Archive for the 'Environment' Category
Chemtrails: Planes Could Carry Sun-Dimming Materials High Into the Atmosphere to Slow Climate Change
September 5th, 2012Via: Reuters: Planes or airships could carry sun-dimming materials high into the atmosphere for an affordable price tag of below $5 billion a year as a way to slow climate change, a study indicated on Friday. Guns, rockets or a pipeline into the stratosphere would be more expensive but generally far cheaper than policies to […]
Russians Dumped Old Nuclear Reactors and Radioactive Waste Into Sea
August 30th, 2012Via: Bellona Foundation: Enormous quantities of decommissioned Russian nuclear reactors and radioactive waste were dumped into the Kara Sea in the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia over a course of decades, according to documents given to Norwegian officials by Russian authorities and published in Norwegian media. Bellona had received in 2011 a draft of a […]
U.S. Helicopters Over Bay Area Scanning for Radiation
August 29th, 2012You know, “Natural radiation levels,” *wink* Via: Contra Costa Times: Helicopters will be flying low over San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley and Pacifica through Saturday to record natural radiation levels, federal authorities said Monday. The flyovers are part of research by two federal security agencies to set baselines for radioactivity in the event of a nuclear […]
Water Shortages Could Force World Into Vegetarianism
August 27th, 2012Soy dogs and free vaccinations for all! Note the following if you click through to the link. Here’s a screenshot: The earliest, strategic decisions that Becky and I made about where we were going to live were driven by factors related to freshwater availability. If we didn’t have sufficient water for gardens and livestock, we […]
40% of Food Wasted in U.S.???
August 22nd, 2012Via: Los Angeles Times: Americans are throwing out nearly every other bite of food, wasting up to 40% of the country’s supply each year – a mass of uneaten provisions worth $165 billion, according to a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council. An average family of four squanders $2,275 in food each year, […]
Water Shortages Hit U.S. Power Supply
August 19th, 2012Via: New Scientist: As the United States’ extended heat wave and drought threaten to raise global food prices, energy production is also feeling the pressure. Across the nation, power plants are becoming overheated and shutting down or running at lower capacity; drilling operations struggle to get the water they need, and crops that would become […]
Cows Eating Second Hand Candy During the Drought
August 18th, 2012Via: WPRI: Ranchers have struggled with skyrocketing corn prices, because the drought has made feeding their livestock very expensive. But one rancher has turned to a very sweet solution. At Mayfield’s United Livestock Commodities, owner Joseph Watson is tweaking the recipe for success. “Just to be able to survive, we have to look for other […]
‘A Soft Veil of Descending Pesticide’ for Dallas
August 17th, 2012They’re spraying Duet. Via: Dallas News: As the first plane flew over at about 11:05, a baby coyote wandered across Walnut Hill. It was startled by either the reporter or the airplane. It immediatley turned around and ran back into the bushes where it will no doubt enjoy the sweet smell of Duet the rest […]
California: The Companies Trying to Stop Mandatory Labeling of Products Containing GM Ingredients
August 16th, 2012For a complete list, see the link. Via: California Secretary of State: MONSANTO COMPANY $4,208,000.00 E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO. $4,025,200.00 PEPSICO, INC. $1,716,300.00 BASF PLANT SCIENCE $1,642,300.00 BAYER CROPSCIENCE $1,618,400.00 DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC $1,184,800.00 NESTLE USA, INC. $1,169,400.00 COCA-COLA NORTH AMERICA $1,164,400.00 CONAGRA FOODS $1,076,700.00
Plaquemines Calls State of Emergency as Saltwater Moves up Mississippi
August 15th, 2012Via: WWLT: Parish President Billy Nungesser declared a state of emergency Tuesday morning due to a salt wedge that is moving up the Mississippi River and that could threaten the parish’s drinking water supply. The wedge is currently moving north because of low levels in the Mississippi River and lack of rain in the upper […]
