The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
US-China showdown looms over climate talks COPENHAGEN – A showdown between the world’s two largest polluters loomed over the U.N. climate talks Tuesday as China accused the United States and other rich nations of backsliding on their commitments to fight global warming. Phi Beta Iota: The Secretary General means well, but he has no clue …
The Oxymoronic Concept of ‘NATO Intelligence’ In 2008, a FOIA request resulted in the release of a (redacted) version of a 1984 CIA article: NATO Intelligence: A Contradiction in Terms. The report is pretty scathing: “Since its inception, NATO has essentially opted out of the intelligence business. The command structure is almost totally innocent of any …
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Field To Market is a diverse alliance working to create opportunities across the agricultural supply chain for continuous improvements in productivity, environmental quality, and human well-being. The group provides collaborative leadership that is engaged in industry-wide dialogue, grounded in science, and open to the full range of technology choices. The Fieldprint Calculator is an educational …
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Phi Beta Iota: We love this, even though it is very time and bandwidth intensive. As voice to text matures (China is rreported by Atlantic Monthly to be much further ahead than Google) it will become much easier to aggregate citizen views into the Global Game, and to create a “level playing field” for true …
Copenhagen climate summit: Behind the scenes at the sceptics’ conference Tuvalu gives Copenhagen that old sinking feeling Copenhagen denies Tuvalu bid for tough climate controls Global Day of Climate protest, 12th December 2009 COPENHAGEN – December 8 – As the Copenhagen Climate Talks get underway and hopes of a meaningful deal continue to fade, a …
Pyramid scheme lets audience vote for climate solutions A worldwide audience will decide the planet’s fate in game-show format during the Copenhagen climate summit by suggesting and voting on climate solutions and how they will be funded. Phi Beta Iota: This is exactly the right idea in the wrong venue with the wrong frame of …
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a tool used to evaluate the potential environmental impact of a product, process or activity throughout its entire life cycle by quantifying the use of resources (“inputs” such as energy, raw materials, water) and environmental emissions (“outputs” to air, water and soil) associated with the system that is being evaluated. …
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