Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's
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Mahatma Gahandi
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corporate greed, the societies of the world are on the brink of a catastrophe
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July 18, 2008
Animals and Animal Rights
Rehabilitated penguins are released following oil spill in Uruguay
Giant Clams 'Secure For Another Generation' After Philippine Re-seeding
SAfrica activists furious over China ivory auction deal
'Bushmeat reaching crisis levels-Study
Animal rights group targets popular Wyo. rodeo
Big island animal rights activist aims to rescue farm hens
Animal rights activists on war footing against ivory market in China
Child Labor and Abuse
Export councils should vouch for child labour-free status, says panel
Coral Reefs and Oceans
Ocean Acidification: A Global Case of Osteoporosis
Data show fish depletion, researchers say
Mining methods may devastate sea coral
Ocean quest: The race to save the world's coral reefs
Lionfish Decimating Tropical Fish Populations, Threatening Coral Reefs
Corporate News
American Airlines, Delta Post Steep Losses as Oil Costs Soar
EU files new charges against Intel
UBS Stops Offshore Banking for U.S. Clients
Fuel costs drag Continental into $3m loss
Google 2Q profit rises 35 pct, below analyst views
Merrill Lynch posts fourth straight quarterly loss
IBM 2Q profit jumps 22 percent, beats forecast
Microsoft 4Q profit jumps 42 percent
Crime
White House Blocks Release of FBI Files
Court Orders U.S. to Halt Execution of 5 Mexicans
Mexico captures submarine loaded with drugs
Recorded crime figures show fall
Ashcroft defends waterboarding
Data show fall in violent crime
Sudan's Bashir may evade war crime charge
Gunmen kidnap top crime investigator in Mexican border state
Deforestation and Desertification
Mitigating Climate Change By Improving Forest Management In The Tropics
Musharraf urges steps to check diminishing natural forests
Global Forest Survey Aims to Stem Deforestation
Economy
Slowing Economy Gives Way to Global Role Reversals
Saudis Look Beyond Oil to New Economy in Desert
Fed's Crisis Role Spurs Questions of Overreach
Stocks Rebound Despite Big Jump In June Inflation
Loan Losses Weigh on JPMorgan; Income Falls 53%
Inflation surge puts Fed in a quandary
IMF raises world economic targets
European recession looms as Spain crumbles
Spain drops reassuring gloss as crisis deepens
American consumers squeezed by surging inflation
Merrill Lynch set to reveal another loss
Unemployment rise at 16-year high
Bargain hunting picks up as Southern California home values fall further
Stocks surge as falling energy prices bolster mood
JPMorgan, Harley, eBay, Starbucks among big movers
Inflation Rate Falls Slightly in China
Emerging Diseases
Emergence of H1N1 Tamiflu Resistance on Clade 2C In China
Acknowledgement of H5N1 Fatality in Tangerang Indonesia
Polio resurfaces in region of Pakistan
Dengue confirmation causes jitters
Hunger stops AIDS patients from taking anti- retroviral drugs
Pathologists Believe They Have Pinpointed Achilles Heel Of HIV
Polio detected in Pakistani Taliban stronghold: officials
Anti-malaria gene in Africans raises HIV risk
AIDS Bill Includes Money for Reservations
Indonesia's unofficial death toll from bird flu climbs to 111
Vaccinated chickens in Vietnam die of bird flu
Two Californians tests positive for West Nile virus
No cull but farmers still calling for action on TB
Clinic records six drug resistant TB cases
Second dengue case detected in Islamabad
Brazil to start dengue vaccine production: researcher
Endangered Species
Survival zones' for butterflies
Should we move species to save them?
