Archive for the 'Environment' Category
Hybrid Grass Produces Cyanide Gas, Kills Herd of Cattle
June 24th, 2012The article states that Tifton 85 is a genetically modified grass, but it’s actually a hybrid: Tifton 85 is the best of many F1 hybrids between PI 290884 from South Africa and Tifton 68, a highly digestible but cold susceptible hybrid that was released in 1983. Via: KEYE TV: A mysterious mass death of a […]
France Bans Syngenta Pesticide Linked to Bee Decline
June 16th, 2012Via: Farmers Weekly: The French government has banned a pesticide linked to the decline of bees that is widely used to treat oilseed rape. Cruiser OSR, which contains the neonicotinoid insecticide thiamethoxam, was banned for use on oilseed rape by the French Ministry of Agriculture. Made by the Swiss agrichemical company Syngenta, Cruiser OSR is […]
Water Grab in Kansas Oil Boom
June 12th, 2012Via: CNN: In the farm country of southern Kansas, water is a precious commodity. And not just for farming — for fracking. In hydraulic fracturing, water is injected into the ground at a high pressure to help crack shale rock and bring oil to the surface. The industry says it takes as much as 2 […]
Japan: Millions of Tons of Radioactive Rubble
June 5th, 2012Via: The Atlantic: Disposing the more than 20 million tons of rubble caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami is proving to be a difficult problem for Japan, not least because much of the rubble has been irradiated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The government’s plan — to destroy 4 million tons of potentially […]
Tepco Admits Fukushima Disaster Released 2.5 Times More Radiation Than Indicated by Initial Government Lies
May 29th, 2012Imagine my shock. But if they’re admitting this, what is the real number? Via: Reuters: The radiation released in the first days of the Fukushima nuclear disaster was almost 2-1/2 times the amount first estimated by Japanese safety regulators, the operator of the crippled plant said in a report released on Thursday. Tokyo Electric Power […]
Naoto Kan, Japan’s Former Leader, Condemns Nuclear Power
May 29th, 2012Via: New York Times: In an unusually stark warning, Japan’s prime minister during last year’s nuclear crisis told a parliamentary inquiry on Monday that the country should discard nuclear power as too dangerous, saying the Fukushima accident had pushed Japan to the brink of “national collapse.” … He said he feared additional meltdowns could “release […]
The Urban Farming Guys in India
May 14th, 2012Via: Urban Farming Guys: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Radio Interview: Arnie Gundersen on KGO – Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4
May 13th, 2012Reposted on YouTube:
Sun May Soon Have Four Poles
May 1st, 2012Via: Asahi: The sun may be entering a period of reduced activity that could result in lower temperatures on Earth, according to Japanese researchers. Officials of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and the Riken research foundation said on April 19 that the activity of sunspots appeared to resemble a 70-year period in the 17th […]
To Fight Climate Change, UK Funds Forced Sterilisation of India’s Poor
April 30th, 2012Via: Guardian: Tens of millions of pounds of UK aid money have been spent on a programme that has forcibly sterilised Indian women and men, the Observer has learned. Many have died as a result of botched operations, while others have been left bleeding and in agony. A number of pregnant women selected for sterilisation […]
