer at the time of this writing, it’s been revealed that the Dalai Lama told the US ambassador to India that the focus of the international community … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Wikileaks: Dalai Lama Says Tibet’s Environmental Problems Cannot Wait, But Political Solution Can

photo: Helene / Creative Commons In the latest environmentally-themed release from Wikileaks , published by The Guardian but not yet on the Wikileaks Cable Viewer at the time of this writing, it’s been revealed that the Dalai Lama told the US ambassador to India that the focus of the international community … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Week in Animal News: Chimp Paints Masterpieces, We Eat Less Meat, and More (Slideshow)

Photo: Christian Rabeling Jimmy the chimp loves painting — and he’s darn good at it. Find this amazing story — plus a look at the new species discovered in 2010, the effect of media coverage on factory farming, how humans are causing shark attacks, and more in the Week in Animal News. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tattle-Tale On Bad Drivers With DriveMeCrazy App

Photo by realSMILEY via Flickr Creative Commons Need another reason to quit driving everywhere and take the train instead? How about an app that let’s drivers rat each other out to the DMV and insurance companies for driving mistakes. The DriveMeCrazy app encourages drivers to report bad behavior by voicing the offender’s license plate into a smartphone, which records the date, time and location of the offense. And that information is shipped off to two places drivers really don’t love interacting with. It’s a n… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Graph of the Day: The Cost of Production Of Oil

Estimates of the cost of production for oil production form various locations Image Credit: Oil Drum Whenever we speak of Peak Oil, the optimists point out that the technology for finding replacements will turn up as the prices rise; look at what has happened with the oil sands and with shale gas. But as this graph shows, each alternative just gets more expensive. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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On Factory Farms: Smithfield Foods Exposed for (More) Cruelty

Image: Screenshot via HSUS Despite what seems like increased media attention on some of the cruelty and environmental abuses at factory farms over the last year, the worst practices continue unchecked. The latest exposé comes from a factory farm owned by a subsidiary of the world’s largest pork producer, Smithfield Foods. Through an undercover investigation in Virginia, the Humane Society of the U.S. caught horrific treatment of female pigs and piglets on video…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Researchers Discover Caterpillar Whistles to Ward Off Birds

Image via Live Science video The walnut sphinx caterpillar has a trick up its sleeve — er, side — to keep birds from chomping on it. The clever bug can make an odd whistling sound, which startles birds enough that they usually just leave it alone. Researchers didn’t know how it managed to make this sound, so they set up cameras and began experimenting. The results are rather strange. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A Hand-Powered Table Saw Offers Electricity-Free Precision (Video)

Image credit: Bridge City Tool Works When I pondered the question of whether we need to embrace the sacred to survive peak oil , I confessed to not being the most practical man in the world. But that doesn’t mean I don’t know the value of a good tool. And from hand-powered log splitters , through hand-cranked blenders , … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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