Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's
need, but not every man's greed”
Mahatma Gahandi
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global warming, economic disorder, pollution, and the disastrous effects of
corporate greed, the societies of the world are on the brink of a catastrophe
the likes of which, in Earth’s recorded history, has never before been seen.
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July 16, 2008
Animals and Animal Rights
Fruit bats frequent clay-licks in the Amazon rainforest
Researchers fit Bornean elephants with satellite collars to track social behavior
River Damming Leads To Dramatic Decline In Native Fish Numbers
Efforts on 2 Fronts to Save a Population of Ferrets
Activists pursue basic legal rights for great apes
The new legal hot topic: animal law
Animal activists oppose hippo killing
Protesters bare skin against bear skins
Child Labor and Abuse
Fair Labor Association Board Holds First-Ever Meeting in Asia
Coral Reefs and Oceans
African Dust Clouds Harming U.S., Caribbean Reefs
New Coral Bleaching Prediction System Calls For Low Level Of Bleaching In Caribbean This Year
Corporate News
GM to cut salaried workers, production, dividend
US retail sales slow by more-than-expected in June
Johnson & Johnson posts 8 pct profit jump in Q2
US Bancorp 2Q profit falls 18 percent
JPS Industries, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Results
Australian credit crisis casualties sell assets
Nippon Steel says emissions rules may force overseas growth.
Yahoo tells lawmakers Microsoft seeks "fire sale"
Russia's AAR Wants to Buy Out BP to End TNK-BP Fight
British Airways, Ryanair Cut Winter Flights, Hike Fares
Crime
DIC to disclose info on 6,000 accounts possibly used for billing fraud
Deforestation and Desertification
Ontario Protects Vast Boreal Forest to Fight Climate Change
Pa. to permit gas drilling in forests
Biofuels, food demand may doom tropical forests
Wal-Mart to ban sales of wood products from threatened rainforests
CNH fights desertification in China
Libya to Face Desertification and Water Scarcity
New Holland Agriculture and Italian Talent Join Forces to Fight ...
Mitigating Climate Change By Improving Forest Management In The ...
Economy
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Rescue Plan Has Presidential Candidates Divided
Wholesale prices rise by sharp 1.8 percent in June
Wholesale inflation is worst in 27 years
Fed Chief Bernanke to brief Congress on economy
Ailing sentiment hits dollar and global stocks
FTSE loses 5,200 mark as financials fall
Sharp fall in German investor confidence
Banks turn European stocks lower
Bank of Japan downgrades growth forecasts
Oil and gold rise as dollar sinks
Asian stocks stage widespread decline
FTSE lower after Wall Street sell-off
Japanese Fishermen Go on Strike Over Fuel Prices
Feds Cite Schumer in IndyMac Collapse
IndyMac Reopens, Halts Foreclosures
Fed chief details woes in markets, housing, jobs
Bernanke: Financial markets under heavy stress
Fannie, Freddie, bank shares plunge
Economy Will Stay Sluggish, Bernanke Tells Congress
Stocks Recovering as Oil Prices Fall
Market Anxiety Sends Bank Stocks Tumbling
Bernanke: Stabilizing Financial Markets Top Priority
Oil prices plunge more than $10 a barrel
Texas Students Attend Online Classes, Cope With Rising Gas Prices
Bernanke Is Pessimistic, but Bush Urges a ‘Deep Breath’
Emerging Diseases
It's a long road to a H5N1 vaccine stockpile
Specific genetic markers for detecting subtypes of dengue virus ...
Nearly 300 dengue patients treated
Polio vaccination must for issuance of Haj, Umra visas
TB case sparks hospital screening
UK calves boycotted after Holland is infected with TB
Sacramento, San Joaquin to Spray for West Nile Virus
9th human West Nile case reported
Endangered Species
Madagascar villagers vote to protect sea turtles, see first hatchlings
Tiny lemur species discovered in Madagascar
Birds face higher risk of extinction than conventionally thought
Leatherback Turtles' Newly Discovered Migration Route May Be Roadmap To Salvation
Breeding rate fall for rare bird
Fox-Owned National Geographic Uses Gorillas as Cover for Exploitation of Congo
Environment
EU executive to tackle eco impact of consumerism
Environmentalists block Australia coal port
Rolls-Royce, British Airways to Test Alternative Airline Fuels
Kenya court halts $370m sugar, biofuels project
US Court Slaps Down Pollution Law
Population boom will pressure forests: reports
Fossil forest could acquire status
State rebates lead more people to go solar.
