Full Coverage: Northern America

12/31/2006 from Climate Change Action:
Now you can watch the entire film in nine parts.

12/30/2006 from FT.com:
Polar bears should be classified as a threatened species because global warming could cause their habitat to melt away, the Bush administration claims, but stopped short of calling for an investigation into the causes of climate change.

12/29/2006 Sono 2.989 i soldati statunitensi caduti in Iraq e il tragico annuncio della morte del soldato numero 3000 riunirà pacifisti, famiglie di soldati, antimilitaristi e ‘veterani contro la guerra’ il 27 gennaio nelle piazze di 140 città degli Stati Uniti per dimostrazioni contro la guerra. “Questa orribile e tragica tappa ci permette di ricordare a questo paese la quotidiana perdita di vite umane in una guerra che non doveva cominciare” - ha detto Nacy Lessin, co-fondatrice dell’associazione ‘Military families speak out’. Intanto secondo la CNN le forze armate degli Stati Uniti, in difficoltà nel raggiungere una sufficiente quantità di nuove reclute, stanno considerando la possibilità di ammettere nell'esercito un numero maggiore di persone prive della cittadinanza americana.

12/29/2006 President George Bush's de facto support for militant Iraqi Shiites against the anti-jihadist Sunni resistance has increased regional tensions, fuelled sectarian war and eased the pressure on al Qaeda in Iraq, says Gareth Porter in a review of the year.

12/29/2006 Presidentti George W. Bushin käynnistämä hiv/aids-ohjelma saa pyyhkeitä puutteellisesta raportoinnista ja valvonnasta. Yhdysvaltain kehitysapuvirasto USAid käynnisti kolme vuotta sitten presidentti Bushin johdolla hankkeen, jonka avulla edistetään hiv/aidsin vastaista työtä yli 120 maassa, erityisesti Afrikassa.

12/29/2006 from sustainablog:
'One of my favorite "10 Ten of 2006" lists is Springwise's "Top 10 eco & sustainability business ideas in 2006." Springwise focuses on cool, and all ten of these ideas fit that qualification.'

12/28/2006 from The Energy Blog:
The bird-protection society "strongly supports wind power as a clean alternative energy source," pointing to the link between global warming and the birds and other wildlife that scientist say it will kill.

12/25/2006 from SusHI blog:
A Hawaii company wants to show that its wave energy conversion concept can extract power over a wider range of wave sizes and frequencies than other devices currently on the market.

12/22/2006 NEW YORK, Dec 22 (OneWorld) - Death penalty opponents and human rights organizations are hailing Florida governor Jeb Bush's decision this week to temporarily halt all executions in his state.

12/22/2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 22 (OneWorld) - Human rights groups reacted with skepticism Thursday after military prosecutors charged eight Marines in the November 2005 killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in the western Iraqi town of Haditha.

12/22/2006 U.S. foreign policy makers can do better in the Middle East, but they must start by looking at a bigger map, says a Washington, DC-based citizens group.

12/21/2006 from Treehugger:
For generations, children have been threatened with coal in their stocking as punishment for being naughty—but giving kids, and all of us, coal fired power plants is a punishment that can last 40 years or more. The Union of Concerned Scientists is asking supporters for help.

12/21/2006 from Green Car Congress:
'Today we begin using our cleanest source of electricity—wind power—to create the perfect fuel: hydrogen.'

12/20/2006 A month of action has started in a global effort to bring the world’s attention to the abuses in the US detention centre in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which will be five years old on January 11.

12/19/2006 Joseph Williams is working to help reduce criminal recidivism in the United States while Caroline Casey is helping promote the contributions people with disabilities make to business in Ireland. Wayan Patut is helping conserve coral reefs in Indonesia, Abdellah Aboulharjan is fostering entrepreneurship in France's immigrant communities...the list goes on and on and on...

12/19/2006 The day after the 3,000th U.S. death in Iraq is reported, peace and justice groups worldwide will hold memorials commemorating all the lives lost in Iraq. Find an event or sign up to host one today.

12/19/2006 Community groups mobilized across the United States Monday to call for immigration policies based on the principles of dignity, justice, and equality.

12/19/2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 19 (OneWorld) - A Brussels-based non-profit has launched what it describes as the first ever "global radio show connecting migrant communities worldwide to highlight their concerns and achievements."

12/19/2006 from World Changing:
'In this fishbowl called Earth, pollution can't be displaced "elsewhere" for long.'

12/18/2006 Las redadas de migrantes que se reportaron en los últimos días en seis estados de Estados Unidos, han dejado a más de mil 282 mujeres y hombres arrestados y a un centenar de infantes sin sus progenitores, se conoció aquí.