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Posts in this category are about Security. As inequities within and between nations increase, new threats to security are emerging. Security depends on Social Equity, a sense of affiliation to a broader community, and a reliable stream of ecosystem services. Security can only be maintained by addressing the root causes of violence. This requires that fundamental needs be met, community capital be increased, and ecosystem services be stabilized.

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Coastal Areas Prepare For The Other 'Big One'

Source: Planetizen Network - Posted: March 13, 2010 10:00

California has just completed a landmark effort to assess the state's worst-case tsunami danger. Now emergency response officials, and even some planners, are considering how to keep the state's coastal populations safe.

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More Americans say global warming exaggerated: poll

Source: Reuters Environment - Posted: March 11, 2010 17:08
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A growing number of Americans, nearly half the country, think global warming worries are exaggerated and more people doubt that scientific warnings of severe environmental fallout will ever occur, according to a new Gallup poll.
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M 6.9, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile

Source: USGS Earthquakes 5 Past Seven Days - Posted: March 11, 2010 09:39
March 11, 2010 14:39:48 GMT
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