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The Earth Cries Blog

July 7, 2008

Animals and Animal Rights

• Badger cull proposals 'rejected'

• Mulesing protesters target Paris fashion bash

• Animal rights group complains about UMDNJ class

• They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

• Elissa Sursara and Isabel Lucas Expose The Truth On Fur

• Animal experiments in med schools

• Report Claims Animal Welfare Group Killed 97% of Animals it Took in

• Maria Island roo and wallaby cull finished

• Parks bring benefits to people, may hurt wildlife, suggests study

• Nature reserves attract humans, but at a cost to biodiversity

• Agriculture Linked To Frog Sexual Abnormalities

• A Ban on Cockfighting, but Tradition Lives On

• Animal Rights and Obama

• Rodeo funding angers animal-rights groups

• Plan to kill feral cats has animal rights groups crying foul

Child Labor and Abuse

• Companies respond to sweatshop allegations

• Primark faces customer exodus after BBC 'child labour' allegations

• Justice Dept: Postville investigation 'continuing'

• Child labor on the rise at checkpoints as those barriers prevent .

• About 180 children withdrawn from child labour in Ajumako-Enyan ..

• Child labour: Govt sets up panel to get rid of sweatshop tag

Coral Reefs and Oceans

• CO2 Pollution Could Erase Coral Reefs

• Acidifying Oceans Add Urgency To Carbon Dioxide Cuts

• Offshore Drilling Threatens Deep-Water Coral Reefs

• Dole urges Bush to move to save Carolinas' reefs

• Reef Study Shows Need for Protection

• Sea lovers say coral is too precious to wear

• Greenhouse gases called threat to Pacific life

• Oceans in crisis

• Ailing sewerage works poison rivers, oceans

• New Pathway For Methane Production In The Oceans Discovered

• Bigger fines to protect Island's fish and reefs

• Water can't be separated from life

Corporate News

• Google must divulge YouTube log

• Yahoo Courts Time Warner After Microsoft Drama

• UAL To Charge $3 For In-flight Snacks By Aug. 1

• Fed Ponders Private Equity In Banks

• German legislators could pass law to protect distressed groups

• Private equity money pours in, but shifts targets

Crime

• U.S. assures UK over secret flights, doubts persist

• Patient neglected in ER for 24 hours dies

• Huge turnout for anti-crime march

• Knife-Crime Supersedes Terrorism as England's Biggest Public ...

• Braving the frontline of SA's crime horror

• Over 800 people arrested as part of measures to check crime

Deforestation and Desertification

• Citing food prices, new coalition forms to kill biofuel mandate

• Brief relief for palm oil prices on swelling stocks

• Desperate Race For The Rainforest

• Dominican Soil Growing Dry

• Socio-religious bodies may foster affroestration

• Humanitarian, food policy officials call for a revision of EU, US ...

• 'World Pharmacy' Being Destroyed

• 'Land degradation affects over 20 pc of cultivated areas'

• Poverty turns Dominican Southwest into a desert, official says

• Who will feed the world? Towards diverse, sustainable forms of ...

• ‘Desertification is no longer a valid term,’ says expert

• 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals clears path for more logging

• Can our forests fight climate change?

