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Dioxin, TCE Drums, U-235 and El Toro`s Panhandle

What lurks beneath this old Marine base?

(IRVINE, CA) - If you wanted to hide environmental contamination, then the proposed transfer of the 900+ acres of El Toro’s panhandle from the FAA to the FBI makes sense.

The area may be contaminated with weapons grade U-235...

Women, Mother Earth & the Environment

Human rights are non-negotiable. They are God-given and self-evident.

(BOSTON) - In the past, I have written about the connection between the women’s hijab and the struggle for protecting environmental resources. Hijab - beyond religion - is a political statement saying, “I will not be commodified.”

Women’s bodies are essentially part of the earth’s resources. Her offspring can either thrive or become endangered. That is one reason why it is important to protect women.

Oregon Soldiers Win $85M from KBR

33 Oregon soldiers suffered from KBR’s failure to inform them that chemicals in the oil sites were dangerous.

(PORTLAND, OR) - In 2003, after the US invasion and occupation of Iraq, the Pentagon hired KBR- Dick Cheney’s old oil company, to run a massive program called “Restore Iraq Oil”.

It was “intended to quickly restore the flow of Iraq’s oil, partly to fund the war.“

Forget Renewables, We Need Cheap Oil - An Interview with Gail Tverberg

We are right now experiencing adverse financial impacts from high oil prices, but these impacts are being disguised by artificially low interest rates and huge amounts of deficit spending.

(LONDON OilPrices.com) - What does our world's energy future look like? Does renewable energy feature as much in the energy production mix as many hope it will?

Will natural gas and fracking help reduce our dependence upon oil and how will the world economy and trade fare as supplies of cheap oil continue to dwindle?

Camp Lejeune Marines Get the Shaft

The latest statistics from the VA’s Louisville office on Camp Lejeune’s disability compensation claims show an 84% denial rate for medical conditions claimed by veterans for Camp Lejeune’s contaminated water wells.

(LOUISVILLE, KY) - Outside of the military, no corporation could avoid the huge liability for deaths and injuries from poisoned water wells. Camp Lejeune Marines who were injured by the base’s contaminated water wells are getting the shaft.

Intervenor Compensation: Proposition 103 In California

Have NGOs Taken A 1988 California Insurance Revolt And Turned It Into A Cash Cow?

(LAGUNA BEACH, CA) - I’ve seen and heard a lot on my 15-year eco-watch, yet this pulling back of the drapes, this highly compensated intervention strategy kind of gave me the creeps. It has an eerie, freaky and other-worldly feeling to it.

Never having known or heard of it, maybe I could have milked the system long ago and retired to Hawai’i if I had!

Co-locating Alternative Energy Resources

Helping To Offset Increasing Energy Demands In The Water World...

(LAGUNA BEACH, CA) - Everyone knows the mantra regarding the fiscal benefits of real estate purchases: Location Location Location. All around the world, the pursuit of alternative sources is growing.

We could solve the riddle over where we’ll find the energy supplies for advanced water treatment systems (AWTS) if we recalibrate, readjust our mindset in America as they’ve done elsewhere.

BETRAYAL: Toxic Exposure of U.S. Marines, Murder and Government Cover-Up

Now on Amazon Kindle...

(SOMERDALE, NJ) - BETRAYAL tells the true story of government sanctioned murder, CIA proprietary airlines transporting weapons and cocaine, and injuries at El Toro and Camp Lejeune.

[MCAS EL TORO SUPERFUND SITE] BETRAYAL -- Toxic Exposure of U.S. Marines, Murder & Government Cover-up

None of the veterans that served aboard these two installations were notified of their exposure to deadly contaminants when it was discovered...

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - BETRAYAL is written by two former MCAS El Toro Marines, Robert O’Dowd, Salem-News investigative reporter and disabled veteran, and Tim King, photojournalist and war correspondent.

It is a thrilling and informative nonfiction account of contamination at two Marine Corps installations—Marine Corps Air Station El Toro on the West Coast (CA) and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on the East Coast (NC).

Reclaimed, Reused and Recovered Water In South OC

“You can never step in the same water twice for new water is always flowing upon you.” Heraclitus of Ephesus circa 500 B.C.

(LAGUNA BEACH, CA) - If you’ve ever seen that sculpture by Rodin, titled “Le Ponseur” (The Thinker) then you’re familiar with the strong depiction of a man posed in deep metaphysical contemplation….or a profoundly depressed guy who just got dumped by his S.O.

That statue in conjunction with the aforementioned quote in fact typifies a modern contradiction: Now you CAN step in the same water twice, maybe shower in it, drink it or water your garden with it twice.