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Aug 26 2008 - 12:01am
Dispatch from Denver: Making Climate Change THE Issue

DENVER, Aug 25 (OneWorld) - Climate scientists and activists in town
for the Democratic National Convention are urging Americans to take
part in a massive grassroots movement to demand immediate and drastic
political action to avert global destabilization as a result of
runaway climate change.

http://us.oneworld.net/article/357088-dispatch-denver-making-climate-change-the-issue

From: OneWorld US

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Aug 26 2008 - 12:00am
Waste, Not Supply, Blamed for Food Crisis

Immense amounts of food are lost to processing, transport, sale, and
consumption, even as large swathes of people are beginning to face
hunger and starvation as never before, says a report released during
World Water Week.

http://us.oneworld.net/article/357084-half-all-food-produced-worldwide-is-wasted

From: Environment News Service

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Aug 25 2008 - 11:51pm
Three Years After Katrina: 'Little Progress'

"Much of the progress has come at
the hands of Gulf Coast residents - in spite of significant hurdles
placed in front of them by the federal government," says a disaster
relief group days before the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

http://us.oneworld.net/article/357080-three-years-after-katrina

From: Oxfam America

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Aug 25 2008 - 11:47pm
An Oasis of Urbaculture

In the middle of busy San Francisco, a community farm creates green
jobs for low-income locals and youth, makes fresh food available at a
small fee, educates the community, and promotes a sense of "people's
power."

http://us.oneworld.net/article/357083-an-oasis-urbaculture

From: Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)

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