Global warming experts recommend drastic measures to save species
Fragile Antarctic Marine Life Pounded By Icebergs: Biodiversity Suffering
Calif condors' animal instinct takes over in fire
Titan, WWF agreement to bring outwatches on endangered species
Honey bee becoming endangered species
China says it is committed to wildlife protection
GBRA to fund endangered species study
Environment
Interior Dept. Opens 2.6 Million Alaskan Acres for Oil Exploration
Automakers offer hybrids for NYC taxi fleet
Gore Wants U.S. to Abandon Fossil Fuels by 2018
Greenpeace Ranks Eco-Friendliness of Electronics Manufacturers; Nintendo Dead Last
Environmentalists sue EPA for cleaner water rules
Pope says young inheriting scarred, squandered earth
Alliant faces resistance on coal plant proposal
Panel rejects carbon burial bills for now
B.C. Games to douse torch for environment's sake
British Showers Most Wasteful And Inconsiderate In Western Europe, Survey Suggests
Gore says survival of U.S. at risk
Environmental group to sue Duke Energy over plant
Chesapeake Bay Facing New Challenges
Famine and Food Shortages
Beyond high food prices, little to show for $11B/yr in biofuel support, says OECD report
Meat habit is fueling world famine
Soaring inflation undermines sustainability of Persian Gulf region
Floods
Midwest's flood-prone communities consider buyouts
Fire and flash floods wreak havoc on valley residents
Tourism holding its own despite floods, gas prices
June floods contributing to blue green algae blooms
Monsoon eludes many parts of India
Genetics, Genetic Engineering, Biotech, and Nanotech
Stem cells cloned to treat blood cancer
Editorial: Dealing with GM foods
Cultivation of Genetically Engineered Crops in Spain
GM Feed in Free Range Egg Production: Retailers policies are no ...
DuPont gets OK for genetically altered soybeans
Whether nanotechnology is an environmental friend or foe remains ...
Global Warming
Can we engineer a cooler earth?
Russian Research Team Pulls Up Stakes and Gets the Heck Out Due to Melting Ice
Peru: melting glaciers may induce disaster
Peru’s glaciers to disappear by 2015
Up north, you can see climate change
Turning up the heat on global-warming deniers
Climate change puts US way of life at risk - EPA
Gore Issues Challenge for Electricity without Global Warming ...
Warming health report: Poor, elderly to hurt most
Feds: Climate change to cause 'irreversible' health risks in USA
Global Water Supply and Drought
AFGHANISTAN: 1.5 million "severely" hit by drought - minister
Reclaimed Wastewater Benefits Florida's Citrus Orchards
Transparency International reveals corruption in the water sector
How We Can Save Our Country's Water
Opposition demands Central aid to tackle drought
Drought creates tension along both banks of the Jordan
41 cities to suffer from drought in two years
Southeast drought only slightly improves
Drought threat looms large over Maharashtra
'Govt should declare drought in state'
Report says canal would fix California water woes
Government and Politics, and Privacy Issues
House Passes Intelligence Authorization Bill
UK sidesteps courts to ratify Lisbon Treaty
Taiwan tour guides told to shun politics
Senate Democrats to Present Proposal Next Week
Senate tightens sanctions on Iran
Health
American inequality highlighted by 30-yr gap in life expectancy
Fruit juice lined to increased diabetes risk
Vitamin A pushes breast cancer to form blood vessel cells
Painkiller Patch Fentanyl May Have Killed 3,500 People, Warns FDA
Diet Rich in Plant-foods Aids in Preserving Muscle Mass in Older Adults
Mississippi remains most obese state, CDC reports
Cleveland Clinic taking kidneys through navel
Human Rights
Development: US fails to measure up on 'human index'
China to Bar Entertainers It Deems Threat
Nearly half of Egyptian women harassed daily, poll finds
Hong Kong activist urges Bush to press China on human rights
Coalition Calls On Governments To Address Human Rights Abuses ...
