By Colleen Long and Harry Weber – Associated Press Jul 18, 2010 – 7:50:00 PM NEWS ALERT – An administration official familiar with the spill oversight, told The Associated Press that a seep and possible methane were found near the busted oil well. The official spoke on condition of anonymity Sunday because an announcement…
Dr. Marc Sircus The Oil Disaster How To Protect ourselves Dr. Mark Sircus – Live From Brazil Tuesday, July 13th. – 10 AM Central Dr. Mark Sircus, one of the most prolific writers in medicine, holds the honorary title of doctor of Oriental medicine and was one of the first nationally certified acupuncturists in the…
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2010/06/if-cell-phones-are-behind-the-bee-decline-what-are-they-doing-to-humans/58994/ For years, scientists have been trying to explain why the bee population has been drastically declining. A new study may hold the answer, CNN reports, and it could have an impact on humans, too. First, the study:
The Dwarves dug too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dum… shadow and flame. — Saruman, The Lord of the Rings There is something primordial about BP’s quest for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s an Icarus-like story of super-ambition; of reaching too far, delving too deep….
The "escrow account" in 2010 is not $20 billion dollars. BP will put in $3 billion dollars in the third quarter of 2010 (ending September 30) and another $2 billion in the fourth quarter (ending December 31). Thereafter, it will have to make installments of $1.25 billion each quarter for the next three years. This…
COREXIT & GM CROPS Corexit EC9527A is 30-60% 2-Butoxyethanol by weight. 2-B ( I will use the abbreviation 2-B ) is a main ingredient in many fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides ( especially Roundup ), insecticides, fuels, fungicides, cosmetics & leather treatment , and oddly enough, it is commonly used for " handling " oil spills .
Vast underwater concentrations of oil sprawling for miles in the Gulf of Mexico from the damaged, crude-belching BP PLC well are unprecedented in "human history" and threaten to wreak havoc on marine life, a team of scientists said today, a finding confirmed for the first time by federal officials. Researchers aboard the F.G. Walton Smith…
he British Petroleum oil spill is threatening the entire eastern half of the North American continent with "total destruction," reports say. An ominous report by Russias Ministry of Natural Resources warned of the impending disaster resulting from the British Petroleum (BP) oil and gas leak in the Gulf of Mexico, calling it the worst environmental…
‘The following is not publicdocument states View full size(AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard)This image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard Saturday April 24, 2010, shows oil leaking from the drill pipe of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig after it sank. A confidential government report on the unfolding spill disaster makes clear the Coast Guard now fears…
Reston, VA – North Dakota and Montana have an estimated 3.0 to 4.3 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil in an area known as the Bakken Formation. A U.S. Geological Survey assessment, released April 10, shows a 25-fold increase in the amount of oil that can be recovered compared to the agencys 1995 estimate…
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Scientists have detected a spike in underground rumblings on a section of Californias San Andreas Fault that produced a magnitude-7.8 earthquake in 1857. What these mysterious vibrations say about future earthquakes is far from certain. But some think the deep tremors suggest underground stress may be building up faster than expected…
Reporting from Washington — Coal-fired power plants are the largest source of heat-trapping gases that cause global warming, but President Obamas plan to fight climate change would result in the nation burning more coal a decade from now than it does today.
The gospel of high-tech genetically modified (GM) crops is not sounding quite so sweet in the land of the converted. A new pest, the evil pigweed, is hitting headlines and chomping its way across Sun Belt states, threatening to transform cotton and soybean plots into weed battlefields.
ETC Group today releases a 48-page report, “Who Owns Nature?” on corporate concentration in commercial food, farming, health and the strategic push to commodify the planets remaining natural resources. New report warns of corporate concentration, commodification of nature; highlights global resistance grounded in “Food Sovereignty”
Are You Allergic to Wireless Internet? Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity Syndrome (EHS) is acondition in which people are highly sensitive to electromagneticfields. In an area such as a wireless hot spot, they experience pain orother symptoms. People with EHS experience a variety of symptoms includingheadache, fatigue, nausea, burning and itchy skin, and muscle aches. These symptoms are…
Do You Know What the Numbers on Plastic Containers Mean? The Daily Green offers this handy guide on the various types of plastic: Number 1 Plastics — PET or PETE (polyethylene terephthalate) Found In: Soft drinks, water and beer bottles; mouthwash bottles; peanut butter containers;salad dressing and vegetable oil containers; ovenable food trays. Recycling:…