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August 23, 1996
Declaration of War Against the Americans
Occupying the Land of the two Holy Places
October 14, 1996
Bin Laden: Declaration of War III
December 7, 1995
President Clinton vetoed the Balanced Budget Act which included a provision to open ANWR.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Clinton vetoed the Republican budget reconciliation bill Wednesday, but promised to unveil his own seven-year balanced budget package the following day.
November 17, 1995
Senate OKs sweeping budget bill
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Disregarding President Clinton's threats of a veto, Republicans muscled a sweeping balanced-budget bill through the Senate, and chewed on a compromise offer from Democrats to end the budget face-off which has closed parts of the government since Tuesday.
Sept. 1995
Pesident Clinton tried to create a National Monument of ANWR under the Antiquities Act - this was prevented
April 1995 The American Geophysical Union
There are many atmospheric greenhouse gases, some naturally occurring and some resulting from industrial activities, but probably the most important greenhouse gas is water vapor. Water vapor is involved in an important climate feedback loop. As the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere increases, the atmosphere is able to hold more water vapor. The additional water vapor, acting as a greenhouse gas, absorbs energy that would otherwise escape to space and so causes further warming. This basic picture is complicated by important interactions between water vapor, clouds, atmospheric motion, and radiation from both the Sun and the Earth. There are some aspects of the role of water vapor as a greenhouse gas that are not well understood, again mainly because we lack the necessary observations to test theoretical models. site
November 14, 1991 -- USCCB
Renewing the Earth
An Invitation to Reflection and Action on Environment in Light of Catholic Social Teaching
A Pastoral Statement of the United States Catholic Conference site
April 1, 1979
The Three Mile Island Accident
The accident at Three Mile Island Unit 2 in 1979 was caused by a combination of equipment failure and the inability of plant operators to understand the reactor’s condition. A gradual loss of cooling water to the reactor’s heat-producing core led to partial melting of the fuel rod cladding and the uranium fuel, and the release of a small amount of radioactive material. details
April 7, 1977
President Jimmy Carter announced that the United States would defer indefinitely the reprocessing of spent commercial nuclear fuel: He stated that this policy was designed to set an example to the rest of the nations of the world to turn away from technologies that could lead to further nuclear weapons proliferation.
April 28, 1975
Peter Gwynne, Newsweek,
There are ominous signs that the Earth’s weather patterns have begun to change dramatically and that these changes may portend a drastic decline in food production – with serious political implications for just about every nation on Earth. The drop in food output could begin quite soon, perhaps only 10 years from now. The regions destined to feel its impact are the great wheat-producing lands of Canada and the U.S.S.R. in the North, along with a number of marginally self-sufficient tropical areas – parts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indochina and Indonesia – where the growing season is dependent upon the rains brought by the monsoon. Ice Age
1975
U. S. leads the world in numbers and efficiency of nuclear power plants.
October 17, 1973,
Members of Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC, consisting of the Arab members of OPEC plus Egypt and Syria) announce that they would no longer ship oil to nations that had supported Israel in its conflict with Syria, Egypt, and Iraq (the United States, its allies in Western Europe, and Japan).
1966
France began reprocessing power plant spent fuel rods.
The French see reprocessing as ecologically sound, economical and profitable and as demonstrating scientific leadership on a world stage.
Climate Change
There are ominous signs that the Earth’s weather patterns have begun to change dramatically and that these changes may portend a drastic decline in food production – with serious political implications for just about every nation on Earth. The drop in food output could begin quite soon, perhaps only 10 years from now. The regions destined to feel its impact are the great wheat-producing lands of Canada and the U.S.S.R. in the North, along with a number of marginally self-sufficient tropical areas – parts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indochina and Indonesia – where the growing season is dependent upon the rains brought by the monsoon.
April 28, 1975 Peter Gwynne, Newsweek, Ice Age
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