Campaign Launched to Force 'BP Ten' and Others in Congress to Give Up Dirty Oil Cash Friends of the Earth’s campaign targets underlying problem that led to Gulf spill: the undue influence of oil companies in Washington

Today, as BP's CEO, Tony Hayward, was set to testify about the devastating oil disaster his firm caused in the Gulf of Mexico, the environmental watchdog group Friends of the Earth launched a campaign [2] to pressure members of Congress to unload the cash they’ve received from BP and other oil companies.

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Cary Fraser: Coming to Terms With Equality and Diversity--America's Ongoing Culture Wars

The recent decision by the Texas School Board of Education to revise the curriculum in the state to reflect a more "conservative" approach to social studies and history has highlighted the ongoing debate about the role of education in American society and culture.

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Paul Wapner: Humility in a Climate Age

There is a battle going on for the soul of environmentalism. How it plays out will determine our ability to respond to a whole host of environmental dilemmas, especially climate change.

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James Petra: Afghanistan: The Longest Lost War

Despite almost a decade of warfare, including an invasion and occupation, the US military and its allies and client state armed forces are losing the war in Afghanistan.

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Bob Chapman: The Fed's Purchase of US Sovereign Debt: "The US Treasury is under the Control of the Fed’s Owners"

US, UK and European financial systems are on the way to collapse

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Food Prices to Rise by Up to 40% Over Next Decade, UN Report Warns

Growing demand from emerging markets and for biofuel production will send prices soaring, according to the OECD and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation

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Unusual Trading in Stock Options Prior to 9/11: Government Destroyed Documents Regarding Pre-9/11 Put Options

Sources tell CBS News that the afternoon before the attack, alarm bells were sounding over unusual trading in the U.S. stock options market.

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David DeGraw: The U.S. War Addiction: Funding Enemies to Maintain Trillion Dollar Racket

A few recent news items help expose the true drivers of current wars around the world.

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Nasa warns solar flares from 'huge space storm' will cause devastation

National power grids could overheat and air travel severely disrupted while electronic items, navigation devices and major satellites could stop working after the Sun reaches its maximum power in a few years.

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Zach Carter: The BP Speech: Obama Still Refuses to Lead

There's no getting around it: President Barack Obama's speech on the BP oil disaster was an overwhelming disappointment. Despite confirming support for stronger regulation of offshore drilling and developing a national clean energy agenda, Obama failed to offer any policies to actually prevent the kind of catastrophe currently playing out on the Gulf, and refused to coalesce around any specific measures to wean the United States off of fossil fuels.

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