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Subject: CC News Letter, 23 Feb - Earth Is Losing Half A Trillion Tons Of Ice A Year
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Countercurrents.org
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Earth Is Losing Half A Trillion Tons Of Ice A Year
NASA Press Release
http://www.countercurrents.org/nasa230212.htm
The total global ice mass lost from Greenland, Antarctica and Earth's glaciers and ice caps during the study period was about 4.3 trillion tons (1,000 cubic miles), adding about 0.5 inches (12 millimeters) to global sea level. That's enough ice to cover the United States 1.5 feet (0.5 meters) deep
Oil Will Decline Shortly After 2015, Says Former Oil Expert Of International Energy Agency
By Matthieu Auzanneau
http://www.countercurrents.org/auzanneau230212.htm
Olivier Rech developed petroleum scenarios for the International Energy Agency over a three year period, up until 2009. His forecasts for future petroleum production are now much more pessimistic than those published by the IEA. He expects stronger tensions as of 2013, and an inevitable overall decline of oil production "somewhere between 2015 and 2020"
US, Egyptian Junta Seek To Arm Syrian Opposition
By Johannes Stern
http://www.countercurrents.org/stern230212.htm
On Monday the Republican US Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham met for talks with generals of the US backed Egyptian military junta and leading members of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo. Both Senators are members of the Senate Armed Services Committee and call for arming the Syrian opposition and regime change in Damascus
Look At The Facts: Who Is The REAL Nuclear Threat In The Middle East ?
By Larry Everest
http://www.countercurrents.org/everest230212.htm
Nuclear weapons in anyone's hands are dangerous. And Iran 's Islamic Republic is a repressive and reactionary theocracy driven by its own interests to increase its influence and standing (even while those aspirations are well within the operation of the current oppressive world order). But since the U.S. and Israel have raised the issue of nuclear weapons, it's only fair to look at what the facts actually show about just who is the biggest nuclear threat to the planet by far
Bradley Manning, Solitary Confinement And Occupy 4 Prisoners
By Bill Quigley
http://www.countercurrents.org/quigley230212.htm
Today US Army Private Bradley Manning is to be formally charged with numerous crimes at Fort Meade, Maryland. The Manning prosecution is a tragic miscarriage of justice. US officials are highly embarrassed by what Manning exposed and are shooting the messenger
How The New Mexico Anti–Nuclear Campaign Achieved A Major Victory
By Subhankar Banerjee
http://www.countercurrents.org/banerjee230212.htm
On February 13, the President released his proposed fiscal year 2013 budget. On page 26 of the document "Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings: Budget of the U.S. Government" we find, "The Administration proposes deferring the construction of the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement facility... for at least five years."Abandoned or postponed—either way, this is a major victory for the New Mexico anti–nuclear activists and community members who have been fighting this issue since 2003.
The "Global Crises of Capitalism"; Whose Crises, Who Profits?
By James Petras
http://www.countercurrents.org/petras230212.htm
Introduction: From the Financial Times to the far left, tons of ink has been spilt writing about some variant of the "Crises of Global Capitalism". While writers differ in the causes, consequences and cures, according to their ideological lights, there is a common agreement that "the crises" threatens to end the capitalist system as we know it
Remotely Piloted War
By Tom Engelhardt
http://www.countercurrents.org/engelhardt230212.htm
How drone war became the American way of life
Cold War In Warm Waters: US-China's Dangerous Contest For Asia-Pacific
By Ramzy Baroud
http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud230212.htm
The race for supremacy over Asia is being renewed, this time with China more forceful than ever. The South China Sea is likely to emerge as major point of contention in coming years. Leaders of adjacent countries might find themselves being forced to choose sides in a foreseeable conflict over resources and military presence
The Unmaking Of Israel
By Jim Miles
http://www.countercurrents.org/miles230212.htm
Many recent works are reflecting an internal crisis within Israel, part of which is the increased power of the ultra-Orthodox Jews within the educational, military, and political systems of Israel. Gershom Gorenberg's "The Unmaking of Israel" presents clear and well argued points concerning this aspect of current Israeli life and politics
Two More Starvation Deaths In Assam
By Waliullah Ahmed Laskar
http://www.countercurrents.org/laskar230212.htm
Two more people died of starvation in the Bhuvan valley tea garden of Assam state of India, a tea estate owned by a Kolkata based private company, raising the toll of starvation deaths to 12
Sri Lanka : Vox Papuli, Vox Del
By Nilantha Ilangamuwa
http://www.countercurrents.org/ilangamuwa230212.htm
Sri Lanka is not only a country where crimes have become part of daily life but has become one of the countries where custodians of the law are undermining themselves to gain personal benefits to the family or group of people who in power and no one there would dare to question this kind of breakdown of the law and take a serious interest in the country
Interfaith Coalition Urges Politicians To Stop Playing The Religion Card
By Mary Shaw
http://www.countercurrents.org/shaw230212.htm
A diverse coalition of national religious organizations has issued an Interfaith Statement of Principles, calling on all candidates for public office to honor our nation's religious freedom and avoid stirring up religious controversy
Countercurrents And You !
