BP Oil Still Tars the Gulf | The Progressive

Why don't we just be honest and rename the entire gulf "Sacrificial Energy Zone?"

BP Oil Still Tars the Gulf | The Progressive:

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The Big Fracking Bubble: The Scam Behind the Gas Boom

The Big Fracking Bubble: The Scam Behind the Gas Boom | Politics News | Rolling Stone:

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How to get oil out of Canada's tar sands - You'll need some construction equipment!

How to get oil out of Canada's tar sands 

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The Radium Girls of Ottawa get a memorial

I don't really have anything new to say regarding this topic as there is plenty of information already available on the Internet.  The news is that this past Labor Day a memorial statute was dedicated.

News Tribune - News - Local - 'Radium Girls' memorial unveiled in Ottawa

That and the entire documentary made in 1987 has been made available.



People like to think that something like this could never happen in these modern times.  Yet today in the news:


"I have continued to underscore the importance of reducing regulatory burdens and regulatory uncertainty, particularly as our economy continues to recover," Obama said in a statement. "With that in mind, and after careful consideration, I have requested that Administrator Jackson withdraw the draft Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards at this time."


Is there anybody that is really in favor of poor quality air?  Then again we can never know for certain what may be happening overseas...

Neat Video - Radio not Dead

Radio from Cody Butler, Cottonwood Media on Vimeo.

(I really should post more often.)

Metropolis Steelworkers

Locked-Out Honeywell Workers Travel Far and Wide to Fight Company - Working In These Times

I've been meaning to write up something about this mess. This article will have to do for the moment. Just a brief back-story: Defense Contractor Honeywell owns a uranium enrichment plant in Metropolis Illinois where the workers have been locked out for nearly a year now because Honeywell wants to cut medical benefits. Medical is essential to working in this factory as it is nearly certain one is going to get sick from working there. Honeywell is so intent on making a stand on this issue that they are willing to hire scab workers, blow the place up a few times and spend far more money than if they just kept the union contract as it is.

Oh Boy! Really old Recordings!

The Library of Congress has just released a wide range of early recordings in many genres as part of their National Jukebox.  William Howard Taft is quite the hoot a hundred years later.  Who knew?

Available for listening only at this point, but definitely worth checking out. Broadcast might be possible under existing licenses.

http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/

About the National Jukebox
The Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. The Jukebox includes recordings from the extraordinary collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation and other contributing libraries and archives.
Find out more about the National Jukebox project