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Arctic Sea Ice Shrinking At 'Unprecedented' Levels 
By Emily Chung 


"The recent loss of sea ice in the Arctic is greater than any natural variation in the past 1½ millennia, a Canadian study shows. What we are experiencing at the moment seems to be very exceptional…. This means that we are entering into the world which has no equivalent in the past"   See more at; http://www.countercurrents.org/chung241111.htm

"Increases in the abundances of atmospheric greenhouse gases since the
industrial revolution are largely responsible for the observed change in climate
 [IPCC2007]. However, climate projections have model uncertainties that
overwhelm the uncertainties in greenhouse gas measurements.

We present here an index that is directly proportional to the direct forcing of
climate; and which contains relatively little uncertainty. Because it is based on
the amounts of long-lived greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, it, in a sense,
represents society’s long-term commitment to global warming."
 

For more details and great graphs; see http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/aggi/

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Robert Scheer on Troy Davis and the Death Penalty
"Murder Is Good Politics, Bad Justice" -- In my own experience as a journalist covering this issue, the vast majority of politicians who defend capital punishment do so out of rank opportunism.
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/murder_is_good_politics_bad_justice_20110922/ 

Truthdig Radio: The Death of Troy Davis
"Dave Zirin and Mike Farrell on the Death of Troy Davis" -- On Wednesday’s Truthdig Radio in collaboration with KPFK, in the hours before the execution of Troy Davis, Mike Farrell and Dave Zirin discussed what Zirin called a “legal lynching.” Also: L.A.'s labor battle and the politics of Hollywood. 
http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/dave_zirin_and_mike_farrell_on_the_death_of_troy_davis_20110922/ 

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Capital Punishment By Country....It turns out that the USA is about the ONLY civilized country left that kills people 'legally'. Everyone else has made murdering people illegal, except for Communist China, some African countries and some Middle Eastern countries like Libya and dictators like North Korea.. We are in good company, if you count good company as dictators and despots. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_country


In the US, some states have also abolished the death penalty. Hopefully this trend will continue.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States 

CO2 levels and temperatures going back millions of years. http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/last_400k_yrs.html

Check out the number of large earthquakes happening in 2009, compared to previous years;