skippy the bush kangaroo: environmental news stories sunday

Sunday, May 31, 2009

environmental news stories sunday

just because the talking heads on teevee won't be talking about these stories doesn't make them "non inportant."

deadly water: elders recall forced removal to contaminated land. now, 40 years after being forced from their winter sheep camps to live on lands contaminated with uranium and arsenic, navajo families in black falls finally have safe drinking water. - gallup independent

farms feeding us a side of disease? the so-called swine flu, a mix of human, pig and bird flu strains, is a reminder that people and animals share much, including disease and infection. - fort wayne journal gazette,

documentary on intensive pig farming faces legal threat. the film criticises the practices of the world's largest pork processor, smithfield foods, claiming it is responsible for environmental pollution and health problems among residents near its factories. - london guardian,

'sediment is the death that keeps on killing' our reefs. land-based pollution, including sediment runoff, is a significant contributor to the degradation of reefs at multiple spots around the main hawaiian islands. some scientists believe it is the biggest threat in the near term facing hawai'i's reefs. - honolulu advertiser

cascades make oregon a geothermal 'hotbed.' klamath falls’ water is naturally heated by the earth’s core, even though the air is freezing months on end. that free, renewable energy in the hot water is why many see geothermal power as a key piece of a green energy future. - oregon public broadcasting

marine battles over contaminated Lejeune water. jerry ensminger is one of a handful of leaders in a nationwide fight to get the marine corps to release information about contaminated drinking water that circulated through camp lejeune for decades before poisoned wells were closed in the mid-1980s.- raleigh news & observer

new york, boston "directly in path" of sea level rise. major cities in the northeastern u.s. and eastern canada "are directly in the path of the greatest rise" in sea level if greenland continues to melt due to global warming, a new study says. - national geographic news

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