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Former Prime Minister Admits Fukushima Almost Completely Destroyed Japan

This Friday, it will officially have been 5 years since the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami disabled Tepco’s nuclear power plant in Fukushima. But despite the passing of 5 years, we still don’t really know much damage this disaster really caused. We don’t know what the long-term effects will be on the environment, or on the people of Japan, and both Tepco and the Japanese government have lied to the world about the gravity of the situation.

And the situation is still much more serious than they’ve been letting on. We know that plant is still leaking radiation, we know the ocean and the area surrounding Fukushima is still radioactive, and we know that the nuclear power plant is a flimsy house of cards that could crumble at any moment.

http://www.thedailysheeple.com/former-prime-minister-admits-fukushima-almost-completely-destroyed-japan_032016

Euro depression is 'deliberate' EU choice, says former Bank of England chief 

"In the euro area, the countries in the periphery have nothing at all to offset austerity. They are simply being asked to cut total spending without any form of demand to compensate. I never imagined that we would ever again in an industrialised country have a depression deeper than the US experienced in the 1930s and that's what's happened in Greece."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/03/01/europes-depression-is-deliberate-eu-choice-says-former-bank-of-e/ 

Oregon becomes first state to pass law to completely eliminate coal-fired power 

To eliminate the use of coal-fired power by 2035 and to double the amount of renewable energy in the state by 2040.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/03/oregon-coal-climate-law-kate-brown 

Chronic stress effects help cancer spread

Chronic stress refers to prolonged, repeated exposure to stressful situations, such as caring for a sick relative for a long period of time.

https://theconversation.com/chronic-stress-effects-help-cancer-spread-researchers-find-55619  

Russia May be Running Out of Oil

Oil production in Russia will inevitably decline by 2035 according to an Energy Ministry report seen by the Vedomosti business daily. The different scenarios predict an output drop from 1.2 percent up to 46 percent two decades from now.

The document, obtained by the newspaper and confirmed by a source in the ministry, says by 2035 existing oil fields will be able to provide Russia with less than half of today’s production of about 10.1 million barrels per day.

The shortfall should be met by increased production from proven reserves, according to projections by the Energy Ministry.

https://www.rt.com/business/334970-russia-oil-reserves-depletion-2035/

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Optimism Over Climate Change Progress Premature?

  Three Facts Debunking Climate Change  Progress  

http://www.ted.com/talks/al_gore_the_case_for_optimism_on_climate_change

FACT We produce 110 million tons pollution every 24 hours

This heat is equivalent to dropping 400,000 Hiroshima bombs each day

FACT As heat is stored in the oceans average world humidity has risen 4%

Hence the storms, cyclones and unusual weather

FACT Climate change in Syria intensified the drought that turned 60% of the farmland into desert

and killed 80% of the livestock

and generated 1.5 million refugees

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These are just a few of the possible facts out there that contradict Al Gore's assertions that we are somehow making progress. Have the icecaps stopped melting? Just saying we are reducing  carbon emissions should not give anyone comfort.  The state  and trends for all positive feedbacks loops needs to be identified  and monitored, otherwise we have no comprehensive idea as to what  state  the climate system is in along with the other integral biosphere systems that affect it.

Let's be real and remember too that Al Gore is also a long-term politician who by the ery nature of their roles often mislead, exaggerate and cloud the truth. Awareness of  these occupational hazards and habits alone speaks volumes , particularly as there is much  contrary evidence that the  comprehensive climate system is not improing.

We're just not buying  it!

Don’t Cry for Me, America

Donald Trump has already transformed the tone and temper of American political life. If he becomes the Republican nominee, he will demolish its structural underpinnings as well. Should he prevail in November, his election will alter its very fabric in ways likely to prove irreversible.

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176109/ 

Hilary Clinton named the most corrupt politician of 2015

Much has been disclosed from her Stare Department emails.

http://www.usapoliticstoday.com/watchdog-names-clinton-most-corrupt-politician-of-2015/ 

Bird-brained and brilliant: Australia’s avians are smarter than you think 

Many Australian birds are brilliant mimics. Mimicry was once dismissed as “mindless”. In fact, it’s the first stage of learning. Human babies and infants do it all the time, gradually linking the mimicked sounds with words and meaning. Eventually they are able to apply specific sounds in a correct context. That is not mindless.

https://theconversation.com/bird-brained-and-brilliant-australias-avians-are-smarter-than-you-think-51475 

CENTCOM Commander Tells Congress: If Iraq's Mosul Dam Fails, 'It Will Be Catastrophic'

CNSNews.com) - Defeating ISIS isn't the only concern of U.S. military commanders in Iraq. The failure of a large dam in the city of Mosul looms as a potential catastrophe, the head of U.S. Central Command told Congress on Tuesday.

"If the dam fails, it will be catastrophic," Gen. Lloyd Austin III told the Senate Armed Services Committee. "There will be thousands of people donwstream that will either be injured or killed, certainly displaced. And the damage could extend all the way down to -- close to Baghdad, or into Baghdad," which is more than 200 miles downstream.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/centcom-commander-if-iraqs-mosul-dam-fails-it-will-be-catastrophic

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