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Resource Shock: How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Michael T. Klare - Apr. 22 (Special Report) - Two nightmare scenarios -- a global scarcity of vital resources and the onset of extreme climate change -- are already beginning to converge and in the coming decades are likely to produce a tidal wave of unrest, rebellion, competition, and conflict.

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Over 189 dead in China earthquake: "We lost everything"

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

CBS News - Apr. 21 (News Report) - Sitting near chunks of concrete, bricks and a ripped orange sofa, Luo Shiqiang told how his grandfather was just returning from feeding chickens when their house collapsed and crushed him to death in a powerful earthquake in southwestern China. "We lost everything in such a short time," the 20-year-old college student said. His cousin was injured in the collapse, but other family members were spared because they were working in the fields in hard-hit Longmen village in Lushan county.

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After Sandy, Government Lends to Rebuild in Flood Zones

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800

ProPublica - By Robert Lewis, Special to ProPublica, Al Shaw, ProPublica - Mar. 06 (Investigative Report) - If Staten Island’s Great Kills Marina Café is able to reopen this spring after Sandy ripped apart its interior – blowing out windows and punching through walls – it will be thanks to assistance from the federal government. Interactive Map See where the SBA is lending to rebuild The Small Business Administration has approved the restaurant for a disaster loan of almost $1 million. There’s just one problem: Newly drawn FEMA flood maps show the cafe is at high risk of flooding again, raising the question of whether it makes sense to rebuild there or move elsewhere.

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Senate passes bill to strengthen emergency preparedness

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

The Hill - By Ramsey Cox - Feb. 27 (News) - H.R. 307 Pandemic & All-Hazards Preparedness Act of 2013

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GOP Congressmen Who Begged For Federal Aid In Disasters Striking Home Districts Vote Against Sandy Aid

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Forbes - Jan. 05 (Opinion) - The first piece of the aid bill to assist victims of Super Storm Sandy passed the House of Representatives today, providing $9.7 billion to fund the National Flood Insurance Program so that claims made by victims who purchased flood insurance from the government program can get their money. Without the additional funding, [...]

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Video: Philippines typhoon survivors sort through wreckage

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Reuters - Dec. 10 (News) - With more than 600 dead and hundreds still missing, the death toll from Typhoon Bopha continues to rise as survivors seek food, water and shelter.

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Earthquake wreaks havoc in Guatemala - SFGate

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

San Francisco Chronicle - Nov. 10 (News Report) - A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck San Marcos on Wednesday, killing at least 52 people and leaving dozens missing.

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Engineers warned New York City about Sandy-style flood threat - E & T Magazine

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

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Mitt Romney's Proposal To Privatize FEMA Is 'Pathological'

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Bonnie Kavoussi - Oct. 31 (Opinion) - "There's something pathological" about "the weird Republican obsession with killing FEMA," or the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the New York Times columnist wrote in a blog post Wednesday. "It’s really hard to think of a public service less likely to be suitable for privatization."

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Romney Campaign Staged Donations At Storm Relief Event

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - By Aviva Shen - Oct. 31 (News Report) - Empty-handed supporters pled for entrance, with one woman asking, “What if we dropped off our donations up front?” The volunteer gestured toward a pile of groceries conveniently stacked near the candidate. “Just grab something,” he said. Two teenage boys retrieved a jar of peanut butter each, and got in line. When it was their turn, they handed their “donations” to Romney. He took them, smiled, and offered an earnest “Thank you.” The Red Cross, meanwhile, said they were grateful for the supplies but encouraged people to donate money or blood as a more efficient way to help the relief effort.

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300,000 gallons of diesel spill into water near New Jersey

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

rt.com - Oct. 31 (News) - The worst of Superstorm Sandy may be over, but it’s left a trail of extensive – and expensive – devastation behind. Lost business and damages will cost up to $60 billion to fix, says forecasting firm HIS Global Insight. Six days until Americans hit the p

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In Hurricane’s Wake, Ethnic Media Are a Lifeline to Immigrants

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

New America Media - By Anthony Advincula - Oct. 31 (News Report) - “We’re a close-knit community, just like any other immigrant or ethnic communities,” he said. “We turn first to the members of our community.”

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Sandy's aftermath: 33 dead, millions without power - CNN.com

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Matt Smith, Catherine E. Shoichet - Oct. 30 (News Report) - Rescuers plucked stranded New Jersey residents from flooded neighborhoods, workers pumped water from swamped Manhattan tunnels and stunned homeowners dug through the wreckage of their houses Tuesday after Superstorm Sandy ripped into the Northeast.

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Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant Declares Emergency in Face of Superstorm Sandy Tidal Surge

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Arnie Gundersen, Amy Goodman - Oct. 30 (News Report) - Oyster Creek was close to where the center of the storm crossed into New Jersey, and was forced to declare an emergency when the storm’s tidal surge came within six inches of flooding water pumps that cool its reactor. Gundersen says many of the plants have old designs that need to be re-evaluated, and could shut down in the coming days as electrical grids see power outages

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Get Rid of FEMA? Right-Wingers Push Insane Privatization Scheme in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Alex Kane - Oct. 30 (News Report) - A New York Times editorial also goes big after Romney for his remarks on disaster relief. Romney’s FEMA bashing is “absurd,” according to the Times, “but it’s fully in line with decades of Republican resistance to federal emergency planning... Ideology still blinds Republicans to [FEMA’s] value. Many don’t like the idea of free aid for poor people, or they think people should pay for their bad decisions, which this week includes living on the East Coast.” The editorial also slammed the Republican Party’s and Paul Ryan’s posture on FEMA.

