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
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September 1, 2008
Animals and Animal Rights
Oil Group Joins Alaska in Suing To Overturn Polar Bear Protection
Sea-Ice Melt Imperils Walruses, and Economy Based on Them
6000 minks released by animal rights activists
Wire traps remain wildlife big killer
Lights out? Experts fear fireflies are dwindling
China Gets ‘Gold Medal’ For Covering Up Animal, Human Rights Abuses
Chemicals in pet food can lead to bad behaviour, says top vet
PETA protest animal deaths in Nagaland
Peta Urge Judge To Get Tough With Dmx
Buckingham Palace Guards may lose bearskin hats
Child Labor and Abuse
US prosecutors: 61 busted for child exploitation
UN urges South Asia to do more to stop child trafficking
12 child labourers rescued in city
Coral Reefs and Oceans
Dive tourism threatens Red Sea coral reefs according to new ...
Study Warns Conservation Zones in the Wrong Place to Protect Coral ...
Mafia Island Marine Park to protect marine resources
Marine Protected Areas are essential to California
Coral reefs in dire straits, experts say
Jellyfish numbers swell by swarms and smacks
Corporate News
Oracle's Ellison Earns Scrutiny With 38% Pay Raise
Private Equity to the Rescue of Banks?
Private equity investment in US banks may pick up
Nintendo raises earnings forecast
Dell and Gustav weigh on Wall Street
Alitalia seeks bankruptcy measure
Japan's Largest Private Equity Firm? The Mob
Private equity firm creates nuclear-fuel-supply company
To boost economy, promote corporate responsibility
Corporate India rushes to defence of Tata's Nano car
Firms donated at least $112m to conventions
Social Media Exposes the Corporate Psychopath
Exxon Shareholders Suffer a Windfall Loss of 13.7%
Exxon Mobil proceeds with Alaska gas plan
Oil companies completing Gulf evacuations, shutting down production
Iraq signs $3 billion oil deal with Chinese national oil company
Gustav over Gulf...Gulf Coast prepares...Oil companies shut down ...
Crime
Bolivian Is an Uneasy Ally as U.S. Presses Drug War
West Coast Gangs Are Making Inroads
Yakuza stalk Japanese markets as organised crime opens new front
E-waste is lucrative business for organized criminals, says report
Prisons 'hold 8,500 ex-soldiers'
Over 150,000 march in Mexico against crime
Mexicans Stage Nationwide Anti-Crime Protest
Growing violence among girl gangs
Youth gang violence on Coast too
Gang violence getting worse in Ontario
Deforestation and Desertification
Indonesia Doubles Size Of National Park In Sumatra
Venezuela, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, Dominican Republic
Businessman imprisoned for land grab
Truce Is Reached in Battle Over Idaho Forest Land
Amazon deforestation on the rise
Minister bemoans fragmented forest ecosystem
Dwindling Amazon sparks new alarm
The Week in Green: why forestry protection is doomed to failure
Economy
World's Largest Gold Refiner Runs Out of Krugerrands
Is Your Bank About to Implode? The FDIC is Hinting, YES!
FDIC Will Need Half A Trillon Dollars
Nigerian economy still suffering - NES
Consumer spending weakens as stimulus fades
Worker Assets Shrink at Fannie and Freddie
Economic news weigh on Wall St stocks
Pound suffers worst month since 1992
India growth dips as rates hit investment
Lenders mulling new offer in Alabama debt standoff
Surge in Natural Gas Has Utah Driving Cheaply
Straw says UK can 'weather storm'
Bush sees a ray of light on economy…
Economy to slow as rates apply brakes
Candidates talk economy in industrial heartland
Payrolls Probably Fell, Factories Stalled: US Economy Preview
Treasuries Rise for Third Month on Outlook for Rates, Economy
Emerging Diseases
Human TB strain jumps to animals
High Path H5N2 Recombinants in Wild Birds in Nigeria
H5N1 Clade 7 Spread to Vietnam
Palau continues to see increase in dengue fever cases
Southern provinces on alert for dengue fever
Pasteur Institute tests dengue fever vaccine
Thousands of children didn’t get polio drops
Gastro enteritis claims 3 lives in Sokoto
Pakistan still fighting polio virus
Mumps outbreak raises ethical questions
AIDS cases seen on the rise in Philippines
AIDS in New York spreads 3 times faster than rest of US: report
Viral spreads in Kanpur Dehat, full hospitals have no relief for ...
