South Carolina: First Snow In Columbia Since 1887

Snow plows attempt to clear runways at Philadelphia International Airport as thousands of flights were cancelled across the East Coast The white Christmas in the South was one for the record books. Columbia, South Carolina, had its first significant Christmas snow since weather records were first kept in 1887. Atlanta had just over an inch [...] continue reading world news

Blizzards Batter US East Coast, Heaviest December Snowfall in Six Decades, Travel Comes to a Standstill, 4,000 Flights Cancelled, NYC Airports Shut

– Travel comes to a standstill as blizzards batter US east coast (Guardian): More than 3,000 flights cancelled, mostly from New York’s three main airports, stranding tens of thousands trying to return home after Christmas holiday. - Snow cancels 4,000 flights, shuts NYC airports (USA Today): A strong Christmas-weekend blizzard paralyzed travel along much of [...] continue reading world news

USDA GMO Policy

US terrorism: - US Conspired to Retaliate Against European Nations If They Resisted GMOs: Wikileaks Cable Reveals Added: 24. December 2010 Agenda 21: - Agenda 21 And The Wildlands Project: How They Can Steal Your Land - UN Agenda 21 – Coming to a Neighborhood near You - Agenda 21 Explained - Agenda 21: Elite [...] continue reading world news

Carcinogen Hexavalent Chromium (Chromium VI) Found in Drinking Water of 31 US Cities

In is scientifically proven that chromium VI causes cancer in animals. An environmental group that analyzed the drinking water in 35 cities across the United States, including Bethesda and Washington, found that most contained hexavalent chromium, a probable carcinogen that was made famous by the film “Erin Brockovich.” The study, which will be released Monday [...] continue reading world news

Wintry Weather Brings Snow to Australia in MIDSUMMER

And everybody seems to find snow in midsummer wonderful??? Australia normally experiences temperatures of 86F (30C) at this time of year, but the chances of a rare white Christmas have increased after plunging temperatures and snow swept across the east of the country. Snow and ice covering building at Mount Hotham as snow fell in [...] continue reading world news

Australia: Bitter Summer Freeze Bites Eastern States As Summer Gives Way To Snow And Cold

Summer in Australia! Victoria, NSW hit by bitter cold snap and snow Wind and rain wreak havoc in other states Comes as Europe also hit by big freeze Hikers at Charlotte Pass lookout in the NSW Snowy Mountains were greeted with 10cm of fresh snow as a cold snap hits the eastern coast of Australia. [...] continue reading world news

EPA Knowingly Allowed Pesticide That Kills Honey Bees, Leaked Document Shows

And those government traitors also approved a pesticide that is used to induce cancer in lab animals: - California Approves One Of The World’s Most Dangerous Cancer Chemicals As Pesticide And your government finishes off local and organic farming and you won’t be allowed to save your seeds: - And Now: Democrats Pull Fast One [...] continue reading world news

Sepp Holzer on Permaculture: Farming with Terraces and Raised Beds

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Sepp Holzer: Permaculture – Farming With Nature

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Another Ecological Disaster: Farmed Salmon Exposed

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Floods And Mudslides Ravage Colombia And Venezuela

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Dozens of people have been killed and thousands have abandoned their homes as floods and mudslides ravage Colombia and Venezuela. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday urged nearly 500 people to evacuate from the vulnerable hillside of a poor Medellin suburb where a landslide killed dozens as it buried about [...] continue reading world news

Bosnia: Worst Floods In A Century, State of Emergency Declared

Heavy rain has caused the widespread flooding forcing authorities to declare a state of emergency and evacuate thousands of people from their homes. A state of emergency has been declared in several areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina after five days of torrential rain caused what has been decribed as the worst flooding in a century. [...] continue reading world news

UK: Food shelves empty and petrol running out as icy roads make deliveries impossible…

And ATM’s are running out of cash: - Cash machines are running out of money due to snow (Telegraph): Cash machines are running out of money ahead of what is traditionally one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year. The heaviest snowfall for 20 years means security vans carrying cash are being prevented from [...] continue reading world news

Jesse Ventura Conspiracy Theory: Worldwide Water Conspiracy

Must-see: - Jesse Ventura Conspiracy Theory: Police State (And FEMA Concentration Camps) - Jesse Ventura Conspiracy Theory: Plum Island - Jesse Ventura Conspiracy Theory: Wall Street 1 of 3: 2 of 3: 3 of 3: Related information: - Fluoride: A Chronological History - Scientific Facts on the Biological Effects of Fluoride - The Drugging Of [...] continue reading world news

California Approves One Of The World’s Most Dangerous Cancer Chemicals As Pesticide

Criminals! Must-read: - And Now: One Of The World’s Most Dangerous Chemicals As Pesticide In Strawberry Fields: Think strawberries are expensive now? Wait until they start costing people their lives! California is about to sign off on an insane plan that would allow farmers to use one of the world’s most dangerous chemicals as a [...] continue reading world news

Who Will Profit From The UN Forest Protection Scheme? Big Oil Companies And The Banksters

Here is a flashback on ‘CO2′ first: - Happy Climate Fools’ Day! - Prof. Ian Clark: ‘Rises in C02 lag 800 years behind temperature rises!’ – You will pay taxes for nothing!: ‘Rises in C02 lag 800 years behind temperature rises. So temperature is leading CO2 by 800 years!’ - Study: CO2 levels remained constant [...] continue reading world news

UK: Big Freeze Will Go On ‘For Weeks’

The big freeze will continue to grip Britain for weeks to come, forecasters said last night. Motorists struggle as heavy snowfalls continue throught the UK Photo: AP The predication came as more severe weather warnings were issued and parts of Scotland and North East England were hit by up to 16 ins of snow. The snow [...] continue reading world news

Snow And Ice Bring Chaos To UK

Up to 6ins (15cm) of snow fell in the customary cold spots of north-east Scotland and northern England, as well as in Wales and Northern Ireland, but it even fell in Cornwall, causing problems on trains and on the roads. Roads: The A1 in Northumberland southbound was at a standstill near Gateshead after a car [...] continue reading world news

Study of Stranded Dolphins Shows Many to Be Near-Deaf (Thanks to Navy Sonar)

- Navy Sonar Hearing crucial in animals’ ability to feed, navigate Rescue workers helped a dolphin on Lieutenant Island in Wellfleet, Mass., in March, when two groups of white-sided dolphins wounded up being stranded on Cape Cod. (Steve Heaslip/Cape Cod Times via Associated Press) By WASHINGTON — New research into the cause of dolphin “strandings’’ [...] continue reading world news

Agenda 21 Explained

John Bush of Texans for Accountable Government Exposes Agenda 21 to Dumb Austin City Council Added: 14. October 2010 continue reading world news

USDA Plans To Allow GM Sugar Beet Planting During Lawsuit

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal agriculture officials have released a plan to let farmers plant genetically modified sugar beets while a lawsuit over them is resolved, but farmers fear a partial lifting of a court-ordered ban won’t come in time for next year’s crop. A federal judge in California issued an order last summer [...] continue reading world news

70% of World’s Raw Chocolate Soon To Be Genetically Modified

Cocoa Consuming Countries Source: UNCTAD based on the data from International Cocoa Organization, quaterly bulletin of cocoa statistics With the intention of flooding 70% of the global cocoa supply with genetically modified (GMO) cocoa tree hybrids, a collaboration involving Mars, USDA and IBM is accelerating this process. With primary funding from US chocolate producer Mars, [...] continue reading world news

Senate Bill S. 510 Food Safety Modernization Act Vote Imminent: Outlaws Gardening And Saving Seeds

This is unconstitutional and violates your basic human right to grow your own food! This is treason! “The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution.” - Thomas Jefferson “God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion…. And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers [...] continue reading world news

Texas Officials Covered Up Dangerously Radioactive Tap Water For Years

This video is part one of an investigative series by CBS affiliate KHOU, aired Nov. 9, 2010: This video is part two of an investigative series by CBS affiliate KHOU, aired Nov. 10, 2010: Texas officials charged with protecting the environment and public health have for years made arbitrary subtractions to the measured levels of [...] continue reading world news

Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Have Been Released In The Wild

Criminals of the worst kind! Alternative medicine can heal both dengue fever and malaria. Genetically altered mosquitoes thwart dengue spreaders No offspring for you (Image: CDC/Phanie/Rex Features) An outdoor trial of mosquitoes genetically engineered to sabotage Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which spread dengue fever, has been declared a success by scientists in the field. The trial [...] continue reading world news

Storm brings mix of rain and snow to New England

FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — A powerful coastal storm packing rain, snow and sleet surprised New Englanders with its ferocity as wind gusts built to speeds topping 60 mph, knocking down trees and utility poles, leaving tens of thousands of people in the dark. At sea, swells topped out at more than 15 feet. At the [...] continue reading world news

Winter Storms Batter UK, Worse to Come: Forecasters

Severe weather alerts in the south and flood warnings in Wales and the Midlands as snow blankets parts of north and Scotland A car negotiates the snow on the A93 near Glenshee, in the Grampians Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA Stormy wintry conditions continue to affect much of Britain with severe weather warnings in place for five [...] continue reading world news

Scientist John Hutchison Uses Frequency Healing to Restore The Gulf After BP Oil Spill

I know that such technologies actually do work and bring immediate results. Let’s see (focus) and feel it in your heart that the Gulf of Mexico is already healed . Added: 3. November 2010 “Tesla-Schauberger-Reich-Scientist” John Hutchison and Nancy Lazaryan Bring 6 thousand pounds of military grade frequency generating equipment from Canada to heal the [...] continue reading world news

Agenda 21: Elite Plan For Absolute Control

For anyone doubting the existence of the phenomenon of ‘chemtrails’, please take a minute to read through this extensive list of patents from America on equipment and processes used in just such programs. The evidence is clear folks. WE ARE BEING SPRAYING LIKE VERMIN! United States Patent and Trademark Office 1338343 – April 27, 1920 [...] continue reading world news

Chemtrails: The List of Patents For Stratosperic Arial Spraying Programs!

