Archive for the 'Environment' Category
Less Boneheaded Farming
October 22nd, 2012Via: New York Times: The study was done on land owned by Iowa State University called the Marsden Farm. On 22 acres of it, beginning in 2003, researchers set up three plots: one replicated the typical Midwestern cycle of planting corn one year and then soybeans the next, along with its routine mix of chemicals. […]
Outlaw Geoengineering Experiment Off Canada’s West Coast
October 18th, 2012Via: Guardian: A controversial American businessman dumped around 100 tonnes of iron sulphate into the Pacific Ocean as part of a geoengineering scheme off the west coast of Canada in July, a Guardian investigation can reveal. Lawyers, environmentalists and civil society groups are calling it a “blatant violation” of two international moratoria and the news […]
TEPCO Admits It Could Have Prevented Fukushima Disaster
October 13th, 2012Via: Epoch Times: TEPCO, the Japanese utility in charge of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant that melted down last year, admitted on Friday that the disaster could have been averted. So why did it fail to act accordingly? Fear. The utility said it could have done more to prevent the earthquake and tsunami-triggered disaster that […]
‘Hand-Made Humans May Hold the Key to Saving the World’
October 9th, 2012This one is a keeper. Via: Brisbane Times: Human-induced climate change is one of the biggest problems that we face today. Millions could suffer hunger, water shortages, diseases and coastal flooding because of climate change. The latest science suggests that we may be near or even beyond the point of no return. … Here are […]
The Term ‘Food Unrest’ Will Become Part of Our Daily Vocabulary
October 9th, 2012Via: Daily Ticker: “The term ‘food unrest’ will become part of our daily vocabulary,” Brown tells The Daily Ticker. It reflects the imbalance between the supply of food and demand for food globally. On the demand side, says Brown, is a growing global population — 80 million more people born each year — and more […]
Coast Guard Investigating Oil Sheen at BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Site
October 5th, 2012Via: Times Picayune: The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating an oily sheen spotted in the Gulf of Mexico last month near the site of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill 40 miles south of the Mississippi River, a spokesman said Wednesday. Samples of the sheen taken near the site of the failed BP Macondo oil […]
China: 50ft Tsunami of Foam Sweeps Through Village After Chemical Spill
September 30th, 2012Harmless. Nothing to see here. Carry on. Via: Daily Mail: This wall of foam sparked widespread panic among locals as it rushed along a river in southern China. The mass of soapy suds blanketed the water in Xintang, in China’s Guangdong province, leading to evacuations along the banks of the river. But officials have now […]
Scientists Warn That GM Wheat Could Cause Extremely Dangerous Gene Silencing Effects in Humans
September 21st, 2012Via: Safe Food Foundation: Expert scientists warn that genetically modified wheat may cause Glycogen Storage Disease IV, resulting in an enlarged liver, cirrhosis of the liver, and failure to thrive. Children born with this disease usually die at about the age of 5. Australia is on track to be the first country in the world […]
France: Monsanto’s GMO Corn Causes Cancer, Organ Damage in Rats
September 20th, 2012Update: Study Linking GM Maize to Rat Tumors Retracted, Author Unrepentant Via: Nature: Bowing to scientists’ near-universal scorn, the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology today fulfilled its threat to retract a controversial paper that claimed that a genetically modified (GM) maize causes serious disease in rats after the authors refused to withdraw it. The paper, […]
Fewer Than 100 Adult Cod Left in the North Sea
September 17th, 2012Via: Telegraph: A survey of catches at European ports has found that fishermen did not catch a single cod over the age of 13 last year. The findings raise concerns for future stocks of cod, which become more fertile as they age. The fish can live as long as 25 years and grow to 6ft. […]
