World Health Organization – PRESS RELEASE N° 208 – May 31, 2011 IARC CLASSIFIES RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AS POSSIBLY CARCINOGENIC TO HUMANS Lyon, France, May 31, 2011 ‐‐ The WHO/International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B), based on an increased risk for glioma, [...]
Archive for May, 2011
World Health Organization Reschedules RF (wireless) is “Possibly” Dangerous!
Posted in Documents, News, Smart Grid, tagged energy, frequency, health, human rights, opt-out, RF, schumlin, smart grid, smart growth, smart meter, UN, vermont, WHO, world health organization on May 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Can Vermonters Opt-out from Smart Meters? UPDATED
Posted in News, Smart Grid, tagged Burlington, carbon emissions, efficiency, energy, Lockheed Martin, radio frequency, renewable energy, schumlin, smart grid, smart growth, smart meters, sustainable development, uvm on May 31, 2011 | 4 Comments »
SEE BOTTOM OF ARTICLE FOR DETAILS ON HOW VERMONTERS CAN OPT-OUT Why Stop Smart Meters? Utility customers have noticed huge increases in their bill after a ‘smart’ meter is installed- in some cases hundreds of dollars more than usual. http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/12/customers-revolt-as-smart-meters-accused-of-overbilling/# Read the interview with the Electronic Frontier Foundation about how ‘smart’ meters violate privacy. Smart meters do not [...]
Movement to reverse corporate personhood comes to Boulder
Posted in Corporate Personhood, News, tagged amendment, citizens united, corporate personhood, david cobb, democracy, elections, free speech, supreme court, us constitution on May 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Jefferson Dodge …David Cobb, the Green Party’s 2004 candidate for president, is a primary spokesperson for Move to Amend and sits on the initiative’s seven-member executive committee. He will be speaking on “Creating Democracy and Challenging Corporate Rule” in several Colorado cities this week,… Cobb discusses the three possible ways Move to Amend can [...]
Shumlin’s decision to veto water safety bill perplexes proponents
Posted in News, tagged ANR, contamination, dug well, lead, potable, radiation, schumlin, veto, water, water safety on May 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
by Taylor Dobbs | May 30, 2011 – VT Digger …Kim Greenwood, staff scientist at the Vermont Natural Resources Council, who worked with the Agency of Natural Resources on the bill, said there was very little opposition. “I was very surprised (it was vetoed) because there wasn’t a lot of controversy around this,” she said. Greenwood said that [...]
Massachusetts backs Vermont suit against Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Posted in News, tagged court case, entergy, Entergy Vs. Vermont, environmental regulation, lawsuit, NRC, nuclear, regulation, schumlin, vermont, Vermont Yankee on May 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Friday, May 27, 2011 BRATTLEBORO, Vt. – Massachusetts intends to file a “friend of the court” brief supporting the state of Vermont in a federal case brought by Entergy Corp. over the state’s authority to halt continued operation of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant after next year. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley filed a motion [...]
Arnie Gundersen Gives Testimony to NRC ACRS – May 26, 2011
Posted in News, tagged Fariewinds, fukushima, leak, NRC, Nuclear Containment, nuclear regulators, Vermont Yankee on May 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) held a special ACRS meeting Thursday May 26, 2011 on the current status of Fukushima. Arnie Gundersen was invited to speak for 5 minutes concerning the lessons learned from the Fukushima accident as it pertains to the 23 Mark 1 Boiling Water Reactors (BWR’s) [...]
ACTION PAGE – Interstate Shipment of Raw Milk HR 1830
Posted in Our Food, Take Action, tagged food rights, food safety, food sovereignty, HR 1830, human rights, interstate, milk, organic, raw milk, small farms, take action, transit on May 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Quick Action HR 1830 - http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6822#Action Send a Fax to Your Legislators – Ask Them to Co-Sponsor & Pass HR 1830 112th U.S. Congress - House Bill HR 1830 Congressman Ron Paul has once again introduced a bill that would allow the interstate shipment of raw milk and raw milk products for human consumption, HR 1830.* We believe that there [...]