• Africa's Oldest National Park In Crisis

• Vague land ownership a factor in Amazon deforestation

• Closed-Door Deal Could Open Land In Montana

• Preventing desertification ensures secured agriculture

• Poll shows ignorance over Rainforest role

Economy

• Rising prices hammer seniors on fixed incomes

• GM shares fall below $10 for first time since 1954

• Oil soars past 145 dollars for first time

• Economy extends job loss streak

• Soaring Hay Prices Could Boost Consumer Prices On Dairy Products

• Oil Prices Jump Over $146 Setting A New Record

• U.S. Economy Loses 62,000 Jobs In June For Six Straight Month

• European Central Bank Increases Interest Rates To 4.25 Percent

• Prices And Demand Skyrocket, Not Fireworks

• As Gas Prices Soar, Elderly Face Cuts in Aid

• Britain's Three Largest Lenders Reduce Mortgage Rates

• World Bank Study: Biofuel Demand Triggered 75 Percent Rise In Food Prices

• Oil Prices Decline As Iran May Not Disrupt Supplies On N-Program Issues

• Foreclosures of Dallas-Fort Worth homes worth more than $1M double

• Oil shock: Analyst predicts $7 Gas, “Mass Exodus” of US cars

• World must brace for oil beyond $150

• World oil markets to remain tight until 2013: IEA chief

Emerging Diseases

• New West Nile virus strain may worsen epidemic

• Dengue virus spreading its wings

• Dengue fever claims life in Karachi

• Health chief warns of dengue

• Dengue fever a lesser concern this year in Cambodia

• Kaduna records 25 polio cases

• BC unveils new HIV/AIDS strategy

• Migration of H5N1 Clade 9 Into Indonesia

• Austin Pork Plant Workers Contract Mysterious Illness After Slaughtering Pigs

• Penn Study Pinpoints New DNA Weapon Against Bird Flu

• VISITORS to Africa are importing a deadly form of malaria into the UK.

• Malaria claims 62 lives in Tripura

• Indonesia seeks to shut Navy lab researching avian flu

• Malaria Deaths 'Risen By Over A Third'

• Bird Flu Concerns Lead to Partial Ban on Chickens in Zanzibar

• Kyoto prof creates bird flu antibodies from ostrich egg

• Malaria cases on the rise in Salcete

• Study might lead to new AIDS treatment

• 28 Stories of AIDS in Africa by Stephanie Nolen

• Nigeria to immunise 4.6 million children against polio

Endangered Species

• 3 gray wolves shot to death, feds report

• Zoo's newborn snow leopard cubs die

• Species’ fate sealed

• Endangered animals: it’s worse than we thought

• New threat for endangered species

• Fish, birds, plants face peril

• Habitat Protection Sought for Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal

• Endangered species of Fiji

• Orangutan populations declining sharply

• Lawsuit Filed to Stop Army Relocation Project From Killing More Desert Tortoises

• Chinese prefer tigers in the wild over tigers on their plates

• Nepal's tiger population plummets due to poaching

• Endangered Piping Plovers at all-time low

• Rare Fairy Shrimp Found In Groton

• Plant species on the decline due to Global warming

Environment

• Utah is going to a 4-day workweek to save energy

• Well-Known Sunscreens Prove Inefficiency

• US government lifts ban on new solar plants

• Several thousand anti-G8 protesters rally in Japan

• Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast

• CO2 emissions could doom fishing industry

• Louisiana signs non-corn ethanol law for to procude a better biofuel

• Exxon Valdez ruling worries environmental watchdogs

• Environment, economy, and Zimbabwe top G8 summit concerns

• Alberta Environment finishes dead-duck probe

• Fourth of July no picnic for the environment

Famine and Food Shortages

• Global food price rises exacerbate famine in Ethiopia and Somalia

• Famine closes in on 14 million Africans

• IMF: Food-fuel surge puts poor countries at "tipping point"

• Mozambique to import Vietnam rice to curb shortages

• Food Shortages Exacerbated by Hoarding, Trade Barriers

• 14 million in Horn of Africa facing food emergency: agencies

• Countries urged to lift food export bans

• NGO ban puts older people at risk of starvation in Zimbabwe

• Your land is degrading, billions face starvation!

• Dearer food gives EU windfall for poor

• Biofuels cause 75pc increase in food prices, report says

• Holy See Urges Action to Halt Food Crisis

• FAO: 1.5b across globe facing starvation

• Food Crisis: Starvation around world

Floods

• After dreadful quake, devastating annual floods stare Sichuan ...

• In Dane County, farmers are the biggest victims of June's floods

• 5 killed by floods in Yunnan

• Floods boost food prices for years

• Dogs stranded by Iowa floods now in Madison

• Will Midwest Floods Be as Toxic as New Orleans?

• Floods pose health risk

• Mississippi River reopens as flooding wanes

• Second wave of floods in Assam

• Juhu floods again on a sunny day

Genetics, Genetic Engineering, Biotech, and Nanotech

• Gaping holes in regulation of GM crops

• US shift to GM crops hits home / Trading houses struggle to buy ..

• Innovation will drive GM crops, says Monsanto boss

• 2 Clone Experts Locked in Legal Battle Over Patent Rights

• Push is on to lift stem-cell research ban

• Scientists reopen debate over GM food

• GM crops are part of the answer to food crisis – Monsanto

Global Warming

• Argentine glacier ruptures in rare breakup for cold of winter

• 'US has done least to address global warming'

• Ancient NZ reptile threatened by global warming

• Plasma, LCDs blamed for accelerating global warming

• Warming Climate Adds to US Flood Fears

• Global warming threat to climbing

• Consequences of global warming

• Famous scientist warns time is running out for global warming solution

• Penguin Chicks Frozen by Global Warming?

