Crucial Prayer Topics : Creation Care & Energy
FEMA Denies Aid Request for West, Texas Explosion DisasterBreitbart - June 12, 2013
On Wednesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency reportedly sent a letter to Texas Governor Rick Perry to notify him that FEMA would not be providing federal emergency management aid for the West, Texas explosion that virtually destroyed the entire town. According to the Associated Press, the letter said that the explosion "is not of the severity and magnitude that warrants a major disaster declaration."...[view article]
House Passes GOP Bill To Bypass President To Speed Approval Of Keystone XL Oil Pipeline
CBSNews.com - May 23, 2013
House Republicans pushed through a bill Wednesday to bypass the president to speed approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. Democrats criticized the legislation as a blatant attempt to allow a foreign company to avoid environmental review....[view article]
Global solar PV market surges towards 100GW milestoneBusiness Green - April 10, 2013
The global solar PV market is poised to break through the 100GW of installed capacity mark this year, according to new figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA)....[view article]
Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Alternative EnergyUS News & World Report - April 9, 2013
Despite the nation's newfound abundance of fossil fuels thanks to "Shale Gale," Americans still overwhelmingly support more development of alternative energy, according to a new poll....[view article]
Alternative Power Sources VideosDiscover - April 3, 2013
Alternative Power Sources Videos...[view article]
Bee Deaths From Colony Collapse Disorder On The Rise As Researchers Point To PesticidesHuffington Post - April 2, 2013
Honeybee deaths are on the rise across the world, and researchers are working to find the cause. With as many as 40 or 50 percent of commercial U.S. bee hives lost to colony collapse disorder, according to the New York Times, scientists are eyeing a relatively new class of pesticides as a likely culprit....[view article]
Lausanne Movement Appoints Michael Oh as New CEOChristian Newswire - February 6, 2013
The Lausanne Movement announced today it has appointed Dr. Michael Oh, a 41-year-old Korean-American, serving in Japan, as its new Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, effective March 1....[view article]
Global Oil Market Slump Key Threat to Russia – Medvedev- January 24, 2013
The danger of a global slump in the raw material markets remains a key threat to the Russian economy, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday....[view article]
Nebraska governor approves revised Keystone pipeline routeFox News - January 23, 2013
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman notified the Obama administration Tuesday that he has approved the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline to traverse his state, marking a significant step toward reviving the project after President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sidelined it....[view article]
Japan to build world's largest offshore wind farmNews Scientist - January 16, 2013
It's goodbye nuclear, hello renewables as Japan prepares to build the world's largest offshore wind farm this July....[view article]
Black carbon causes twice as much global warming than previously thoughtGuardian - January 16, 2013
New findings suggest there may be untapped potential to curb climate change by reducing soot (black carbon) emissions....[view article]
NAE Supports Pro-Life PharmacistsNAE - January 8, 2013
The National Association of Evangelicals joined with the Assemblies of God, Evangelical Presbyterian Church, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, and several other groups in an amici brief defending the right of pro-life pharmacists to not dispense Plan B, a drug they believe causes abortions....[view article]
Abortion-breast cancer link real, widely ignoredOneNewsNow.com - December 21, 2012
Abort your baby (murder your infant now) and expect a very high probability of cancer later. Studies are working to enhance verification of these sobering conclusions....[view article]
An Odometer Moment on a Warming PlanetThe New York Times - December 20, 2012
For those who might be keeping score, we just passed the 333rd consecutive month of global temperatures above the 20th-century average....[view article]
Climate Change Study Indicates Amount Of Heat-Trapping Pollution Rose By 3 Percent Worldwide Last YearHuffington Post - December 5, 2012
The amount of heat-trapping pollution the world spewed rose again last year by 3 percent. So scientists say it's now unlikely that global warming can be limited to a couple of degrees, which is an international goal....[view article]
Global water crisis: too little, too much, or lack of a plan?Christian Science Monitor - December 3, 2012
The global water crisis - caused by drought, flood, and climate change - is less about supply than it is about recognizing water's true value, using it efficiently, and planning for a different future, say experts....[view article]
