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US Steps Up Military Operations In Iraq, Syria
By Patrick Martin

http://www.countercurrents.org/martin101114.htm

US warplanes struck across a wide area of northern Syria and northern and western Iraq over the last four days, in the most extensive bombing since President Obama ordered US military intervention in the region three months ago. The Iraqi targets included a meeting of leaders of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) held outside Mosul, a city of two million, which destroyed a dozen vehicles and killed as many as 50 people. An Iraqi military spokesman claimed that the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, had been wounded in the strike, but the US military command said it could not confirm this


Saving The Planet, One Meal At A Time
By Chris Hedges

http://www.countercurrents.org/hedges101114.htm

We have only a few years left, at best, to make radical changes to save ourselves from ecological meltdown. A person who is vegan will save 1,100 gallons of water, 20 pounds CO2 equivalent, 30 square feet of forested land, 45 pounds of grain, and one sentient animal’s life13 every day. We do not, given what lies ahead of us, have any other option


Oil Price Slide - No Good Way Out
By Gail Tverberg

http://www.countercurrents.org/tverberg101114.htm

The world is in a dangerous place now. A large share of oil sellers need the revenue from oil sales. They have to continue producing, regardless of how low oil prices go unless they are stopped by bankruptcy, revolution, or something else that gives them a very clear signal to stop. Producers of oil from US shale are in this category, as are most oil exporters, including many of the OPEC countries and Russia


The Collapse of Oil Prices And Energy Security in Europe
By Ugo Bardi

http://www.countercurrents.org/bardi101114.htm

It is vital for Europe's energy security to invest in renewable energy. We shouldn't expect miracles from renewables, but they will be immensely helpful in the difficult times ahead


What Is The Carbon Limit? That Depends Who You Ask
By Fred Pearce

http://www.countercurrents.org/pearce101114.htm

Scientists are offering widely varying estimates of how much carbon we can emit into the atmosphere without causing dangerous climate change. But establishing a so-called carbon budget is critical if we are to keep the planet a safe place to live in the coming century


Regenerative Agriculture: The Transition
By Chris Rhodes

http://www.countercurrents.org/rhodes101114.htm

In the face of peak oil and in order to curb carbon emissions, methods of farming that depend less on oil and natural gas, respectively to run machinery and to make synthetic fertilizers, must be sought. Such options are to be found within the framework of regenerative agriculture, but the transition from current industrialised agriculture to these alternative strategies will prove testing


Reversing Nehruvian Legacy: Blame Game of The BJP Government
By Ram Puniyani

http://www.countercurrents.org/puniyani101114.htm

If Nehruvian philosophy is rooted in secularism, pluralism, inclusion and scientific temper, Modi’s party’s is exactly the opposite. Nehru's abiding faith in Indian pluralism helped keep the nation united; his commitment to democracy and democratic institution-building meant that we never strayed down towards the path of dictatorship that afflicted so many other newly-independent nations


Feed The Poor, Go To Jail
By Subhash Gatade

http://www.countercurrents.org/gatade101114.htm

Whether serving food to the homeless is a crime? Ask Arnold Arbott, known as Chef Arbott, a 90 year old man from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, who along-with two other members of a Church charity faces potential jail term for at least six months for the same 'offence'. In fact his name finds prominent mention in the police records in the past week for breaking the new city ordinance which has come into effect recently which characterises his act as breach of law