• Would Bangladesh really disappear under water by 2100?

• Inaction will mean national disaster

• No credit as oceans turn sour

• Floating 'Lilypad City' unveiled as solution to rising sea levels

• Canada best to escape climate change

• Warming threatens park's wolverines, bull trout, glaciers

• Australia's harsh reality: adapt or perish

• Climate Change Brings Jellyfish Plague to Europe's Beaches

• 1000 protest G-8 summit in Japan; police arrest 4

• Most urgent hurricane threat? Overdevelopment

• Global warming has caused an increase in reports of blood-sucking ...

• Deadly Landslides in Bangladesh Show Climate Change

• Glacier Bay Park's Gravity Shifts As Ice Melts

• Rising sea level threatens graves

• Prospects dim for G8 climate change deal

• Global warming: `We need emergency action now!'

• Now, global warming may spoil India's wheat party: study

• Warming may cause rapid plant species loss on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Global Water Supply and Drought

• The world's water future

• Beijing's water crisis and economic collapse

• Underground dangers: More tube-wells to further deplete water table

• None Dare Call It Genocide

• State climatologist declares half of Texas is under drought

• Drought, Food Costs Leave 14 Million in Need in East Africa

• Rain Is Great, But It's Barely Making A Dent In Drought

• UN: Humanitarian crisis worsening in Horn of Africa

• The Drought Continues...

• Panhandle drought aid request pushed

• The Poisoning of America's Water Supplies

• California Water Reservoirs Contain High Levels of Carcinogenic Bromate

• Southern Africa’s Driest Nation Acquires Desalination Plant Using ...

• Drip, drip... drought

• Australian state facing drought, locusts

Government and Politics

• Obama wades into controversy with Iraq comments

• Former Senator Jesse Helms dies at 86

• Secretive Agency Under the Spotlight

• For Republicans, the Senate outlook is bad

• Congress ready to take up pared-down summer agenda

• The politics behind Senate wiretap bill

Health

• U.S. salmonella probe expands to Mexico: CNN

• ADHD drug linked to suicide attempts

• CDC Releases Reports on Formaldehyde Tests of Trailers

• Many children carry the superbug MRSA

• Salsa becomes new suspect as source of Salmonella outbreak

• Emergency Regs Needed for Tracking Produce, Food Groups Say

• Heart Drug: It kills people with existing condition  

• Black Tea Aids Oral Health 

• Big Pharma "Doomed" if it Doesn't Change, Says Eli Lilly Chairman

• Rickets on the Rise as Vitamin D Deficiency Surges Among Expectant Mothers

• Jalapeños Probed in Outbreak

• Costly Cancer Drug Offers Hope, but Also a Dilemma

Human Rights

• Khyber operation violation of human rights: Nawaz

• High court ruling upholds rights of Gitmo detainees

• Human rights body condemns counter-terrorism bill

• Ban Urges NK to Improve Human Rights

• Rights Groups Disappointed With Bush's China Olympics Trip

• 25 killed in Syrian prison riot: rights group

• Italian Government's 'Mussolini methods' anger human rights groups

• Activists Disappointed By Bush Decision to Attend Olympics Opening

• Should world leaders attend the Beijing Olympics?

• NGOs battle to halt deportation of foreign workers' babies

• G8 urged to speak out against human rights violations worldwide

• Rights group decries counterterrorism bill

Invasive Species

• Park continues fight against invasive weeds

• Preventing the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species

• Support invasive species prevention

• Invasive algae species found in Elk River

• Invasive species bill could be vetoed

• Idaho steps up its fight to stop invasive mussel

• Toxic cane toad causes mass croc deaths in Australia

Micro Chips and RFID

• Microchip device monitors lung cancer cells

• European RFID Industry to Capture 40% of Global Market by 2016

Mining and Mining Pollution

• Willow Creek to become Superfund site

• Landowners Fret Over Impact In Selling Gas-Drilling Rights

• A new corporation looms on the smoggy horizon: The Air We Breathe Inc

• What's wrong with asking questions?

