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YouTube - HAPPY NEW YEAR! ABBA (with lyrics)

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Japan PM demands Aus halt anti-whaling 'sabotage'

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TOKYO — Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama Tuesday asked his visiting Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd to rein in activists disrupting Japan's annual whale hunt, describing their actions as "sabotage." Japan's whaling fleet left for its annual Southern Ocean hunt in waters south of Australia last month. Japan uses a loophole in an international moratorium that allows killing whales for scientific research. Hatoyama retorted that Japan's whaling activities complied with international law Militant environmental activists of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society have set out to disrupt the hunt and are this year using a futuristic powerboat which holds the record for the fastest world circumnavigation. Hatoyama told Rudd that the Sea Shepherd actions threaten the safety of the whaling fleet and its crew and requested Australia take appropriate action, according to a Japanese foreign ministry statement. The statement suggested that Rudd again threatened

PM Jets out for Sushi and Sake – But no real action against whaling - Greg Hunt MP

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By Greg Hunt Member of Parliament for Flinders Kudos to you Greg! http://www.greghunt.com.au PM Jets out for Sushi and Sake – But no real action against whaling Monday, 14 December 2009 The Prime Minister is jetting out for sushi and sake in Japan but real action against whaling is not on the menu. The PM is presuming Australians have forgotten all the times over all the years that he repeatedly promised international court action against whaling. To refresh his memory I provide a reminder of the promises that he and Mr Garrett made, below. Given his promises, Mr Rudd must lay down a deadline for Japan to halt its sham whaling program. If Japan won’t agree to stop killing the whales, the Prime Minister must follow through with his oft-repeated promise to launch legal action against the barbaric practice. In recent weeks, we’ve seen the Government more focused on haranguing anti-whaling protestors than tackling those who are ho

The power of Facebook Pages and how to use it....

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I have started two new Facebook Fan Pages for two very important causes! Its nice to have groups and causes and many Facebook friends but its more important to start using the Facebook Pages to keep up with your fans! I am overwhelmed by the number of people that have joined right from the start more than 600 fans for both pages on day ONE is a very good start! And it shows that ONE PERSON can realy make a difference! Never forget that you should do whatever you can.. for its the biggest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do so little! First of all i have started Mashua against FGM to honour the great work of my good friend Lucy Mashua ! Please join her in her battle to fight FGM! You can now see the Fan Box for this new page right here in the left frame and become a fan and follow the latest updates! Read her latest blog   While we celebrate Christmas Girls undergo FGM and Early marriages in Kenya! to see how you can help her! Second i have started a fan pag

End Mountaintop Removal! Watch this video!

Today, the confluence between mountaintop removal coal mining and climate change is front and center on the streets of Charleston, West Virginia and on stage at the "COP15" United Nations Climate Summit in Copenhagen. In Charleston, activists from around the region are gathering in front of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection headquarters to demand an end to blasting at Coal River Mountain -- ground zero in the fight against mountaintop removal coal mining. And in Copenhagen, Google is unveiling a new layer in Google Earth that dramatically illustrates the choice to be made at Coal River Mountain -- a choice between a clean energy future and the increased threat of climate change. As Lorelei Scarbro, who lives in Rock Creek, West Virginia, at the foot of Coal River Mountain, says in the video, Coal River Mountain represents a crossroads in our future. Massey Energy plans to mine more than 6000 acres of mountaintop at Coal River Mountain, which woul

What is The Story of Cap & Trade? Check this story!

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The Story of Cap & Trade from Story of Stuff Project on Vimeo . What is The Story of Cap & Trade? The Story of Cap & Trade is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen and on Capitol Hill. Host Annie Leonard introduces the energy traders and Wall Street financiers at the heart of this scheme and reveals the "devils in the details" in current cap and trade proposals: free permits to big polluters, fake offsets and distraction from what’s really required to tackle the climate crisis. If you’ve heard about cap and trade, but aren’t sure how it works (or who benefits), this is the film is for you. Modern environmentalism is entering a new phase. The idealists have been shoved to the margins. Corporate partners that have mastered public relations are hiring political lobbyists to make the case for government regulations that will shift the cost of controlling carbon emissions to taxpayers and generate revenues