Conservationists stationed in Taiji, Japan are trying desperately to sound the alarm over more than 250 bottlenose dolphins who have been rounded up for capture or slaughter in the seaside village made infamous in the documentary film, “The Cove.” According to The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which uses staff and volunteers—known as Cove Guadians—to monitor […]
As President Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union address on Tuesday night, critical progressive observers let fly with their immediate reactions to the speech via Twitter. Disappointed by a political speech that was previewed as a call to action, what many critics on the left continue to point out is the deep gap […]
The Grocery Manufacturers Association, which poured millions into defeating measures in California and Washington to label food with genetically modified ingredients (GMOs), is leading a new coalition to press for congressional action in order to counter the growing statewide efforts to label GMOs. In addition to the GMA, the 29-member Coalition for Safe Affordable Food […]
Greenpeace activists delivered a truckload of nuclear waste and five tonnes of coal to the home of French President François Hollande at daybreak Wednesday, hours before German Chancellor Angela Merkel was set to arrive at the site. Unfurling a banner that read “Energy Transition in Europe, here and now!” the activists were calling on the […]
Reuters reports that Russia has vowed its own reprisals if western nations, including the U.S. and EU members, follow through with threats of sanctions against it: Tweets from https://twitter.com/commondreams/on-ukraine U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters in Kiev on Tuesday that the U.S. prefers military de-escalation, but if necessary, will “stand by the Ukrainian […]
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WWE is celebrating the 30th anniversary of The Undertaker with a lineup of special WWE Network programming. It was announced via Variety today that “30 Days of The Deadman” will begin on the WWE Network on Sunday, October 25. There will be new Undertaker-related programming every Sunday for five weeks. 30 Days of The Deadman will […]
A US federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s killing of three Americans in drone strokes, a decision slammed as “a true travesty of justice for our constitutional democracy.” The case was brought by the ACLU and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on behalf of family members of the victims […]
Click:smd components list (1:14 PM EST): Claims of “progress” and “de-escalation of tensions” were the key announcements made in Geneva on Thursday following top-level discussions between the U.S., Russia, Ukraine, and the European Union. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was the first to speak after a nearly seven hour-long meeting to say that a tentative […]
As pro-labeling advocates were cheering Vermont’s passage of a GMO labeling bill on Thursday, a powerful food industry lobbying group announced its plans to file a federal lawsuit to overturn the law. Governor Peter Shumlin’s signature yesterday marked a landmark moment as Vermont became the first state to enact a no-strings attached law mandating the […]