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Want to see less taxes?? Vote out the republicans who are giving our tax money to mega-churches and mega corporations who do little to feed the poor, further innovative science and even less to help develop sustainable clean energy sources...

'The biggest ongoing disaster in the United States you haven't heard of'
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/22/1233033/--The-biggest-ongoing-disaster-in-the-United-States-you-haven-t-heard-of?detail=facebook

Record-Breaking Renewable Energy Capacity Pushes Fossil Fuel Plants to Close in Germany
http://ecowatch.com/2013/renewables-push-fossil-fuel-plants-to-close/

Rattling Ions Limit Heat Flow in Materials Used to Reduce Carbon Emissions
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130825171554.htm

Satellites have shown two mysterious 'black hole' whirlpools in the South Atlantic ocean - ultra powerful “vortexes” which suck water down into the depths. The whirpools - never witnessed before - would suck down ships, debris and even living creatures, moving 1.3 million cubic metres of water per second. Two of the black holes - or “maelstroms” - have been sighted in three months by physicists from Zurich and Miami.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/satellites-glimpse-ultra-powerful-“black-hole”-whirlpools-in-atlantic-151036336.html#KNGKkbP


Black holes on Earth?

The nuclear industry is having its own meltdown...

Former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Says Every Single Reactor in the U.S. Should Be Shut Down

The first thing to remember about nuclear power is that it’s not safe. Just ask Japan.

The second thing to remember is that nuclear power isn’t cheap. Connecticut draws half its juice from nuclear reactors and has the second-highest rates in the country, after Hawaii.

The third thing to know is that everybody lies about it. The power plant designers lie, the builders lie, the utility companies lie, the regulators lie, and the politicians lie.

http://www.alternet.org/environment/former-chairman-nuclear-regulatory-commission-says-every-single-reactor-us-should-be

World's first solar electric bus and other electric news
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/13/1238679/-World-s-first-solar-electric-bus-and-other-electric-news?detail=facebook

More than 3,000 square kilometers of Canada's Boreal forest are threatened by tar sand development. Alberta’s Boreal forest is one of the last wild forests left in the world. It is home to thousands of plants and animals, contains 35% of Canada’s wetlands and, as a functioning whole, stores carbon, regulates climate and filters water. The Boreal forest is an incredible ecosystem that needs protection from the unrelenting pressures of increased oil sands development.

Via The Sierra Club

Breakthroughs in fuel-cell technology
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/43384144/#52421349

China monitors Fukushima radiation in western Pacific
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20131023000080&cid=1105

Fuel Removal From Fukushima’s Reactor 4 Threatens ‘Apocalyptic’ Scenario. Radiation Fuel Rods Matches Fallout of 14,000 Hiroshima Bombs
http://www.globalresearch.ca/fuel-removal-from-fukushimas-reactor-4-threatens-apocalyptic-scenario-radiation-fuel-rods-matches-fallout-of-14000-hiroshima-bombs/5355508?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fuel-removal-from-fukushimas-reactor-4-threatens-apocalyptic-scenario-radiation-fuel-rods-matches-fallout-of-14000-hiroshima-bombs

Latest video releases from Tepco
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/library/movie-01e.html?bcpid=59368209002&bclid=347242463002&bctid=642054611002

Japan Gov’t: “Unprecedented situation of radioactive pollution” from Fukushima disaster — “Intensive Contamination Areas” designated near downtown Tokyo, and officials there say health assistance for kids and pregnant women is needed (MAP)
http://enenews.com/japan-govt-unprecedented-situation-of-radioactive-pollution-from-fukushima-disaster-intensive-contamination-in-areas-around-downtown-tokyo-and-officials-there-now-want-health-assistance