Tropical Storm Isaac could hit Republican convention in Florida
•A tropical storm swirling in the eastern Caribbean has raised the remote possibility that this year’s Republican National Convention could be more blustery than usual.
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Environment
Why doom has not materialized
• The Washington PostBack in 1972, we were warned 'The End is Nigh' and mankind will be extinct soon due to humans using too many resources. We were supposed to be pretty much extinct by now, or at least miserable. We are neither. So, what went wrong?
New Evidence Of A Nuclear Coverup On San Francisco's Treasure Island
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Wolf Richter“That amount of radium found to date cannot be explained by gauges, deck markers, and decontamination activities,” wrote Stephen Woods, an environmental cleanup manager at the California Department of Public Health.
Cities, counties nationwide begin mass aerial sprayings of toxic ‘anti-West Nile Virus’ pesticides
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Ethan A. HuffDallas County, Texas, and several nearby towns and cities in the Dallas area are currently being forcibly sprayed with toxic insecticides as part of a government effort to supposedly eradicate mosquitoes that may be carriers of West Nile virus (WNv).
Improving water quality can help save coral reefs
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Glenn HarrisResearch from the University of Southampton and the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton has found that an imbalance of nutrients in reef waters can increase the bleaching susceptibility of reef corals.
Local broadcast on Bayou Corne Sinkhole & bubbles video “Mandatory Evacuation”- Latest Flyover
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/A New Orleans news station broadcast that the residents around Bayou Corne are under a mandatory evacuation of the area. They mention the bubbling in the Bayou and say it is “Natural Gas”, they mention the Butane cavern and of course the sinkhole.
6.3-magnitude quake hits Indonesia’s Sulawesi
• The RawStory.comA powerful 6.3-magnitude quake shook Indonesia’s central Sulawesi province on Saturday, damaging buildings and injuring at least three people.
Georgia woman killed by dogs she was rescuing
• David Ferguson via The RawStory.comTwenty-three-year-old Rebecca Carey of Decatur, Georgia, a young woman who reportedly devoted countless hours to rescuing and finding homes for abandoned and abused dogs, was found dead in her home on Friday
Does the Wind Production Tax Credit Matter?
• Mike Orcutt via TechnologyReview.comThe fledgling U.S. wind industry would be significantly set back if the credit isn’t renewed.
Shell shuts oil station in Nigeria, activists report spill
• The RawStory.comShell said Thursday it had shut down an oil processing facility in southern Nigeria over a pump failure, but denied reports that a significant amount of oil had spilled in the area.
Dallas launches chemical warfare on mosquitoes amid historic West Nile outbreak
• Stephen C. Webster via The RawStory.comAmid one of the worst outbreaks of West Nile virus ever seen in the U.S., officials in the Dallas area of north Texas have declared war, launching all-out chemical warfare on mosquitoes.
U.S. carbon emissions drop to 20-year low
• RawStory.comUS emissions of carbon dioxide blamed for climate change fell in 2011 and have slipped to a 20-year low this year as the the world’s largest economy uses more natural gas and less coal, data shows.
CONNECTING THE DOTS
Trashing America: actions you can take to make change
Frosty WooldridgeWe have sponsored the War on Drugs, War on Poverty, War on Terror. We have failed miserably. But our War on Nature succeeds 24/7 as we destroy the oceans, lakes, streams and rivers on which we all depend for living.
Arctic Coastlines Hitting Ecological Tipping Point
• Brandon Keim via WIRED.comAlong rocky coastlines of the Arctic Ocean, a radical change is taking place, perhaps as profound as vanishing sea ice but less evident to the eye.
Museum Relics Prove Pacific Sharks Died Out Before We Knew They Were There
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comDusky sharks do not live in the Pacific waters near the Republic of Kiribati. Neither do spottail sharks, nor the aptly named bignose sharks. But they used to live there at one point in the past
Strange, Unexplained Solar Influence Over Earth's Radioactive Material Could Herald Solar Flares
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comA mystifying trick of the sun, inappropriately interfering with particles on Earth, could be used as an early-warning system for solar flares, a new study says.
Creating 150 MPH Hurricanes in a Giant Aquarium in Florida
• Brian Lam via PopSci.comA massive, indoor hurricane simulator could save your life
Mutant Butterflies are Turning Up in Japan's Nuclear Disaster Zone
• http://www.popsci.com, By Clay DillowThe first serious indications of the ecosystem impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan are in, and they’re troubling.
Court suspends Amazon dam construction
• http://www.aljazeera.com, AgenciesBrazilian judge rules environmental and rights activists' concerns regarding massive $11bn project must be addressed.
CONNECTING THE DOTS
Trashing America: there is no “away” in throwaways
Frosty WooldridgeHave you ever driven into a restaurant, motel or bar parking lot to see a six pack of empty beer bottles discarded on the asphalt? How about a rest stop where you saw a case of empty beer cans on the picnic table?
Can You Flush Your Old Drugs Down the Toilet?
• http://www.motherjones.com, By Kiera ButlerIn search of a safe way to ditch unused pharmaceuticals.
Arctic ocean losing 50% more summer ice than predicted
• http://www.rawstory.com, By Robin McKieSea ice in the Arctic is disappearing at a far greater rate than previously expected, according to data from the first purpose-built satellite launched to study the thickness of the Earth’s polar caps.
UPDATE! Assumption Parish Louisiana (Bayou Corne) Information – Sinkhole growing
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/Assumption Parish Louisiana (Bayou Corne) Information – Sinkhole growing, what a salt cavern is – Videos & Google Earth Pictures of the areas If you aren’t aware (due to MSM, more concerned about celebrities) there is a serious problem happening i
Victory for Anti-Nuclear Power Movement in the US
• http://www.commondreams.org, by Matthew RothschildScore two for the movement against nuclear power in this country.
Live Bullfrog Trade Implicated in Amphibian-Killing Disease
• http://www.livescience.com, by LiveScience StaffBullfrogs, often shipped live between continents to be eaten, are spreading the deadly chytrid fungus that is threatening amphibians worldwide, new research indicates.
Millions of gallons of raw sewage pumped towards Manhattan
• http://rt.comA broken pipeline is forcing millions of gallons of raw sewage in New York to bypass a treatment facility and instead be sent right into the Hudson River — and just in time for the Big Apple’s first ever Ironman triathlon!
CONNECTING THE DOTS
Trashing our world: laws won’t change human behavior
Frosty WooldridgeOf the more than 200 billion pounds of plastic humans produce each year, about 10 percent ends up in the ocean. Seventy percent of that eventually sinks, damaging life on the ocean floor. It's known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Too little too late? US to clean up Agent Orange in Vietnam
• http://www.rt.com/news/agent-orange-vietnam-cleaniThe Vietnam War ended over 35 years ago, but not before some 1 million people died.
NASA scientist warns of mass extinction from global warming
• Eric W. Dolan via The Raw Story.comJames Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, warned Wednesday that human-made climate change could lead to the deaths of millions of species.
U.S. calls for ‘flexibility’ on climate change
• The Raw Story.comThe United States ran into crossfire on Wednesday after it called for “flexibility” in climate talks, even if this approach could not guarantee meeting the UN’s target on global warming.
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