Saturday, June 30, 2007
Major power outage hits AZ
KTAR
"A computer glitch is being blamed for a power outage Thursday morning that affected between 80,000 and 100,000 Salt River Project customers in the Valley."
Not the 110 degree generated overuse of air conditioners.
"A computer glitch is being blamed for a power outage Thursday morning that affected between 80,000 and 100,000 Salt River Project customers in the Valley."
Not the 110 degree generated overuse of air conditioners.
Dow rises then falls over 100 points
CNNMoney
"...as thin trading and rising oil prices overshadowed earlier economic news."
Not the London car bombs as per Bloomberg radio.
"...as thin trading and rising oil prices overshadowed earlier economic news."
Not the London car bombs as per Bloomberg radio.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Dry horizon for the Amazon
Scienceline
"To underline the previous comment by GMF, not only would it be tragic if we cannot save the Amazon rainforest, it will likely be fatal for humanity. The Amazon plays such an important role in moderating the world’s climate, its loss will likely make the world uninhabitable."
"To underline the previous comment by GMF, not only would it be tragic if we cannot save the Amazon rainforest, it will likely be fatal for humanity. The Amazon plays such an important role in moderating the world’s climate, its loss will likely make the world uninhabitable."
Interest rates must rise warns UK bank chief
Daily Mail
"'Spectacular growth' in borrowing for buyout and private equity deals could endanger the banking system and cause a sharp financial downturn."
Will cause, pardee, unless mooted by WWIII.
"'Spectacular growth' in borrowing for buyout and private equity deals could endanger the banking system and cause a sharp financial downturn."
Will cause, pardee, unless mooted by WWIII.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Gore blames scientists for climate crisis
Independent UK
But he wrote a book on the subject before he got into the White House, then allowed the worst period of industrial pollution in history. The people needed to be better informed; he did not.
But he wrote a book on the subject before he got into the White House, then allowed the worst period of industrial pollution in history. The people needed to be better informed; he did not.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Climate change behind Darfur killing
Breitbart
First ExxonMobilChevronTexaconNeocon profits, then HalliburtonLockheedMartinNorthrupGrumman and the Carlyle Study Group.
First ExxonMobilChevronTexaconNeocon profits, then HalliburtonLockheedMartinNorthrupGrumman and the Carlyle Study Group.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Theft rising at US Wal-Mart stores
My Way News
With the economy booming so well and unemployment falling, this is a sure sign of moral decadence.
With the economy booming so well and unemployment falling, this is a sure sign of moral decadence.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
African lake shrinks 90 percent
CNN
Over the past several days, I have been in central Africa. Along with my colleague Anderson Cooper and Discovery Channel's Jeff Corwin, I have been working on a project called "Planet in Peril." The goal of this particular trip is to investigate climate change. It used to be called global warming, but as with many things, that was a little too simplistic.
In central Africa, I have been traveling through four countries, all of which border Lake Chad. You may ask, as I did, why Lake Chad? After all, isn't there evidence of climate change everywhere? The answer is yes, but Lake Chad, which used to be one of the world's largest lakes, has shrunk to just 10 percent of its size over the last forty years. Many people here in Africa do specifically blame climate change and more specifically greenhouse gases, produced by the industrialized world. But as we are learning, that is only part of the equation.
As I visited fishing villages in Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria, it seemed just about everyone had an explanation as to why the water had disappeared. Besides climate change, people pointed to the numerous dams built in the 1970s to improve irrigation for farmlands. Those dams greatly restrict the inflow of water from rivers to the lake. Some say local governments have badly misallocated the water supply that previously kept the lake full of water. Some remind us that the population has increased in some of these areas, along with consumption of water. Others place it in the hands of God. But most say it is a combination of all these things.
If you look back even further, as we did, we learned that the lake has shrunk dramatically at least once before. At a time when the term greenhouse gas didn't exist, water levels receded and no one was exactly sure why it happened. Eventually, the water came back. No one was sure why that happened either. "It may just be a long term cycle," the project manager of the Lake Chad Basin Commission told me during an interview. No surprise then that he is confident one day the water will return.