For anyone doubting the existence of the phenomenon of ‘chemtrails’, please take a minute to read through this extensive list of patents from America on equipment and processes used in just such programs. The evidence is clear folks. WE ARE BEING SPRAYING LIKE VERMIN! United States Patent and Trademark Office 1338343 – April 27, 1920 [...] continue reading world news

Indonesia volcano erupts again, kills 38, forces over 70,000 flee homes, tsunami deaths hit 430

Mount Merapi JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano erupted on Monday for the third time in a week, driving the number of refugees to almost 70,000, as the death toll from a tsunami thousands of kilometers to the west rose to 431, officials said. The fresh eruption forced a thick ash cloud around 1.5 [...] continue reading world news

US Presidential Panel: Halliburton Knew Cement Mixed For BP Blowout Well Was Unstable

And don’t forget to add this fact (!!!): “Just eight days before the Gulf blow-out, Halliburton also announced that it had agreed to buy Boots & Coots for $240.4 million. Who are Boots & Coots? The world’s largest oil-spill clean-up company which also deals with oil and gas well fires and blowouts. What an incredibly [...] continue reading world news

Marine Toxicologist Dr. Riki Ott: ‘People Now Dropping Dead’ In the Gulf

The US government committed TREASON! Every puppet administration (Democrat or Republican doesn’t matter) is run by the same criminal elite: - Elite Puppet President Obama Exposed - George Carlin Talks War And American Politics Riki Ott On the sixth month anniversary of the oil disaster in the gulf we are still witnessing a complete media [...] continue reading world news

Drought brings Amazon tributary to lowest level in a century

Interesting news, but global warming is a scam, no matter how those warmists try to sell it. Meteorologists and activists divided on causes of drought with some pointing to climate change as a factor A child plays with a paddle on the dried bed of the Rio Negro in northern Brazil. Photograph: Euzivaldo Queiroz/AFP/Getty Images [...] continue reading world news

Warmists Plot Secretly to Kill off The Medieval Warming Period Again

Pretend ruins of fake 12th century Viking church moved to Greenland by Booker, Delingpole, North et al last year in cynical bid to pretend the MWP actually existed Remember how one of the great ambitions of the Climategate “scientists” was to “contain” the “putative” Medieval Warming Period? Well – guess what – they’re STILL at [...] continue reading world news

Hungary Toxic Spill Alumina Plant Reopens As Villagers Return

The Hungarian government sends those people back to live in a contaminated environment: - Hungary’s toxic flood could turn into a cancerous cloud (Telegraph): Thousands of Hungarian residents battling to contain the flood of poisonous red sludge have been warned to wear face masks because as the slurry dries it will turn into a toxic [...] continue reading world news

WWF: Tropical Species Declined By 60 Percent Since 1970

The exotic birds and animals of the tropics are disappearing at a catastrophic rate as the rich world strips poor countries of their natural resources, the WWF has warned. The tiger is dying because of two centuries of crime, greed, political apathy and corruption Photo: Alamy The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) found wildlife in the [...] continue reading world news

Philippines May Lose 600,000 Tons of Rice From Supertyphoon

Super Typhoon Megi satellite photo Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) — The Philippines, the world’s biggest rice buyer, may lose 600,000 metric tons of the crop as Supertyphoon Megi, the strongest to hit the nation this year, strikes some of the nation’s biggest producing areas, a government official said. Rice futures advanced. “Once the typhoon hits those [...] continue reading world news

GM Flax Contamination Detected in 35 Countries

“Canadian flax seed has been shut out of its largest market after traces of Triffid — a genetically modified form of the crop ordered destroyed 10 years ago — was found in shipments. The European Union, which buys 70 per cent of Canada’s flax, has a zero-tolerance policy regarding genetically modified organisms and has been [...] continue reading world news

Malaysia to Use GM Mosquitoes to Fight Dengue Fever

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) – Malaysia could be the first country in Asia to use genetically modified mosquitoes to battle a rise in dengue fever, government authorities said Monday. The program calls for genetically engineered male mosquitoes to be released into the wild that would mate with females and produce offspring that live shorter lives, thus [...] continue reading world news

Snow to Hit Britain Next Week

Related article: -  Europe: Coldest Winter in 1,000 Years On Its Way, Connected To Gulf Stream Changes, Say Scientists Winter will come early to Britain next week as snow is forecast for the north while the south will shiver in frosty sub-zero nights. Snow could fall on high ground Photo: PA The cold snap will [...] continue reading world news

Professor Harold Lewis: ‘Global Warming Is The Greatest And Most Successful Pseudoscientific Fraud I Have Seen In My Long Life’

Newton: “Fie on you, Hansen, Mann, Jones et al! You are not worthy of the name scientists! May the pox consume your shrivelled peterkins!” Harold Lewis is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Here is his letter of resignation to Curtis G. Callan Jr, Princeton University, President of the American [...] continue reading world news

The White House Blocked Government Scientists From Warning The American Public of The Potential Environmental Disaster Caused By Gulf Oil Spill

Gulf oil spill: White House blocked and put spin on scientists’ warnings Investigative report into the BP oil spill reveals US government blocked scientists model data two weeks after the rig explosion BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig seen burning in April. A report commissioned by Barack Obama has revealed that the White House office of [...] continue reading world news

Cleanup Workers Ordered to Cover Holes Full of Oil And Tar

Added: 7. Oktober 2010 (YouTube) – I went back near the same area I was on yesterday near the 700 block of Ariola and once again there were clean up workers there finding buckets of tar and oil, near the end of the video the supervisor receives a warning call and orders the workers to [...] continue reading world news

Hungary Declares State of Emergency After Toxic Sludge ‘Ecological Catastrophe’

Toxic flood from ruptured reservoir at alumina plant claims third life amid fears for Raba and Danube rivers Tunde Erdelyi clings to her cat after toxic sludge from an alumina plant flooded her home in Devecser, Hungary. Photograph: Bela Szandelszky/AP The Hungarian government has declared a state of emergency after a third person died today [...] continue reading world news

World’s rivers threatened by pesticides, pollution and invasive species

Related information: - China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection: Pollution Makes 25 Percent Of Water Totally Unusable: BEIJING (Reuters) – Almost a quarter of China’s surface water remains so polluted that it is unfit even for industrial use, while less than half of total supplies are drinkable, data from the environment watchdog showed on Monday. (NaturalNews) [...] continue reading world news

Scientists Found 40-Fold Increase In Carcinogenic Compounds In Gulf

(Sept. 30) — Researchers testing the waters off Louisiana in June found hugely elevated levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, some of which are known carcinogens. The researchers from Oregon State University say that a device taking samples just off the shore of Louisiana’s Grande Isle registered a 40-fold increase in PAHs between May [...] continue reading world news

10:10 – No Pressure (Fascism We Can Take A Bath In!)

UPDATE 2: Just now, the following apology was posted by 10:10 on their website: “Sorry. Today we put up a mini-movie about 10:10 and climate change called “No Pressure”. With Climate Change becoming increasingly threatening, and decreasingly talked about in the media, we wanted to find a way to bring this critical issue back into [...] continue reading world news

10:10 - No Pressure (Fascism We Can Take A Bath In!)

UPDATE 2:Just now, the following apology was posted by 10:10 on their website:“Sorry.Today we put up a mini-movie about 10:10 and climate change called “No Pressure”.With Climate Change becoming increasingly threatening, and decreasingly talked about in the media, we wanted to find a way to bring this critical issue back into the [...] continue reading world news

Global Cooling and the New World Order

See also:- Life on this Earth Just Changed: The North Atlantic Current is GoneBilderberg. Whether you believe it’s part of a sinister conspiracy which will lead inexorably to one world government or whether you think it’s just an innocent high-level talking shop, there’s one thing that can’t be denied: it knows which [...] continue reading world news

Study: GM Corn ‘Has Polluted Rivers Across The United States’

The benefits of GM corn:- Monsanto: GM-Corn Harvest of 82,000 Hectares in South Africa Fails- Monsanto GM Corn Causing Organ Failure In Rats: Study (Everything You Need To Know)Germany:- Monsanto sues Germany over GM corn ban- Germany bans Monsanto’s GM maizeAnd now….Sept. 28 — An insecticide used in genetically modified (GM) crops grown extensively in [...] continue reading world news

Study: Massive Volcano ‘Wiped Out The Neanderthals 40,000 Years Ago’

Neanderthal man may have been wiped out 40,000 years ago after a volcanic eruptionEuropean Neanderthals may have been wiped out by a catastrophic volcanic eruption over 40,000 years ago, according to new research.A new study says that a massive explosion caused the onset of a ‘volcanic winter’ that devastated their population.Researchers led by [...] continue reading world news

GM Salmon Nears US Approval

- US: GM Salmon May Go On Sale:Among the considerations by the FDA is whether, if the fish is approved for consumption, it must be labelled as genetically engineered.Consumer groups fear green light for engineered species will bring environmental disaster to the oceans A genetically modified salmon, rear, and a non-genetically modified salmon, foreground. Photograph: [...] continue reading world news

