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Don Lieber

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Don Lieber's writing has been published by the Associated Press, the United Nations, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, the Coalition to Ban the Use of Child Soldiers, Mothering Magazine, and others. He contributes regularly to several websites covering a range of environmental and human rights issues. He also a professional musician in New York City.

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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Depleted Uranium, The Emerging Radiation Crisis in Iraq and US Students: Vermont Takes Lead with Divestment The University of Vermont voted to divest from companies which produce Depleted Uranium weapons, as reports from Iraq are beginning to detail an emering radiation crisis. The U of V appears to be the first US Universityh to take this action.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, January 29, 2010
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: 2010 One family's efforts at 'going solar' in Brooklyn. An example of personal environmental leadership in the absence of government leadership.
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Weather Extremes as the 'New Normal', and the Most Destructive Project on Earth. President Obama is currently considering approval of a massive new oil pipeline, the Keystone XL project. The pipeline is called "The Most Destructive Project on Earth" - with immense implications for greenhouse gas emissions. In lieu of record-setting weather extremes recorded globally, author Don Lieber examines the environmental implications of this decision.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The Gulf Spill, Corexit, and PROFITS Public discussion about the hazards of the chemical dispersant Corexit, used by BP to break up oil in the gulf spill, now includes talk about possible public evacuation. What is not discussed as much is the huge profits behind the company which manufactures Corexit, Illinois-based NALCO, and the fortune earned by its CEO, Erik Frywald.
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SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, March 25, 2012
Energy Mullahs on Rampage in Alaska, Pennsylvania, Ban Doctors from Discussing Fracking Health Risks The rush by the natural gas industry to exploit vast resources, made available by the technology called "fracking" has led to the industry and politicians to prevent public discussion of the associated public health risks.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 14, 2012
New Yorkers to Senator Schumer: Don't Break Our Hearts on Valentine's Day: Say NO to Keystone Pipeline In response to a sudden push, led by some of the largest recipients in Congress of contributions from the oil and gas industry, New Yorkers are joining a national "blitz" against the move by marching on their senior Senator's office today, telling Chuck Schumer to stand up against big oil interests.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 21, 2010
Tom Brokaw and the Pentagon: Unwitting Partners in Apathy On Oct 17, veteran newscaster Tom Brokaw published an Op-Ed in the NY Times which decried the absence of discussion about the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan in the current election campaign season. Brokow's call for more attention to the wars comes on the heels of a recent AP report on the Pentagon's first-time admission that over 70,000 Iraqis were killed in the conflict, a detail itself ignored by Brokaw and the media.

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