Watch the video of Pete Seeger's new protest song about BP\, performed live at the Gulf Coast Oil Spill fundraiser at the City Winery in New York City for some positive inspiration...
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"\;The blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico gushed 12 times faster than the government and BP estimated in the early weeks of the crisis and has spilled a whopping 4.9 million barrels\, or 205.8 million gallons\, according to a more detailed analysis announced late Monday."\;
New numbers from the Flow Rate Technical Group nudge the statistical scale of the Gulf oil disaster up even further reports the Washington Post\:
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"\;Jack Rudloe has launched Operation Noah's Ark\, using his four-acre facility an hour south of Tallahassee to preserve more than 350 different specimens &ndash\; everything from sharks to starfish\, shrimp and batfish &ndash\; in an environment that includes a grassland and duplicates high and low tides."\;
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"\;Much Gulf Oil Remains\, Deeply Hidden and Under Beaches"\;
New US Gulf oil spill report called 'ludicrous' reports the National Geographic. \;This week\, biological oceanographer Markus Huettel and colleague Joel Kostka dug trenches on a cleaned Pensacola beach and discovered large swaths of oil up to two feet (nearly a meter) deep\:
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'Ecuador's £\;3.6bn scheme to save its rainforest from exploitation could point the way to sparing other threatened landscapes'
Read Esme McAvoy's article in the Independent \;reports on what could be an exciting new blueprint for oil deals worldwide\:
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Interfaith Power and Light is mobilizing a religious response to global warming in congregations through the promotion of renewable energy\, energy efficiency\, and conservation.
The Interfaith Power and Light projects going on in the USA\, reducing the carbon footprints in churches\, and holding leaders to account. Watch the video below and learn more\:
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Book the date in your church diaries now and take the first steps on our journey away from carbon dependence\, the 'Carbon Exodus' by leading in your community and taking part in ON's 'Oil Fast'.
If\, like us\, you have been watching the events in the Gulf unfold with horror\, then this is your chance to take spiritual and practical action.
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When?\: Sunday the 3rd of October
Where?\: Your local community
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"\;Oil giant blamed for 10% of 9m barrels leaked in 40 years
Report claims rest of leaking oil caused by saboteurs"\;
The Guardian's John Vidal reports on the new UN finding on Oil pollution in the Niger Delta\:
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"\;The Indus has not been kind to Mohammed Maitlo. His one-acre farm in Pakistan received so little water for irrigation this year that his wheat crop was stunted. Then the river burst its banks\, destroying his home and livelihood."\;
The Financial Times' Matthew Green reports on the millions dispossessed by the recent tragic floods\:
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"\;Don&rsquo\;t be surprised if in a few years time you read this headline news\: &ldquo\;Global Warming Spares Florida from Hurricanes&rdquo\;
Green Energy News' Bruce Mulliken reports on this years unexpected hurricane season\:
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"\;Is concern for the environment a luxury good?"\;
Matthew E. Kahn and Matthew J. Kotchen present data from google searches of the words 'global warming' and 'unemployment' by US users. They display an alarming trend as public concern moves away from climate change in the face of the recession\: \;
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"\;Climate change protesters who spread an oil-like substance on two busy roads in Edinburgh on Monday have been criticised for endangering motorists."\;
The Financial Times' Andrew Bolger reports on events in Edinburgh as Climate Camp activists come under fire\: \;
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"\;Catastrophic floods in Pakistan are likely to recur as global warming combines with El Niño"\;
The Guardian's Julian Hunt reports on the Pakistani crisis\, and challenges the country now faces \; \;
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"\;It&rsquo\;s been a wild year\, with NASA reporting the highest global temperatures since record-keeping began\, catastrophic drought in Russia\, China&rsquo\;s worst flooding in a decade\, catastrophic flooding in Pakistan"\;
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A month into the unfolding disaster the Guardian's Gethin Chamberlaine tells the heartbreaking stories of many Pakistani families\:
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