Published on Sunday, June 10, 2007 by the Seattle Times (Washington)
Growers Fear the Sting of Bee Die-Off
by Lynda V. Mapes
LONG BEACH, Pacific County - The moon rose fat and full, and evening mist was licking the cranberry bogs as Eric Olson and his “girls,” as he calls them - several million of them - arrived for work late last month.
“I’m glad to see them,” said cranberry grower Bob Weyl, 79, as Olson unloaded pallet upon pallet of honey-bee hives.
“Without bees,” Weyl said (…)
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Growers Fear the Sting of Bee Die-Off
10 June 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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Deforestation and Hemp: How to Stop Global Warming
20 May 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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A recent report from the Oxford-based Global Canopy Programme states that while the “transport and industry” sector accounts for 14 percent of global CO2 emissions, deforestation accounts for up to 25 per cent of greenhouse gasses released into the atmosphere.
The urgency implied in the statistics presented in this report can not be over emphasized. Deforestation “in the next four years alone”, will “pump more CO2 into the atmosphere than every flight in the history of (…) -
How to Protect the Environment by Printing Local Currency
16 May 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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Video and Information: Money As Debt (47:07) - This “animated presentation of "Money as Debt" tells in very simple and effective graphic terms what money is and how it is being created. It is an entertaining way to get the message out. The Cowichan Citizens Coalition and its "Duncan Initiative" received high praise from those who previewed it. I recommend it as a painless but hard-hitting educational tool and encourage the widest distribution and use by all groups concerned (…) -
Second Disaster to Strike Kansas
9 May 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
The deadly tornado that struck Greensburg Kansas last Friday was but the first affliction soon will come the second. As certainly as thunder follows lightning after a disaster of this magnitude comes the Bush full Monty stump speech full of euphemisms and faux promises of assistance. Coming soon to a disaster near you! George of the bungle will set up his standard kiss and consolation photo op offering kisses kind words and consolation but not much else. The administration learned (…)
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Mysterious killer wipes out nation’s honeybees
3 May 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
3 commentsMysterious killer wipes out nation’s honeybees
Loss of pollination could have devastating impact on U.S. food
May 3, 2007
BY SETH BORENSTEIN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BELTSVILLE, Md. — Unless someone or something stops it soon, the mysterious killer that is wiping out many of the nation’s honeybees could have a devastating effect on America’s dinner plate.
Honeybees don’t just make honey; they pollinate more than 90 of the tastiest flowering crops Americans have.
Among them: apples, (…) -
earth first
14 April 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
In a continuing effort to erode the 1994 DSHEA Act the FDA is in the process of taking comments about draft regulations governing alternative and complementary health practices.
They include in their guidance that vegetable juice used to treat a medical condition is subject to regulation as a drug. VEGETABLE JUICE? Energy medicine would also be regulated if the practioner uses devises. So they are going to regulate divining rods, crystals, pendulums, etc, (they omitted mentioning the exact (…) -
Five-legged frogs to invade rivers in Britain
8 April 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
Scientists in England are trying to determine why some frogs in a river in Peterborough have five legs, the first known occurrence in Britain.
The discovery was made by naturalist Sharon Harris, who said she also spotted one frog with only three legs, the Peterborough Evening Telegraph reported.
’I was amazed to see them swimming about,’ Harris said. ’They are fully grown, but theyve got extra limbs growing out their legs.’
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Southwestern U.S. Becoming a Dust Bowl
6 April 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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BROOKLIN, Canada, Apr 5 (IPS) - The severe seven-year drought in the Southwestern United States is just the beginning of a new and even drier climate for the region due to climate change, scientists say.
The infamous "dust bowl" conditions of the 1930s will be the norm, with the possibility that the aridity will be unlike anything in the past, according to research published Thursday in Science — one day before the release of another key report by the Inter-Governmental (…) -
State of emergency in Solomon Islands
3 April 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
State of emergency in Solomon Islands 11:40AM Tuesday April 03, 2007 By James Ihaka and Maggie McNaughton and David Eames The Solomon Islands declared a state of emergency after an earthquake and a tsunami struck, flattening villages causing widespread panic and killing at least 20 people with the toll expected to rise.
A powerful magnitude 8.1 earthquake and tsunami hit the Solomons yesterday, and people from Honiara to Australia fled for the safety of higher ground.
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Pet-food recall: What you need to know
1 April 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentPet-food recall: What you need to know
Update 3/31 (8:45 p.m. PT):
Nearly than 2,800 pets have been reported as deceased to our PetConnection database.
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What you can do
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Get the official recall lists (Note: Not all lists of recalled foods are yet on the FDA site; keep checking)
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Find updated unoffical recall lists from Pet Food Tracker
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Report to the FDA
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Add your pet to the PetConnection.com (…)