Britain can’t afford its nuclear weapons, nor can USA
To preserve vital conventional military forces, the [USA] service chiefs will likely have to cut into the $54 billion spent each year on nuclear weapons-related programs.
British Budget Collapse Foreshadows Cuts to Come in U.S. Defense Budget, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Joe Cirincione, 21 Oct 10, Great Britain’s cuts, particularly to its nuclear forces, are the canary in the defense budget mine. Continue reading
Renewable energy transmission line from Idaho to Nevada
35 U.S. States want a national minimum renewable energy standard
RES in the 35 states and Washington — 30 of which involve mandatory targets — will create more than two million jobs.
State leaders want flexible, minimum US renewable energy standard Washington (Platts)–20Oct2010 Leaders from some of the 35 US states that require a minimum percentage of power generation to come from renewable sources said Wednesday they support a national renewable energy standard, as long as it supports rather than hinders state efforts…. Continue reading
Buddhist monks campaign for renewable energy
The monks are campaigning for renewable energy as a means to deliver electricity to people without adversely affecting the climate
Buddhist monks demand renewable energy in Bodhgaya, sify news, 20 Oct 10, Buddhist monks released sky lanterns before Buddha’s 80-feet-tall statue to demand renewable energy as a solution to the power crisis in the religious town of Bodhgaya in Bihar’s Gaya District. Continue reading
A plea to help save squirrel monkeys from cruel radiation tests
You can help us find out the status of these cruel experiments by taking a moment to call the Department of Energy (DOE) at 202-586-5000 and politely asking if plans are still in place to bombard squirrel monkeys with radiation at Brookhaven.
Did NASA Cancel Cruel Monkey Experiments? Opposing Views by PETA 20 Oct 10, PETA has obtained government documents showing that in August 2010, the Brookhaven National Laboratory—where NASA has been planning to fund a study to blast monkeys with radiation—made a decision about whether or not to move forward with the cruel project. Continue reading
Secrecy over plans for radiation experiments on monkeys
The DOE cited an exemption under the federal law, which allowed it to modify the contents of the documents it released under the Act. This meant that BNL officials could blank out the decision they made in regards to the experiments.
Needless to say, this was precisely the most important aspect of the documents.
Uncertainty Looms over NASA Monkey Radiation Experiments – Softpedia, 21 Oct 10, Last year, a massive scandal erupted when PETA learned that NASA was planning to conduct a series of radiation experiments on unsuspecting monkeys. The faith of the experiments is now uncertain. Continue reading
Radioactive cancer treatments can endanger community
people, especially kids and those who are pregnant, at risk. It’s also been found that garbage from the patients have set off radiation detectors at landfills.
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