News - Special Topics and Current Events - Internet Resources

Reuters Alertnet
up-to-the-minute information about "fast-moving humanitarian emergencies and...the early warning of future emergencies" on this "humanitarian news network" that "aims to keep relief professionals and the wider public up-to-date on humanitarian crises around the globe"

Enron

Enron - Google Directory
Bigger Than Enron - PBS
The Daily Enron - American Family Voices
Explaining the Enron Bankruptcy - CNN
FindLaw Investigations: Enron
LLRX.com - The Collapse of Enron: A Bibliography of Online Legal, Government and Legislative Resources
Global Warming
Google Directory > Science > Environment > Climate Change
The Best Global Warming Articles
Carbon Disclosure Project
"the global standardized mechanism by which companies report their greenhouse gas emissions to investors - a secretariat for the world's largest institutional investor collaboration on the business implications of climate change"
Climate Counts
company scorecards on their contribution to global warming
RealClimate.org - Climate Science from Climate Scientists
"commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists"
Global Warning @ National Geographic Magazine
The Heat is Online
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist & environmental author Ross Gelbspan, conference organizer with the Harvard Center for Health and the Global Environment & the UN to accelerate the Kyoto process
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - World Meteorological Organization & UN Environmental Programme
"the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation" "warming of the climate system is unequivocal"
The IPCC scientists' "Final Draft" on climate change impacts before government editing negotiations
(Considered too bleak for public release & was edited)
-Summary for Policymakers (Unedited first draft) [PDF]
-Full unedited report
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
"governed by a Board comprised of representatives of international conventions, UN agencies, scientific organizations and leaders from the private sector, civil society, and indigenous organizations"
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
"governed by a Board comprised of representatives of international conventions, UN agencies, scientific organizations and leaders from the private sector, civil society, and indigenous organizations"
RealClimate
"climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists"
National Geographic & PBS: Strange Days on Planet Earth
events and processes, incl climatic change, invasive species, their long- and short-term effects, interviews with experts, relevance to daily life, glossary of terms
Warnings From the Ice - PBS - NOVA
global warming due to the gradual disappearance "over the last half-century of the coastal ice on the Antarctic Peninsula." | ice-core timeline, overview of the Antarctic environment & wildlife, images of what the coasts might look like if the ice sheets melted, links, teacher's guide
Iraq & "War on Terror"
Iraq War - Google Directory
Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq's WMD
Detainees at Guantanamo Bay - NPR
history, analysis, policies, news, timelines, Q&A
Dick & Don's Cabal - The White House Iraq Group - TomPaine.com
directory, background & graphic map of power & planning relationships
"Doctors and Interrogators at Guantanamo Bay"
M. Gregg Bloche, M.D., J.D., and Jonathan H. Marks, M.A., B.C.L, New England Journal of Medicine. July 7, 2005. PDF file of full article and audio of interview
"Notice: Because of current public interest in this topic, this Perspective and its accompanying audio interview were published early at www.nejm.org on June 22, 2005. The article will appear in the July 7 issue of the Journal."
Electronic Iraq
"a news portal by respected Middle East independent news publishers"
Fact Sheet: National Security Entry-Exit Registration System
The Ground Truth - The Human Cost of War - Interviews with Iraq Combat Veterans
FOIA: Detention Practices Project - dKosopedia, the free political encyclopedia - Project Update & Volunteering Information
Human Rights Watch: United States: Getting Away with Torture?
Information on the Crisis Situation in Iraq - Global Policy Forum
Iraq News Log - AlterNet
Iraq: The War Card - Orchestrated Deception on the Path to War - The Center for Public Integrity
searchable database of statements by public officials | top officials, key false statements, multimedia, public opinion, bibliography, methodology
Iraq War Debate, 2002 - Documents in the News - U Mich.
Iraq War Timeline - Mother Jones
Khilafah
"The Khilafah is the global leadership for all the Muslims in the world. Its role is to establish the laws of the Islamic Shari'ah and to carry the Da'wah of Islam to the world."
The Nation - Iraq
National Gulf War Resource Center
"an international coalition of advocates and organizations providing a resource for information, support, and referrals for all those concerned with the complexities of Persian Gulf War issues, especially Gulf War illnesses and those held prisoner or missing in action." | News, Press, Resources, Bulletin, Issues
News From Inside Iraq - Dahr Jamail
Reporter for Inter Press Service, The NewStandard, BBC, The Nation, The Sunday Herald, Islam Online
Not in Our Name
Operation Truth
"a non-profit, non-partisan organization that seeks to educate the American public about the truth of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from the perspective of the troops who have experienced them first-hand" | soldier profiles, stories, discussions of issues facing the troops (such as wounded soldiers & private contractors), photographs, videos, blog
Oppose War on Iraq - American Friends Service Committee
The Torture Question - PBS Frontline
"traces the history of how decisions made in Washington in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11 ... led to a robust interrogation policy that laid the groundwork for prisoner abuse in Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and Iraq." | opinion from legal experts about whether torture is ever justified, analysis of treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq, video tour of U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, photos, more
UrukNet - Information from Occupied Iraq
War and Occupation in Iraq - Global Policy Forum & Partners
