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Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)
by Daniel Brouse The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is a free trade agreement being negotiated by twelve countries: Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, United States, Vietnam, Chile, Brunei, Singapore, and New Zealand. The TPP will eliminate over 18,000 taxes, tariffs and other trade barriers. One of the largest benefits of the TPP will be […]
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Environment, Global Warming, Government, International, Law, Media, music, Politics, taxes
Tagged copyrights, fair trade, free trade, Intellectual Property (IP) RightsIntellectual Property (IP) Rights, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)
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Strongest Hurricane On Record
NOAA — Hurricane Patricia is the strongest hurricane on record in the National Hurricane Center’s area of responsibility (AOR) which includes the Atlantic and the eastern North Pacific basins. The minimum central pressure estimated from the aircraft data, 880 mb, is the lowest ever for our AOR. Maximum sustained winds remain near 200 mph (325 […]
Posted in Environment, Global Warming, Science, weather
Tagged climate change, extreme weather events, Hurricane
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Death Star
NASA — Scientists using NASA’s repurposed Kepler space telescope, known as the K2 mission, have uncovered strong evidence of a tiny, rocky object being torn apart as it spirals around a white dwarf star. This discovery validates a long-held theory that white dwarfs are capable of cannibalizing possible remnant planets that have survived within its […]
Posted in Education, Science, Space
Tagged Death Star, gravity, Kepler, NASA, White Dwarf
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72 Million Light Years Away
Hubble Space Telescope: Captures New Image of Galaxy 72 Million Light-Years From Earth The telescope, operated by NASA and the European Space Agency, was used to photograph NCG 4639, a barred spiral galaxy located in the Virgo constellation.
Sixth 1000-year Rain Since 2010
Human induced climate change is causing more volatile and extreme weather events. The rain in South Carolina was the 6th 1000-year rain since 2010. We are not saying that the Earth’s temperature is just going to rise. In general, as energy is added to a system, the fluctuations in the system increase. So, we expect […]
Posted in Environment, Global Warming, Science, weather
Tagged climate change, extreme weather events, flooding
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Background Ozone
Low level ozone (Tropospheric Ozone) is deadly to plants and animals. The huge increase in human respiratory problems and asthma is largely attributed to ozone. NASA has released a new study on ozone pollution: Levels of “background ozone” — ozone pollution present in a region but not originating from local, human-produced sources — are high enough in […]
Posted in Environment, Global Warming, health and wellness, Science
Tagged air quality, Asthma, climate change, ozone pollution, respiratory disease, Tropospheric Ozone
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Nestle and the California Drought
by Daniel Brouse There is a lot of misleading information trending in social-media about Nestle and the California drought. The facts of the matter are: Most of the water in California is used for agriculture. Nearly 50 billion cubic metres (13 trillion gallons) of water is used in California each year. Nestle bottled water plants […]
Posted in Education, Environment, Global Warming
Tagged California, desalination plants, drought, extreme weather events, marine impact, Nestle, salt water intrusion, sea level rising
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Happy Birthday Public!
US federal judge, George King, ruled that the original copyright was only granted for specific arrangements of the music, not the song itself. The original copyright was filed in 1935 under the name Good Morning To All by Mildred and Patty Hill. Warner/Chappell acquired the copyright in 1988; however, the Judge said, “The Hill sisters […]
California Wildfires Burn Over 700 Homes
The extreme weather conditions have fueled wildfires in Northern California. “I’m in shock. I want to cry. I’m looking at my neighbors’ places, and they’re all gone, and I’m still here,” Middletown homeowner Jim Maurer said. “We’re just shaking our heads.” The AP reports: The fire and another in the Gold Rush country of the […]
Posted in Environment, Global Warming
Tagged CA, California drought, climage change, extreme weather events, wildfires
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