Jacob Chamberlain

1 Million Evacuated Before Cyclone’s ‘Trail of Destruction’ In India

In a region where many live in make-shift houses made of palm leaves and tarpaulin sheets, thousands of houses and shops were simply blown away from Cyclone Phailin in India.

Jacob Chamberlain
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Cyclone Phailin, the strongest cyclone to hit India in 14 years, left a 'trail of destruction' behind on Sunday, Reuters reports. However, many lives were spared due to a massive evacuation effort. Extreme winds of up to 135 miles per hour and torrential rain had weakened as the storm headed inland into Sunday morning. As the storm passes,

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All Nuclear Reactors Must Go Now, Expert Panels Charge

As Fukushima shows, business-as-usual for US nuclear plants poses risks of future catastrophe.

Jacob Chamberlain
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All U.S. nuclear reactors should be shut down immediately, a panel of nuclear experts agreed Wednesday, citing past nuclear disasters and the ongoing catastrophe at Fukushima. The potential for irreparable disaster at any of the 104 nuclear reactors in the U.S. far outweighs any alleged benefits from the controversial energy source, according to

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Divestment Will Make Fossil Fuel Giants Suffer

Fossil fuel divestment stigmatizes dirty energy giants and likely to cost fossil fuel companies billions in the long run

Jacob Chamberlain
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An environmental campaign calling on groups to pull their investments from fossil fuel corporations could have a major impact on the industry and carries the potential to spur widespread political and economic stigmatization of big money polluters, a study released this week by Oxford University found. Pulling from past examples of divestment

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Undercover Officers Spy On ‘Moral Monday’ Protesters

Over 940 protesters were arrested from 13 consecutive Moral Monday protests during the summer, with a police chief testimony stating the spy operation.

Jacob Chamberlain
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North Carolina police covertly spied on protesters who were part of the widespread 'Moral Monday' demonstrations that shook the state this summer, according to testimony given at a trial for a protester who was arrested in an act of civil disobedience. At the hearing of Saladin Muammad, a U.S. Army veteran and labor activist arrested on May 13

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FDA Policy: Big Pharma Firms Pay To Play

‘Instead of protecting the public health, the FDA has been allowing the drug companies to pay for a seat at a small table where all the rules were written.’

Jacob Chamberlain
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Major pharmaceutical companies are engaging in "pay to play" arrangements that allow them to shape public policy on painkiller testing rules and regulations, according to e-mails obtained by a public records request. The Washington Post reports: A scientific panel that shaped the federal government’s policy for testing the safety and

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Senators Push ‘Real, Not Cosmetic’ NSA Reform Bill

The ACLU said the bill, whose full text has not yet been released, was “the first shot in the fight for comprehensive intelligence reform.”

Jacob Chamberlain
بواسطة Jacob Chamberlain

A draft bill announced by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Wednesday promises to establish real, "not cosmetic" reform at the National Security Agency, whose vast surveillance practices have gone largely unchecked. The Intelligence Oversight and Surveillance Reform Act, drafted by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), Sens.

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NSA Spied On MLK, US Senators And Other Vietnam War Critics, Documents Show

Agency’s self-proclaimed ‘disreputable if not outright illegal’ practices threaten civil liberties then and now, critics warn.

Jacob Chamberlain
بواسطة Jacob Chamberlain
President Lyndon Johnson shakes hands with the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., after handing him one of the pens used in signing the Civil Rights Act of July 2, 1964 at the White House in Washington. The anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday falls in the month of January. (Photo by U.S. Embassy New Delhi)

NSA documents that were declassified this week show that the agency—which has come under increased scrutiny for its dragnet surveillance practices—heavily surveilled and tapped the phones of high-profile critics of the Vietnam War, including Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali, and two U.S. senators including Idaho Democrat Frank Church. These

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