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Hundreds killed by Burma cyclone
BBC News | A tropical cyclone has killed at least 351 people in Burma and damaged thousands of buildings, according to state television. Parts of the Irrawaddy region were hit particularly badly, with three
Read More »Bush backs modified crops
By Andrew Ward and Daniel Dombey | George W. Bush on Thursday stepped up pressure on the European Union and other governments to lift restrictions on genetically modified crops to help ease the crisis in
Read More »We Must Imagine a Life Without Oil
By Mark Hertsgaard - The Nation | It used to be that only environmentalists and paranoids warned about running out of oil. Not anymore. As climate change did over the past few years, peak oil seems
Read More »Green Scare State Terrorism
By Stephen Lendman – RINF | In May 2005, FBI Deputy Assistant Director for Counterterrorism John Lewis told a Senate panel that ecoterrorism is “one of today’s most serious domestic terrorism threats.” Then the
Read More »US air force calls for mission to combat climate change
By David Adam | The US air force will this week call for the world’s top scientists to come together in a 21st-century Apollo-style programme to develop greener fuels and tackle global warming. It wants
Read More »‘Sustainable’ bio-plastic can damage the environment
By John Vidal | The worldwide effort by supermarkets and industry to replace conventional oil-based plastic with eco-friendly “bioplastics” made from plants is causing environmental problems and consumer confusion, according to a Guardian study. The
Read More »The Biofuels Scam and Food Shortages
By Mike Adams | It was one of the dumbest “green” ideas ever proposed: Convert millions of acres of cropland into fields for growing ethanol from corn, then burn fossil fuels to harvest the
Read More »Earth Day: Is the impact worth the build-up?
By Heather Clancy | At the high-tech industry conference where I spent most of my day holed up in meetings on Monday, there was nary a mention of Earth Day. Surprised? I was, but
Read More »Exposed: the great GM crops myth
By Geoffrey Lean Major new study shows that modified soya produces 10 per cent less food than its conventional equivalent. Genetic modification actually cuts the productivity of crops, an authoritative new study shows, undermining
Read More »VIDEO: Real alternative energy
Is there an alternative to petroleum? Here’s one possibility: Bio-diesel. The raw material – used cooking grease – is currently being wasted. BioLiberty.Net, a group of Gulf War veterans, is developing a production system
Read More »NZ becomes first country for Earth Hour lights out
WELLINGTON (Xinhua) — New Zealand and Fiji on Saturday became the first countries to take part in Earth Hour, an event aimed at reducing emissions that contribute to climate change. A total of 24 cities
Read More »Tabloid Fabricated Heathrow Plot
Evening Standard condemned by press watchdog for coverage of the Camp for Climate Action’s Heathrow protest. Claim of fabrication upheld. In a much awaited ruling the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) issued a stinging rebuke
Read More »Budget Falls A Long Way Short On Green Action
Environmentalists are calling Alistair Darling’s first Budget as Chancellor a ‘green smokescreen’, accusing him of giving with one hand, but taking away with the other. While Mr Darling announced plans for ‘green’ taxes on
Read More »Drug traces found in U.S. water supply
Trace amounts of pharmaceutical drugs are lurking in Louisville’s drinking water, including one used to treat people with bipolar disorder and alcohol withdrawal, and another prescribed to combat seizures. Swimming with them in the
Read More »Day of Action: Refuse to Pay – 20th April
The Student Climate Project All are invited to take part in a mass action against soaring public transport prices on Sunday 20th April. We encourage people from all walks of life to board trains
Read More »NO STRAIN NO GAIN
SchNEWS looks at how corporations and governments are limiting and controlling the varieties of crops grown… Last week, in France, the independent seed-saving and selling Association Kokopelli were fined €35,000 after being taken to
Read More »US to set ‘binding’ climate goals, finally
By Richard Black The US is ready to accept “binding international obligations” on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, officials say, if other nations do the same. The comments came in a news conference in Paris
Read More »Energy rip-off exposed
Steven Swinford and Jon Ungoed-Thomas BRITAIN’S biggest energy companies have stifled competition to raise prices and make record profits of more than £4.5 billion, a Sunday Times investigation has found. The six companies that
Read More »First Air-Powered Car: Zero Emissions by Next Summer
By Matt Sullivan India’s largest automaker is set to start producing the world’s first commercial air-powered vehicle. The Air Car, developed by ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre for Luxembourg-based MDI, uses compressed air, as
Read More »How To: Install micro wind turbines and solar panels
£25 million in grants issued for micro wind turbines and solar panels Small scale renewable energy grants worth some £25 million have now been claimed from the Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP). The news
Read More »How to make a 100 Watt wind turbine
This page is all about a rather silly, quick project where in about 1 day I built a small wind generator using the following items, and nothing else…. (1) Wood (2) Copper wire (3)
Read More »Low-energy bulb disposal warning
The Environment Agency has called for more information to be made available on the health and environmental risks posed by low-energy light bulbs. It says because the bulbs contain small amounts of mercury, more
Read More »Did White House Censor Science?
CLAYTON SANDELL House Democrats and Republicans traded rhetoric Monday over a new report claiming White House officials sought to suppress scientific views of global warming that clashed with Bush administration policies. The report —
Read More »Spy warns there could be a war over water
HE is the spy who came in from the cold, endured the heat, experienced the chill and was burned in the process. Little wonder Lance Collins is pushing the cause of climate change. Lt-Col
Read More »Cannabis lowers greenhouse emissions
Hemp helps with green movement Lucas Coppes As environmental consciousness increases, a plant with great potential to accommodate our generation’s awareness has re-emerged, but its negative associations leave some obstacles to overcome. Hemp, which
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