GM Salmon Nears US Approval

- US: GM Salmon May Go On Sale:Among the considerations by the FDA is whether, if the fish is approved for consumption, it must be labelled as genetically engineered.Consumer groups fear green light for engineered species will bring environmental disaster to the oceans A genetically modified salmon, rear, and a non-genetically modified salmon, foreground. Photograph: [...] continue reading world news

UN warned of major new food crisis at emergency meeting in Rome

I have warned you of a major ‘engineered’ food crisis by the elite before.Environmental disasters and speculative investors are to blame for volatile food commodities markets, says UN’s special adviser July’s wildfires in Russia have led to a draconian wheat ban, pushing up prices. Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPAThe world may be on the brink of a [...] continue reading world news

Central Africa Crops Fail, Millions At Risk

After years of drought, flash floods have destroyed harvests in Niger Nineteen-month old Amina at Save the Children’s clinic for severely manlnourished children in Aguie, Niger, yesterday. Two of her siblings have already died within the past year HARRIET LOGAN/SAVE THE CHILDRENHundreds of thousands of children across central Africa are at risk of death from [...] continue reading world news

Pakistan: Rich ‘Diverted Floods To Save Their Land’

Pakistanis displaced by the floods return to their homes in Shikapur, in Sindh province A senior Pakistan diplomat has accused “powerful” figures of diverting floodwaters into unprotected areas to save their own land.Abdullah Hussain Haroon, Pakistan’s representative to the UN, has called for an inquiry into a “handful” of cases where influential people took “advantage [...] continue reading world news

Pakistan: Rich ‘Diverted Floods To Save Their Land’

Pakistanis displaced by the floods return to their homes in Shikapur, in Sindh province A senior Pakistan diplomat has accused “powerful” figures of diverting floodwaters into unprotected areas to save their own land.Abdullah Hussain Haroon, Pakistan’s representative to the UN, has called for an inquiry into a “handful” of cases where influential people took “advantage [...] continue reading world news

Australia: Floods Cause Chaos in Victoria State

Added: 4. September 2010Heavy rains have caused chaos in Australia’s southern states on Saturday, with major flooding in Victoria state, Australian media reported. (Sept. 4) continue reading world news

Canada: Deer With Chronic Wasting Disease Found In More Alberta Areas

Documents reveal government struggled with hunter surveillance programMule deer bucks Photograph by: Bruce Edwards, The Journal, Edmonton JournalEDMONTON — The Alberta government is expanding its hunter surveillance program for chronic wasting disease, as positive deer continue to turn up in an increasingly larger area.An additional seven wildlife management units were added to the list [...] continue reading world news

Wisconsin Will Allow Hunters To Move Deer Carcasses Out Of CWD Zone

Fitchburg (AP) - State wildlife officials say they’ll allow hunters to move dead deer out of the chronic wasting disease zone beginning next month.Hunters and motorists currently can move carcasses and body parts from the zone within the zone and into management units next to it. Beginning Oct. 1, they’ll be permitted to move the [...] continue reading world news

Life on this Earth Just Changed: The North Atlantic Current is Gone

Related article:- Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico Has Stalled From BP Oil Disaster!(Click on images to enlarge)The latest satellite data establishes that the North Atlantic Current (also called the North Atlantic Drift) no longer exists and along with it the Norway Current. These two warm water currents are actually part of the same [...] continue reading world news

Guatemala Floods: President Alvaro Colom Declares State of Emergency

Added: 4. September 2010Related article: Heavy rains devastate Guatemala (BBC News)Guatemala floods leave 20 dead, emergency declaredA bus was caught in a landslide killing at least ten people near central Chimaltenango cityGUATEMALA CITY — At least 20 people were killed in Guatemala in landslides triggered by weeks of driving rains, according to figures released by [...] continue reading world news

Blood Tests on Gulf Residents Show Benzene And Other Hydrocarbons

And the US government told you it is safe to stay or even encouraged you to plan your holidays there and BP hasn’t stopped spraying Corexit all over the place.Added: 3. September 2010 Related information: - Scientist Rick Steiner Got Gulf Disaster Right From The Beginning, Warns Crisis Is Far From Over- Gulf Chemist: [...] continue reading world news

South Africa: Rising Tide of Acid Mine Water to Contaminate Johannesburg

A toxic tide of acid mine water is rising steadily beneath Johannesburg which, if left unchecked, could cause earth tremors, power blackouts and even cancer among residents, experts have warned. Particularly at risk is the central business district which is built over the central basin and is home to [...] continue reading world news

Mafia Cash In On Lucrative EU Wind Farm Handouts - Especially In Sicily

An ill wind is blowing over Italy’s green revolution, as the Mafia seek to capitalise on generous grants for renewable energy. Photo: AFP/GETTY IMAGESThey rise up high above the sun-scorched countryside, looking out over hilltop villages, palm trees, neatly-tended vineyards and olive groves.But for all their promises of a [...] continue reading world news

New Zealand Earthquake Causes New 3.5M-Wide Fault Line in Earth’s Surface, Christchurch Under Curfew, State Of Emergency Declared

* At least 500 buildings destroyed after quake* Water and supplies starting to return to city* Earthquake rips open new faultlineA man walks over a damaged road in Paiapoi, 20 kilometres south of Christchurch following the weekend’s devastating earthquake / APThe powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines around the [...] continue reading world news

Peru: Amazon River Level At 40-Year Low

Amazon shipyards have been left high and dryThe Amazon river has dropped to its lowest level in 40 years in north-eastern Peru, causing severe economic disruption in a region where it is the main transport route.At least six large boats have been stranded near the port city of Iquitos.The low water level is the [...] continue reading world news

The Reason Hemp Is Illegal: The Marijuana Conspiracy

Smoking it does destroy the brain, BUT … (Watch the video “Hemp For Victory below.”)They say marijuana is dangerous. Pot is not harmful to the human body or mind. Marijuana [...] continue reading world news

Bolivia’s Biggest Ecological Disaster: Cold Kills Estimated 6 Millions And Thousands of Alligators, Turtles And River Dolphins

Antarctic cold snap kills millions of aquatic animals in the Amazon.The San Julián fish farm in the Santa Cruz department of Bolivia lost 15 tonnes of pacú fish in the extreme cold.Never TejerinaWith high Andean peaks and a humid tropical forest, Bolivia is a country of ecological extremes. But during the Southern Hemisphere’s recent winter, [...] continue reading world news

China: Floods halt shipping at Three Gorges dam

BEIJING (AP) — Authorities have halted shipping through China’s massive Three Gorges Dam on the upper reaches of the Yangtze river because the dam will experience another flood peak Tuesday.Water levels at the world’s largest hydroelectric project have been at high levels for weeks from record rains, which have also lashed other parts of the [...] continue reading world news

Gulf Chemist: Mercenaries Hired By BP Are Now Applying Extremely Toxic Dispersant - at Night and In an Uncontrolled Manner - Which BP Says It No Longer Uses (Pictures)

Bob Naman is an analytical chemist with almost 30 years in the field, based in Mobile, Alabama. When WKRG News 5 gave Naman samples of water from the Gulf of Mexico, Naman found oil contamination, and one of his samples actually exploded during testing due - he believes - to the presence of methane gas [...] continue reading world news

Scientist Rick Steiner Got Gulf Disaster Right From The Beginning, Warns Crisis Is Far From Over

Related articles:- Gulf Chemist: Mercenaries Hired By BP Are Now Applying Extremely Toxic Dispersant - at Night and In an Uncontrolled Manner - Which BP Says It No Longer Uses (Pictures)The FDA is not testing sea food in the Gulf of Mexico:- FDA admits NOT testing for MERCURY, ARSENIC, or any other TOXIC HEAVY METALS [...] continue reading world news

Flood and Debts Push Pakistan To The Brink Of Ruin

“There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.”- John AdamsRelated articles:- Pakistan Forced To Take Loan From World Bank (Because Of Slow Pace Of Aid Forces)- Pakistan Floods: Cholera Spreads, Water Levels Continue To Rise, 20 Million Made Homeless In Worst Natural Disaster [...] continue reading world news

Scientists Map North Atlantic Garbage Patch For The First Time

A huge garbage patch of floating plastic in the North Atlantic Ocean has been documented by scientists for the first time. Plastic accumulated in regions called gyres, where currents circle and push water toward the centre, trapping the floating bits. There are five major gyres in the world, one in each major ocean Scientists have [...] continue reading world news

The GMO Catastrophe In The US, A Lesson For The World

Recently the unelected potentates of the EU Commission in Brussels have sought to override what has repeatedly been shown to be the overwhelming opposition of the European Union population to the spread of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) in EU agriculture. EU Commission President now has a Maltese accountant as health and enviromnent Commissioner to rubber stamp [...] continue reading world news

GMO Sugar Beets - Monsanto Wins Again

See also: The GMO Catastrophe In The US, A Lesson For The WorldLast Friday a federal judge imposed a nationwide ban on GMO sugar beets and it was overturned the next business day. Sugar beets comprise 50% of the sugar used in US food, and 95% of the sugar beets grown in the US are [...] continue reading world news

Pakistan Floods: Cholera Spreads, Water Levels Continue To Rise, 20 Million Made Homeless In Worst Natural Disaster In Pakistan’s History