• Copper colony in Congo

• Mining rush may wreck havoc in virgin areas

• NB government amending rules for uranium mining and exploration

• Exploratory drilling for uranium under way in ND

• China mine gas kills at least 21

Misc and Odd News

• Researchers open secret cave under Mexican pyramid

• China to use unmanned security drones at Olympics

• Bozo the Clown Actor Larry Harmon Dies at 83

• Canada to claim Arctic shelf in 2013

Natural Disasters

• Add locusts to China's list of calamities

• Children Can Be Especially Affected By Disaster-Related Stress

• Earth begins to kill people for changing its climate

• Iran quake damages buildings, no casualty reports

• Japan beefs up undersea quake monitoring system

• Major quake hits Okhotsk Sea off eastern Siberia

• Chile declares volcano red alert

• Hawaiian volcano spewing more lava than usual

• Three earthquakes registered in northeast Russia

• Geological study warns of three major earthquakes to hit Cairo in ...

• Myanmar to build 37 embankments in cyclone-hit areas

• Dozens of Burma villagers drown after boat sinks

• UNICEF continues to strengthen Myanmar Cyclone response

• First panda birth this year in China's quake zone

• China earthquake death toll remains unchanged

Nuclear and Depleted Uranium

• Iran Issues Response to Nuclear Offer

• LA Times: No to warmongering on Iran

• The possible timing of any Israeli attack on Iran remains uncertain

• Iran's shift in nuclear tone may be to buy time

• Forty Years After Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, US Tops World ...

• Iran hands Solana nuclear offer response: report

• India coalition in shake-up over nuclear deal

• General: Attack on Iran would trigger war

• Birth defects spike with US use of 'special weaponry'

• Federal Board to Consider Yucca Mountain Rail Plan

• Indian Leader Rescues Nuclear Deal With U.S.

Pesticides and Chemical Pollution

• Scotts Miracle-Gro resumes shipping pesticides

• Scientists want Benn to battle EU over pesticides

• Temporary fishing ban around Philippines ferry

• Cocoa: ICCO Warns on Insecticides

• Help keep honeybees buzzing with these simple tips

• Government identifies chemicals 'toxic' to humans and the environment

Pollution and Toxic Waste

• Air Quality Alert Issued In Parts Of New York City

• 100 million gallons of polluted water flows into storm drains daily

• Indoor air pollution

• Fireworks contribute to air pollution

• Zambia to experience severe pollution

• EPA's pollution plan slammed

• There's more to do on water pollution

• Pollution and lead plant could damage Unesco bid

• Polyurethane Noise Reduction Solution for Railway Traffic

• Fireworks are noise pollution

• Wind farm plans scrapped after noise nuisance fears

• Toxic dumping ban postponed again

• Gormley not so Green as toxic scandal festers

• India, world shipping's toxic waste dump

• Stay away from Sandy Pond: environmentalists

• Concerns grow over toxic waste in Cork Harbour

• Public ‘misled’ over Heathrow pollution

• People Living Near Wildfires Urged To Protect Themselves Against ...

Product Recalls

• Fireworks Over America Recalls Fireworks Due to Shock Hazard

• Bayside Furnishings Recalls Youth Bed Toy Chests Sold at Costco After the Death of a 22-Month-Old Child

• Children's Jewelry Recalled by Bead Bazaar USA Due to Risk of Lead Exposure

• Black Cat(r) Fireworks Recalls Fireworks Due to Injury Hazard

• RECALLS THIS WEEK: Infant Garments, Remote Controlled Vehicles ...

• SunRingle hollow quick release devices for bicycles

• Costco, Others Recall Beds After Toddler Killed

• Fireworks Recalls Announced

• Distributor recalls sexual enhancer

• Kroger Ground Beef Recall Includes Tennessee

• Redcat Racing recalls remote control toys

• QFC, Fred Meyer included in beef recall

• Toy Chests Are Not Toys

Slavery and Human Trafficking

• Police rescue 15 'sex slaves' in crackdown on trafficking

• British-born teenagers being trafficked for sexual exploitation ...

• Ruling gives Goddard tool to fight drug, human trafficking

• Woman suspected to be victim of human trafficking

• Major Police probe into trafficking leads to 528 arrests

• Child trafficking, a lucrative business

• Human trafficking crackdown yields 50 arrests

• Arrests in human trafficking probe

• UN agency warns on human trafficking

• Arrests in trafficking campaign

• Child sex trafficking 'within UK'

• Crackdown on sex trafficking leads to rescue of 59 women

• Human trafficking operation sees 41 arrests

• Indian workers' struggle shines light on human trafficking, slave ...

