"What Impact Will Costa Concordia Disaster Have on the Environment?"
"The fate of the Costa Concordia cruise liner highlights the wider impact of the cruise industry."
Source: Guardian, 01/17/2012
Europe
"Europe Bans X-Ray Body Scanners Used at U.S. Airports"
"The European Union on Monday prohibited the use of X-ray body scanners in European airports, parting ways with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, which has deployed hundreds of the scanners as a way to screen millions of airline passengers for explosives hidden under clothing."
Source: ProPublica, 11/17/2011
"Belgium Agrees On Conditional Nuclear Exit Plans"
"Belgium's political parties have reached a conditional agreement to shut down the country's two remaining nuclear power stations, owned by GDF Suez unit Electrabel, a government spokeswoman said Monday."
Source: Reuters, 11/01/2011
Brit Cops Use Sex to Secretly Subvert Enviro Groups: Guardian
"A former police spymaster who spent years living deep undercover in the protest movement has confessed he tricked an innocent woman into having a long-term relationship with him, as part of an elaborate attempt to lend 'credibility' to his alter ego."
Source: Guardian, 10/24/2011
"Met Facing Mounting Crisis as Activist Spying Operation Unravels"
London's Metropolitan Police face a mounting crisis after revelations that their agents spied on environmental groups for years and then lied about it in court under oath. Top police officials ordered the agents to deceive the courts. Undercover agents had sex with activists, ran their organizations, provoked protests, and then helped get protestors arrested. The failure of many such prosecutions demonstrated the incompetence of the police effort in achieving its goals.
Source: Guardian, 10/21/2011
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