See also:- Russia and Pakistan: ‘Blocked’ jetstream to blame for freak weather, say scientistsMore than 1,600 people are confirmed to have died with millions made homeless as water levels continue to rise A Pakistani mother carries her children through floodwater in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan. (AP)Two weeks into the worst natural disaster in its history, Pakistan [...] continue reading world news

Russia and Pakistan: ‘Blocked’ jetstream to blame for freak weather, say scientists

H.A.A.R.P.?A satellite map which shows the intense heat that has built up over Russia after the jetstream has been held up due to Rossby wavesA massive heatwave in Russia and the current devastating floods in Pakistan could be linked by the unusual behaviour of the jetstream, scientists believe.The jetstream is the high-altitude wind that circles [...] continue reading world news

What the Chinese really think of ‘Man-Made Global Warming’

Low-income coal miners rest before starting their shift in a privately run coal mine close to You Fang Liang, Ningxia Province, north eastern China (EPA)One of the great lies told us by our political leaders in order to persuade us to accept their swingeing and pointless green taxes and their economically suicidal, environmentally vandalistic wind-farm [...] continue reading world news

China: Landslide Death Toll Climbs To 1,117

More pistures here: Death toll climbs to 1,117 in China mudslides (CNN)Zhouqu landslide in figures 1,117 people confirmed dead and more than 627 missing 45,000 people in Zhouqu county evacuated 7,000 soldiers, firefighters and medical staff deployed 300 buildings buried under mud 66% of county without powerThe number of people confirmed to have died after [...] continue reading world news

Moscow’s Heat Wave And Smog Double Daily Death Rate To An Average Of 700 People A Day

Tourists wear protective face masks as they walk along the Red square in thick smog, with Saint Basil’s Cathedral partially visible in the back, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. The city of Moscow was shrouded Friday by a dense smog that grounded flights at international airports and seeped into homes and offices, as [...] continue reading world news

Russian: Heatwave kills 5,000 as wildfires rage totally out of control

See also:- Wheat Prices Soar On Russia Export Ban, Trade Halted- Russia Declares State Of Emergy Emergency As Forest Fires Rage- Russia: Worst drought in a decade, high temperatures damaged 32 percent of land under cultivation, grain prices may doubleRussia’s devastating summer heatwave has cost almost 5,000 lives, according to officials who [...] continue reading world news

Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico Has Stalled From BP Oil Disaster!

Global Consequences if Current Fails to ReorganizeThis could be the most significant man-caused Earth Changes news thus far in my lifetime.  This morning, Lesie Pastor informed the New Energy Congress of a report by Your Own World USA that as of July 28,Oceanographic satellite data now shows that the Loop Current in the Gulf of [...] continue reading world news

Argentina Has Colder Winter Than Antartica, Spurring Record Energy Imports

Argentina is importing record amounts of energy as the coldest winter in 40 years drives up demand and causes natural-gas shortages, prompting Dow Chemical Co. and steelmaker Siderar SAIC to scale back production.Electricity supplied from Brazil and Paraguay rose to a daily combined record of about 1,000 megawatts on July 12, while consumption peaked at [...] continue reading world news

Peru Declares State Of Emergency Amid Freezing Temperatures, Hundreds Of Children Die

Hundreds die from extreme cold in remote mountain villages also struggling with severe poverty A doctor checks a child in Lima, where temperatures have also plunged and a vaccination project is now under way. (Reuters)Peru has declared a state of emergency after hundreds of children died from freezing conditions that have seen temperatures across much [...] continue reading world news

Study: Phytoplankton, The Foundation Of The Oceanic Food Chain, Producing 50% Of The World’s Oxygen, In Sharp Decline

Phytoplankton are the foundation of the oceanic food chain.WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite their tiny size, plant plankton found in the world’s oceans are crucial to much of life on Earth. They are the foundation of the bountiful marine food web, produce half the world’s oxygen and suck up harmful carbon dioxide.And they are declining sharply.Worldwide [...] continue reading world news

Russia: Worst drought in a decade, high temperatures damaged 32 percent of land under cultivation, grain prices may double

Russia’s Drought Raises Bondholder Risk on PricesA farmer driving his tractor to harvest flax at a collective farm in the village of Mirny, in the Tver region (Reuters)Russia’s worst drought in a decade will probably generate losses for bondholders as food prices rise and the government may be pushed to tap debt markets for funds [...] continue reading world news

EPA Whistleblower On Gulf Health Risk Cover-Up: ‘People Who Work Near Corexit Are Hemorrhaging Internally.’

EPA Whistleblower Accuses Agency of Covering Up Effects of Dispersant in BP Oil Spill CleanupWith BP having poured nearly two million gallons of the dispersant known as Corexit into the Gulf of Mexico, many lawmakers and advocacy groups say the Obama administration is not being candid about the lethal effects of dispersants. We speak with [...] continue reading world news

Gulf of Mexico BP Oil Rig Blast: Safety Alarm Was Off

See also:- And Now: BP Plans Deep-Water Drilling Off Libya-  Rachel Maddow: The Gulf Of Mexico Déjà Vu (Must See!)A fire alarm on the BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that exploded triggering an environmental catastrophe had been turned off, the chief electrician on the rig has [...] continue reading world news

U.S. War Crimes: Cancer rate in Fallujah worse than Hiroshima

See also:- Iraq: Fallujah Doctors Report Dramatic Rise In Birth Defects (BBC)- The curse of Fallujah: Women warned not to have babies because of rise in birth defects since U.S. assault (Daily Mail)I am repeating myself here, but …Don’t tell me that DU can be shielded by a piece of paper and is therefore no [...] continue reading world news

Rachel Maddow: The Gulf Of Mexico Déjà Vu (Must See!)

More information:- Matt Simmons: BP Cap Is A Fraud - ‘It’s The Biggest Cover-Up We have Ever Seen’- Gulf Of Mexico Water Sample EXPLODES! Other Samples Prove To Be Toxic- Toxicologists: Corexit ‘Ruptures Red Blood Cells, Causes Internal Bleeding’, ‘Allows Crude Oil To Penetrate ‘Into The Cells’ and ‘Every Organ System’- BP Oil Blowout: All [...] continue reading world news

Matt Simmons: BP Cap Is A Fraud - ‘It’s The Biggest Cover-Up We have Ever Seen’

Matt Simmons is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, so you really cannot trust him for a planck second.See also:- Gulf Of Mexico Water Sample EXPLODES! Other Samples Prove To Be ToxicMatt Simmons recommends to use a nuclear weapon to seal the blowout. And what will happen if all the methane in the [...] continue reading world news

Big Pharma Nanotechnology Encodes Drugs With Tracking Data That You (Have To) Swallow

The future: No chance to discontinue the medicine! Watch the movie.Related information:The New World Order is here:- Novartis microchip to help ensure patients take their medicine (!)If nanotechnology is the future, then your chances that you have a future are dim:- Nanoparticles used in untested swine flu vaccines:There is only one small problem with vaccines [...] continue reading world news

NASA: A Puzzling Collapse of Earth’s Upper Atmosphere

Layers of Earth’s upper atmosphere. Credit: John Emmert/NRL. (Click on image to enlarge.)July 15, 2010: NASA-funded researchers are monitoring a big event in our planet’s atmosphere. High above Earth’s surface where the atmosphere meets space, a rarefied layer of gas called “the thermosphere” recently collapsed and now is rebounding again.“This is the biggest contraction [...] continue reading world news

Al Gore’s Enormous Carbon Footprint

California welcomes the Poodle of Lurve(Click on image to enlarge.)Looking across at the US blogosphere, sometimes, I realise what a horrid, mean-spirited fellow I am. All I seem to want to do is say unpleasant things about green nutcases, libtards and pompous, preening, moustachioed Guardian assistant editors. In the US, on the other hand, they [...] continue reading world news

Amazon River Dolphins Being Slaughtered for Bait

An Amazon river dolphin emerges from Ariau River in Rio Negro, Brazil, in July 2008. Scientists say the species is seriously threatened by fishermen who slaughter the animals to use their flesh as fishing bait.RIO DE JANEIRO (July 11) — The bright pink color gives them a striking appearance in the muddy jungle waters. That [...] continue reading world news

Toxicologists: Corexit ‘Ruptures Red Blood Cells, Causes Internal Bleeding’, ‘Allows Crude Oil To Penetrate ‘Into The Cells’ and ‘Every Organ System’

As I have previously noted, Corexit is toxic, is less effective than other dispersants, and is actually worsening the damage caused by the oil spill.Now, two toxicologists are saying that Corexit is much more harmful to human health and marine life than we’ve been told.Specifically Gulf toxicologist Dr. Susan Shaw - Founder and Director of [...] continue reading world news

Warning To Gulf Volunteers: Almost Every Cleanup Worker From The 1989 Exxon Valdez Disaster Is Now Dead

Are you sure that you want to help clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? In a previous article we documented a number of the health dangers from this oil spill that many scientists are warning us of, and now it has been reported on CNN that the vast majority of [...] continue reading world news

BP Oil Blowout: All States Along Gulf Of Mexico Affected By Slick

See also:- U.S. Senate Traitors Block Investigative Power for Oil Spill CommissionTar balls from the Gulf oil spill have been found on a Texas beach, the first evidence that crude from the ruptured Deepwater Horizon well has reached all the Gulf states.Smoke rises from the BP oil spill site, as natural gas is burned off, [...] continue reading world news

And Now: BP admits failing to use industry risk test at any of its deepwater wells in the US

BP was facing fresh criticism over its approach to safety on Saturday night after critics said it did not use an industry standard process to asses risk ahead of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.The procedure, known as a safety case, was developed in Britain after the catastrophic Piper Alpha oil rig explosion of 1988 in [...] continue reading world news