Tema records 43733 malaria cases in six months
Another New Bird Flu Vaccine Shows Promise
City is the malaria capital of state
Experts reach Kanpur, inspect Malaria-hit villages
Malaria Kills 30 Children In Korle-Bu
We`re at war with malaria - Kikwete
Scientists examine bird flu infections to monitor for 'pandemic ...
VIETNAM: Uphill battle to raise awareness of bird flu
UT researchers discover new target in flu fight
Pharma Patents And Why Indonesia Is Hoarding Bird Flu Samples
Five bird flu suspects detected in Malang
372 polio cases in India, fresh immunisation round in Delhi
Campaign of spreading insecticide to combat malaria in Mahweet started
Endangered Species
US/Mexico Border Wall Risks Endangered Species Extinctions from ..
Endangered Monkey Species Thriving in Cambodia
Motion Filed to Extend Review of Endangered Desert Nesting Bald Eagle
Squirrely decision could doom flying squirrel to extinction
New giant clam species discovered
Plague threatens prairie dogs, endangered ferrets
Scout helps endangered species, wins Eagle award
Endangered Indiana bat discovered in Wallkill River National Refuge
Race against time to save Congo's apes
Flying foxes 'may be spreading Hendra virus'
Poaching stealthily stealing our heritage
Judge extends desert bald eagles' protection
Large Populations Of Endangered Species Of Monkeys Found In Cambodia
Nevada not yet ready to cry wolf
Environment
California Moves on Bill to Curb Sprawl and Emissions
Effectiveness of environmental taxes
$88000 penalty ordered in environmental lawsuit
Texas Paying Cash Toward Cleaner Cars
An ever changing environment continues to wreak havoc
Energy, Environment Will Be Central to McCain-Palin Campaign
IAEA nuclear leak did not reach environment
Wind energy bumps into power grid's limits
Cutting Fossil Fuel Subsidies Can Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions Says UN Environment Report
Explosives Go 'Green' ... And Get More Precise
Small farmers to join Brazil sustainable cane move
Katrina and Rita provide glimpse of what could happen to offshore drilling if Gustav hits Gulf
Famine and Food Shortages
No End Seen to Cartel's Destruction of Food Capacity
Nepad asks Africa to raise food budgets
Impoverished N. Korea Develops 'Hunger-Delaying' Noodle: Paper
Japan suffering food shortages
Two months of closure; People on brink of starvation in Jammu
Kashmiris facing starvation due to continuous curfew: Pro-Delhi ...
Inflation set to ease despite looming famine, say experts
Looming famine dashes hopes of lower food prices
The Food Chain: Russia’s Collective Farms: Hot Capitalist Property
Mugabe Summons Food Aid Agencies
Five million Afghans need food aid: Oxfam
SADC to go ahead with regional grain reserve
Help Comes in Midst of Worst Ever Food Bank Shortage in East Idaho
Afghanistan faces humanitarian crisis
Food may break the Middle East's back
Kenya: Tough choices amidst starvation
Millions of Somalis stare at starvation
In slow economy, donations to food pantries may not feed all the ...
Floods
460 Homes In Seminole Co. Damaged In Floods
Floods in India May Displace Millions
India flood evacuations continue
Babies, moms cling to rooftops in flood
Indian villagers desperate as floods spread
Bihar floods: Criminals want aid to reach them first
Searching for survivors in India floods
Floods hit Jalpaiguri district
2000 feared dead as floods swamp hundreds of Indian villages
70 dead, two million displaced in India floods
Flash floods expected in mountains of San Bernardino, Riverside ...