Global Carbon Dioxide Levels Hit New Record in 2011, Survey ShowsHuffington Post - November 21, 2012
Atmospheric volumes of greenhouse gases blamed for climate change hit a new record in 2011, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in its annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin on Tuesday....[view article]
Climate Change: Lessons From Ronald ReaganThe New York Times - November 12, 2012
The re-election of Obama, preceded by the extraordinary damage done by Hurricane Sandy, raises a critical question: In the coming years, might it be possible for the United States to take significant steps to reduce the risks associated with climate change?...[view article]
Energy Department emails suggest White House misleading the public about green energy loansThe Daily Caller - November 5, 2012
The House Oversight Committee has released a memorandum containing more emails that suggest the White House was putting political pressure on Department of Energy employees to fast track government-backed loan guarantees for green energy firms, despite the Obama administration having publicly denied that politics played any role....[view article]
Pollution as harmful as malaria, TB in developing world - studyReuters - October 24, 2012
Pollution from factories and mines is putting the health of 125 million people at risk worldwide and is as dangerous in the developing world as malaria or tuberculosis, according to a report published on Tuesday by two environmental advocacy groups....[view article]
Pittsburgh, USA: Steel Town Turned Green Town- October 18, 2012
For a city more famous as the capital of the Rust Belt than the epicenter of sustainable development, Pittsburgh has been making some big green moves in recent years....[view article]
Praying for Full Provision for AllEvangelical Environmental Network - October 2, 2012
A prayer common to Christians worldwide is what we now call "The Our Father" or "The Lord's Prayer" -- a model prayer which Jesus of Nazareth, Rabbi Yeshua, taught his disciples as they sat together on the Mount of Beatitudes overlooking the Sea of Galilee....[view article]
Ocean Acidification Threatens Island Nations' Food SecurityHuffington Post - September 25, 2012
Food security problems caused by climate change and ocean acidification will hit small island and coastal nations hardest, environmental group Oceana said on Monday....[view article]
Feds ignore rules and use stimulus cash to buy Chinese solar panelsWashington Times - September 18, 2012
Government officials blame unfair competition from China for the collapse of solar panel manufacturer Solyndra, but such concerns didn't stop the federal government from breaking stimulus program rules to use Chinese solar panels atop a federal building housing the offices of a senator, congressman and several agencies....[view article]
Twenty more "Niles" needed to feed growing population - leadersReuters - September 11, 2012
The world needs to find the equivalent of the flow of 20 Nile rivers by 2025 to grow enough food to feed a rising population and help avoid conflicts over water scarcity, a group of former leaders said on Monday....[view article]
Arctic sea ice set to hit record lowBBC - August 21, 2012
Arctic sea ice looks set to hit a record low by the end of the month, according to satellite data....[view article]
Water maps spark concern about "liquid gold rush"- July 24, 2012
As competition for clean water grows, some of the world's biggest companies have joined forces to create unprecedented maps of the liquid gold that flows beneath our feet....[view article]
Evangelism 2012Mission America - June 4, 2012
The whole Church taking the whole gospel to the whole nation - and to the world....[view article]
U.S. energy independence is no longer just a pipe dreamUSA TODAY - May 16, 2012
Williamsport, Pa., used to be celebrated for its past - as the 1938 birthplace of Little League Baseball, which still plays its annual World Series nearby. Then natural gas was found. Now this once-sleepy chunk of north-central Pennsylvania is a star on the map of an emerging national energy rush. Six hotels are new or being built, and about 100 companies have moved to town, sometimes so fast that the head of the local Chamber of Commerce has told executives wanting...[view article]
Homeland Security warns major cyber attack aimed at gas pipeline industry underwayJewish World Review - May 7, 2012
A major cyber attack is currently under way aimed squarely at computer networks belonging to US natural gas pipeline companies, according to alerts issued to the industry by the US Department of Homeland Security....[view article]
Hubble Telescope Confirms Existence of God with Incomprehensible Power, Author SaysChristian Newswire - March 29, 2012
Hubble telescope validates a passage from the scroll of Isaiah confirming God to be the energy source behind the Universe....[view article]
TransCanada Claims Texas Land- February 28, 2012
