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Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The current crisis is not like 2008 or even 1929. The New Depression that has emerged from the COVID pandemic is the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. Most fired employees will remain redundant. Bankruptcies will be common, and banks will buckle under the weight of bad debts. Deflation, debt, and demography will wreck any chance of recovery, and social disorder will follow closely on the heels of market chaos. The happy talk from Wall Street...
22) Food fix: how to save our health, our economy, our communities, and our planet-- one bite at a time
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Throughout American history, 'public lands' have been the subject of controversy, from homesteaders settling the American west to ranchers who use the open range to promote free enterprise to wilderness activists who see these lands as wild places. This book shows how these controversies intersect with critical issues of American history"--
Publisher
Yes! Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
DVD: Monsanto Company is the world's leader in agricultural chemicals, seed and genetically modified crops, as well as being one of the most controversial companies in industrial history. This film uses hitherto unpublished documents and testimonies of victims, scientists and politicians to expose Monsanto's lack of care in protecting the environment and the health of those exposed to their products. Shows how the company promoted such products as...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Former Vice President Al Gore explains the facts of global warming, presents arguments that the dangers of global warning have reached the level of crisis, and addresses the efforts of certain interests to discredit the anti-global warming cause. Between lecture segments, Gore discusses his personal commitment to the environment, sharing anecdotes from his experiences.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
2nd Vintage Books ed.
Language
English
Description
Argues that many of the elaborate actions being considered to stop global warming are too costly and will have little impact, and suggests that society's focus should be on such immediate concerns as fighting HIV/AIDS and maintaining a fresh water supply.
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
New York Times best-selling author Douglas Brinkley is widely regarded as one of America's leading historians. In The Great Deluge, Brinkley delivers an eye-opening account of the devastation inflicted by Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
"The [Bush] administration has squandered the opportunity to eliminate al Qaeda... A new al Qaeda has emerged and is growing stronger, in part because of our own actions and inactions. It is in many ways a tougher opponent than the original threat we faced before September 11, and we are not doing what is necessary to make America safe from that threat." No one has more authority to make that claim than Richard Clarke, the former counterterrorism...
33) TerrorStorm
Publisher
Disinformation
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Throughout history, criminal elements inside governments have carried out terror attacks against their own populations as a pretext to enslave them. TerrorStorm reveals how, in the last hundred years, Western leaders have repeatedly murdered their own citizens while posing as their saviors" -- Container.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"Wars of the future will be fought over water, as they are today over oil, as the source of all life enters the global marketplace and political arena. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling fresh water supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions from citizens fighting for the right to survive. Past civilizations have collapsed from poor water management. Will ours too?"--Container.
36) The age of AIDS
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Part one follows the trail of a medical mystery which began in 1981 when five gay men in Los Angeles were diagnosed with a deadly new disease. Traces the international response in the first years of the epidemic, contrasting moments of inspirational leadership with the tragedy of missed opportunities. Reveals the astounding spread of the infection to over 70 million infections in 2006. Part two explores the chasm that emerged between rich and poor...
Publisher
Institute for Responsible Technology
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Never-before-seen evidence points to genetically engineered foods as a major contributor to rising disease rates in the U.S. population, especially among children...Monsanto's strong arm tactics, the FDA's fraudulent policies, and how the USDA ignores a growing health emergency are also laid bare. This sometimes shocking film may change your diet, help you protect your family, and accelerate the consumer tipping point against genetically modified...
Publisher
Utah Dept. of Health
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
This 45-minute program hosted by former CBS Morning Show news anchor Jan Clayson highlights what public health agencies in Utah have done to prepare for bioterrorism. Real-life scenarios and interviews with medical experts show what the public can do to prepare for public health emergencies.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"In the past thirty years, China has transformed from an impoverished country where peasants comprised the largest portion of the populace, to an economic power with an expanding middle class and more megacities than anywhere else on earth. Like every other major power in modern history, China is looking outward to find the massive quantities of resources needed to maintain its economic expansion; it is now engaged in a far flung quest around the...
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