No let up in Bihar floods, millions affected
Thousands marooned in Bangladesh floods
Three million displaced in Bihar floods
SoCal picnickers rescued from floods
Genetics, Genetic Engineering, Biotech, and Nanotech
Anti-GM lobby claims a win in Tasmania
Food sold in WA shops to be tested for GM ingredients under Labor
6 months on, GM crops panel wants expert off board
Cloning gives famed family of trees new means to grow
Global Warming
August Set to Have Higher Than Average Temp
Primer to help cities reduce vulnerability to climate change impacts
Coalition hoping for sea change as ocean levels rise
Will rising sea levels change Hilton Head forever?
Sea level rise would desvastate Charleston
Water lock for Swansea Channel
Global warming puts heat on Arctic ice cap
Future Storms, Global Warming Could Devastate Louisiana Coast
'Grow More Trees to Tackle Global Warming': Governor Jamir
Palin Denies That Global Warming Is Man-Made
Palin disagrees with McCain, Republican Platform, on Global Warming
Nine polar bears at risk of drowning in global warming meltdown
For the first time in human history, the North Pole can be ...
Bid to Protect Town From Sea ; A New Coastal Erosion Plan Could Be ...
Military Analyst Warns of Coming 'Climate Wars' Unless Global Warming is Reversed
Global Water Supply and Drought
Radioactivity, Arsenic Contaminate New Jersey Drinking Water
City approves historic utility agreement with Global Water
Think-tank urges Quebec to export 'blue gold'
Critics say huge NYC water plant soaking taxpayers
Burke urged to see Gippsland drought plight
Augusta Drought Relief Too Late?
Alabama’s Drought Conditions Get Much Better
Fay's rains end drought in Pike County
Drought threatens Argentine farms economy
AUSTRALIA: Wool Prices Soar On Drought Fears
Unstable times for Britain as the global balance of power tips
Government, Politics, and Privacy Issues
McCain picks Palin as surprise No. 2
Contractors account for a quarter of US spy operations
Gov. Sarah Palin has put drilling above environment
No rift at top of government says senior minister
GOP offers up alternative budget; Senate stays in session this week
Senate might have final say if Stevens convicted
Senate deadline for a 'shield law'
Privacy feature in Internet Explorer 8 leaks private data
Microsoft Says Google Is Years Behind on Privacy
DNA databases blocked over privacy concerns
Health
Antipsychotic drug 'stroke risk'
Raid on illegal blood bank in New Karachi
Suicide risks studied in drugs for physical ills
High PCB exposure linked to diabetes risk
FDA official says plastic chemicals are safe to children
U.S. appeals court says testing of mad cow disease is a diagnosis
Blood transfusion could get you mad cow disease
Vegan Diet Reduces Risk of Arthritis, Heart Attack and Stroke
Studies Show That Maca Boosts Sex Drive
Prominent Neurosurgeons Fear Cell Phone Use Causes Brain Tumors
FDA Seizes Pet Foods From Petco Distribution Center
No End Seen to Cartel's Destruction of Food Capacity
Obese Air Passengers May be Charged Fees Based on Body Weight Due to Skyrocketing Fuel Prices
Human Rights
Polygamy: a violation of women's rights
Olympic protest grannies escape punishment as order revoked
Watchdog counsels prison warders on human rights
Did the Games improve rights in China?
Human rights: Ex-generals jailed for life in Argentina
Experts: More human rights action needed
Eye candy for the Egyptian man
UN rights official condemns 'disproportionate' Darfur camp raid
US court finds TNI links to ExxonMobil
Russia-Georgia war saw rampant looting-rights envoy
US Human Rights Network Decries Lack of Progress for Gulf Coast ..
Invasive Species
DFW intern finds out no one knows where invasive species on Saipan ...
Unwanted plant resurfaces in state
Holiday has opportunities, dangers for state waters
Invasive Species Alert for Labor Day Boaters
Portsmouth adds electric truck to city fleet; stopping invasive ...
Micro Chips and RFID
Modeling health care logistics in a virtual world
Report shows RFID use expanding
RFID Tags Enable 24/7 Surveillance
Microchip Tech to put $65 mn in India
Mining and Mining Pollution
Karnataka HC dismisses petition on iron ore
Five lessons from the Singur experience
Rosemont mine rich in copper, poor in public support
Mercado: Replaying 'Minamata'?