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From: Countercurrents <editor@countercurrents.org>
Date: Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 11:45 PM
Subject: CC News Letter, 23 Feb - Earth Is Losing Half A Trillion Tons Of Ice A Year
To: palashbiswaskl@gmail.com
Dear Friend,
If you think the content of this news letter is critical for the dignified living and survival of humanity and other species on earth, please forward it to your friends and spread the word.It's time humanity should come together as one family! You can subscribe to our news letter here http://www.countercurrents.org/subscribe.htm. You can also follow us on twitter, http://twitter.com/countercurrents and on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/countercurrents
In Solidarity
Binu Mathew, Editor,
Countercurrents.org
Educate! Organize! Agitate!
Earth Is Losing Half A Trillion Tons Of Ice A Year
NASA Press Release
http://www.countercurrents.org/nasa230212.htm
The total global ice mass lost from Greenland, Antarctica and Earth's glaciers and ice caps during the study period was about 4.3 trillion tons (1,000 cubic miles), adding about 0.5 inches (12 millimeters) to global sea level. That's enough ice to cover the United States 1.5 feet (0.5 meters) deep
Oil Will Decline Shortly After 2015, Says Former Oil Expert Of International Energy Agency
By Matthieu Auzanneau
http://www.countercurrents.org/auzanneau230212.htm
Olivier Rech developed petroleum scenarios for the International Energy Agency over a three year period, up until 2009. His forecasts for future petroleum production are now much more pessimistic than those published by the IEA. He expects stronger tensions as of 2013, and an inevitable overall decline of oil production "somewhere between 2015 and 2020"
US, Egyptian Junta Seek To Arm Syrian Opposition
By Johannes Stern
http://www.countercurrents.org/stern230212.htm
On Monday the Republican US Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham met for talks with generals of the US backed Egyptian military junta and leading members of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo. Both Senators are members of the Senate Armed Services Committee and call for arming the Syrian opposition and regime change in Damascus
Look At The Facts: Who Is The REAL Nuclear Threat In The Middle East ?
By Larry Everest
http://www.countercurrents.org/everest230212.htm
Nuclear weapons in anyone's hands are dangerous. And Iran 's Islamic Republic is a repressive and reactionary theocracy driven by its own interests to increase its influence and standing (even while those aspirations are well within the operation of the current oppressive world order). But since the U.S. and Israel have raised the issue of nuclear weapons, it's only fair to look at what the facts actually show about just who is the biggest nuclear threat to the planet by far
Bradley Manning, Solitary Confinement And Occupy 4 Prisoners
By Bill Quigley
http://www.countercurrents.org/quigley230212.htm
Today US Army Private Bradley Manning is to be formally charged with numerous crimes at Fort Meade, Maryland. The Manning prosecution is a tragic miscarriage of justice. US officials are highly embarrassed by what Manning exposed and are shooting the messenger
How The New Mexico Anti–Nuclear Campaign Achieved A Major Victory
By Subhankar Banerjee
http://www.countercurrents.org/banerjee230212.htm
On February 13, the President released his proposed fiscal year 2013 budget. On page 26 of the document "Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings: Budget of the U.S. Government" we find, "The Administration proposes deferring the construction of the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement facility... for at least five years."Abandoned or postponed—either way, this is a major victory for the New Mexico anti–nuclear activists and community members who have been fighting this issue since 2003.
The "Global Crises of Capitalism"; Whose Crises, Who Profits?
By James Petras
http://www.countercurrents.org/petras230212.htm
Introduction: From the Financial Times to the far left, tons of ink has been spilt writing about some variant of the "Crises of Global Capitalism". While writers differ in the causes, consequences and cures, according to their ideological lights, there is a common agreement that "the crises" threatens to end the capitalist system as we know it
Remotely Piloted War
By Tom Engelhardt
http://www.countercurrents.org/engelhardt230212.htm
How drone war became the American way of life
Cold War In Warm Waters: US-China's Dangerous Contest For Asia-Pacific
By Ramzy Baroud
http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud230212.htm
The race for supremacy over Asia is being renewed, this time with China more forceful than ever. The South China Sea is likely to emerge as major point of contention in coming years. Leaders of adjacent countries might find themselves being forced to choose sides in a foreseeable conflict over resources and military presence
The Unmaking Of Israel
By Jim Miles
http://www.countercurrents.org/miles230212.htm
Many recent works are reflecting an internal crisis within Israel, part of which is the increased power of the ultra-Orthodox Jews within the educational, military, and political systems of Israel. Gershom Gorenberg's "The Unmaking of Israel" presents clear and well argued points concerning this aspect of current Israeli life and politics
Two More Starvation Deaths In Assam
By Waliullah Ahmed Laskar
http://www.countercurrents.org/laskar230212.htm
Two more people died of starvation in the Bhuvan valley tea garden of Assam state of India, a tea estate owned by a Kolkata based private company, raising the toll of starvation deaths to 12
Sri Lanka : Vox Papuli, Vox Del
By Nilantha Ilangamuwa
http://www.countercurrents.org/ilangamuwa230212.htm
Sri Lanka is not only a country where crimes have become part of daily life but has become one of the countries where custodians of the law are undermining themselves to gain personal benefits to the family or group of people who in power and no one there would dare to question this kind of breakdown of the law and take a serious interest in the country
Interfaith Coalition Urges Politicians To Stop Playing The Religion Card
By Mary Shaw
http://www.countercurrents.org/shaw230212.htm
A diverse coalition of national religious organizations has issued an Interfaith Statement of Principles, calling on all candidates for public office to honor our nation's religious freedom and avoid stirring up religious controversy
Countercurrents And You !
Click here to find out
how you can support CC
http://www.countercurrents.org/subscription.htm
You can unsubscribe from this news letter here
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