Though the route of Keystone pipeline has not been approved, Canadian pipeline company TransCanada has claimed eminent domain rights to cross private land in Texas. Some landowners are fighting this. Dave Breemer, a property rights attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation, tells host Bruce Gellerman that private companies can gain rights to private land if it's for "public use." Debra Medina, the director of the grass-roots, property defense group, We Texans explains why you don't mess with Texans....[view article]
Oil and Gas Leaders Slam Obama- February 23, 2012
Oil and gas industry leaders lobbed criticism at the Obama Wednesday, using the stage of an annual industry conference in Houston to assert that the domestic energy boom has occurred in spite of what they call a corrosive energy strategy out of the White House....[view article]
China buys up Saudi, Russian oil to squeeze IranReuters - February 7, 2012
China is scouring the world for alternative oil supplies to replace a fall in its imports from Iran, as it seeks to negotiate lower prices from Tehran, and has been drawing heavily on Saudi Arabia....[view article]
Obama Rejects PipelineNational Journal - January 19, 2012
In a decision sure to re-ignite a fierce energy debate, Obama was announced on Wednesday its rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline. This will be remembered in November....[view article]
Watch the Number of Abortion Clinics Drop on AbortionDocs.orgChristian Newswire - January 19, 2012
"For the first time ever a centralized database has been created listing every abortion center in the United States. We have built a good foundation in compiling the most accurate and up-to-date list of abortion clinics known to exist," said Troy Newman, President of Pro-Life Nation and Operation Rescue....[view article]
Afghanistan, China to sign first oil contract- December 28, 2011
Afghanistan will sign a deal Wednesday allowing China's state-owned National Petroleum Corporation to become the first foreign firm to produce oil in the country, the Ministry of Mines said....[view article]
In role reversal, US on track to be an oil exporterNBC News - December 20, 2011
The contentious debate in Congress over the Keystone XL pipeline obscures one significant detail many Americans don't realize: In the first three quarters of 2011, we exported more oil than we imported. This means it's highly likely that this year will be the first time in more than six decades that the United States will be a net exporter of petroleum products, according to a report in USA Today Monday....[view article]
TV Spots Urge Congress to Protect Unborn from Mercury PollutionChristian Newswire - December 14, 2011
KIRKLIN, Ind., Dec. 14, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Evangelical Environmental Network announced the launch of multi-state TV spot campaign arguing that EPA mercury regulations are a pro-life issue. The TV spots will be targeting Senators in eight key states who are either pro-life or sensitive to pro-life concerns....[view article]
Pope Benedict Highlights Care for Creation, Care for the Vulnerable Again and Again- December 1, 2011
As Advent begins, the partners and staff of the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change await with you in joyous anticipation for the coming of our Savior! May this time of preparation lead us to ever-increasing levels of understanding of what Christ Incarnate means for our lives, our families, our communities, our world....[view article]
Pope Encourages Youth to Care for Creation, Links it to Protecting Human Life/Dignity- December 1, 2011
On Monday, November 28, Pope Benedict XVI met with 7,000 and Catholic youth who are part of a foundation called Sister Nature, a group inspired by St. Francis of Assisi. The Holy Father reminded the group that St. Francis recognized God's presence in all of creation, and cared for creation as an expression of his love for God....[view article]
Dramatic Carbon Emission Reduction Goals Targeted By Koch Brothers Achievable, Study FindsHuffington Post - November 30, 2011
WASHINGTON -- California's ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals may be eminently achievable using available technologies, a new study finds, although the virtual elimination of fossil fuel to generate electricity is required....[view article]
Evangelical Campaign Says EPA Mercury Regs are a Pro-Life IssueChristian Newswire - November 30, 2011
KIRKLIN, Ind., Nov. 30, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Evangelical Environmental Network announced the launch of a $150,000 multi-state media campaign arguing that EPA mercury regulations are a pro-life issue. The campaign -- comprised of radio ads, billboards, and emails to nearly 10 million evangelicals and Catholics -- will be targeting Senators and House Members in seven key states who are pro-life or sensitive to pro-life concerns....[view article]
Green Energy Jobs Await Returning U.S. VeteransHuffington Post - November 29, 2011
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ben Noland served in the U.S. Marine Corps for eight years, then spent 18 months looking for a job....[view article]
World headed for irreversible climate change in five years, IEA warnsGuardian - November 9, 2011
