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Drive to Mine the Deep Sea Raises Concerns Over Impacts by Mike Ives: Yale Environment 360
Drive to Mine the Deep Sea Raises Concerns Over Impacts by Mike Ives: Yale Environment 360. For years, the idea of prospecting for potentially rich deposits of minerals on the ocean floor was little more than a pipe dream. Extractive equipment View Gallery Nautilus Minerals Hydrothermal vents create rich mineral deposits that companies are eager […]
New England Can Feed Itself. Here’s How. | New England New Economy TransitionNew England New Economy Transition
New England Can Feed Itself. Here’s How. | New England New Economy TransitionNew England New Economy Transition. By Sarah Byrnes & Orion Kriegman On Wednesday October 8, one hundred people gathered at a church in Jamaica Plain, MA, to consider: Can New England Feed Itself? The answer is yes, New England can feed itself – […]
Is The US Government The Master Criminal Of Our Time? – PaulCraigRoberts.org
Is The US Government The Master Criminal Of Our Time? – PaulCraigRoberts.org. UPDATE: As I read this notice from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the US National Institutes of Health, the US Government and Pharmaceutical corporations have been conducting ebola tests on humans. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02041715 This is official confirmation of Dr. Boyle and Dr. Broderick’s reports that the US government […]
Guerilla Gardening in Rural Panama
Guerilla Gardening in Rural Panama. A gnome (the author) in the Communal Garden Make no mistake, the war is on. The commodity is food, the source needs to be sustainable, and the community needs to know about it. If you are already into permaculture, or just gaining an interest, then congratulations and welcome to the […]
Doctors “Hit Breaking-Point” As Ebola Death Toll Tops 4500; Nigeria ‘Clear’ But Harvard Issues Travel Ban | Zero Hedge
Doctors “Hit Breaking-Point” As Ebola Death Toll Tops 4500; Nigeria ‘Clear’ But Harvard Issues Travel Ban | Zero Hedge. The WHO is coming under increasing scrutiny over its response to the the deadly epidemic. As The BBC reports, after stating that the death toll has hit 4,555 worldwide, a leaked internal document shows “nearly everyone involved in […]
Nigeria declared Ebola-free after containing virus | Reuters
Nigeria declared Ebola-free after containing virus | Reuters. (Reuters) – The World Health Organization declared Nigeria free of the deadly Ebola virus on Monday after six weeks with no new cases, an achievement with lessons for countries still struggling to contain the deadly virus. “This is a spectacular success story,” WHO representative Rui Gama Vaz […]
New Evidence Links Earthquakes to Fracking » EcoWatch
New Evidence Links Earthquakes to Fracking » EcoWatch. The evidence linking fracking to earthquakes continues to pile up. A study by seven researchers from California, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio and the UK, The Environmental Costs and Benefits of Fracking, said “Unconventional oil and natural gas extraction enabled by horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing [fracking] is driving an economic boom with […]
Top Scientist: This Version Of Ebola Looks Like ‘A Very Different Bug’
Top Scientist: This Version Of Ebola Looks Like ‘A Very Different Bug’. Barack Obama and the head of the CDC need to quit saying that we know exactly how Ebola spreads. Because the truth is that there is much about this virus that we simply do not know. For example, a top Ebola scientist that […]
– Half Earth’s Wildlife Gone, Governments Meet to Save the Rest | Environment News Service
– Half Earth’s Wildlife Gone, Governments Meet to Save the Rest | Environment News Service. PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, October 14, 2014 (ENS) – Global wildlife populations have declined, on average, by 52 percent in the 40 year period since 1970, reports the global conservation nonprofit WWF. Habitat loss and degradation are the greatest threats to […]
When it comes to food packaging, what we don’t know could hurt us | Ensia
When it comes to food packaging, what we don’t know could hurt us | Ensia. October 13, 2014 — It’s almost impossible to imagine life without flexible, transparent and water-resistant food packaging, without plastic sandwich bags, cling film or shelves filled with plastic jars, tubs and tubes, and durable bags and boxes. While storing food in […]
The Pentagon Will Use 30 Person “Quick-Strike Team” To Deal With Domestic Ebola Patients | Zero Hedge
The Pentagon Will Use 30 Person “Quick-Strike Team” To Deal With Domestic Ebola Patients | Zero Hedge. President Obama may have been busy golfing this weekend, and his brand new Ebola Czar may have had more pressing matters to attend than the White House’s Saturday evening meeting on the US “response to domestic Ebola cases” (because clearly […]
Canada to ship experimental Ebola vaccine to WHO in Geneva | Canada | Reuters
Canada to ship experimental Ebola vaccine to WHO in Geneva | Canada | Reuters. TORONTO (Reuters) – The Canadian government will ship 800 vials of its experimental Ebola vaccine to the World Health Organization in Geneva beginning on Monday, the Public Health Agency of Canada said on Saturday. The WHO, in consultation with health authorities in […]
Water crisis squeezes Sao Paulo state – Americas – Al Jazeera English
Water crisis squeezes Sao Paulo state – Americas – Al Jazeera English. Itu, Brazil – The state of Sao Paulo is on the cusp of an unprecedented water crisis stemming in part from one of the worst droughts in decades, leaving millions scrambling to find clean water sources. On Friday, the city of Sao Paulo recorded […]
Roar II | The carbon pilgrim
Roar II | The carbon pilgrim. In a nice bit of irony, the route of People’s Climate March cut through the gaudy heart of Times Square, placing protestors under the smoky gaze of two-story tall fashion models. The contrast was delicious – and intimidating. We had marched into one of the cultural epicenters of indifference […]
Is Ebola the real ‘World War Z?’ (Spoiler alert: It’s not)
Is Ebola the real ‘World War Z?’ (Spoiler alert: It’s not). In 2006, I released a novel about a global zombie plague that drives humanity to the brink of extinction. While the zombies may have been fake, I tried to anchor the human response (political-military-economic-cultural) in reality. I studied the history of pandemics, natural disasters […]
