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The Earth Cries Newsletter 

The Earth Cries Blog

July 10, 2008

Animals and Animal Rights

• Wolverine advocates give notice of intent to sue

• Attack in DR Congo's gorilla park

• Animal Rights Activists Protest Coast to Coast

• Animal rights campaigners in market square protest

• Sentient Like Me: Ape Rights and the Myth of Intelligence amongst ...

• Humane Society of Missouri helps rescues animals in disasters

• Medtronic reaches agreement with animal rights group PETA

• Indiana bald eagle found injured in Tennessee

Child Labor and Abuse

• Child labor fails to lower Hungarian motorways construction costs

• Police search Nazi bunker in Jersey child abuse case

• Governor signs tougher child abuse law

• Teen Nixed from Transplant List Because He’sa Foster Child

Coral Reefs and Oceans

• Emissions are changing oceans, scientists report

• French Fishing Industry Angry Over EU Restrictions

• Marine Wildlife Expert Hopes Children Will Save Our Seas

• New Coral Reefs Teeming With Marine Life Discovered In Brazil

• Tsunami reconstruction bad for reefs

• Good news for reefs: giant coral structure found off Brazil

• Humans slowly killing Aceh's tsunami survivor

• Coral concerns for our waters

• Hawaiian Islands' reef fish declining, study finds

• Half of US coral reefs said at risk

• Caribbean coral reefs only 25 percent healthy: report

• Fish vanishing from Hawaii's coral reefs

Corporate News

• Iraq and Oil: Will the Corporate Media Ever Make the Connection?

• Supreme Court Dashes Hopes for Justice Against Exxon

• Taqa to buy Shell and Exxon oilfields

• General Motors reports record sales in Europe thanks to growth in ...

• General Motors' Spanish Plant Going Solar

• General Motors considering job cuts?

• Northwest Airlines to slash 2,500 jobs

Crime

• Call for new rape inquiry squads

• Billings Used Dead Doctors' Names

• International centre will investigate online crime

• Cleaning Up Bhopal

• Youth crime wave on the rise

• Treat children better and crime will fall: Mandela

• Myanmar business tycoon and Malaysian charges with drug trafficking

• JonBenet parents cleared of murder

Deforestation and Desertification

• Nigeria: Desertification - Shema Wants United Front By Northern ...

• Mexico environmentalists fear deforestation to go unabated in UN ...

• Brazil national parks mismanaged and raided-govt

• O'Brien: Carbon offsets issue hits a nerve

• Greenpeace asks G8 leaders to support forest protection action

• Charles plea to curb deforestation

• Australia's Woolworths greenwashes rainforest destruction in ...

• Palm oil industry moves into the Amazon rainforest

Economy

• SEC Exposes Credit Agencies' Shortcomings

• Bernanke Endorses Expanded Authority

• U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson: Many Home Foreclosures Unpreventable

• U.S. Oil Prices Rise As Inventory Falls By 5.9 Million Barrels

• Many Summer Festivals Being Canceled Due To Weak U.S. Economy

• Cisco shares fall on economy worries, downgrades

• Workers' Comp Costs Explode as Economy Weakens ...

• Bernanke grabs reins on economy

• It's All Over But the Dating for US Recession: Caroline Baum

• Britain already in recession, expert warns

• New Zealand considered to be in recession

• Consumers in 'recession-like' gloom

• Federal regulators prepare to tighten mortgage rules

• US May consumer credit rises $7.78 billion, mostly by use of ...

• Renault cuts sales target, cites economic environment

• Finance, Tech Drag Down Markets

• New California law offers a shield on mortgage defaults

• Housebuilders Redrow and Bovis Homes to slash 40% of workers

• Stocks tumble on uneasiness about financials

• Wall Street slumps into bear market territory

• Oil given fresh momentum by Iran missile test

Emerging Diseases

• HCM City faces epidemics in rainy season

• Proposal to monitor G8's aid promises

• Discovery of key malaria proteins could mean sticky end for parasite

• Malaria On The Increase In The UK

• Malaria deaths in children drop

• Dengue kills 13, downs 1746 in CL during first half of year

• Dengue dangers

• Taiwan has recorded the nation's first case of indigenous dengue ...