• Burma Intercepts Human Trafficking Victims

• Finding the ‘human’ in human trafficking

• Group reports rise in human trafficking into Yemen

• Three charged with sex trafficking, slavery of woman, 18

• Cardinal Bergoglio denounces new forms of slavery and exploitation ...

• British teenage girls forced into prostitution by people traffickers

• BILL ADDRESSING SEXUALLY EXPLOITED YOUTH REACHES GOVERNOR

• Oil operators accused of risking safety in exploitation bid

• Melbourne company fined over Chinese worker exploitation

• Group rallys against sweatshop labor

• Florida No Haven For Teen Exploitation

• All-out bid to emancipate nation's sex slaves

• Raids free seven from sex slavery in brothels

• Modern Slavery Because of Financial Illiteracy – Earl Jarrett

• 80 human traffickers held in 2 months: FIA

Space, Science, and Technology

• Merger of US earth sciences agencies is proposed

• Smallest planet shrinks in size

• Crumbling Pompeii site in "state of emergency"

• Mercury is shrinking, Nasa space probe reveals

• First images of solar system’s invisible frontier

Wars and Conflicts

• Pentagon extends tour of Marines in Afghanistan

• Zimbabweans Request Refuge Inside U.S. Embassy

• Mugabe says opposition must drop claim to power

• Tensions Simmer In Anbar As U.S. Handoff Nears

• Shifting Winds and Timber Fuel Calif. Fires

• Wind keeps California fires raging on 2 fronts

• Despair Drives Suicide Attacks by Iraqi Women

• Film of Zimbabwe 'vote-rigging'

• Fresh Clashes Kill 36 In Sri Lanka

• U.S. Navy Won't Let Iran Shut Gulf, Will Defend Ships

• Smuggled film shows how Zimbabwe vote was rigged

• Inside Mugabe's Violent Crackdown

• A Revival of Tribal Tradition to Help Repair Darfur

• Military move would push oil price sharply up-Iran

• Mugabe's Not Quite Done With Making Zimbabwe's People Suffer

• Mugabe uses food as weapon as famine looms

• Maliki: Iraq no launch pad for Iran strike

• Obama struggles to thread needle on Iraq

• Iraq: Electricity production up over 10%

• UAE to cancel all of Iraq's $7B debt

• Obama, McCain split over Afghan strategy

• Iraqis Consider Alternative Deal For US Presence

Weird Weather

• Tropical Storm Bertha Becomes Second Named Storm Of Atlantic Hurricane Season

• Heat Helping Crops To Catch Up

• Snow still blocking some forest roads

• Baylor study shows rural areas warned of severe weather less often

• Hot weather returns, complicating firefighting efforts

• Return of dry weather expected in fire-ravaged southern California

• Wild weather continues to lash country

• Hurricane Maps Detail Vulnerable Island Places in Case of Severe Storm

• Midwest storms may continue battering insurers into second quarter

• Mich., Ohio storms bring flooding, power outages

• Tornadoes damage properties in North Island

• July Tropical Storms

• SC officials wary as hurricane season settles in

Wildfires

• Calif. Property Owners Join The Fire-Fight

• "Go time" in Big Sur as massive wildfire bears down

• California Wildfires Strain State's Resources

• Blazes in California Take a Toll on Fireworks

• Firefighters hold line on California wildfires

• 19000 Battling Wildfires in the West

• Calif. wildfires spread, intensify

• Saskatchewan. Wildfires force 2000 to flee

• Smoke from wildfires causing hazy skies

• Thousands relocated by Canadian wildfires

• Californian tourist resort under threat from wildfires

• Wildfires draw NASA's scrutiny

• Massive wildfires threaten two California towns

• Twin fires raging along California central coast

• Wildfires prompt two park closuresWildfires prompt two park closures

• California Wildfires Scorch 521000 Acres as Weather Changes

• Wildfires Threaten Homes in Santa Barbara County

• Smoke from California wildfires drifts into Oregon

• California's wildfire in check -- for now

• California wildfires threaten tourist haven of Big Sur

• At root of most wildfires, by far: People