If fossil fuel infrastructure is not rapidly changed, the world will 'lose for ever' the chance to avoid dangerous climate change...[view article]
Gulf of Mexico Sea Floor Unstable, Fractured, Spilling Hydrocarbons- October 12, 2011
The Gulf of Mexico disaster has not gone away. In fact, it has grown exponentially since the main stream media stopped talking about it. According to the Gulf Rescue Alliance, an organization composed of scientists, medical professionals and seafood industry professionals, among others, the problem cannot be simplified to the damage already caused by the oil spill. It is worse, much worse....[view article]
Millions of Bees Mysteriously Die in FloridaCBSNews.com - October 3, 2011
MICCO, Fla. (CBS Tampa/AP) - Florida officials are abuzz as to how millions of honey bees were killed in Brevard County....[view article]
U.K.: Hundreds of Tons of Oil Leaked in North Sea SpillFox News - August 15, 2011
LONDON - The British government warned Monday that several hundred tons of oil may have leaked into the North Sea from a Royal Dutch Shell rig....[view article]
Radioactive water leaks from Japan's damaged plantReuters - June 28, 2011
(Reuters) - Tons of radioactive water were discovered on Tuesday to have leaked into the ground from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, the latest in a series of leaks at the plant damaged in a March earthquake and tsunami, the country's nuclear watchdog said....[view article]
Tritium leaks found at many nuke sitesAP - Associated Press - June 21, 2011
BRACEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an Associated Press investigation shows....[view article]
Snow Falling in Colorado on Eve of Northern Hemisphere's Summer SolsticeBloomberg - June 21, 2011
The calendar says summer starts tomorrow in the Northern Hemisphere. The snow falling in the mountains of Colorado tells a different story. A storm that has prompted a tornado watch across Nebraska and Kansas today also left 2 to 4 inches of snow in the Rocky Mountains, said Joe Ramey, a weather service meteorologist in Grand Junction, Colorado....[view article]
Radioactive tritium leaks found at 48 US nuke sitesNBC News - June 21, 2011
BRACEVILLE, Ill. - Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an Associated Press investigation shows....[view article]
Exxon makes major oil discovery in GulfThe Hill - June 9, 2011
Exxon Mobil said Wednesday it has discovered an estimated 700 million barrels of oil equivalent at a deepwater well off the Louisiana coast, a major find that a top House Republican argued should push the administration to speed up offshore permitting....[view article]
Report: China overtakes US as top energy consumerAP - Associated Press - June 8, 2011
LONDON (AP) -- A new report says that China has overtaken the United States as the world's biggest consumer of energy....[view article]
OPEC Talks Break Down, No Deal to Lift Oil SupplyNBC News - June 8, 2011
OPEC talks broke down in acrimony on Wednesday after Saudi Arabia failed to convince the cartel to lift production, sparking a rebound in global oil prices....[view article]
End the Mercury Poisoning of the UnbornCreation Care - June 8, 2011
Dear Friends, We lose 1.2 million of our children a year to abortion and we threaten 1 in 6 or 700,000 of our unborn children with mercury poisoning every year. Coal and oil fired electric generating plants are the largest domestic source mercury poisoning. As evangelical Christians we urge the...[view article]
Iran says no offer can stop it enriching uraniumReuters - June 8, 2011
TEHRAN (Reuters) - No offer from world powers can persuade Iran to stop enriching uranium, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, dismissing the key demand of countries that fear Tehran is developing nuclear weapons....[view article]
Shale motherlode brings world of changeWashington Times - May 23, 2011
WASHINGTON, Pa. - Earlier this year, Phillip Whalen packed his bags, left his home in Louisiana and set up shop in western Pennsylvania....[view article]
China Facing Worst Energy Crisis in YearsFox News - May 18, 2011
China is currently facing its worst energy crisis in years. It's so bad that their central planners must be having sleepless nights in Beijing worrying if the lights are about to go out and the factories will stop pumping out goods....[view article]
TEPCO admits nuclear meltdown occurred at Fukushima reactor 16 hours after quake- May 16, 2011
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) admitted for the first time on May 15 that most of the fuel in one of its nuclear reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant had melted only about 16 hours after the March 11 earthquake struck a wide swath of northeastern Japan and triggered a devastating tsunami....[view article]
Japan unpluggedThe Economist - May 12, 2011
Two months after nuclear disaster struck, the buzzword has become setsuden, or energy saving. With power in Tokyo in short supply, people take pride in walking up stairs from the underground because the escalators are off. Summer dress codes in government and other offices have begun a month early to save on air conditioning....[view article]