• Mississippi Reports Additional West Nile Virus Human Case

• West Nile virus detected in Mass. mosquitoes

• Have We Finally Found an Effective Defense Against Lyme Disease?

• Lyme disease appears on increase in county

• Lyme disease a concern to Californians

• California cows carrying TB are slaughtered

• Tuberculosis May Have Migrated From Humans To Cattle, Not The Reverse

Endangered Species

• Polar bear harassment by oil companies challenged

• Pandemic Mutations In Bird Flu Revealed

• Russian environmentalists press for Sakhalin oil pipeline to be ...

• BC to reassess priority list of at-risk species

• SC coast drawing endangered bird species

• Deer skin seized from minister's farmhouse

• Groups plan wolverine lawsuit

• Decision Expected On Endangered Listing For Mouse

Environment

• Richest Nations Pledge to Halve Greenhouse Gas

• G-8 Nations Clash On How Much To Cut Emissions

• EU Parliament demands tighter environmental scrutiny of Baltic Sea ...

• G8 Concludes with No Clear Commitment on the Environment

• Harper puts onus on China, India to deal with climate change

• Climate change: Fact file on emissions pledges

• Climate Change Clouds and the G8 Summit

Famine and Food Shortages

• Trainload of food from Russia arrives in North Korea

• A Crisis in Global Food Aid

• D-8 Muslim states agree to boost food production

• World leaders to discuss food shortages, climate change

• Chewing over the food crisis

• Food Shortages 'the Real Threat'

• A Crisis in Global Food Aid

• Ethiopia's sad plight raises relief question

Floods

• U of Iowa: Floods caused more than $230M in damage

• More floods, drought in Africa

• Heavy rain brings floods as people prepare to evacuate homes

• Towns cut off by floods

Genetics, Genetic Engineering, Biotech, and Nanotech

• Michigan Likely to Vote on Forcing Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell ...

• Cloning clash comes to a head

• High prices nudge Europe nearer to GM food

• Europeans could be forced to accept GM foods

• Breast cancer study ties genetics, youth

• Nano Mirrors Could Improve NASA's Next X-Ray Telescope

Global Warming

• Climate Change: An Unmitigated Disaster on the Loose

• Cheney's Staff Cut Testimony On Warming

• Rudd push for new climate goals

• Insurers call for beachfront levy

• Argentine glacier calves — in dead of winter

• Greenland Melting: The End of the End of the World

• Global warming effects becoming visible in Pakistan

• South Asian nations should build up partnership to face challenges

• Powerhouses pledge global warming battle

• Dangerous deadlock: All nations should unite against global warming

Global Water Supply and Drought

• Reclaiming our water

• NYIT PARTNERS WITH THE UN TO LAUNCH INAUGURAL INTERNATIONAL WATER ...

• Too late: Rain helps, but won't end drought or help cotton crop

• West Bank taps run dry due to drought and Israeli controls

• SCV in midst of moderate drought

• Despite showers, Panhandle remains locked in drought

• Drought affecting cities’ water use

• Australia: Small harvest adds to woes of macca growers

Government and Politics

• Candidates Refine Their Stances on a Changing Iraq

• Housing Secretary Expresses Concerns With Mortgage Bill

• Report Finds Gaps in Federal E-Mail Records

• Political strife deepens in Turkey

• German Lawmakers Propose Voting Rights For Children

• Senate OKs spy plan that ends suits against phone companies

• AG Mukasey Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee

• Senate Scrutinizes Privacy Issues of ISP User Tracking

• Medicare vote over HMO cuts to move in Senate
  U.S. Military To Reopen Bidding For $35 Billion Tanker Aircraft Contract

• Bush To Sign Controversial Intelligence-Gathering Bill

Health

• Being too fat 'can damage sperm'

• Injured Iraq War Veterans Pay More for Health Care, Report Says

• FDA: Antibiotics raise tendon rupture risk

• Mother's prenatal vitamin D levels affect baby's dental health

• Tomato vaccine may prevent Alzheimer's disease?

