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Sunday, October 18, 2009

environmental news story sunday

for those stories that don't usually make it "above the fold" in the corporate owned media

water shortages causes 100,000 to flee homes in iraq: un. - more than 100,000 people in northern iraq have abandoned their homes since 2005 because of water stress, after drought and over-extraction of groundwater caused the collapse of an ancient water system, unesco said on tuesday. - afp

the spread of new diseases: the climate connection. - a growing body of research suggests that microbes in bats — as well as other pathogens that jump from animals to people — are spreading more rapidly because of climate change and deforestation. - yale 360

global warming: four degrees of devastation. -the prospect of a four-degree celsius rise in global average temperatures in 50 years is alarming — but not alarmist, climate scientists now believe. rising carbon emissions and inability to agree on cuts has meant science must now consider the previously unthinkable - inter press service

massive african lake could dry up, u.n. agency says. - once one of the biggest bodies of water in the world, lake chad could disappear entirely in about 20 years as a result of climate change and population pressures, fueling conflict and migration in the region, the un's food and agriculture organization said - cnn

deforestation and the true cost of europe's cheap meat.- cheap meat has become a way of life in much of europe, but the full price is being paid across latin america as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals lead to poisonings and violence. - london guardian

natural resources under siege. - a political crisis in madagascar has triggered a pillage of its mythical wildlife and forests. conservationists say the problem is particularly distressing in madagascar, because it is a land like no other. on a continent with fantastic natural wonders and turbulent politics, it is a fresh example of what can occur when the two intersect. - washington post

bpa making little girls aggressive? - a study has found links between a chemical used in some plastics and aggressive behavior in girls. researchers tested 249 pregnant women for their exposure to bpa and then followed-up after they gave birth - environment record

a forest and a 'carbon sink' grow on vashon. - a barren pit on vashon island is turning into an experiment in restoring the landscape, while getting greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. the key to this change: dirt. - seattle pi

as ice melts, species will die and new territorial fights emerge. - there is a whole catalogue of environmental, biological and social changes that would follow the loss, even if only during the summer, of arctic sea ice. - dublin irish times

say goodbye to the arctic ice cap. - it’s been another lean summer for the arctic ocean’s sheath of summer sea ice. and much of the ice in one region is too thin to survive next summer’s melt season, according to an expedition that trekked across the ice in the beaufort sea off the coasts of canada and alaska. - christian science monitor

new fuel-miser ford knocks prius off its perch. - the toyota prius hybrid is no longer australia's most fuel-efficient car. the car, which has held the mantle since its local launch in 2001, has been knocked off its green perch by a fuel-sipping diesel small car from ford - sydney

insurers dropping chinese drywall policies. - thousands of homeowners nationwide who bought new houses constructed from chinese drywall that emits sulfuric fumes are finding their hopes dashed, their lives in limbo. - the ap

dole withdraws lawsuit against swedish filmmaker. - dole foods is withdrawing a defamation lawsuit against a swedish filmmaker after complaints that it was trying to limit free speech, the company said thursday. the documentary shows the alleged plight of nicaraguan workers who say they were made sterile by a pesticide dole used. - the ap

the trouble facing canadian rivers. - many of canada's major rivers are in trouble and have suffered major alterations in their natural flows due to hydro dams, irrigation schemes and withdrawals by industry, and could be further compromised by the effects of global warming, a new report contends. - toronto globe and mail

record drought takes its toll on arizona. - much of the us south-west has been in a drought since 1999, the most severe in more than a century, but it has been exacerbated by record warming. - financial times

wet and windy storm breaks santa cruz rainfall record; dumps 10-plus inches in ben lomond. - the first real post-summer storm, the wettest october system to hit the county in decades, brought more than 10 inches of rain to some san lorenzo valley areas and broke a daily rainfall record in santa cruz set more than 50 years ago. - santa cruz sentinel

world bank warns of water shortage. - in the middle east and north africa, the world’s driest region, “per capita water availability is predicted to halve by 2050 even without the effects of climate change”, said a new world bank study. climate change would make the problem worse by causing heat waves and droughts, it said. - abu dhabi national

scientists back law to limit farm runoff to great barrier reef. - scientists have backed the queensland government's crackdown on farm runoffs to the great barrier reef, describing new laws to limit the chemicals on sugar crops and pastures as "the right answer". - sydney australia




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2 Comments:

And you even missed a few.
commented by Blogger Left I on the News, 10:42 AM PDT  
It's good Ford has this small hybrid-- but not in the US? WTF?

Plus Ford has a bad rep for lots of time spent in recalls.

But hey I hope they work the bugs out quick & make hybrids affordable. Still their hybrid puts out more carbon waste.

Crazy stuff.
commented by Blogger Fran, 12:32 PM PDT  

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