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Fwd: CC News Letter, 15 August - BPing The Arctic, Again ‎



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Date: Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 11:51 PM
Subject: CC News Letter, 15 August - BPing The Arctic, Again ‎
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BPing The Arctic, Again — Fast Tracking Shell's Dangerous Drilling
 By Subhankar Banerjee

http://www.countercurrents.org/banerjee150811.htm

One of the riskiest and most destructive extreme energy oil exploration projects on the planet is moving toward implementation without scientific understanding or technical preparedness — Shell's oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean of Alaska. On August 4, the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) conditionally approved Shell's plan to drill up to four exploratory wells in the Beaufort Sea of Arctic Alaska starting July 2012


Personal Energy Cubes
 By Tom Murphy

http://www.countercurrents.org/murphy150811.htm

In this post, we'll put a physical, comprehendible scale on the amount of energy typical Americans have used in their lifetimes. No judgment: just the numbers


Capitalism's New Era
 By Shamus Cooke

http://www.countercurrents.org/cooke150811.htm

Many within the labor movement are calling for massive demonstrations across the country for October 1. It will take these types of actions to unite working people to fight for a positive solution to the economic crisis


Seeds Of Despair
 By Yoginder Sikand

http://www.countercurrents.org/sikand150811.htm

The growing control of massive corporate houses, including multinational corporations (MNCs), over the agricultural sector has left agricultural labourers and small farmers increasingly at the mercy of market forces, leading, as numerous reports have highlighted, to their increasing pauperization


Into That Heaven Of Freedom From Corruption,
 Let My Country Awake
 By S.G.Vombatkere

http://www.countercurrents.org/vombatkere150811.htm

Who can tell what the morrow may bring as India steps into its 65th year of Independence? Whatever it may bring, it is certain that the stakes will be raised


Independence Day Message To Fellow Indians!
 By Mike Ghouse

http://www.countercurrents.org/ghouse150811.htm

Let's continue to honor the concept that there is always another side to the story, as finding the truth is our own responsibility


India, The Idea Of Nation And The Subaltern
 Indian Woman
 By Cynthia Stephen

http://www.countercurrents.org/cynthia150811.htm

Chances are that soon the subalterns, who are at present silent and almost invisible in state governance, politics and decision-making especially women, will take their rightful places as representatives of the people and the nation


Kashmir Calm, Youth Face The Brunt
 By Fahad Shah

http://www.countercurrents.org/shah150811.htm

In wake of Indian Independence Day celebrations on August 15 here at a local stadium, Bakshi Stadium, the state has launched crackdown on youths. A local newspaper reported that police have detained more than 45 youth in Srinagar and south Kashmir during nocturnal raids in just two days

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