• FDA Claims Cancer-Causing Chemical in Infant Formula is "Safe"

• A Majority of Americans With Sleep Apnea Are Unaware They Have It

• Steroid Nasal Sprays, Antibiotics Found Useless For Sinus Infections

• Scientists Discover Sea Buckthorn Herb Protects Liver From Toxins

• Could HPV vaccine lead to paralysis?

• S.Africa: Collapsing Infrastructure: Hospital where Nurses play God and Hundreds of babies die

• Salmonella toll tops 1,000; peppers now eyed

Human Rights

• Rights group condemns Saudi 'slave' treatment of migrant women

• Human rights campaigning just ‘noise pollution’ claim Chinese

• Mexico City police chief, top prosecutor quit

• Anwar accuses Rudd of abandoning human rights

• Human rights, whispering in the wind: Komnas HAM

• Human rights: Saudis treat domestic staff like 'virtual slaves'

• Bush, Hu Discuss Human Rights, Taiwan

• Charities 'should be subject to human rights'

• Lawyers accuse Singapore on human rights

Invasive Species

• Walter To Lead Invasive Species Efforts In Pennsylvania

• Weevils to wage war on invasive weed in Clear Lake

Micro Chips and RFID

• RFID enabled tickets for Olympic opening and closing

• SkyeTek Highlights New Applications for Embedded RFID to Create a ...

• Beijing scales back RFID ticket plans

• Study Reveals Increased RFID Investment by Healthcare Organizations

Mining and Mining Pollution

• Silver Valley lawn removal work done

• Don’t let Bush pollute America

• İzmir to overcome arsenic problem in four months

• Kathy Mattea Works For Appalachian Miners

Misc and Odd News

• Art of deception: Crystal skulls in British, US museums were fakes

• Roswell UFO festival attendance increases

Natural Disasters

• Chinese environmentalists and scholars appeal for dam safety ...

• "Explosion-like" earthquakes, lava fountains stir Kilauea volcano

• Minor Quakes Rattle Japan and Peru

• HP Donates Technology to Help Prevent Spread of Disease in Quake ...

• MYANMAR: Thousands unable to return home

• FAO to provide more emergency relief aid supplies to Myanmar

• Myanmar: Red Cross Red Crescent launches revised emergency appeal

• Hawaiian Volcano Observatory tracking Kilauea lava flow

• Volcano explodes in Hawaii

• Magnitude-6.2 earthquake hits southern Peru; 1 killed

• 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolts south of Peru

• Reconstruction site of earthquake epicentre undecided

• Insurance industry loses $13 bln to disasters in H1

• Earthquake jolts southern Japan

• Discovery may lead to quake early-warning system

• Pre-quake changes seen in rocks

Nuclear and Depleted Uranium

• Navy's Nose Grows Lonnnng On Depleted Uranium!

• Basin to Install Three Small-Scale Uranium Removal Systems in New ...

• Navy developing plan to deal with reduced ferry service, Hood ...

• Despite Chernobyl, Ukraine plans nuclear power plants

• Senate panel cuts Bush’s budget request for Yucca

• Solana to visit Iran for nuclear talks July 19

• In Japan, Resistance Rises To Nuclear-Power Plans

• North Korea to be pressed on checking nuclear claims

• Iran's nuclear programme More sabre-rattling in Iran

• Congress May Not Pass US-India Nuclear Pact

• Iran Test-Fires Long-Range Missile

• Accidental uranium waste spill at French nuclear plant

• Rudd warms to nuclear India

Pesticides and Chemical Pollution

• Groups urge EPA to ban non-medical use of triclosan

• Chinese Fish Farms Full of Toxic Chemicals

• TOPPS spray training aims to keep pesticides out of water

• Campaign Against Spurious, Substandard Pesticides Started

• Conservation Gives Eagles New Wings

• Politicians show ignorance on Agent Orange issue

• Innisfail resident rejects Defence Dept Agent Orange claims

Pollution and Toxic Waste

• Pollution effect: Delhi lights dimming stars

• EU to cap airline pollution over US objections

• E-waste, the poisonous monster following the trail of the ...