Iran doing final pre-start tests at nuclear plantReuters - May 9, 2011
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran is conducting final tests at its first nuclear power plant and it is expected to start generating electricity in the next two months, Iranian media said on Monday....[view article]
Forest fires around Chernobyl could release radiation, scientists warnGuardian - April 26, 2011
Consortium says $13.5m is needed to improve firefighting and monitoring in radiation-soaked plantations around station....[view article]
Second computer worm 'hits Iran'Breitbart - April 25, 2011
Iran has been hit with new malicious software as part of cyber attacks against the country, a military officer told Mehr news agency on Monday without specifying the target....[view article]
VIDEO: Remote-Controlled Equipment Cleans Up Japan's Nuclear DisasterPC World - April 13, 2011
Tokyo Electric Power is putting remote-controlled machinery to use at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Helicopters are being used to monitor the plant, and an excavator and transporter are being used to clear debris....[view article]
Yellowstone supervolcano fed by bigger plumeBBC - April 13, 2011
The underground volcanic plume at Yellowstone in the US may be bigger than previously thought, according to a new study by geologists....[view article]
God's Creativity: A Personal Lenten ReflectionCreation Care - April 12, 2011
Genesis, Bereshith in Hebrew, simply means "beginning." At the beginning, in eternity, was God, Elohim in Hebrew. Linguists and theologians continue in attempts to define the Anglo-Saxon term, God. To plunge into "God" is to plunge into a wondrous linguistic ocean. Reflect on this paragraph from the devotional Bible commentary which British Methodist theologian, Adam Clarke (circa 1760-1832), spent forty years writing:...[view article]
Japan nuclear disaster tops scaleCNN - April 12, 2011
Tokyo (CNN) -- Japan's prime minister vowed to wind down the month-long crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant "at all costs" Tuesday after his government officially designated the situation there a Chernobyl-level nuclear accident....[view article]
Iran-India oil trade halted in GermanyReuters - April 6, 2011
(Reuters) - India has agreed to stop paying for its Iranian oil imports via Germany, a German official said on Tuesday, ending a trade conduit that had drawn strong disapproval from the United States and Israel....[view article]
Oklahoma sees driest 4 months since Dust BowlAP - Associated Press - April 6, 2011
COYLE, Okla. (AP) - In most years, the dark clouds over western Oklahoma in the spring would be bringing rain. This year, they're more likely to be smoke from wildfires that have burned thousands of acres in the past month as the state and its farmers struggle with a severe drought....[view article]
Japan on 'maximum alert' over nuclear plantBreitbart - March 30, 2011
Japan said on Tuesday it is on "maximum alert" over a crippled nuclear plant where highly radioactive water has halted repair work and plutonium has been found in the soil....[view article]
Radioactive water removal hits snag, high iodine detected in sea- March 30, 2011
Efforts to remove radiation-contaminated water filling up at a troubled reactor building and an underground trench connected to it at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have hit a snag, casting a shadow on restoration of the vital cooling functions at the site, the government's nuclear safety agency said Wednesday....[view article]
Researchers Develop Artificial Leaf; Your Marigolds Cower in FearPC World - March 29, 2011
A research team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) led by Dr. Daniel Nocera, Ph.D., claims to have made a drastic discovery in the world of sustainable energy by developing the first "practical" artificial leaf. These leaves are actually advanced solar cells that mimic photosynthesis, the process by which their real-life counterparts convert sunlight and water into energy. According Nocera, the leaves, although small in size, “"could produce enough electricity to supply a...[view article]
Hiroshima Expresses Anger, Fear Over Nuclear Plant CrisisVOA News - March 28, 2011
Fears over the potential fallout from the crisis at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant have triggered painful memories in Japan of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings at the end of World War II. More than any other nation, Japan is only too familiar with the horrors of nuclear radiation. But survivors of the bombings fear the legacy of 1945 is being forgotten....[view article]
More U.S. states find traces of radiation from JapanCNN - March 24, 2011
(CNN) -- Colorado and Oregon have joined several other Western states in reporting trace amounts of radioactive particles that have likely drifted about 5,000 miles from a quake and tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant in Japan, officials say....[view article]