Mining expansion poses water bug risk
Mining leaves Faridabad high & dry
Reining in earth's enemy number one
Misc and Odd News
Scientists find ancient lost settlements in Amazon
Online maps 'wiping out history'
Remember your loved one - as a diamond
Natural Disasters
New Orleans orders mandatory evacuation
Gustav kills nearly 70 in Caribbean, aims at U.S.
6.1 magnitude earthquake leaves 22 dead in China
Gustav slams Cuba as Cat 4 storm; many evacuated
As Gustav nears, oil companies shut down rigs
Preparing for Mass Exodus As Gustav Gathers Strength
Crystals improve understanding of volcanic eruption triggers
Natural disasters US fears Gustav will hit New Orleans
Earthquake, magnitude 5.8, strikes off BC coast
Small Earthquake near Bryce Canyon National Park
2 Small Earthquakes Hit Southern Utah
Oregon Coast Fault Could Be Testbed For Quake Research
Researchers say big quake is possible
Weak Interplate Coupling by Seamounts and Repeating M 7 Earthquakes
New Orleans marks Katrina anniversary as Gustav looms
Miss. governor says evacs will begin this weekend
Bush declares storm emergency in Louisiana
Divorce stalks Katrina survivors
Gustav swells to dangerous Cat 3 storm off Cuba
Blackwater Issues Mercenary Call For Hurricane Gustav
Thousands fleeing New Orleans before Gustav
Gustav lashes Cuba on way to monster storm in Gulf
In New Orleans, Many Opt to Flee as Storm Grows
Pair of small earthquakes shake Concord, Pleasant Hill
Magmatically Triggered Slow Earthquake Discovered at Kilauea ...
Earthquakes hit ocean off coast of Vancouver Island
Submerged seamount the size of Mount Fuji causing major quakes off ...
Nuclear and Depleted Uranium
Iran, Nigeria to share peaceful nuclear technology
N Korea rejects key verification test in N-dispute
Russia links its help on Iran to Georgia row
Obama could open early Iran nuclear talks
Americans Approve Military Strike on Iran if Diplomacy Fails
Nuclear plant workers evacuated
India's nuclear deal headed for fiasco
More support for an Iran strike than you probably thought
Yucca Mountain opponents send petition
Spent nuclear fuel storage not insurmountable problem
Air Force Searches For Lost Launch Devices
Opponents Of Yucca Submit Petition To NRC
Iran Corroborates UN Nuclear Monitor's Estimate of Centrifuges in ...
Iran Claims to Have 4000 Working Nuclear Centrifuges
EU says Belgian nuclear authorities take steps after radioactive ...
Pesticides and Chemical Pollution
Germany and France Ban Pesticides Linked To Bee Deaths; Geneticist Urges U.S. Ban
Green groups take EU to court over 'dangerous' pesticide limits
Cuba's farmers went back to pre-chemical roots
North American union warrants discussion
Belgians warned over iodine leak
Exposure to lead speeds ageing by up to six years
2 dead from chemical exposure at plant in Ill.
SI To Spray 2nd Round Of Pesticides
Pollution and Toxic Waste
Three quiet cheers for war on noise pollution
Greenpeace Water Patrol ‘closes’ Angono waste dump
Bangladeshi Ship Breakers Face Death, Disease, Injury
Buried barrels in Euphrata leak toxic goo
Toxic Parthenium grass threatens Ranchi city of Jharkhand State ...
EPA: US Magnesium waste endangers people, birds
Century of cargo sweepings litter bottom of Great Lakes
Italy mobsters block efforts to clean up toxic trash heaps
Parkside Holdings fined for toxic waste dumping
Greenpeace Canada blasts Syncrude lawsuit
AVX withdraws air pollution permit for SC plant
Weekends are rainier because of air pollution
Localities along GT Road hit by pollution, encroachments
Puncak Niaga Detected 788 Cases Of Water Pollution Last Year
Farm pollution prompts Huron County lawsuit
Welsh Water is prosecuted 18 times for pollution in just four years
Product Recalls
Bassinet Sales Halted After Deaths of Two Infants
Six Retailers Agree To Stop Sale and Recall Simplicity Bassinets Due To Strangulation Hazard
Countertop Water Dispensers Recalled by Greenway Home Products Due to Fire and Shock Hazards
Regal Lager Recalls to Repair Phil & Teds Strollers Due to Laceration Hazard
Wooden Infant Toys Recalled by Habermaass Corp. Due to Choking Hazard
Electric fault spurs big GM recall
Police may launch probe into Ehime eel processor for false-labeling
Bonne Bell Recalls Children's Cosmetics Accessory Bags Due to Risk ...