Report by 30 NGOs, 117 pages | Executive Summary, Map of Major Coalition Attacks, Bases and Prisons, Political Map of Iraq, Destruction of Cultural Heritage, Indiscriminate and Especially Injurious Weapons, Unlawful Detention, Abuse and Torture of Prisoners, Attacks on Cities, Killing Civilians, Murder and Atrocities, Displacement and Mortality, Corruption, Fraud and Gross Malfeasance, Long-Term Bases and the New Embassy Compound, Other Issues, Iraqi Public Opinion and the Occupation, Cost of the War and Occupation, Conclusion and Recommendations
The War in Context
The War in Iraq Cost the United States - National Priorities Project
Cost of the war and opportunity cost to: Pre-Schools, Kids' Health, Public Education, College Scholarships, Public Housing, World Hunger, AIDS Epidemic, World Immunization
War on Terror Timeline - Mother Jones
White House Iraq Group - SourceWatch - Center for Media & Democracy
"The White House Iraq Group (aka, White House Information Group or WHIG) was the marketing arm of the White House whose purpose was to sell the 2003 invasion..."
White House Iraq Group - Wikipedia
World Tribunal on Iraq
Middle East
Middle East - Google Directory
Arabic Media
Challenge
magazine covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a forum for going "beyond a primitive urge to annihilate"
Haaretz
"an independent [Israeli] daily newspaper with a broadly liberal outlook both on domestic issues and on international affairs"
The Link - Newsletter of Americans for Middle East Understanding
The Middle East Report - Middle East Research and Information Project
Mizna
journal of prose, poetry, and art by Arab Americans
The Other Israel - Newsletter of the Israeli Council for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Tikkun
progressive American Jewish magazine, incl Middle East coverage
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
incl European press perspectives, examination of media bias, statements of Israeli refuseniks, letters by prisoners, reports on diplomatic affairs, Arab women journalists, political cartoons
The "Patriot Act"
Patriot Act - Google Directory
The Bill of Rights Defense Committee
"a grassroots movement to restore civil liberties - The War on the Bill of Rights - And the Rising Resistance - the growth of organized resistance as more citizens realize their rights are endangered"
National ID Cards and the Real ID Act - Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Real ID Act (2005), "which mandates federal requirements for driver's licenses. Critics argue that it would make driver's licenses into de facto national IDs."| news, reports
Peak Oil
ASPO the Association for the Study of Peak Oil
"ASPO is a network of scientists, affiliated with European institutions and universities, having an interest in determining the date and impact of the peak and decline of the world's production of oil and gas, due to resource constraints."
Consumer Watchdog - The Foundation For Taxpayer & Consumer Rights - Energy
manipulation of electricity & oil markets by utilities, energy producers & oil companies
DieOff.org - Petroleum Economist Jay Hanson
Synopsis | Oil Depletion | Economic Theory | Scientific Consensus | Food, Land, Water and Population | Climate Change | Disease | Moral Theory | Carrying Capacity | Tragedy of The Commons | Sustainability | Ecology | Systems
End of Cheap Oil @ National Geographic Magazine
Energy Information Administration
weekly updates by energy source, historical data, statistics, surveys, publications, US, regional, international, countries, world oil transit chokepoints
Energy Summit: Energy Myths [PPT] by Congressman Roscoe Bartlett - Energy Updates
Extreme Oil - PBS
"looks at how the oil industry must now go to extremes to find new sources of the asset that drives the world's economy and fuels so many aspects of our lives" | oil regions, history of production & use, science behind oil exploration, production, transportation, refining, incl lesson plans & links
Fuelling the Future: The Challenge & Opportunity of Peak Oil - Conference on Community Responses to the Coming Energy Crisis
Speakers, FAQ, Forum, Links, Audio, DVD
Hubbert Peak of Oil Production
overview, summary, experts, debate, scenarios, nations & regions, alternatives, environment, history, politics, books, services, references, education, links
Life After the Oil Crash - UC Hastings College of Law - Public Interest Lawyer Matt Savinar
books, articles, news, forum, links
New York Times Special - The Oil Crunch
Peak Oil & the Army's Future
The Peak Oil Crisis - U.S. Government Accountability Office - "Crude Oil - Uncertainty about Future Oil Supply Makes It Important to Develop a Strategy for Addressing a Peak and Decline in Oil Production"
"Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation and Risk Management"
principal author Robert L. Hirsch, Science Applications International Corporation, Commissioned by US Department of Energy
PeakOil.org
articles, news, action
Renewable Energy Is Capable of Meeting Our Energy Needs - Study [PDF] - Public Citizen Energy Program
September 11, 2001
September 11 - Google Directory
Iraq Index: Tracking Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq - The Brookings Institution
data & statistics on: security, economic, quality-of-life indicators, polls, coalition forces, casualties, insurgent attacks, Iraqi security forces, utilities, oil production, crime, unemployment, etc.
C-SPAN.org: September 11: U.S. Response
The Man Who Knew - John O'Neill
the FBI's leading expert on Al Qaeda for six years, analyzes events & intelligence leading up to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
9/11 Commission & Report
911Truth.org
articles, books, videos, links | "elements within the U.S. government must have been complicit, or worse" | media, educational, organizing materials
Research & Reference Resources: Events of September 11, 2001
Resources for September 11, 2001
september11.archive.org
The September 11 Commission - The New York Times
The September 11 Digital Archive
September 11 Hearings - National Public Radio
September 11 news.com
September 11 Resources
War on Terror Timeline - Mother Jones
War on Terrorism - FindLaw - Special Coverage
latest headlines, Al Qaeda, Guantanamo Bay, threat conditions, commentary, legal cases, documents (incl report of the 9-11 Commission & related testimony), discussion boards, resolutions from Congress, NATO, other organizations