Tag: environment
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is everything seemingly spinning out of control?
from ap: Midwestern levees are bursting. Polar bears are adrift. Gas prices are skyrocketing. Home values are abysmal. Air fares, college tuition and health care border on unaffordable. Wars without end rage in Iraq, Afghanistan and against terrorism.Horatio Alger, twist in your grave. The can-do, bootstrap approach embedded in the American psyche is under assault.…
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japanese invent car that runs on water
from nikkei business publications: Genepax Co Ltd explained the technologies used in its new fuel cell system “Water Energy System (WES),” which uses water as a fuel and does not emit CO2. The system can generate power just by supplying water and air to the fuel and air electrodes, respectively, the company said at the…
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‘patent for a pig’
from wide eye cinema: As a powerful corporate giant attempts to patent living genetic material, this film asks what the consequences are for mankind.
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crazy rasberry ants, sunspot cycles & wi-fi allergies
‘crazy’ ants plague texas, fouling electronics from los angeles times: Texans are battling a plague of insects that sounds right out of the book of Exodus. So-called “crazy Rasberry ants,” named after Tom Rasberry, the exterminator who first identified them, and called “crazy” for their erratic marching pattern, have begun appearing in huge numbers in…
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(genetically-modified) food crisis: teens tamiflu teflon
US using food crisis to boost bio-engineered cropsfrom chicago tribune: The Bush administration has slipped a controversial ingredient into the $770 million aid package it recently proposed to ease the world food crisis, adding language that would promote the use of genetically modified crops in food-deprived countries. bird flu medicine toxic for teensfrom korea times:…
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EPA: Drink Refreshing, Delicious Rocket Fuel
from danger room: An Environmental Protection Agency official said Tuesday there’s a ‘”distinct possibility’ the agency won’t take action to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient that has contaminated public water supplies around the country.” Perchlorate, widely used by the military, “has been found in at least 395 sites in 35 states,”…
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homeland security wants to manipulate hurricanes
from new scientist: Would-be hurricane fighters hoping to stop a future Katrina before it makes landfall should aim to wound, not kill. The goal should be to re-route hurricanes and ease their fury, rather than try to stop them forming in the first place. This is the latest advice from weather modification experts. The field…
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greenpeace founder now backs nuclear power
from idaho statesman: Greenpeace founder Patrick Moore says there is no proof global warming is caused by humans, but it is likely enough that the world should turn to nuclear power – a concept tied closely to the underground nuclear testing his former environmental group formed to oppose. The chemistry of the atmosphere is changing,…
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xenu tv, disneynature, mexican hitler & jimmy justice
youtube accounts of scientology critics suspendedfrom wikinews: Two well-known critics of Scientology have had their user accounts on the video sharing website YouTube suspended. The YouTube accounts of both Tory Christman and Mark Bunker were suspended this week. In a statement to Wikinews , YouTube explained why accounts are suspended, but did not specifically state…
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thoughtcrime, hydrant cams, recycle cops & dc detectors
could soldiers be prosecuted for thoughtcrime?from danger room: The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is funding a number of technologies that tap into the brain’s ability to detect threats before the conscious mind is able to process the information. Already, there is Pentagon-sponsored work on using the brain’s pattern detection capabilities for enhanced goggles…
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‘accidents’ at plum island disease lab acknowledged
from ap: The only U.S. facility allowed to research the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease experienced several accidents with the feared virus, the Bush administration acknowledged Friday. A 1978 release of the virus into cattle holding pens on Plum Island, N.Y., triggered new safety procedures. While that incident was previously known, the Homeland Security Department told…
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randi’s whores, cannibal ted, swastika john & kill aaron
randi rhodes suspended for calling hillary a ‘whore’from raw story: Air America has allegedly suspended talk radio host Randi Rhodes after she made scathing statements off-air about Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and former Democratic vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro. ted turner: overpopulation will lead to cannibalismfrom ajc: Failure to address global warming will have us…
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china’s weather control brigade
from danger room: By now, you may have heard about China’s efforts to keep the Beijing Olympics from being rained out. Fox News visits the Chinese weather controllers. Despite their arsenal of 4,000 rocket launchers, 7,000 anti-aircraft guns, and 30 airplanes for reverse cloud-seeding, they do not sound too sure they can hold China’s traditional…
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dirty water
potomac river filled with animal-killing chemicalsfrom washington post: The Potomac River contains an array of man-made chemicals that could play havoc with animals’ hormone systems, federal scientists have found in their best glimpse yet of the river’s problems with a mysterious new class of pollutant. The research, unveiled at a conference last week, found more…
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gulf war syndrome, chemical spraying & the lunar ark
gulf war illness ‘chemical link’from bbc: There is evidence linking chronic health problems suffered by Gulf War veterans to exposure to pesticides and nerve agents, US research has found. A third of veterans of the 1991 war experienced fatigue, muscle or joint pain, sleeping problems, rashes and breathing troubles, the research found. US Congress-appointed committee…