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  • China - New Promoter of Mega Dams
    17 February 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS)
    By Antoaneta Bezlova
    BEIJING, May 23 (IPS)
    China is emerging as a new backer of massive dam projects around the globe, giving rise to fears for pristine natural resources and the cultural heritage of river peoples.
    Already home to nearly half of the world’s dams, China intends to more than double its hydropower generating capacity by 2020 by adding a series of new dams across the country. More significantly, in recent years, Beijing has been (…)

  • The Garbage we’ve dumped in the Oceans is coming back to us : From India to the Arctic, our Ocean Currents are changing
    12 February 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    “A team of NASA and university scientists has detected an ongoing reversal in Arctic Ocean circulation triggered by atmospheric circulation changes that vary on decade-long time scales. The results suggest not all the large changes seen in Arctic climate in recent years are a result of long-term trends associated with global warming...
    “The team of scientists found a 10-millibar decrease in water pressure at the bottom of the ocean at the North Pole between 2002 and 2006, equal to (…)

  • How Greenpeace Cashes In on the Suffering and Death of the Great Whales
    11 February 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    CounterPunch February 8 / 10, 2008
    http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-16522127.html
    The Other Whaling Industry
    By Captain PAUL WATSON
    On board the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin.
    "It does not matter what is true, it only matters what people believe is true."
    — Dr. Patrick Moore, President of Greenpeace Canada 1981
    As the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society struggles to borrow and raise enough funds to return to the Southern Ocean, we feel incredibly (…)

  • Vandana Shiva on Farmer Suicides, the U.S.-India Nuclear Deal, Wal-Mart in India
    9 February 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    We speak with world-renowned environmental leader and thinker, Vandana Shiva. A physicist and ecologist, Shiva is author of many books, her latest is “Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace.” [rush transcript]
    In India, more than three hundred farmers climbed water tanks in the country’s central Vidarbha region, many of them threatening to commit suicide unless the government fulfilled their demands to lift them out of poverty. Throughout India, more and more troubled farmers (…)

  • Rain Forests Fall at ‘Alarming’ Rate
    7 February 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/03/6818/
    http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-16348019.html
    February 3, 2008
    by Edward Harris
    ABO EBAM, Nigeria — In the gloomy shade deep in Africa’s rain forest, the noontime silence was pierced by the whine of a far-off chain saw. It was the sound of destruction, echoed from wood to wood, continent to continent, in the tropical belt that circles the globe.From Brazil to central Africa to once-lush islands in Asia’s (…)

  • The World’s Rubbish Dump : A Garbage Tip That Stretches From Hawaii to Japan
    7 February 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Kathy Marks and Daniel Howden, The Independent
    A “plastic soup” of waste floating in the Pacific Ocean is growing at an alarming rate and now covers an area twice the size of the continental United States, scientists have said.The vast expanse of debris - in effect the world’s largest rubbish dump - is held in place by swirling underwater currents. This drifting “soup” stretches from about 500 nautical miles off the Californian coast, across the northern Pacific, past Hawaii and almost (…)

  • Snow slams China; half million stranded at train station
    29 January 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Snow slams China; half million stranded at train station By Jaime FlorCruz CNN
    BEIJING, China (CNN) — Chinese workers and army soldiers were racing to sweep snow-covered highways and unclog railway routes for millions of travelers trapped by cold weather.
    More than 67 million people have been affected by the weather and economic losses are expected to reach as much as $3 billion, Chinese officials say.
    Blizzards have snapped power lines and destroyed houses and farmland, prompting (…)

  • one solitary life
    17 January 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Nature is an oxymoronic creature. On the surface it can be breathtaking in its beauty and panoramic displays of life. Yet its very existence depends upon death. Herbivores kill and consume plant life in order to survive. Carnivores kill and consume other animals. And omnivores kill and consume both.
    Although their position at the top of the food chain has caused most humans to become omnivores, this dominant position has also compelled them to exploit plants and animals not simply for (…)

  • greenland sled dogs are abused in an unthinkable manner. sign the petition now!
    15 January 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Greenland Sled Dogs are abused in an unthinkable manner
    http://www.canadianvoiceforanimals.org/GreenlandSledDogs.html
    Sign the petition now!
    http://www.gopetition.com/online/11438.html

  • earthlings - an eye opening documentary!!!
    15 January 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Earthlings - An eye opening Documentary!!!
    EARTHLINGS is a feature length documentary about humanity’s absolute dependence on animals (for pets, food, clothing, entertainment, and scientific research) but also illustrates our complete disrespect for these so-called "non-human providers." The film is narrated by Academy Award nominee Joaquin Phoenix (GLADIATOR) and features music by the critically acclaimed platinum artist Moby.
    Earthlings full DivX Movie: http://joox.net/cat/2/id/2059171 (…)