On the days we were shooting this story, it was 113 degrees in the shade. The case for global warming seemed pretty easy to make as I literally watched water evaporate from the lake in front of me. Still, it is worth taking a deeper look at the ebbs and flows of our planet and what is really driving them.
The topic of climate change or global warming tends to invoke strong emotions in people and I am curious what you think. Do you think greenhouse gases and carbon pollution in the United States, or China for that matter, are causing water to disappear in Africa?
-- By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent
(Tomorrow, I will describe the direct impact of losing one of the world's largest lakes on the villagers who were so dependent on it.)
Posted By CNN: 4:08 PM ET
Over the past several days, I have been in central Africa. Along with my colleague Anderson Cooper and Discovery Channel's Jeff Corwin, I have been working on a project called "Planet in Peril." The goal of this particular trip is to investigate climate change. It used to be called global warming, but as with many things, that was a little too simplistic.
In central Africa, I have been traveling through four countries, all of which border Lake Chad. You may ask, as I did, why Lake Chad? After all, isn't there evidence of climate change everywhere? The answer is yes, but Lake Chad, which used to be one of the world's largest lakes, has shrunk to just 10 percent of its size over the last forty years. Many people here in Africa do specifically blame climate change and more specifically greenhouse gases, produced by the industrialized world. But as we are learning, that is only part of the equation.
As I visited fishing villages in Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria, it seemed just about everyone had an explanation as to why the water had disappeared. Besides climate change, people pointed to the numerous dams built in the 1970s to improve irrigation for farmlands. Those dams greatly restrict the inflow of water from rivers to the lake. Some say local governments have badly misallocated the water supply that previously kept the lake full of water. Some remind us that the population has increased in some of these areas, along with consumption of water. Others place it in the hands of God. But most say it is a combination of all these things.
If you look back even further, as we did, we learned that the lake has shrunk dramatically at least once before. At a time when the term greenhouse gas didn't exist, water levels receded and no one was exactly sure why it happened. Eventually, the water came back. No one was sure why that happened either. "It may just be a long term cycle," the project manager of the Lake Chad Basin Commission told me during an interview. No surprise then that he is confident one day the water will return.
On the days we were shooting this story, it was 113 degrees in the shade. The case for global warming seemed pretty easy to make as I literally watched water evaporate from the lake in front of me. Still, it is worth taking a deeper look at the ebbs and flows of our planet and what is really driving them.
The topic of climate change or global warming tends to invoke strong emotions in people and I am curious what you think. Do you think greenhouse gases and carbon pollution in the United States, or China for that matter, are causing water to disappear in Africa?
-- By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent
(Tomorrow, I will describe the direct impact of losing one of the world's largest lakes on the villagers who were so dependent on it.)
Posted By CNN: 4:08 PM ET
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
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Friday, June 08, 2007
39 more Bush disappeared found
Global Research
"The sons of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, aged seven and nine, were kidnapped and tossed into an adult detention center for months"
Witnesses to CIA crimes no doubt.
"The sons of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, aged seven and nine, were kidnapped and tossed into an adult detention center for months"
Witnesses to CIA crimes no doubt.
BAE Systems secretly paid Saudi prince
Financial Times
Who paid the Taliban, who killed British troops, which got BAE Systems more money, who paid the prince, who paid the Taliban, etc.
Who paid the Taliban, who killed British troops, which got BAE Systems more money, who paid the prince, who paid the Taliban, etc.
Iran caught red handed shipping Taliban arms
The Blotter
Pretty neat how "caught red handed" becomes "'It is inconceivable that it is anyone other than the Iranian government that's doing it,' said former White House counterterrorism official Richard Clarke, an ABC News consultant."
Note the career path. And note that the Saudis (our allies) do openly finance the Taliban.
Pretty neat how "caught red handed" becomes "'It is inconceivable that it is anyone other than the Iranian government that's doing it,' said former White House counterterrorism official Richard Clarke, an ABC News consultant."
Note the career path. And note that the Saudis (our allies) do openly finance the Taliban.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
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