TheBulletin.org - About 15 years ago, a reporter at the Albuquerque Tribune discovered evidence that during the Cold War, the U.S. government carried out radiation experiments on U.S. citizens without their knowledge or consent, all under the shadow of classified research. When the story hit the newswires, the U.S. public was outraged. President Bill Clinton responded by establishing the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (ACHRE), calling on it to review Washington's past actions and recommend steps that would prevent such heinous human experiments from ever taking place again.
Nuclear power plants may not emit greenhouse gases, but they sure could suck in the tax dollars.
An analysis by economist Mark Cooper at the Vermont Law School claims that adding 100 new reactors to the U.S. power grid would cost taxpayers and customers between $1.9 and $4.1 trillion over the reactors’ lifetimes compared with renewable power sources and conservation measures.
Ottawa - Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) voted to join the growing international campaign in support of the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, at its first Annual General Meeting this past weekend. This decision makes IJV the first national Jewish organization in the world to do so. The adopted resolution states that IJV will "Support the Palestinian call for a campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions until Israel meets its obligation to recognize the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and complies with the precepts of international law, including the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN resolution 194."
Supplying money should be a public service, not a cash cow for banks. The way money is created and issued, who creates it and in what form—as debt or debt-free, in one currency or another—largely determines whether a financial system works fairly and efficiently or not. In our global village, money shapes our lives at personal, household, local, national, and international levels. The system now in place encourages or compels us all to get and spend money in ways that work against the planet, against other people, and against ourselves.
On 2 June 2009 Canadian Tamils convened by the thousands in Ottawa for yet another demonstration. The multitude of protests in recent months in Toronto and Ottawa has left many lingering questions in the minds of Canadians. Until the local Tamil population began protesting here in Canada, many Canadians were not even aware of the ongoing conflict in Sri Lanka. Unfortunately, media reporting has made the protestors and their methods the topic of discussion rather than the war in Sri Lanka.
Canada is in the dark ages when it comes to radiation protection thanks to its deeply flawed nuclear regulatory agency, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). Four breaking news stories highlight these flaws:
Story 1. Tritium-contaminated water from the NRU reactor at Chalk River, currently stored in hundreds of barrels onsite, may soon end up in the Ottawa River – a decision by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), sanctioned by CNSC, is imminent;
Story 2. Tomorrow, Wednesday, CNSC will decide on the licence renewal of a plant in Peterborough that has caused widespread radioactive contamination of its environment (this plant manufactures tritium-filled glow-in-the-dark signs);
Story 3. The day after tomorrow, on Thursday, CNSC Commissioners will be asked to approve a document that uses invalid methods to deny that the health problems documented among the citizens of Port Hope are radiation-related;
Story 4. At the end of the week, on Friday, a team of 20 investigators from the International Atomic Energy Agency will conclude their 10-day review of CNSC compliance or non-compliance with international guidelines;
TUNIS -- After four days of difficult negotiations among 121 governments at a UN Food and Agricultural Organization Treaty meeting on the use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture held in Tunisia, a Canadian effort to block progress was overturned. At midnight on Thursday, Brazil read an amended resolution on farmers’ rights to a tired plenary, shifting the prevailing tension amongst delegates into relief and enthusiasm.
Nuclear power plants may not 
On 2 June 2009 Canadian Tamils convened by the thousands in Ottawa for yet another demonstration. The multitude of protests in recent months in Toronto and Ottawa has left many lingering questions in the minds of Canadians. Until the local Tamil population began protesting here in Canada, many Canadians were not even aware of the ongoing conflict in Sri Lanka. Unfortunately, media reporting has made the protestors and their methods the topic of discussion rather than the war in Sri Lanka.
