Dienstag, 13. April 2010

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

Sonntag, 11. April 2010

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

Freitag, 9. April 2010

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

Mittwoch, 7. April 2010

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

Montag, 5. April 2010

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

Samstag, 3. April 2010

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

Donnerstag, 1. April 2010

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