Recalls: Smoked salmon, children's cosmetics bags
Expect more recalls, officials say as BC death brings listeriosis ...
Lucky Country Inc. Recalls All Natural Black Licorice Products
QFC Recalling Deli Tuna Salad Items in Washington and Oregon (August 28)
Slavery, Exploitation, and Human Trafficking
NAPTIP warns users of househelps
Sex Worker Rights Are Human Rights
FIA to lodge FIR against human traffickers
Nominate Architecture for Humanity to end human trafficking ...
Sheriff fears brother operation may involve human trafficking
KBR lawsuit alleges ’slavery.’
Court reinstates sex slave convictions
Families: Men trafficked for military work
Felony Conspiracy Plea Confirms Investigation into Masonic Sub ...
Five Bulgarians detained in Italy over human trafficking
USAID joins with MTV to fight human trafficking
Space, Science, and Technology
As the Martian Seasons Change, NASA’s Robots Press On
NASA hacker faces extradition within three weeks, says lawyer
Report: NASA studies extending shuttle to 2015
NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility Closes For Hurricane Gustav
NASA Reviewing Plan To Fly Shuttle Beyond 2010
Nasa considers shuttle shelf-life
NASA Mars Rover Opportunity Ascends To Level Ground
Mars rover leaves crater for Martian plains
Hurricane Gustav: A Brooding Monster Shuts Down Two NASA Facilities
Digital pixs of Dead Sea Scrolls headed to Internet via NASA
Wars and Conflicts
Void in U.S. strategy for Afghanistan
Occupation With No End in Sight
Kristol: Bush Might Bomb Iran If He ‘Thinks Senator Obama’s Going To Win’
America and Russia deploy warships in Black Sea
Russia warns Turkey on U.S. ships in Black Sea
Yemen's fight against resurgent Al Qaeda
Russia urges West to refrain from sanctions
Putin Suggests U.S. Provocation in Georgia Clash
West mulls few options in Georgia-Russia crisis
Antiterror measures incite sectarianism in Yemen
Karadzic refuses war crimes pleas
Georgia breaks ties with Russia
Iraq's Palestinians still live in fear
Zimbabwe Says It Will Lift Ban on Aid Groups
Georgia says Russia troops blocking refugee return
Hundreds leave Gaza as Egypt opens border
Georgia withdraws from all peacekeeping deals with Russia, CIS
Demining of cluster bombs starts at Mundri town
UN mine-clearing agency to stop work in South as funds dry up
Iraq-US troops on alert ahead of Anbar handover
When will US troops be out of Iraq?
Iraq changes team negotiating on US withdrawal
Weird Weather
Storm Gustav to begin strengthening into hurricane
Gustav headed for current that fuels big storms
Bad Weather EVERYWHERE: NASA Tracks TS Hanna
Weather threatening wheat harvest
Hurricane Gustav heading for Gulf's oil-rich coast
Blackwater Preps for Hurricane Gustav
Hurricane warning issued along central Gulf coast
Hurricane casts pall over GOP festivities
Storm Hanna, off Florida, keeps experts guessing
Banks begin to prepare for a possible hurricane strike in the Gulf
Wildfires
Wildfires Blacken 32000 Acres in Colorado
Crews fighting wildfires in northwest Colorado
Fires bring haze to Aspen, Denver
Winds could revive two fading wildfires
Wildfires spread smoky haze over Loveland
Wildfires continue to flare up
Macedonia Wildfires Under Control
Wildfires burning near Moab, Vernal
Haze from wildfires drifts into the valley