CNN: 1st Amendment, Free Press Suspended Near Gulf Disaster Area

Added: 2. July 2010 continue reading world news

US: Entire West Virginia County Is CWD Containment Area

Romney, W.Va. (AP) — All of Hampshire County is now designated as a chronic wasting disease containment area.The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources said Monday that 12 deer tested in the county in the spring tested positive for the disease.Another 15 deer killed during the fall 2009 hunting season also tested positive.Chronic wasting disease [...] continue reading world news

David Icke On The Gulf Oil Spill And FEMA Camps: A ‘Biblical’ Catastrophe That Will Affect Us All

For all that still think that this disaster was an ‘accident’:Just eight days before the Gulf blow-out, Halliburton also announced that it had agreed to buy Boots & Coots for $240.4 million. Who are Boots & Coots?The world’s largest oil-spill clean-up company which also deals with oil and gas well fires and blowouts.What an incredibly [...] continue reading world news

Niger: People eat leaves and lizards to survive, millions of people are facing starvation

Aid organisations are warning that millions of people are facing starvation from drought and crop failure in the West African country of Niger, and some people are turning to desperate measures to survive.Famine hit Niger in 1984 and 2005If you look up “bo” on the internet, nothing that makes sense comes up. But we were [...] continue reading world news

BP burns rare sea turtles alive, blocks efforts to save them

(NaturalNews) By now, almost everyone is aware of the out-of-control oil spill down in the Gulf of Mexico that seems to be getting exponentially worse with each passing day. But what people may not know is that BP’s efforts to control the oil by burning it are actually burning alive a certain rare and endangered [...] continue reading world news

Former Shell CEO John Hoffmeister On MSNBC: ‘The Whole Casing System Is Deteriorating’

Related interview with Matt Simmons:- Matt Simmons on Bloomberg: There Is A Much Larger Leak, Creating A Gigantic Plume; US Military Should Take Over And Use Nuclear Weapons to Seal The BlowoutBUT there is an enormous amount of methane in the Gulf:- US Scientist: Methane In Gulf ‘Astonishingly High’, As Much As 1 Million Times [...] continue reading world news

US Supreme Court Lifts Ban On Monsanto’s GM Alfalfa

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) – The Supreme Court lifted Monday a four-year ban on the sale in the United States of genetically modified alfalfa, which farmers fear contaminates others crops.A district court judge in California in May 2007 blocked the US biotech giant Monsanto from selling alfalfa seeds that it had genetically modified to resist its [...] continue reading world news

UN Report Warns: Food Prices To Rise By Up To 40% Over Next Decade

I expect food prices to rise over 100% in the not too distant future.Growing demand from emerging markets and for biofuel production will send prices soaring, according to the OECD and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation Somalis protest over high food prices during the spike of 2008. (Getty Images)Food prices are set to rise [...] continue reading world news

More Rain Hits Southern France, Death Toll Rises To 22

Paris, France (CNN) — The death toll from flash flooding in southern France rose to 22 on Thursday as rain continued to inundate the region, authorities said.Up to 20 millimeters (0.8 inches) of rain fell in some areas overnight, the Var prefecture said in a statement. Despite the additional rain, most of the flood waters [...] continue reading world news

Antibacterial Soaps: Chemical Ingedient Triclosan Produces Toxic Dioxins

For a list of products containing the chemical see page four of ‘The Ubiquitous Triclosan’, in pdf from Beyond Pesticides.(NaturalNews) Dioxins are a group of highly toxic compounds that are persistent environmental pollutants. People are exposed to dioxins through the environment and the food chain — the highest levels of these compounds are found in [...] continue reading world news

BP Death Clouds Already Onshore: Benzene 3400 PPB and Hydrogen Sulfide 1200 PPB

Added: 14. June 2010 continue reading world news

BP Blocking Media Access To Workers (Video)

Great interview from New Orleans TV station wdsu tv.Added: 12. June 2010More:- BP Official Admits to Damage BENEATH THE SEA FLOOR- BP Buys Search Term ‘Oil Spill’ From Google- BP CEO Tony Hayward sold £1.4 million of his shares weeks before Gulf blowout- Goldman Sachs Sold 44% Of Its BP Stock 3 Weeks Before [...] continue reading world news

The Spill, The Scandal and the President: The inside story of how Obama failed to crack down on the corruption of the Bush years – and let the world’s most dangerous oil company get away with murder

“BP Atlantis”! President Obama in Port Fourchon, Louisiana, May 28, 2010.This article originally appeared in RS 1107 from June 24, 2010. (Rolling Stone Magazine) — On May 27th, more than a month into the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, Barack Obama strode to the podium in the East Room of the White House. For [...] continue reading world news

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Solution Restores Environment in Just Six Weeks

Added: 17. May 2010The Texas Land Office and Texas Water Commission successfully used ‘oil eating’ microbes to clean up large oil spills in just weeks. Microbes hunt down and eat the toxic oil and leave only a biodegradable waste that is non-toxic to humans and marine life. Marshland and beaches were pristine again in just [...] continue reading world news

New Mystery Disease Damages Crops, Trees And Even Weeds, Threatens Hundreds Of Acres

Shaun Chaiyabhat6:21 PM CDT, June 1, 2010Source: WREG continue reading world news

BP CEO Tony Hayward sold £1.4 million of his shares weeks before Gulf blowout

And he is not the only one:- Goldman Sachs Sold 44% Of Its BP Stock 3 Weeks Before Gulf BlowoutThe chief executive of BP sold £1.4 million of his shares in the fuel giant weeks before the Gulf of Mexico oil spill caused its value to collapse. Tony Hayward: ‘This won’t stop [...] continue reading world news

Feds and BP Withheld Videos Showing Massive Scope of Oil Spill

Coast Guard Told Public Not to ‘Fixate’ On Rate of Spill While Sitting On Video With an apparently complicit Coast Guard, BP held oil spill videos for weeks. New videos show more clearly than ever how BP, with little resistance from the Coast Guard or other federal agencies, kept the public in the dark about [...] continue reading world news

BP’s ‘brilliant’ CEO Tony Hayward clashes with scientists over deep sea oil pollution

And Tony Hayward knows what he is talking about:- Beyond Stupid: BP CEO Tony Hayward: “The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The amount of volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water volume.”And here comes the hurricane season and as if things [...] continue reading world news

Tropical Storm Agatha floods kill 150, cause gigantic sinkhole in Guatemala City

- Giant sinkhole in Guatemala looks as if it goes to centre of the Earth (National Post):Flooding and landslides from Tropical Storm Agatha have killed more than 150 people throughout Central America in the past few days, and apparently caused a giant Guatemala City sinkhole.By Sara Miller Llana, Staff writer / June 1, 2010Cartagena, Colombia — [...] continue reading world news

China: Three Gorges Dam causes quakes and landslides

Roads are cracked in the Huang Gu Po district of Badong on the lower reaches of the Three Gorges Dam The Three Gorges dam was so vast and sweeping a vision that nothing could stand in its way. Not the old cities of the Yangtze valley, storehouses of human toil and treasure for more than [...] continue reading world news

Second Much Larger Iceland Volcano ‘Close To Failure,’ Say Scientists

2nd Iceland volcano issues warningKatla Volcano covered by the glacier Myrdalsjokull (Photo: Dave McGarvie)LONDON - A second, much larger volcano in Iceland is showing signs that it may be about to erupt, scientists have warned.Since the start of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption, which caused cancellations of thousands of flights in Europe because of a giant ash [...] continue reading world news

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Health Hazards

Dr. Michael Harbut, Karmanos Cancer InstituteDr. Kathleen Burns, SciencecorpsMany people will be exposed to airborne and waterborne chemicals as a result of the BP Gulf of Mexico spill.  It is important to understand the potential toxic effects and take appropriate steps to prevent or reduce exposure and harm.Crude Oil Fact Sheet Crude oil [...] continue reading world news

Cap and Trade Is a Gigantic Scam

As I pointed out in December:James Hansen - the world’s leading climate scientist fighting against global warming - told Amy Goodman this morning that cap and trade not only won’t reduce emissions, it may actually increase them:The problem is that the emissions just go someplace else. That’s what happened after Kyoto, and that’s what [...] continue reading world news

Fishermen get severly ill from clean-up work in Gulf

Added: 21. Mai 2010Gary Burris, a fisherman in coastal Louisiana, has become severely ill from inhaling fumes during response work following the Deepwater Horizon disaster and claims many more have become sick but hesitate to come forward for fear of losing their only remaining source of revenue.More:- NASA Images Show Oil Entering Loop Current- New [...] continue reading world news

Study Links Pesticides With ADHD In Children

CHICAGO - A new analysis of U.S. health data links children’s attention-deficit disorder with exposure to common pesticides used on fruits and vegetables.While the study couldn’t prove that pesticides used in agriculture contribute to childhood learning problems, experts said the research is persuasive.“I would take it quite seriously,” said Virginia Rauh of Columbia University, who [...] continue reading world news

Worry That Gulf Oil Spreading Into Major Ocean Current

See also:- AP IMPACT: Fed’l Inspections on Rig Not as Claimed:The federal agency responsible for ensuring that an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was operating safely before it exploded last month fell well short of its own policy that inspections be done at least once per month, an Associated Press investigation shows.Since January [...] continue reading world news