MEP: EU leaders 'too weak' on human rights
Despite Olympics, Beijing May Draw Fewer Foreigners in August
South African to be next UN Human Rights Commissioner
Pivot Legal Society files human rights complaint over homeless
Weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in the Occupied
Invasive Species
Great Lakes face $200m annual economic risk from invasive species
Funding for Invasive Species Project Crucial
Micro Chips and RFID
RFID Technology Applied to Beef Sold in Korea
Study Shows Increasing RFID Adoption By Healthcare Organizations
Mining and Mining Pollution
Restrictions on boreal forest won't affect Wawa
Mixed reaction to carbon scheme from mining industry
Interior challenges lawmakers' canyon mining halt
Misc and Odd News
Cathedral dig yields finds from 1700s New Orleans
Natural Disasters
Study: Magnitude 9 quake in Oregon would kill 1,000, $40B in damage
Volcano termed no threat to Dutch Harbor
Earthquake jolts Maluku of Indonesia
Moderate earthquake hits NW China, no damage reported
Earthquake shakes southwest China
Early morning earthquake hits NMI
Typhoon Kalmegi hits Taiwan, heads towards China
China launches emergency response to cope with Typhoon Kalmaegi
Typhoon Kalmaegi Heading for Korea
Taiwan issues warnings as typhoon approaches
Nuclear and Depleted Uranium
U.S. presence at nuclear talks "positive": Iran
Checks ordered at French nuclear sites after leak
Nuclear Power Is A Lousy Investment
Don’t Drink the Nuclear Kool-Aid
CNNC speeding up uranium exploitation in northwest China
Depleted uranium sample statisically insignificant
Dirty Bomb Concerns Remain; Security Gaps Still Exist
Pesticides and Chemical Pollution
UK: 90 % of strawberries contained pesticides
High Court pesticide battle over crop spraying
Calgary to ban pesticides by 2011
Pesticides Found In Soap, Toothpaste And Toys
Council copped out by delaying 'cosmetic use' of pesticides debate
Pollution and Toxic Waste
Beijing pollution: in statistics
Beijing lawyer fights for pollution victims
India and pollution Up to their necks in it
Major fish pollution identified
80% of Vietnam factories breach pollution rules
DoE under fire over record on tackling pollution
California ports to impose fee on containers in bid to ease pollution
Product Recalls
Studio RTA Recalls TV Stands Due to TV Tip-over Hazard
Log Splitter Engines Recalled By American Honda Motor Co. Due to Fire Hazard
Slavery and Human Trafficking
AFGHANISTAN: Food prices fuelling sex work in north?
Human Trafficking is an Unaddressed Worldwide Tragedy
Adverts banned to fight sex slavery
TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN AND MODERN SLAVERY
Sexual Slavery Cases Confirmed
‘Human trafficking generates $7 billion a year’
This is time to fight human trafficking
Human trafficking involving Indians busted in Britain, New Zealand ...
Space, Science, and Technology
NASA moon capsule running late, full of problems
Single Boulder May Prove That Antarctica And North America Were Once Connected
Fuel From Food Waste: Bacteria Provide Power
GM researches high-tech windshields to aid vision
NASA Teleconference to Announce Northern Lights Findings
Revealing the secrets of the red planet
NASA Shuttle Replacement's Problems Are Worsening
Wars and Conflicts
Bombings Kill 22 in Iraq's North
Israelis uneasy over prisoner release
U.S. judge allows first Guantanamo war crimes trial
Bush warned he might send U.S. troops to Darfur: Wade
U.S.-led forces confirm killing Afghan civilians
Troop compensation to be doubled
Hopes for peace grow as Iran and US hold first high-level talks for 30 years
Al-Qaida draws more foreign recruits to Afghan war
Freed Lebanese prisoners vow to fight Israel
US Senate panel approves new Iran sanctions
Kuwait names first ambassador to Iraq since 1991 Gulf War
WHO says cholera, typhoid main health risks in Iraq
Iraq and Afghanistan In the line of fire
The growing threat in Afghanistan
GIs getting more bomb protection in Afghanistan
NATO faces new charges of civilian casualties in Afghanistan
Community devastated by deaths in Afghanistan
Zimbabwe opposition leader puts off signing talks deal
White farmers want Zimbabwe govt held in contempt
EU to toughen Zimbabwe sanctions next week: diplomats
World Parliamentarians Condemn Zimbabwe for Harassment of Legislators
China reiterates dialogue, negotiation over Zimbabwe issue
Electrical Risks at Bases in Iraq Worse Than Previously Said
Weird Weather
Insurer: Weather disasters becoming more frequent
Argo expects weather event losses of up to $18m
Snow, tornadoes could hit WA soon
Tropical Storm Bertha continues across Atlantic
Tropical depression may form near Windwards: NHC
Two missing as Tropical Storm Kalmaegi pounds Taiwan
Tropical storm Fausto forms off Mexico
Vague threat of tropical storm looms this weekend
Tropical Storm Bertha in Open Atlantic
Thousands displaced amid tropical storm in east Mexico
Heat Wave Hitting The Miami Valley
Urgent Heat Wave Animal Advisory for the Philadelphia Area
Wildfires
California burns through its firefighting funds. Homeowner fees ahead?
Climate Change Likely to Add Fuel to Wildfires, Causing Greater ..
In Western States, Pine Beetles Wreak More Havoc than Wildfires
4 plucked from Calif wildfires, suffered burns
Coastal Big Sur bounces back from wildfires