Humanity is running out of time. That is the stark, bleak message offered by leading Australian reef scientist J.E.N. Veron to a gathering of 50 or so members of the Boston Reef Society this Saturday. By 2030, the oceans as a whole will be too acidic to sustain the coral reefs; well before then, krill populations—which feed everything from mega-mammals to birds and sea creatures much lower on food chain–will have fallen below critical levels.
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11 Jul 2008 - 5:50pm
At a time when a citywide coalition under the aegis of Community Labor United is demanding an $11 million Community Fund from the giant private equity firm and commercial landlord The Blackstone Group, we find it passing strange that Blackstone co-founder and senior chairman Pete Peterson is usi
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11 Jul 2008 - 4:39pm
BOSTON/Roxbury - Concerned about a rising tide of economic and social ills, over 100 local activists and advocates filled the hall at the First Church of Roxbury in John Eliot Square on Tuesday evening to watch representatives of grassroots organizations and labor unions testify to a panel of co
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11 Jul 2008 - 12:01pm
One man was killed and another seriously injured after being hit by a car while working as part of a clean up crew in Mashpee yesterday.
The Sierra Club Foundation joins with Homes for our Troops to build green homes for injured veterans
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9 Jul 2008 - 4:19pm
Contact: Orli Cotel, Sierra Club (415) 977-5627
John Gonsalves, Homes for Our Troops (508) 823-3300
The Sierra Club Foundation joins with Homes for our Troops to build green homes for injured veterans
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4 Jul 2008 - 2:26am
Congratulations to the organizations - Neighbor to Neighbor, Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center and others - that helped successfully close some big loopholes for corporations in the state tax system this week. Gov.
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3 Jul 2008 - 6:07pm
In this guide, I will briefly discuss the philosophy of peer-to-peer technologies, and review my favorite bittorrent clients and trackers, as well as a network security application called Peer Guardian.
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3 Jul 2008 - 4:43pm
Having seen pretty much every film Pixar has ever produced, and finding their work to be uniformly excellent, I went to check out their latest release, WALL-E, with high expectations - and I'm pleased to say that they were met.
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2 Jul 2008 - 3:18pm
BOSTON/South Boston - On Monday, a group of 25 people - including former employees of the recently closed Seafood Palace Restaurant in Dorchester and supporters from the Chinese Progressive Association Workers Center, Mass. Jobs with Justice, and the Mass.
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30 Jun 2008 - 4:19pm
BOSTON/Davis Square - Kevin Leppmann and his associate Reebee Garofalo have an agenda for Honk! Festival and they aren't afraid to admit it: Get musicians off the stage and into the crowd, and make sure they bring the music with them.
