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Sex.com creditors put off NY auction of domain name; among potential bidders was PETA - Star Tribune: Science & Technology

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Community college students miss out on grants - SFGate: Top Stories

jtucker@sfchronicle.com (Jill Tucker) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Community college students miss out on grants

Technology gives charities new way to reach out - SFGate: Business & Technology

Benny Evangelista — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Technology gives charities new way to reach out

Dramatic decline of male births in indigenous communities tied to industrial pollution - ICT - global

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A strange reality exists in at least one indigenous community – babies that should be born boys are instead, born girls.

Our Vanishing Wilderness: First Environmental T.V. Series Now Available Online (VIDEO) - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Gazelle Emami — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Before Planet Earth came Our Vanishing Wilderness. The 70s environmental T.V. series was groundbreaking for its time, as it was not only the first environmental...

Judge allows Union Station work to proceed - Denver Post: News: Local

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Judge allows Union Station work to proceed

Deep-sea volcanoes play key climate role - Climate Change News - ENN

dotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdotdot — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A vast network of under-sea volcanoes pumping out nutrient-rich water in the Southern Ocean plays a key role in soaking up large amounts of carbon dioxide, acting as a brake on climate change, scientists say. A group of Australian and French scientists have shown for the first time that the volcanoes are a major source of iron that single-celled plants called phytoplankton need to bloom and in the process soak up CO2, the main greenhouse gas.

Racist Right-Wing Shock Jock Who Threatened the Lives of Judges Beats Jail Rap for Second Time - AlterNet.org: Media and Technology

Rory O'Connor, AlterNet — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Hal Turner, an internet shock jock and F.B.I. informant, beat the rap again as his second federal "Death-Threat Trial," ended in yet another mistrial.

From Nepal to the Maldives, Eye Witness Sees Impact of Warming and Melting Glaciers - AlterNet

Kunda Dixit, SolveClimate — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Bursting glacial lakes, storm surges, and drought among the current dangers.

Sex.com creditors say domain's too hot to be sold - AP Business

By MEGAN K. SCOTT — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) -- The suitors for Sex.com have been put off for now....

Brewing tensions between the Tea Party and GOP (Reuters) - Yahoo: Top Stories

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Reuters - Some Tea Partiers say they can pinpoint the precise moment when they made it clear to the Republican Party they had no intention of being its lapdog.

Earth Hour Countdown: Does It Make A Difference? - TreeHugger

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Earth Hour Countdown: Does It Make A Difference?

Green Purchases Can Be Motivated by Desire for Higher Status - ENS

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Green Purchases Can Be Motivated by Desire for Higher Status

How Companies That Aggressively Pursue Sustainability Reap Rewards - Business Operations | GreenBiz.com

Robert Kropp — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A report from the MIT Sloan Management Review and the Boston Consulting Group finds that while the majority of companies view sustainability as a response to external pressures, some are finding profitability in its practice.

EPA to begin study on shale gas drilling (Reuters) - Yahoo: Top Stories

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Reuters - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was set to announce on Thursday that it will begin to take a closer look at the environmental and human health impact of shale gas drilling, according to a U.S. congressman who wants to see more regulation of the practice.

Loan-Loss Provisions Hurt Sberbank - Wall St. Journal: US Business

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Russia's biggest lender posted 75% drop in full-year net profit, although earnings bounced back in the fourth quarter.

Sam Fulwood: The Zero-Sum Argument that Pits African Americans Against Undocumented Workers is a False Premise - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Sam Fulwood — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Henry Fernandez, Senior Fellow at Center for American Progress contributed to this article At the heart of this specious challenge to fairness for all U.S....

U.S. schools in ‘category 5’ budget crisis - MSNBC

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

As state and local officials plan their school budgets for next fall, the question is: Will it be bad — or horribly bad? Msnbc.com's Alex Johnson reports. ...

Headlines for March 18, 2010 - Democracy Now!

mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Healthcare Bill Gets Boost as 2 Dems Pledge Support, Senate OKs $18B Jobs Bill, Obama Downplays Israeli Settlement Dispute, Lula Backs Palestinian Struggle in West Bank Visit, Thai Guestworker Killed in Gaza Rocket Attack, 5 Jailed US Citizens Charged in Pakistan, Penn. Regulators Probe Suspected Drilling Contamination, Senate Backs Reduction of Drug Sentencing Disparity, Report: Insurance Company Had Policy Targeting HIV-Positive Policyholders, US Reviewing Restrictions on Gay Blood Donors, Detroit to Close 44 Schools, Witnesses: Madoff Assaulted by Fellow Prisoner, Muslim Scholar to Make First US Appearance Since Lifting of Ban

The zero-sum argument that pits black Americans against undocumented workers is a false premise - AlterNet

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

By Sam Fulwood III and Henry Fernandez, Senior Fellows at Center for American Progress, Race-Talk contributors At the heart of this specious challenge to fairness for all U.S. workers is the idea that blacks resent undocumented Latino immigrants for taking away jobs that would rightfully belong to them. Restrictionist opponents to immigration reform seize on this [...] ...

"Green Zone": War resister comments on new Iraq War action film - rabble.ca - News for the rest of us

johnbon — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

War resister Chuck Wiley shares his thoughts on the Green Zone, a new Iraq war action film. In 2006, Wiley was in Iraq as a Chief Petty Officer aboard the aboard the USS Enterprise, a US naval vessel. ...

Life-Cycle Studies: Beer - Worldwatch Institute

Jane Zhou and Ben Gonin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

For the past five years, Worldwatch has explored the history, production method, and environmental and social impacts of everyday products - from chopsticks to pencils - in the Life-Cycle Studies section of its bi-monthly magazine, World Watch . This print-exclusive content is now available for free to Eye on Earth readers. Look for a new study every Friday! Overview Enkidu, a man raised by wild animals in the classic Sumerian poem Epic of Gilgamesh, knew nothing of beer until a prostitute guided him to a shepherd's camp. Upon finishing seven full cups, "his soul became free and cheerful, his heart rejoiced, his face glowed.... He became human." Beer was so popular throughout ancient Mesopotamia that some historians argue it ...

Murray volunteer honored for years of beautification efforts - Salt Lake Tribune

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

James Hendrickson discovered his love of landscaping as a teenager, when he cut lawns with his father in Salt Lake City and inherited his mother's passion for flowers and gardening.

Jennifer Grayson: Eco Etiquette: 5 Green Ways To Fight That Cold - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Jennifer Grayson — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. It seems like every time I get sick,...

'Outsourcing' Emissions Hides Countries' True Carbon Footprints - Energy & Climate | Greenbiz.com

James Murray — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Around a third of industrialized countries carbon emissions are exported to developing nations.