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POPSChinese Web-Blocking Software Since this can be used to transmit personal information back to "whomever", I am sure Great Britain would love to integrate this into their "Homeland Security".
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POPSlake mead is drying up lake mead stores water from the colorado river- it's holdings are used for many things. It irrigates crops in the U.S. and Mexico, and supplies water to 10's of millions of people- hoover dam generates enough electricity to power a half a million homes-
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POPS Wanna Know How Screwed Pakistan Is? The Taliban have entered the district of Mansehra and are threatening to take control of the Tarbela Dam in neighboring Haripur district, said Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the chief of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl, an Islamist political party, during a debate in parliament. “If the Taliban continue to move at this pace, they will soon be knocking at the doors of Islamabad as the Margala Hills seem to be the only hurdle in their march towards the federal capital,” Fazl said, according to a report in The News. “After occupying Buner, they have reached Kala Dhaka and may also be taking over the water reservoir of the Tarbela Dam.” Enlarge map + point cursor over map http://infidelsarecool.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/pakistan-map.jpg
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POPSHydroelectric power's dirty secret revealed This is an oldie but goodie. Not many people know this. New York is powered by the massive James Bay hydroelectric complex in northern Quebec which submerged hundreds of thousands of sqare miles of boreal forest. Think of the methane being produced for that! No wonder the Canadian North is heating up faster than virtually anywhere else. NB Note how old clips can be as useful as new ones. We forget much more than we know.
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POPSLocal environmental protection that works This is a highly targeted local organization devoted to protecting five watershed areas (this is near where I live). I clipped it as an example of what seems to me highly effective local environmental organizing.
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