July 2012 Recognition Award Winner: Planet Earth Near Tipping Point
Region: IndiaDespite a dire warning issued by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) about the catastrophe that Planet Earth was headed for, the recent United Nations Rio+20 Conference at Rio de Janeiro on sustainable ... more
Views: 1358Indictments Reveal Legislative Bribery Ring--And System
Region: New York
INDICTMENTS REVEAL LEGISLATIVE BRIBERY RING-- AND SYSTEM By Richard Cooper The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bhaara, announced indictments on March 11th of two New York state ... more
Views: 3336DGP orders 273 promotions in J&K Police
Region: India
Jammu, January 31 (Scoop News) – The Director General of Police (DGP), Kuldeep Khoda today ordered the promotions of 68 Sub-Inspectors to the rank of Inspectors and 205 Assistant Sub-Inspectors to the ran... more
Views: 3563Eminent Domain And The 2010 NY Gubernatorial Race
Region: New York
groundreport.com/articles.php?id=2929079; groundreport.com/articles.php?id=2922303 ; groundreport.com/articles.php?id=2890386 and Stop The Pork Lawsuit Combats Corporate Welfare & Eminent Domain Abuse http://groundreport.c... more
Views: 3616Revised Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Fact Sheet
Region: New York
Electricity Production. The Indian Point reactors produce about 2,000 megawatts of electricity. The New York City/Westchester grid uses 9,000 to 13,000 megawatts daily, depending on the temperature. Elementary... more
Views: 2304Atlantic Yards Freedom-Fighters Dealt Blow In Court
Region: New YorkThe Atlantic Yards Nets Arena development in Brooklyn advanced as New York State's highest court, the Court of Appeals, ruled in favor of the eminent domain condemnation of property by the state's Empire State Development ... more
Views: 2128Urban Renewal Schemer Arrested Over Checks From Developer
Region: New York
On Long Island, New York Nassau County Legislator Roger Corbin (Democrat-Westbury) was arrested on charges of tax evasion and lying to federal agents about 81 checks totaling $225,000 from developer Ranjan Batheja, on... more
Views: 2963Coast Guard gives public better access to Hospital Point Light House
Region: MassachusettsHospital Point Lighthouse, at Beverly, Massachusetts guards the shipping entrance to both Salem and Beverly harbors through Salem Sound. And while it now signals the channel path electrically, it magnifies its ... more
Views: 1814Columbia University Obtains Eminent Domain Land Grab In Harlem
Region: New York
As reported in my alma mater Columbia University's newspaper http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2008/12/18/mville-expansion-clears-last-major-hurdle-state-approves-eminent-domain-0, the Empire State Development Corporation (... more
Views: 2987Stop The Pork Lawsuit Combats Corporate Welfare & Eminent Domain Abuse
Region: New York
Many Americans were outraged by the dramatic bailouts in the headlines of late, but fewer seem outraged by the constant flow of corporate welfare at the federal, state and local levels. Some New Yorkers have filed su... more
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