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Bill McKibben on Hurricane Sandy and Climate Change: "If There Was Ever A Wake-up Call, This Is It"

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman; Bill McKibben; Greg Jones - Oct. 29 (News Report) - The megastorm comes at a time when President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney have refused to make climate change an issue on the campaign trail. For the first time since 1984, climate change was never addressed during a presidential debate. "It’s really important that everybody, even those who aren’t in the kind of path of this storm, reflect about what it means that in the warmest year in U.S. history, ... in a year when we saw, essentially, summer sea ice in the Arctic just vanish before our eyes, what it means that we’re now seeing storms of this unprecedented magnitude," McKibben says. "If there was ever a wake-up call, this is it."

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Mitt Romney's Terrifying Plans for FEMA and Disaster Relief

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Alex Kane - Oct. 29 (News Analysis) - the Ryan budget plan would impede “FEMA's ability to respond quickly and effectively to natural disasters.” How, exactly? According to the non-partisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Ryan budget means that “the costs for things like emergency management would have to be passed on to the states—which, with just a few exceptions, are currently in an even tighter financial bind than Washington.”

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Earth Tipping Point Study In Nature Journal Predicts Disturbing And Unpredictable Changes

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Stephanie Pappas - Jun. 07 (News Report) - Earth is rapidly headed toward a catastrophic breakdown if humans don't get their act together, according to an international group of scientists.

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Japan marks one year since quake and tsunami disaster

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - Mar. 11 (News Report) - Services held to remember the earthquake and tsunami which killed thousands and left communities devastated one year ago With moments of silence and prayers, Japan has begun marking one year since the massive earthquake and tsunami struck the nation, killing just over 19,000 people and unleashing the world's worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century. At dawn in the devastated northeastern coastal town of Rikuzentakata, dozens of people from across Japan gathered to offer prayers in front of a solitary pine tree that stands amid the barrenness, a symbol of survival. Some returned to where their houses and those of friends once stood, and placed flowers and small gifts for loved ones lost in the disaster. Naomi Fujino, a 42-year-old Rikuzentakata resident who lost her father in the tsunami, was in tears recalling 11 March, 2011. With her mother, she escaped to a nearby hill where they watched the enormous wave wash away their home. They waited all night, but her father never came to meet ...

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Japan Earthquake: Before and After

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Atlantic Monthly - Mar. 02 (Special Report) - In just over two weeks, Japan will be observing the one-year anniversary of the disastrous magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami.

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The World Is Ending, Please Update the Home Page

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By David Carr - Dec. 06 (Opinion) - Let’s say, just for giggles, that the word was ending. Could be an alien invasion, a pandemic or nuclear annihilation. If one of those scenarios became a news event, how would it be covered? That question was posed by Andrew Fitzgerald, one of the partic

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Chile’s Rescued Miners Face Major Struggles a Year Later

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Alexei Barrionuevo - Oct. 12 (News Report) - After his dramatic rescue from a mine last year, Jimmy Sánchez traveled the world, cruising the Greek islands, visiting Britain, Israel, Los Angeles, Disney World — all paid for by people who were moved by the Chilean miners’ story of courage and perseverance. Multimedia Slide Show Miners Cheated Death, but Normal Life Proves Elusive Interactive Feature The 33 Chilean Miners, Then and Now Leonardo Farkas on the 33 Rescued Miners Related Times Topic: Chile Mining Accident (2010) Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. More Photos » Readers’ Comments Share your thoughts. Post a Comment » Read All Comments (26) »

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NRC: Earthquake shook nuclear plant past design limits

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Melanie Mason - Sep. 09 (News Report) - A nuclear power plant in central Virginia may have experienced twice as much shaking as it was designed to withstand during last month’s rare East Coast earthquake , according to federal nuclear regulators, although no major damage has been found.

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What Hurricane Irene Can Teach Us About the Jobs Crisis

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Arianna Huffington - Aug. 31 (Opinion) - The response to Hurricane Irene showed that when the media devote wall-to-wall attention to something, and government officials bring a sense of urgency and ask the public to respond in kind, remarkable things can happen. The question is: why do we reserve this kind of collective action for natural disasters and external attacks? The fact is, we have another crisis that's been hovering over the entire United States for almost three years now and shows no signs of blowing over. The numbers -- including over 25 million unemployed or underemployed Americans -- should be just as scary as the ones that have dominated our national conversation about Irene. With the toll that the job crisis is taking on the lives of millions of people in this country -- from college graduates who can't get jobs to middle class families being thrown out of their homes -- this is a category 5 disaster.

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The Earthquake and North Anna

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Writing Corner - By Beth Wellington - Aug. 24 (Opinion) - I already knew that nuclear power presented problems with waste disposal and potential terrorism. Now I know about earthquakes.

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