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Nuclear Policy Research Institute |
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Topic: Current Events |
11:43 pm EDT, Apr 25, 2003 |
] The mission of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute ] (NPRI) is to produce massive, effective, ongoing public ] education campaigns in major U.S. media about the ] often-underestimated dangers of nuclear weapons and power ] programs and policies. NPRI takes as its inspiration ] Thomas Jefferson's observation that "an informed ] democracy will behave in a responsible fashion" and ] believes that the only way to counter the perilous and ] tremendously expensive nuclear programs is to inform the ] U.S. public, its policy makers, and the global community ] about the true economic, social, political, biomedical, ] and moral costs of ongoing nuclear policies. Nuclear Policy Research Institute |
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CNN.com - Technology - Millions of obsolete PCs enter waste stream - April 12, 2000 |
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Topic: Current Events |
11:30 pm EDT, Apr 25, 2003 |
WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR PC RETIREMENT? Part of the problem is no one group wants to take ] responsibility for hardware disposal. ] Many user companies and analysts say PC companies should ] take back retired hardware. Indeed, some do -- but only ] for their very biggest customers and only if a deal is ] made at the time of purchase or lease. ] Garbage collection companies say PC makers should use ] safer, nontoxic materials during manufacturing. ] PC companies generally say that local governments should ] set up facilities for the safe disposal of computer junk. ] But computers are a mix of varied, and sometimes toxic, ] materials. That makes recycling difficult and ] time-consuming, because someone has to separate the ] parts, said Gary Kelman, an officer at the National ] Association of Environmental Professionals in South ] Portland, Maine. CNN.com - Technology - Millions of obsolete PCs enter waste stream - April 12, 2000 |
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Happy endings for cast-off PCs | csmonitor.com |
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Topic: Current Events |
11:18 pm EDT, Apr 25, 2003 |
] How to keep e-waste from becoming an export ] ] Lower labor costs and lenient regulations encourage some ] US electronics-recycling companies to export end-of-life ] equipment to less-developed foreign countries. Up to 80 ] percent of materials collected by recyclers in North ] America goes abroad, according to Jim Puckett, ] coordinator of Basel Action Network (BAN) in Seattle. Happy endings for cast-off PCs | csmonitor.com |
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Topic: Current Events |
9:16 pm EDT, Apr 25, 2003 |
] When Bush and his PR team tell you to be afraid, or Ari ] Fleisher tells you to watch what you say, remember the ] revealing words spoken by Herman Goering during the ] Nuremberg trials: ] ] "Of course the people don't want war... That is ] understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the ] country who determine the policy, and it's always a ] simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a ] democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a ] communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can ] always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is ] easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being ] attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of ] patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works ] the same in any country." ] ] -- Hermann Goering, Adolf Hitler's Deputy Chief and ] Luftwaffe Commander, at the Nuremberg trials, 1946 from ] "Nuremberg Diary" by G M Gilbert (Signet, New York, ] 1947). No More Victims |
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Topic: Current Events |
9:12 pm EDT, Apr 25, 2003 |
] The 11,000 poets whose work is published on this site ] were part of the largest outcry of poets in history ] against the war. After the fall of Baghdad and other ] Iraqi cities, and as the fighting winds down, it is ] important for us to celebrate this eloquent demand for ] peace, and to pledge ourselves to continue this work for ] peace. We'd like to invite you to join us in a special ] event on the first of May -- a celebration of the voices ] of the many poets worldwide who contributed this spring ] to the poetsagainstthewar.org web site. Poets Against the War |
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