Beyond Stupid: BP CEO Tony Hayward

Oof!BP (BP) CEO Tony Hayward seriously told UK’s The Guardian (via Mediaite): “The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The amount of volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water volume.”So, so stupid.Joe Weisenthal | May. 14, 2010, 4:34 PMSource: The Business [...] continue reading world news

UK: May Snow And Frost Bring Winter Chill

Snowfall, overnight temperatures of -1C and daytime ones four degrees below normal just days before Chelsea flower showWidespread frost is forecast for much of the country tonight. (Guardian)The famously bracing seaside resort of Skegness managed an overnight temperature of -1C, snow flakes fluttered down on Tyneside, and with more snow forecast for the Scottish highlands [...] continue reading world news

US Oil Spill: Scientists and Fishermen Alarmed Over Chemical Dispersants

Alarm over the use of dispersants to combat the huge US oil leak is being raised by Gulf fisherman and scientists alike, warning that even if the spill is held at bay, the chemicals used to do so may do untold damage. Oil spill: fishermen employed by BP place [...] continue reading world news

Gulf of Mexico oil spill: BP tower fails to contain oil

• First oil washes ashore in Alabama• BP engineers admit rethink is needed• Failed 100-tonne tower lifted off the seabedOil is seen on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico as BP tries to stop oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico. (Reuters)Hopes of a quick fix to [...] continue reading world news

US: Tainted Water From Oldest Nuclear Power Plant Reaches Major New Jersey Aquifer

LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Radioactive water that leaked from the nation’s oldest nuclear power plant has now reached a major underground aquifer that supplies drinking water to much of southern New Jersey, the state’s environmental chief said Friday.The state Department of Environmental Protection has ordered the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station to halt the spread [...] continue reading world news

EU Rules: Silent Electric Cars Must Make Noise!

EU rules may mean silent electric cars must make Star Wars noisesBattery cars such as the G-Wiz may be too quiet for cyclists and the blind to hearThe vision of tranquil modern cities, with inhabitants gliding by silently in electric cars, may be shattered by European plans to introduce artificial warning sounds to [...] continue reading world news

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: The Halliburton Connection

So Goldman Sachs took a “big short” position on the Gulf around the time when Halliburton completed the final cementing of the oil well and pipe:- Goldman Sachs Shorted Gulf of Mexico The Day Before!:NEW YORK  — In what is looming as another public relations predicament for Goldman Sachs, the banking giant admitted today [...] continue reading world news

US Oil Spill Disaster Is Now ‘Out Of Control’

See also:- US oil spill could bill could exceed $14 billion (Reuters)- Current timeline to shut down Gulf of Mexico oil spill: three months (Christian Science Monitor)- BP accused as size of oil slick triples in a day (Independent)A Northern Gannet found in the Gulf of Mexico, south of Louisiana, is given treatment (Reuters)President [...] continue reading world news

Experts Warn of Impending Phosphorus Crisis

Just four countries - Morocco, China, South Africa and Jordan - control 80 percent of the world’s reserves of usable phosphate.Phosphorus is essential to agriculture, but experts warn reserves are starting to run out.The element phosphorus is essential to human life and the most important ingredient in fertilizer. But experts warn that the world’s reserves [...] continue reading world news

Climategate: New Revelations

Bush, Gore, Obama etc. are all puppets of the elite.More information:Climategate: - Climategate: Dr. Michael Mann Threatens Lawsuit Over Satirical YouTube Video- Climategate: The Parliamentary Cover-Up Exposed (Telegraph)- Climategate: Two More Bricks Fall Out Of The IPCC Wall Of Deceit – Rainforests And Polar Bears (Telegraph)- Climategate: Michael Mann’s Very Unhappy ‘Whistleblower’ New Year (Telegraph)- [...] continue reading world news

Gulf of Mexico: Oil well hit by fatal explosion produces slick the size of Hong Kong

An oil slick covering 400sq miles is threatening a slow-motion catastrophe for the Gulf of Mexico’s delicate marine life, with 42,000 gallons (160,000 litres) a day now gushing from an uncapped well after a rig explosion.Two days after declaring that there was no leak and that oil on the surface was residue from on board [...] continue reading world news

US: Gender-Bending Chemical Atrazine Contaminates Public Water Supply

“Atrazine can’t be sprayed in Europe because it contaminates groundwater, but it remains widely used in the U.S., where the EPA endorsed its continued use as recently as 2006, based on a scientific review from 2003. Federal records show the review was heavily influenced by industry and relied on studies financed by Syngenta, a Swiss-based [...] continue reading world news

Washington: ‘Toxic stew’ of chemicals causes more than 80% of male fish to exhibit female traits

See also: US: Gender-Bending Chemical Atrazine Contaminates Public Water Supply (Chicago Tribune)Intersex fish, found across the US, result from a mix of drugs that mimic natural hormones, say scientistsUS male bass fish are showing female traits such as egg production because of ‘toxic stew’ of chemicals in water. Photograph: Rob Heimplaetzer/Potomac ConservancyMore than 80% of [...] continue reading world news

Hekla Volcano Activity Being Monitored Closely, Though Rumors Of Second Iceland Eruption Are False

The Hekla volcano is Iceland’s most active volcano and a new Hekla eruption is feared. The Hekla volcano has had more than 20 major eruptions since the 9th century, and Hekla has had eruptions in 1980, 1991 and 2000.Many believe that the next Hekla eruption is imminent, and the recent Iceland volcano eruption in Eyjafjallajoekull [...] continue reading world news

Iceland Volcano: An Eyeful of Eyjafjallajökull - There May Be Worse to Come

Flying over Eyjafjallajökull, the Icelandic volcano that’s brought Europe’s air travel to a halt, is not for the fainthearted. And there may be worse to come.Fresh eruptions thrust new torrents of molten rock through the shattered ice sheets in the mountain crater, spewing a towering wall of ash, dust [...] continue reading world news

Iceland Volcano Eruption Causes Europe Travel Chaos

Footage released of erupting Icelandic volcano (ITN)A Cloud of Volcanic Ash Has Led To Airpace Closures All Over EuropeSmoke and steam is seen rising from the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland, which erupted for the second time in less than a month. The eruption melted ice, shot smoke and steam into the air [...] continue reading world news

US Environmental Police

New York City is getting tough on so called Eco crime. Every day officers dressed in green uniforms patrol the city to make sure no one is breaking environmental laws. Historically focused on hunting and fishing violations in Upstate New York, the force has been around since 1880. Now they moved to the city, where [...] continue reading world news

Beijing to Sweeten Stench of Rubbish Crisis With 100 Giant Deodorant Guns

High-pressure fragrance sprays will be installed at Asuwei dump, one of several hundred overflowing landfill sites that are the focus of growing public concernIn pictures: zooming in on Beijing’s rubbish Link to this videoBeijing is to install 100 deodorant guns at a stinking landfill site on the edge of the city in a bid to [...] continue reading world news

Mongolian herders lost millions of animals because of extreme cold

Appeal for Mongolian herders after cold kills livestock Mongolia has been hit by unusually severe winter weatherThe International Red Cross has appealed for help for thousands of Mongolian herders who have lost their livestock because of extreme cold.The Red Cross said that millions of animals had perished during the country’s hardest winter in years.It [...] continue reading world news

Europe’s largest undersea volcano threatens southern Italy: report

ROME (AFP) – Europe’s largest undersea volcano could disintegrate and unleash a tsunami that would engulf southern Italy “at any time”, a prominent vulcanologist warned in an interview published Monday.The Marsili volcano, which is bursting with magma, has “fragile walls” that could collapse, Enzo Boschi told the leading daily Corriere della Sera.“It could even happen [...] continue reading world news

Monsanto: GM-Corn Harvest of 82,000 Hectares in South Africa Fails

- Exposed: the great GM crops myth (The Independent):“Genetic modification actually cuts the productivity of crops, an authoritative new study shows, undermining repeated claims that a switch to the controversial technology is needed to solve the growing world food crisis.”More info at the end of the following article.South African farmers suffered millions of dollars in [...] continue reading world news

UK: Climate Change Act has the biggest ever bill

The biggest bill ever for NOTHING:- Prof. Ian Clark: ‘Rises in C02 lag 800 years behind temperature rises!’ - You will pay taxes for nothing!- Study: CO2 levels remained constant since 1850! (University of Bristol)The elite is after your money and your freedom (and I told you so).CO2 is not responsible for (non-existent) global warming. [...] continue reading world news

Rhode Island Floods May Affect 200,000, Says Red Cross Official

A man photographs a flooded commercial building along Elmwood Avenue as the Pawtuxett River overflows in Cranston, Rhode Island on March 30, 2010. Getty ImagesApril 1 (Bloomberg) — As many as 200,000 people may be affected by flooding in Rhode Island that has halted Amtrak service to Boston for two days, blocked highways and threatened [...] continue reading world news

China: Severe Drought; Cloud-Seeding Across 77 Counties; Emergency Supplies of Drinking Water to 18 Million People; Rice Prices Spike 10% in One Month

Got food & water supplies?- The Food Crisis of 2010: USDA vs RealityThe artificial rain through cloud-seeding is like poison.Severe drought in Southwestern China is driving up food prices and heightening concerns about the availability of drinking water.- Price of rice rises in south China (China Daily):Huang Weijuan, a Guangzhou housewife, said she spent 55 [...] continue reading world news

US Scientists: The Gulf Stream ‘Is NOT Slowing Down’

Data came from the global network of Argo floats in the oceansThe Gulf Stream does not appear to be slowing down, say US scientists who have used satellites to monitor tell-tale changes in the height of the sea.Confirming work by other scientists using different methodologies, they found dramatic short-term variability but no longer-term trend.A [...] continue reading world news

Heavy Honeybee Die-Off Continues; New Study Shows Pollen And Hives Laden With Pesticides

What kills the bees will kill you too. Pesticides and all the other toxic chemicals that poison the food supply have been proven to cause Alzheimer’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s and cancer in animals.This is one of many reasons why I eat organic food.Flashback: Organic Bees Surviving Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)New Study Shows Honeybees’ Pollen [...] continue reading world news

Climategate: Al Gore spews the usual utter nonsense but this time no one believes him

See also: - Climategate goes SERIAL: now the Russians confirm that UK climate scientists manipulated data to exaggerate global warmingSource: Climategate: CRU scientists deserve Nobel Prizes – and very probably Knighthoods too – claims reasonable and unbiased New Scientist magazine Something truly remarkable happened at Copenhagen yesterday. Al Gore told yet another of his massive [...] continue reading world news

Lord Monckton Knocked Out by Copenhagen Cop: Is the European Police State Going Global?

