Tag: environment
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envirohealth: deathmaps, databanks, transplants etc
US natural hazard death map is producedfrom upi: Scientists using nationwide data collected since 1970 have produced a map depicting natural hazard mortality across the United States. Susan Cutter and Kevin Borden from the University of South Carolina said their map presents a county-level representation of the likelihood of dying as the result of natural…
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ground zero lounge: the parable of the acorns
from clyde lewis: While science incessantly debates global warming, perhaps it is time to debate global cleansing. Mother Nature is ready to purge herself of all of the toxins, radioactive materials and chemicals used by the elite to render the population ineffective and malleable, caught in the crossfire between nature and puppetmaster. stream (part1/part2)download (part1/part2)…
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envirohealth: water, web, weather, west virginia & whales
cnbc host recommends statins be put in the water supplyfrom youtube: Makers of Crestor now claim that people with normal cholesterol are also at risk for heart attack. Their study shows that if this group has a high level of hsCRP they lower their risk for heart attacks and arterial disease. This even though hsCRP…
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‘illuminated’ author michael crichton dies of cancer
from ap: Michael Crichton, the million-selling author of such historic and prehistoric science thrillers as “Jurassic Park,” “Timeline” and “The Andromeda Strain,” has died of cancer, his family said. He died Tuesday in Los Angeles at age 66 after a long battle with the illness. Chrichton was a brand-name author, known for his stories of…
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envirohealth: biodefense, flying syringes & vaccine protests
huge new biodefense lab is dedicated at ft detrick from washington post: The Department of Homeland Security dedicated a massive biodefense laboratory in Frederick yesterday, moving toward the facility’s opening despite questions raised about the risks of deadly pathogens to be studied there. When the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center at Fort Detrick is…
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news on the march: 9/11, police state, miltech, geopolitiks & crash
9/119/11 memorial ready by 10th anniversary* 9/11 holiday pay for massachusetts police criticized*video: baer knows guy who ‘cashed out’ day before 9/11*ex-mi5 chief: response to 9/11 was ‘huge overreaction’*nsa tapped 9/11 hijackers’ phone calls for 2yrs – inside the US*structural engineering council casts doubt on nist’s wtc7 report*video: former ny governor cuomo: ‘maybe I should…
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police state usa: spies, lies, pain rays & credible threats
nsa revelations to have lasting implicationsfrom raw story: Following the (actually-not-all-that-surprising) bombshell that the National Security Agency has been eavesdropping on calls between innocent US citizens, activists are considering re-opening a lawsuit alleging the government’s infringement upon constitutional rights. An appeals court last year dismissed a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against…
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wv: miners vs nra, dupont appeals, eminent domain & santa
miners union slams nra over film crewfrom examiner: The United Mine Workers of America is crying foul over what it says was an attempt to get miners to badmouth Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama for a camera crew. UMWA President Cecil Roberts plans to hold a news conference in Charleston at 12 p.m. Monday with…
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epa won’t remove rocket fuel from water
agency says health risks are low, critics say epa is protecting the pentagon from liability from cbs/ap: The Environmental Protection Agency has decided there is no need to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient that has fouled public water supplies around the United States. EPA reached the conclusion in a draft regulatory…
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nagin on gustav: ‘this is the storm of the century’
fema: gustav to be category 5from ap: The government’s disaster relief chief says Hurricane Gustav is growing into a monster Category 5 storm. The storm that hit Cuba Saturday could reach landfall along the Gulf Coast by early Tuesday. Federal Emergency Management Agency chief David Paulison told reporters several times at a briefing Saturday that…
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collateral 56: the plastic vortex
from collateral news: (This is a rerun) Our addiction to single-use plastic is creating havoc in the oceans, graphically illustrated by the ‘great garbage patch’ in the Pacific – an area of floating trash twice the size of Texas.
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totalitarian olympic updates
white house press corps plane detained in chinafrom ap: A charter airplane carrying the White House press corps was detained for nearly three hours Friday at Beijing’s international airport not long after President Bush arrived to attend the Olympic Games. The flight crew of the Northwest Airlines 747 had been expecting to park at a…
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biofuels, pesticides, vaccines, bioterror, wind & mars
world bank secret report confirms that biofuels are the cause of the world food crisis from william engdahl: A secret study by the World Bank, which reportedly has not been made public on pressure from the Bush Administration, concludes that bio-fuel cultivation in especially the USA and EU are directly responsible for the current explosion…
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newsflash: plants love higher co2 levels!
in other news, fish like water & people like oxygen …stay tuned for more amazing scientific discoveriesfrom afp: The dangerous rise in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may be troubling scientists and world leaders but it could prove to be a boon for plants, German researchers said Tuesday. Increasing exposure to carbon dioxide appears to…
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weird weather: ‘heat burst’ blasts nebraska
from ntv: Cozad residents woke this morning to a weather phenomenon as a heat burst rolled through town. Temperatures rose 20 degrees in a matter of minutes while winds reached speeds of 75 miles per hour. Many had no idea what was happening. Mike Steinwart, Cozad Street Department, said it came quickly. “No warning, not…