Archive for the 'Environment' Category
CLUB OF ROME PLAN FOR EUROPEAN, MIDDLE EASTERN AND NORTH AFRICAN ENERGY NETWORK: TRANS-MEDITERRANEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY COOPERATION (TREC)
November 25th, 2007Of all the hate-to-say-I-told-you-sos on Cryptogon, this one probably takes the cake… They—the elite, the people who run the world—have a Plan. And anyone who’s trying to convince you that the world is ending because we’re running out of energy is either ignorant of basic, observable, physical phenomena, or they’re in on the scam. It’s […]
U.S. GMO Rice Caused $1.2 Billion in Damages
November 7th, 2007Madness x Greed = U.S. Agribusiness Via: Reuters: Trace amounts of genetically modified varieties of rice that were found commingled in the U.S. rice supply in 2006 caused more than $1.2 billion in damages and additional costs, the environmental group Greenpeace International said on Monday. U.S. rice exports fell sharply after Bayer CropScience, a division […]
China: Birth Defects Soar Due to Pollution
November 1st, 2007These are just the numbers released by the diabolical Chinese regime. What are the real numbers!? Via: Guardian / Reuters: Birth defects in Chinese infants have soared nearly 40 percent since 2001, a government report said, and officials linked the rise to China’s worsening environmental degradation. The rate of defects had risen from 104.9 per […]
Much of U.S. Could See a Water Shortage
October 27th, 2007Via: AP: An epic drought in Georgia threatens the water supply for millions. Florida doesn’t have nearly enough water for its expected population boom. The Great Lakes are shrinking. Upstate New York’s reservoirs have dropped to record lows. And in the West, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is melting faster each year. Across America, the picture […]
Scientists Want to Steer Hurricanes with Industrial Slag and Directed Energy Systems
October 21st, 2007What could possibly go wrong? Via: Telegraph: Scientists have made a breakthrough in man’s desire to control the forces of nature – unveiling plans to weaken hurricanes and steer them off course, to prevent tragedies such as Hurricane Katrina. The damage done to New Orleans in 2005 has spurred two rival teams of climate experts, […]
Australia Cuts Grain Crop Estimate 31% on Dry Weather
September 18th, 2007We’re pouring on the joy and happiness today… Via: Bloomberg: Australia cut its forecast for barley, wheat and canola crops 31 percent on dry weather, adding pressure to shrinking world supplies that have driven up prices. Total grain output may be 25.6 million metric tons in the harvest starting October, the Canberra-based Australian Bureau of […]
How Absurd Can it Get? Shell Considering Nuclear Power for Tar Sands Program in Canada
September 11th, 2007I thought, for sure, that this was an Onion article. Nope. Get ready for, “The worst of all worlds.” Via: Telegraph: Shell is considering using nuclear power to operate its controversial tar sands programme in Canada. Tar sands extraction – mining oil from a mixture of sand or clay, water and very heavy crude oil […]
WHEAT REACHES RECORD, HEADS FOR BIGGEST MONTHLY GAIN SINCE 1973
September 1st, 2007Via: Bloomberg: Wheat futures in Chicago climbed to a record, heading for the biggest monthly gain in 34 years, as demand from importers including South Korea and India reduced global inventories. Prices for the grain have doubled in the past year as adverse weather in Ukraine, Canada, Europe and Australia damaged crops. Global stockpiles will […]
Dirt: The Silent Global Crisis
September 1st, 2007The most disturbing thing that I notice about New Zealand is soil erosion. Many farms in the Far North are shockingly overstocked and erosion is, quite simply, washing the deforested land out to sea. This isn’t some far out theory. I see it happening. It doesn’t take much rain to turn the Oruru river brown […]
“Green Confessions” to Help Eco-Sinners Find Forgiveness
August 31st, 2007Will the Church sell carbon offset indulgences? Hmm. Saint Gore? Via: Times Online: Forgotten to recycle any newspapers or tin cans recently? Feeling guilty because you neglected to carbon offset your flight to somewhere, anywhere, outside England this summer? The Roman Catholic Church is at hand with a new line in “green confessions†to help […]