US auto trends cloud fuel efficiency rules
Record Land Grab Predicted As Demand Soars For New Sources Of Food, Energy And Wood Fiber
Country, the City Version: Farms in the Sky Gain New Interest
Famine and Food Shortages
FEWS NET: About 1.2 mln Kenyans facing food shortages
Food shortages grow in rural Nepal
Humanitarian Crisis Worsening in Horn of Africa
UN warns Somali crisis could rival '92-93 famine
Millions face threat of famine in Kenya
Food crisis forces Ivorian refugees to Guinea camp
Floods
Ethanol Producers Face Tough Challenges From Floods and Soaring ...
Businesses in KZN run at a loss after floods
US floods to create record 'dead zone'
Genetics, Genetic Engineering, Biotech, and Nanotech
Gene therapy opens new frontier in fight against Huntington's
Global Warming
Carbon capture in the Juan de Fuca plate could store century of US CO2
Projected California Warming Promises Cycle Of More Heat Waves, Energy Use For Next Century
Ethanol, Global Warming and the Ailing Gulf
Global warming forces Russian scientists to abandon the ice
Exelon plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
A Campbell smokescreen obscures targets for greenhouse gas emissions
Unmanned Aircraft to Get Bird’s Eye View of Shrinking Greenland ...
Global Water Supply and Drought
Southeast Asia At High Risk For Arsenic Contamination In Water
Drought-like situation in Maharashtra
Government and Politics
Cameras Monitor Downtown Annapolis
Congress To Hear Testimony On Fannie-Freddie Plan
Bush touts mortgage plans, offshore oil
Bush Repeats Call For Offshore Drilling; Denies Bailout Of Mortgage Companies
Health
Countries Make Push to Increase Eye Donors
Ulcer bacteria may protect from asthma
Asthma risk from pregnancy nuts
Mushrooms That Fight Cancer and Boost the Immune System
Overweight Children Show Increased Risk of Heart Attacks, Strokes
Sugary Drink Consumption Linked to Alzheimer's Disease
New FDA System to Track Safety of Drugs and Devices
Mainstream Media Promotes Medical Myths by 'Dispelling' Them
Doctors hopeful easier blood thinners are nearing
Human Rights
Human Right Watch Accuses Indian Anti-Maoist Group of Human Rights ...
Brutal French ad on human rights in China wins award — but judged ...
Attack on human rights 'silence'
Human rights abuse in China twin towns
Jakarta accepts Timor human rights abuse
Irish human rights body raises concerns at UN on State policies
Invasive Species
Micro Chips and RFID
Thai researchers adopt RFID to track fish breeding
Council snoops on your rubbish
Mining and Mining Pollution
It Took a Town to Find Help for Tar Creek
Mountaintop removal trip sabotaged?
Misc and Odd News
Scientists find ulcers in mummies from 1350 A.D.
Natural Disasters
Small quakes return to Verdi-Mogul
Alaska volcano continues to spew huge ash plume
4.2 Central Oregon quake biggest in 32 years
Seismic Waves From Mine Collapses Can Now Be Distinguished From Other Seismic Activities
Improved Tsunami Early Warning With New Software System
Strong earthquake strikes near Greek island of Rhodes
China's Sichuan hit by new earthquake
Earthquake near Rhodes felt in Israel
Chilean volcano gets active again
How Volcanoes can Stop Global Warming
Nuclear and Depleted Uranium
Iran to powers: No more 'condescending' atom talks
Energy Department Faulted for Mishandling Hanford Nuclear Waste
Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attacks nuclear policy critic
Is the nuclear deal about big business?
Florida OKs Progress request to build nuclear units
India, US Accord Will End `Nuclear Apartheid,' Singh Says
Nuclear Highway: Radioactive On The Road
Iran denies oil market rumour of nuclear deal
Waiki'i Ranch dust samples show no depleted uranium
Indian Island 'does not post risk' to Jefferson County, skipper says
Pesticides and Chemical Pollution
Council expected to decide on pesticides today
Pesticide controls 'unacceptable'
Poisoning pests may not be best for your garden
Relationship Between Poisoning From Pesticides And Intermediate ...