Added: 17. December 2009“Today, as I lay in the snow with a cut knee, a bruised back, a banged head, a ruined suit, and a written-off coat, I wondered whether the brutality of the New World Order was moving closer than President Klaus – or any of us – had realized.”- Lord Christopher Monckton More [...] continue reading world news

Climategate: Two More Bricks Fall Out Of The IPCC Wall Of Deceit – Rainforests And Polar Bears

Since 1970 the world’s polar bear population has “declined” from 5,000 to 25,000Oops! There go another two bricks, tumbling out of the IPCC wall of deceit on man-made global warming – there is not a lot left now; even the Berlin Wall (to which the AGW construct is ideologically allied) has survived better. Unhappily for [...] continue reading world news

Lord Christopher Monckton reports on Pachauri’s eye opening Copenhagen presentation

- Lord Monckton Knocked Out by Copenhagen Cop: Is the European Police State Going Global?From The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley in CopenhagenDr. Rajendra PachauriIn the Grand Ceremonial Hall of the University of Copenhagen, a splendid Nordic classical space overlooking the Church of our Lady in the heart of the old city, rows of repellent, blue [...] continue reading world news

Lord Christopher Monckton Reports From Copenhagen: World Government Is Coming!

Alex welcomes back to the show Christopher Monckton, the 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, British politician, business consultant, policy adviser, writer, columnist, inventor and ardent critic of the bogus scientific consensus on climate change.Climate scam guru Al Gore has for years refused to accept Monckton’s repeated challenge to a public debate on global warming. Monckton [...] continue reading world news

US East Coast faces severe winter storm

More signs of non-existent global warming:- Eurostar trains suspended as cold weather continues (BBC News)- Winter cold snap jolts Europe, worse to come (Sydney Morning Herald)- Snow causes second day of disruption (BBC News)- Record cold, snow envelop Japan Sea coast (Japan Times)WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. East Coast was under a Winter Storm Warning [...] continue reading world news

Snowing on Copenhagen’s Global Warmist Parade

See also:- US East Coast faces severe winter storm (Reuters)- Winter cold snap jolts Europe, worse to come (Sydney Morning Herald)- Snow causes second day of disruption (BBC News)- Record cold, snow envelop Japan Sea coast (Japan Times)Mother nature is definitely on the side of truth:- Top Scientist: Rise of Sea Levels is ‘The Greatest [...] continue reading world news

Blizzard Blasts Eastern US: Hundreds of Thousands of Homes Without Power

And how about Europe?- Cold snap strands thousands of European travellers (AFP):PARIS — Tens of thousands of European travellers were stranded Sunday in rail stations, traffic jams and airports as heavy snow and ice caused massive disruption at the start of the Christmas holiday season.- Arctic-like cold snap wreaks havoc across parts of Europe (Deutsche [...] continue reading world news

Spain: Heaviest Snowfall in Decades Leaves 250,000 Without Power

A metre of snow fell in the Pyrenees leaving 6,000 travellers stranded and blocking up to 40 roadsA couple walk on the beach during a snow storm in Barcelona, Spain. (AP)Nearly a quarter of a million people in north-eastern Spain were without power yesterday after the heaviest snowfall in decades brought major disruption to the [...] continue reading world news

Common Weedkiller Atrazine Turns Male Frogs Into Females

See also:- Study: Serious birth defects linked to the agricultural chemical atrazineAn atrazine-induced female frog (a genetic male) is shown (bottom) copulating with an unexposed male sibling. This union produced viable eggs and larvae that survived to metamorphosis and adulthood. Yet, because both animals were genetic males, the offspring were all males. (Tyrone Hayes [...] continue reading world news

The 21st-century African land grab by rich countries facing global food and water shortages

Highly recommended article.An Observer investigation reveals how rich countries faced by a global food shortage now farm an area double the size of the UK to guarantee supplies for their citizensA woman tends vegetables at a giant Saudi-financed farm in Ethiopia.We turned off the main road to Awassa, talked our way past security guards and [...] continue reading world news

Met Office: British winter was the coldest for 31 years

Met Office figures recorded a December-to-February mean UK temperature of just 1.51C, while the 1971-2000 average is 3.7CA driver eases through Great Chart in Ashford, Kent, during what the Met Office has now confirmed as the coldest UK winter for 30 years. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PAAfter suffering snow, sleet, rain and consistently freezing temperatures, the knowledge [...] continue reading world news

Study: 100 Percent of Fish in US Streams Contaminated with Mercury

(NaturalNews) In a new study conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), every single fish tested from 291 freshwater streams across the United States was found to be contaminated with mercury. “This study shows just how widespread mercury pollution has become in our air, watersheds and many of our fish in freshwater streams,” said Interior [...] continue reading world news

Journalist Cecilia Lagos in Chile: Sky Changed Color Before Earthquake

The earthquakes in Chile, Haiti and China were (probably) caused by H.A.A.R.P.Added: 27. Februar 2010 continue reading world news

CHILE EARTHQUAKE: 8.8 Magnitude Quake Hits Chile, 1,000 Times More Powerful Than The Haiti Earthquake

A milder earthquake hit Japan:- Japan Earthquake: Tsunami Warnings Downgraded After 7.0 Quake Off Japan Coast (Huffington Post)Rescuers searched for victims and survivors after an apartment complex collapsed in Concepcion.A woman sat in front a quake-damaged house in Talca, Chile. Residents were also jolted by at least 20 aftershocks measuring over 5.0 on the magnitude [...] continue reading world news

Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009: Hard Work

Blizzard hits Christmas travelers in Nebraska and Oklahoma. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)For only the 7th time in 106 years, people in Oklahoma City wake up to a White Christmas.  At least 13 inches of snow had fallen up to last night at Will Rodgers World Airport.  At one point, a heavy band dropped 4 inches in [...] continue reading world news

Suspected Sabotage: Oil spill reaches Italy’s River Po

An oil spill has reached Italy’s River Po after the suspected sabotage of a former refinery led to large amounts of oil pouring into a tributary.The spill began early on Tuesday when someone broke into the plant near Monza, now an oil depot, and opened the taps, Italian news reports said.They said an estimated 600,000 [...] continue reading world news

US Blizzard: Christmas Misery for Millions; Oklahoma State of Emergency (Video)

Blizzard hits Christmas travelers in Nebraska and Oklahoma. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)For only the 7th time in 106 years, people in Oklahoma City wake up to a White Christmas.  At least 13 inches of snow had fallen up to last night at Will Rodgers World Airport.  At one point, a heavy band dropped 4 inches in [...] continue reading world news

Here Comes The Next Bubble: Carbon Trading

‘Carbon Trading’ should not even exist:- Prof. Ian Clark: ‘Rises in C02 lag 800 years behind temperature rises!’ - You will pay taxes for nothing!- Study: CO2 levels remained constant since 1850! (University of Bristol) This has nothing to do with saving the planet.And you will be presented the bill in form of higher [...] continue reading world news

Earth’s North Magnetic Pole is Racing Toward Russia at Almost 64 Kilometers a Year Due to Core Flux

Before: National Geographic News (December 15, 2005):- North Magnetic Pole Is Shifting Rapidly Toward Russia:New research shows the pole moving at rapid clip—25 miles (40 kilometers) a year.Over the past century the pole has moved 685 miles (1,100 kilometers) from Arctic Canada toward Siberia, says Joe Stoner, a paleomagnetist at Oregon State University.Now …North Magnetic [...] continue reading world news

Met Office blocked role of leading scientist in ‘hockey stick’ climate change row

Global warming is a scam!See also:- IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pachauri was told of false Himalayan glacier melting claims before CopenhagenIgnored concerns: Professor Mitchell approved controversial reportThe Meteorological Office is blocking public scrutiny of the central role played by its top climate scientist in a highly controversial report by the beleaguered United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on [...] continue reading world news

Former Managing Director of Monsanto India: Monsanto ‘Faked’ Data for Approvals

The debate on genetically modified (GM) brinjal variety continues to generate heat. Former managing director of Monsanto India, Tiruvadi Jagadisan, is the latest to join the critics of Bt brinjal, perhaps the first industry insider to do so.Jagadisan, who worked with Monsanto for nearly two decades, including eight years as the managing director of India [...] continue reading world news

Leading Scientist Warns of Ice Age: ‘Most of Europe Will Be Under Ice’