• Government threat to whistleblowers

• Canadian cycling team avoiding Beijing's pollution

• Ardmore refinery pollution more than expected

• Pollution control agency deploys air monitors

• China's pollution Olympics

• Punjab, industry plan clean-up

• EPA flushes Tainan’s loo paper disposal campaign

• Russia's toxic rivers running out of time

• India, World Shipping's Toxic Waste Dump

Product Recalls

• RC2 to pay Thomas brand owner $15 million in toy recalls

• Smith's recalls ground beef after E. coli contamination scare

• Toy Beds Recalled After Death Of Roseville Boy

• July 3: LaJolla Boat Bed and the Pirates of the Caribbean Twin ...

Slavery and Human Trafficking

• Overseas modelling: 'exploitation'

• The UAE National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking concluded ...

• Capiz steps up effort vs. human trafficking

• Stop Modern Slavery chapter opens in Philly

• Child trafficked to Kilkenny for prostitution

• Exploitation of the Nigeria child

Space, Science, and Technology

• Nasa details shuttle’s retirement

• NASA's Phoenix team to try different methods of sample collection

• Sample-Collection Tests by NASA's Phoenix Lander Continue

• U.S. Finds It's Getting Crowded Out There

• Moon Once Harbored Water, Lunar Lava Beads Show

• NASA Aims to Set Sail in Space

• Security flaw prompts major web alert

• Boeing Building Biggest Helicopter Ever

Wars and Conflicts

• Iran tests missiles and vows to hit back if attacked

• U.S. opposes arbitrary withdrawal date for Iraq troops

• Russia upset, but "no hysterics" over U.S. shield

• U.S. Marines "kill 400 Taliban" in Afghan operation

• 3 Police and 3 Gunmen Die in Attack on U.S. Post in Turkey

• Pentagon Developments On Iran, Air Force Tankers

• Russian strategic bombers patrol Arctic, Atlantic Oceans

• Foreign Agents Blamed In Deadly Kabul Attack

• Pentagon's 'New' Cluster Bomb Policy Treads Water

• US to Use Less Dangerous Cluster Bombs

• 'Spain to ban cluster bombs soon'

• US cluster bomb plans outrageous, say campaigners

• Iranian Tensions Push Price of Oil Higher

• Pentagon plumbing Iran's missile tests for clues

• Israel and US Condemn Iranian Missile Test, Call for Halt

• Ethiopia breaks UN Somali arms ban

• UN says 7 Darfur peacekeepers killed, 22 wounded

• Chinese authorities in revenge attacks on Tibetan monks

• Electoral pressure seen driving Iraq pullout timetable demands

• General: Iraq needs long-term US military help

• Bombs kill 14 in Iraq and dozens wounded

• India to stay in Afghanistan: New Delhi envoy

• US orders more air power for Afghanistan

• Gates shifting Everett-based carrier to Afghanistan's war zone

• Pakistan says peace deal reached in Khyber region

• Zimbabwe brands G8 sanctions push 'international racism'

• G8 calls on Zimbabwe a 'slap in the face' for Mbeki: analysts

• Czech missile shield: Russia to 'retaliate' over US plan, President Dmitry Medvedev says

• Gunmen attack US consulate in Turkey; 6 dead

• Iran missile test sends message to US, Israel

• Half of UK forces 'ready to quit'

Weird Weather

• Weird Weather Watch: Lightning

• Weird Weather Watch: Cruel Summer

• Hurricane Bertha Meandering Toward Bermuda

• More hot weather expected for Northern California

• Weather Poses Challenge In California Wildfires

• Weather Eye: Boris was spin, Bertha means business

• Scientists studying area's wacky weather

• Rolla residents picking up pieces after tornado

• Manitoba tornado rips off roofs

• Hurricane Bertha strengthens again in Atlantic

Wildfires

• Landscaping that can stop wildfires

• Wildfires force residents to flee Paradise

• Wildfires Destroy Dozens of Homes

• Wildfires Near Sacramento, Big Sur Residents Return Home

• Wildfires rage through Kajmakcalan

• Raging California wildfire forces 10,000 to evacuate