On Track to Lose Our Public Lands
Posted in News, tagged agenda 21, debt, economy, land grab, land use, national parks, private land, privatization, public lands on May 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
by Bill Willers / May 27th, 2011 – Dissident Voice The political right and its economists now recommend selling federal assets to pay down the nation’s debt… What assets? Forget for the moment things like buildings and highways, and consider the most cherished assets – our public lands in the form of national forests, BLM lands, national [...]
Fairewinds Update: 5/22/11
Posted in News, Video, tagged Arnie Gungersen, energy, fairewinds, fukushima, japan, nuclear, power, radiation, reactors, update, video on May 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Implications of the Fukushima Accident on the World’s Operating Reactors Gundersen says Fukushima’s gaseous and liquid releases continue unabated. With a meltdown at Unit 1, Unit 4 leaning and facing possible collapse, several units contaminating ground water, and area school children outside the exclusion zone receiving adult occupational radiation doses, the situation continues to [...]
Genetically Engineered Food: Failed promises and hazardous outcomes
Posted in Our Food, Video, tagged chemicals, Food, food safety, food sovereignty, GE, GMO, Monsanto, organics, pesticides, roundup, video on May 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From Beyond Pesticides: A presentation on the hazards and politics of genetically engineered foods given at “Sustainable Community: Practical solutions for health and the environment,” Beyond Pesticides’ 29th National Pesticide Forum, April 8-9, 2011, Denver, CO. Speakers: – George Kimbrell, senior attorney, Center for Food Safety, San Francisco, CA – Jay Feldman (moderator), executive director, [...]
Fear or Love?
Posted in News, VT4Evolution, tagged consciousness, ecology, economy, non-duality, paradigm, self help, unity, war on May 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We can live our lives based on fear, or we can base our Life on Love. Fear is the belief in the absence of Love, Love is the very essence of Life and is ever-present and unhindered by all beliefs. Beliefs are like the blinders a horse wares, it limits the view and directs [...]
War Tax + Green Spending = Social Engineering
Posted in News, Smart Grid, tagged Burlington, green, infrastructure, Lockheed Martin, schumlin, smart grid, society, spending, tax, vermont, war on May 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Vermont, ahead of its time! Green! Renewable Energy! Sustainable Development! A Carbon Neutral Goal!…… Whose going to make it all possible? The War Industry? YEP! See A Smart World Agenda Related article from Gaelan Brown - Vemont’s War-Tax-Included Cost of Fossil Fuels Lockheed Martin’s Microgrid Development Center Enhanced With Five Times Greater Capability An intelligent microgrid is an [...]
Civil and Sovereign Society an Old World Ethic
Posted in News, VT4Evolution, tagged civics, civil society, constitution, declaration of independence, human rights, justice, law, rights, unalienable rights on May 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »
We are in a critical moment of History, the citizenry of the world are standing up demanding a change in governance, most wanting a “true” democracy, where the people have a voice. In our present situation people feel like defenseless victims of the ever growing conglomerate of Commerce and Government. Citizens want an equal seat-of-power [...]
Commercial rice growing takes root in Vt.
Posted in News, Our Food, tagged agriculture, alternative grain, cereal, crop, grain, green, productive, rice, sustainable, vermont on May 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
FERRISBURGH — Last Wednesday morning, some 100 students and adults wearing traditional cone-shaped hats stood ankle-deep in a flooded rice paddy pushing delicate yellow sprouts into the clay soil. No, this wasn’t a tableau from Southeast Asia — it was right here in Addison County at Ferrisburgh’s Boundbrook Farm. While not a typical New England [...]
The Repeal Amendment
Posted in Corporate Personhood, Documents, News, Take Action, Video, tagged amendment, check, constitution, democracy, federal, human rights, majority, power, repeal, sovereignty, state rights, union, usa on May 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Leash being prepared for Congress - World Net Daily Exclusive May 20, 2011 WASHINGTON – A nationwide effort to increase the ability of the states to put a leash on federal power has taken a step toward reality with the introduction of the Repeal Amendment into both Houses of Congress. The proposed constitutional amendment would check [...]