Professor Vladimir Paar A leading scientist has revealed that Europe could be just five years away from the start of a new Ice Age.While climate change campaigners say global warming is the planet’s biggest danger, renowned physicist Vladimir Paar says most of central Europe will soon be covered in ice.The freeze will be so complete [...] continue reading world news

Build-A-Bear: The Sinister Green Plot to Turn Our Kids Into Eco-Fascist Manchurian Candidates

Do Al Gore or Dr Rajendra Pachauri own shares in the international toy franchise Build-A-Bear? Here is a video - one of a series of three - that the company’s impressionable young customers are being directed to watch via its website www.buildabearville.com. (Hat tip: Plato Says)You can watch the other two here and here.America’s parents [...] continue reading world news

The Food Crisis of 2010: USDA vs Reality

Loooong article!See also:- The No.1 Trend Forecaster Gerald Celente: The Terror And The Crash of 2010Soybean fieldIf you read any economic, financial, or political analysis for 2010 that doesn’t mention the food shortage looming next year, throw it in the trash, as it is worthless. There is overwhelming, undeniable evidence that the world will run [...] continue reading world news

US ‘Snowmageddon’: Hundreds of Thousands Remain Without Power in Washington DC

US snowstorm causes power cuts in Washington DC region “This is maybe the biggest storm that we have had.”Hundreds of thousands of people remain without power in Washington DC and nearby states after a blizzard blanketed the area with record snows.Electricity was cut to at least 300,000 homes as the snow felled trees, and cut [...] continue reading world news

Yellowstone National Park hit by swarm of earthquakes

Old Faithful from Observation PointYellowstone National Park has been rattled by more than 250 earthquakes in the past two days following a period of 11 months of quiet seismic activity in the park.The quakes have been gaining strength, with a 3.1 tremor recorded at 11:03 a.m. today. A 2.9 quake was recorded at 12:38 p.m.Prof. [...] continue reading world news

US Seed Shortages: Better Order Your Seeds Now!

DES MOINES, Iowa — Dreaming of biting into a garden-fresh cucumber sandwich this summer? Better order your seeds now.A poor growing season last year and increased orders from Europe could make it difficult for home gardeners to get seeds for the most popular cucumber variety and some vegetables this spring. Farmers, who usually grow different [...] continue reading world news

Haiti Hit by Strong 6.1 Magnitude Quake, Shaking Buildings

French rescuers work on a victim in a collapsed building, one week after the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, on Jan. 19, 2010. Photographer: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty ImagesJan. 20 (Bloomberg) — An earthquake measuring 6.1 struck Haiti today, eight days after the devastating temblor that may have killed more than 200,000 people, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The quake [...] continue reading world news

Deep freeze kills millions of fish in Florida

See also: Florida Freeze Destroys Estimated 70% of Southwest Vegetable CropA deep freeze in the shallow waters of Florida Bay and Everglades took a heavy toll on snook and other native fish.Everywhere he steered his skiff last week, Pete Frezza saw dead fish.From Ponce de Leon Bay on the Southwest Coast down across Florida Bay [...] continue reading world news

IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pachauri was told of false Himalayan glacier melting claims before Copenhagen

Add that to Climategate! Global warming is a scam.Most experts believe that the Himalayan glaciers will take centuries to meltThe chairman of the leading climate change watchdog was informed that claims about melting Himalayan glaciers were false before the Copenhagen summit, The Times has learnt.Rajendra Pachauri was told that the Intergovernmental Panel on [...] continue reading world news

Totally Mad Scientists: Simulated Volcanic Eruptions to Block Sun

1. Those idiots should study nature, doing their best to understand it and not experiment with it.2. There is no such thing as man-made global warming and global warming in general is a total scam.- Godfrey Bloom Exposes the Global Warming Scam (European Parliament, Strasbourg, 20.01.2010)(More information below the following article.)A geoengineering project to block [...] continue reading world news

Florida: Manatees die in record numbers from cold

See also:- Florida Freeze Destroys Estimated 70% of Southwest Vegetable Crop- Deep freeze kills millions of fish in FloridaTALLAHASSEE, FL — More than 100 manatees have been found dead in Florida waters since the beginning of the year, mostly victims of a nearly two-week cold snap. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says the [...] continue reading world news

Godfrey Bloom Exposes the Global Warming Scam (European Parliament, Strasbourg, 20.01.2010)

Added: 20. Januar 2010Related information:Climategate:- Climategate: Michael Mann’s Very Unhappy ‘Whistleblower’ New Year (Telegraph)- Climategate: Al Gore spews the usual utter nonsense but this time no one believes him (Telegraph)- Climategate: Which part of ‘over’ don’t these people understand? - A quick idiot’s guide to why Climategate does matter (Telegraph)- Climategate and the Tiger Woods [...] continue reading world news

Pentagon: US forces in Haiti to number 33,000; Hugo Chavez: US weapon test caused Haiti earthquake

33,000 US troops! Can we call it a invasion now?- Haitians Receive Little Help Despite Promises From World Leaders; US Doctors Are Desperate- French minister criticizes US aid role in Haiti: ‘This is about helping Haiti, not about occupying Haiti.’- Ex-minister warns of US ‘takeover’ of Haiti I am not saying that Hugo Chavez is [...] continue reading world news

Monsanto GM Corn Causing Organ Failure In Rats: Study (Everything You Need To Know)

GM food alters your DNA, changes your brain waves, destroys your immune system, your organs and makes you infertile.Don’t miss:- Scientist: Monsanto’s herbicide could cause brain, intestinal and heart defects in foetuses- Hawaii: GMO taro ban proposal goes to full council- Monsanto to Charge as Much as 42 % More for New Seeds!- Monsanto lobbyists [...] continue reading world news

Florida Freeze Destroys Estimated 70% of Southwest Vegetable Crop

Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) — At least 70 percent of southwest Florida’s winter crop of vegetables, including tomatoes and peppers, were destroyed by freezing weather, said Gene McAvoy, the director of the Hendry County extension office for the University of Florida. Losses will be more than $100 million, McAvoy said today in a telephone interview. Tomatoes, [...] continue reading world news

Haiti President René Préval: Earthquake Devastation ‘Unimaginable’

• Tens of thousands lose homes in 7.0 magnitude quake• UN headquarters, schools and hospitals collapseFootage of the earthquake’s aftermath. Contains disturbing images Link to this videoRené Préval, the president of Haiti, has described the devastation after last night’s earthquake as “unimaginable” as governments and aid agencies around the world rushed into action.Préval described how [...] continue reading world news

Haiti Earthquake: Law And Order Breaks Down; Who’s Running Haiti? No One, Say The People

- Who’s running Haiti? No one, say the people (Reuters):PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Desperate Haitians turned rubble-strewn streets and parks into makeshift hospitals and refugee camps on Thursday in the absence of any noticeable response from authorities in Haiti after Tuesday’s earthquake.With the 7.0 magnitude earthquake collapsing the presidential palace, a string of ministries and the [...] continue reading world news

NCDC: 250 Snowfall Records So Far In 2009; This December Shapes Up to be the Coldest on Record

Total Number of Records for December 25, 2009(out of 11,209 stations with at least 30 years of data)New: 250 + Tied: 13 = Total: 263 More here: National Climatic Data CenterDecember shaping up to be one of the coldest on record in the USBlizzard hits Christmas travelers in Nebraska and Oklahoma. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)It has [...] continue reading world news

Beijing and Seoul Hit by Heaviest Snow in More Than Half Century

A worker de-ices a walkway at the Forbidden City in Beijing on Jan. 4, 2010. (Bloomberg) Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) — The heaviest snowfall to hit Beijing and Seoul in more than half a century grounded hundreds of planes in the two capitals as temperatures in northern China were set to fall to the lowest in [...] continue reading world news

Climategate: Michael Mann’s Very Unhappy ‘Whistleblower’ New Year

Michael MannAs I said yesterday, one of our jobs this year is to wipe the complacent smiles off the smug faces of the lobbyists, “experts”, “scientists”, politicians and activists pushing AGW.This is why I am so glad to report that Michael Mann - creator of the incredible Hockey Stick curve and one of the scientists [...] continue reading world news

Winter Chaos Around The World

A train stranded in Shangdu, Inner MongoliaWorld:- Now that really IS the wrong type of snow on the line! Winter brings travel chaos around the world (Daily Mail)US:- Midwest bracing for heavy snow, wind chills of -50; South freezes too (AP)- Colorado Becomes Country’s Cold Spot (ABC News)- South struggles with record-setting freeze (USA Today)Europe:- [...] continue reading world news

US: 17,000 potentially harmful chemicals kept secret under obscure law

All is well. You can fully trust corporations that have only one interest: Profit!Dow Chemical plant, Midland, MichiganOf some 84,000 chemicals being used commercially in the United States, some 20 percent — or 17,000 — are kept secret not only from the public, but from medical professionals, state regulators and even emergency responders, according to [...] continue reading world news

Britain is facing one of the coldest winters in 100 years, experts predict

Britain is bracing itself for one of the coldest winters for a century with temperatures hitting minus 16 degrees Celsius, forecasters have warned. Parts of Scotland have had snowcover for nearly three weeks They predicted no let up in the freezing snap until at least mid-January, with snow, ice [...] continue reading world news

Stanford University: Ethanol burns dirtier than gasoline

(NaturalNews) A recent study conducted by researchers at Stanford University has revealed that ethanol fuel produces more ozone that regular gasoline. When ethanol is burned through combustion, it produces emissions that are substantially higher than gasoline in aldehydes, the carcinogenic precursors to ozone.Much of the fuel dispensed at pumps in America today is a blend [...] continue reading world news