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Gore Book Excerpt: "The Assault on Reason"

Gore Book Excerpt: "The Assault on Reason"
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051707R.shtml
Al Gore writes in an excerpt from his book "The Assault on Reason": "American democracy is now in danger - not from any one set of ideas, but from unprecedented changes in the environment within which ideas either live and spread, or wither and die. I do not mean the physical environment; I mean what is called the public sphere, or the marketplace of ideas."

US Contests G8 Climate Communique
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/051707EA.shtml
Attempts to step up international action on climate change among the Group of Eight industrialized nations are being strongly contested by the US. A draft of the proposed communique from the G8's summit in Germany in June, seen by the Financial Times, shows the US is trying to weaken some of the starkest language on climate change.

Scientists Foresee Extinction Domino Effect
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/051707EC.shtml
Climate change is accelerating species extinctions and unraveling the intricate web of life, experts fear. Birds, animals, insects and even plants are on the move around the Earth, trying to flee new and increasingly inhospitable local weather conditions.

Labor Unions and Conservation Groups Team Up in Bid to Influence Farm Policy
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/051707LA.shtml
The AFL-CIO and other major labor unions for the first time are aiming to influence farm policy by partnering with conservation groups that seek greater funding for programs benefiting US hunters and fishers.



Brita Belli | Natural Baby, Poisonous World
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/051707WA.shtml
"While raising a child more naturally does involve buying more organic and nontoxic products, it's also about fostering the kind of instinctive bond that's so easily lost in our high-stress, pre-packaged world," writes Brita Belli.

Inspired by Ancient Amazonians, a New Plan for the Environment
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/051707EB.shtml
A new bill in the US Senate will advocate adoption of an "agrichar" method that could lessen our dependence on fossil fuel and help avert global warming.