50 percent fall in pesticide imports during 2008
Cormorants are being tracked, studied at Voyageurs Park
End open waste burning and cut cancer
AGRICULTURE SOIL PLANT DIOXINS FERTILIZER BIOSOLIDS RISK
Pollution and Toxic Waste
Expert testifies TVA could do more to cut pollution
Environmental groups warn of health risks as court rejects Bush ...
EU Panel Eases Proposal on Truck Urban Air Pollution
Company fined for Forth pollution
Rules hitch puts marine life at pollution risk
Quiet, Please! How Noise Pollution Could Send You to the Hospital
Judge approves second phase of Penobscot pollution study
Hyundai Vinashin to be fined for attempt to dump toxic waste
Medical waste poses marked threat to third world’s poor
Energy Department Faulted for Mishandling Hanford Nuclear Waste
Product Recalls
USDA Alerts Consumers of Markets Stocking Bad Meat
Bench Scale Adapters Recalled by American Weigh Scales Due to Fire Hazard
Slavery and Human Trafficking
Birth Controlled: China's Stolen Children Reviewed
China police crack human trafficking ring
Space, Science, and Technology
NASA Mission To Be Crystal Ball Into Oceans' Future, Mirror To The Past
Report: US behind in doubling science grads
China 'could reach Moon by 2020'
Wars and Conflicts
Israel Raids West Bank, Arrests 12 Hamas Militants
Taliban Blows Up Paramilitary Forces' Base In Pakistan
U.S. Elections Place Iraq Security Agreement In Limbo
Suicide Bombers Kill 28 Army Recruits Near Baghdad
Hezbollah Victims Sue U.S., Lebanon Banks For Transferring Terrorism Money
South Korea Recalls Tokyo Ambassador In Protest Over Japan's Fresh Claim On Islets
Thai Troops Enter Cambodia, Official Says
Sudanese President charged with genocide in Darfur
Gitmo Prisoner Faced 50 Days of Sleep Deprivation
US Intensifies Air Campaign in Afghanistan
Multiple bombings kill 40 in northern Iraq
Israel Cabinet OKs prisoner swap with Hezbollah
Sudan: we will turn Darfur into a graveyard
Blair halts Gaza visit amid 'specific threat'
Georgia: 'Russia is a menace to peace'
Taleban assault 'almost wiped out US base'
Lawyers Want Detainees To Testify in Terror Trial
Bush Bristles at Obama Criticism of Iraq War
Bomb attacks leave at least 40 dead in Iraq
Turkey and Iraq: Focus on conflict
More troops for Iraq dash hopes of withdrawal
19 insurgents killed in Afghanistan
Afghanistan lashes out at Pakistan
McCain wants more Afghanistan troops
Pakistan Says Afghanistan Promoting 'Artificial Crisis' Through ...
Zero in on Afghanistan, Pak tells US
Bush Says US Working on Additional Zimbabwe Sanctions
Is a gov’t of national Unity possible in an unstable Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe opposition calls for 2nd mediator
Zimbabwe Christian churches reject Mugabe victory
Battered but not beaten, Zimbabwe farmers seek justice
Zimbabwe Opposition Activists Poisoned as Political Violence Continues
Shell to pull investment from Zimbabwe; will sell stake to Engen ...
US 'displeased' with China, Russia over Zimbabwe
Russia will defend interests abroad: Medvedev
Pentagon brief: Iran has long-range missiles
South Korea Recalls Its Ambassador, Disputes Japan's Claim On Two Islands
Weird Weather
Bertha Knocks Out Bermuda's Electricity; Responsible For N.J. Drowning
Tropical Storm Bertha speeds away from Bermuda
Tropical depression less likely in Atlantic: NHC
Cold Weather grips Southern Australia
Four deaths blamed on Northern Calif. heat wave
Heat wave bakes parts of China
Hmong Farmers Suffer Losses From Storms
Finland Loses Strawberry Summer to Hail, Coldest Snap Since '93
Wildfires
Firefighters gain control of most wildfires in state
Wildfires bring demand for private firefighters
California Wildfires Set a Record
Cooler weather allows progress on Calif. wildfires
Governor calls wildfires worst in state history; well, not exactly