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Video: 50 Cent & Eminem Perform At Shady Records 2.0 SXSW Showcase

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In this clip we see 50 Cent and Eminem performing, “Patiently Waiting,” at Shady 2.0′s SXSW showcase. Check below for footage of 50 Cent performing the full album, “Get Rich Broadcasting platform : DailyMotion Source : Real Talk NY Discovery Date : 17/03/2012 08:07 Number of articles : 2

Video: 50 Cent & Eminem Perform At Shady Records 2.0 SXSW Showcase

Stopping the Real Welfare Queens

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By @KYYellowDog When it comes to actual waste in the federal budget, nothing beats subsidies to oil companies and other fossil fuel follies. They are multiply lethal: economically suicidal, fiscally suicidal and environmentally suicidal. Ending them is a bigger lift than health care reform, but the first huge step is President Obama saying publicly it has to happen. Full transcript here. Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : They gave us a republic Discovery Date : 17/03/2012 09:30 Number of articles : 2

Stopping the Real Welfare Queens

Schwarzenneger’s Post-Governor Plan: Fight Climate Change

Photo: the Guardian Arnold Schwarzenegger will not likely be remembered as California’s most beloved governor — he’s leaving office with his approval rating in the 20 percent range. But history may be kinder to his legacy on climate — addressing global warming eventually became his trademark issue with the passage of the state’s solid climate law AB 32, that requires California to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Defending the law from Texas oil companies, who attempted to shut it down w… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Read a Sample Chapter of Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil

Image credit: Ed Kashi This post was written by Peter Maass whose book Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil is now available in paperback . In Nigeria, the oil has not stopped leaking. While residents around the Gulf of Mexico breathe a sigh of relief over the BP spill’s capping, an oil disaster continues in Nigeria. Due to the recklessness of multinational oil companies, as well as a simmering war between a corr… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Congress Pressures Oil Giants On Spill Plans

photo via flickr When the CEOs of some of the world’s largest oil companies testified in front of the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment earlier this month, they had no good answers for how their companies would approach cleaning up a spill like the Deepwater Horizon. That’s not good enough, of course, and now Congress is pressuring the oil companies to step up and be more forthright. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) sent a letter today to ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Shell, and Chevron demanding answers…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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VW Unveils New Jetta, Hybrid Model Coming in 2012

Photo: VW New TDI Diesel Engine Also Available VW has just unveiled the new 2011 Jetta. It was completely redesigned and no longer shares a platform with the VW Golf. Like most new cars that get redesigned, the Jetta suffers from inflation: It’s now 3.54 inches/9 cm longer than the previous Jetta, and the wheelbase is 2.76 inches/7 cm longer. For more details on what’s under the hood and on the upcoming hybrid version, see below…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Most Major Oil Co’s Have Same Fabricated Spill "Response Plan" as BP

Image via Ocean World Earlier today, executives from other major oil companies engaged in offshore drilling testified before Washington. They attempted to convince the legislators that their drilling procedures and containment plans were much safer than BP’s, and that they can be trusted to continue drilling safely in deep waters. But some disturbing details surfaced at the hearing: Especially that many of the major oil companies’ response plans in the event of a major spill were ac… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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