Japan Radiation Found in Sea Amid Repairs on Cooling SystemsBloomberg - March 22, 2011
Tokyo Electric Power Co. workers began restoring power to the crippled nuclear plant in northern Japan as the government grappled with radiation that has leaked into the sea and tainted some food....[view article]
Judge places California's global warming program on holdLA Times - March 22, 2011
A San Francisco superior court judge has put California's sweeping plan to curb greenhouse gas pollution on hold, saying the state did not adequately evaluate alternatives to its cap-and-trade program....[view article]
Crisis for Japan; Opportunity for EvangelicalsCreation Care - March 15, 2011
The 8.9 magnitude earthquake that shook Japan on Friday, the strongest in that nation's recorded history, was so powerful that it changed the shape of the country's coastline and shifted the earth's axis....[view article]
VIDEO: How the Nuclear Reactor FailedCNN - March 14, 2011
Japan's NHK network explains nuclear reactors and how the systems failed during the earthquake and subsequent tsunami....[view article]
China: Iran entitled to nuclear energyPRESS TV - March 10, 2011
China has reaffirmed Iran's right to peaceful nuclear technology, urging Tehran at the same time to expand its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)....[view article]
Ark. cities feel unexplained surge in earthquakesAP - Associated Press - February 17, 2011
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Jim Sutterfield was briefly puzzled by a thumping sound that seemed to slam the back of his office chair. But when the small-town Arkansas fire chief turned and saw no one was around, he quickly realized it was just an earthquake - again....[view article]
Syria still stonewalling UN nuclear probe: diplomatsAFP - February 17, 2011
VIENNA (AFP) - Syria has snubbed a request by UN atomic watchdog chief Yukiya Amano for prompt access to a suspect nuclear site and a number of other locations, diplomats said on Tuesday....[view article]
WikiLeaks cables: Saudi Arabia cannot pump enough oil to keep a lid on pricesGuardian - February 9, 2011
The US fears that Saudi Arabia, the world's largest crude oil exporter, may not have enough reserves to prevent oil prices escalating, confidential cables from its embassy in Riyadh show....[view article]
Mexico supplies electricity to wintry TexasAFP - February 3, 2011
MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Mexico's state electricity company on Wednesday started supplying electricity to the US state of Texas, where demand shot up amid unusually cold temperatures and caused power outages....[view article]
Shippers Concerned Over Possible Suez Canal DisruptionsThe New York Times - February 3, 2011
As violence has broken out in Egypt, concern has turned to the risk of the blocking of the Suez Canal or nearby pipelines, which could pose a threat to world energy supplies....[view article]
US warns Palestinians over Security Council resolutionAFP - January 20, 2011
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - Palestinian envoys on Wednesday stepped up lobbying for a Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement building but the United States spoke out strongly against the initiative....[view article]
Will a new $40 billion maternal and child health fund include abortion?C-Fam - January 20, 2011
NEW YORK, January 20 (C-FAM) Will a new $40 billion maternal and child health fund include abortion? A just-announced UN commission will decide. The new commission is supposed to "make transparent" funds slated for the UN Secretary General's Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, announced last September at a UN summit....[view article]
India plans Asian tidal power firstBBC - January 18, 2011
The Indian state of Gujurat is planning to host Asia's first commercial-scale tidal power station....[view article]
VIDEO: The future of cars: Drivers not neededCNN - January 10, 2011
Las Vegas (CNN) -- It's conventional wisdom in the auto industry, but the rest of us may be a bit shocked to find out that cars of the future likely will drive themselves....[view article]
REPORT: Did Stuxnet Take Out 1,000 Centrifuges at the Natanz Enrichment Plant? Preliminary AssessmentInstitute for Science and International Security - January 10, 2011
In late 2009 or early 2010, Iran decommissioned and replaced about 1,000 IR-1 centrifuges in the Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP) at Natanz, implying that these centrifuges broke. Iran's IR-1 centrifuges often break, yet this level of breakage exceeded expectations and occurred during an extended period of relatively poor centrifuge performance....[view article]
Why Iran left the US off invite list for tour of nuclear sitesChristian Science Monitor - January 6, 2011
Iran's invitation to Russia, China, and other nations to visit its nuclear facilities is seen as an attempt to magnify divisions in the international community ahead of talks later this month....[view article]
Mass La. bird deaths puzzle investigators2TheAdvocate - January 4, 2011
LABARRE - Hundreds of dead and dying birds littered a quarter-mile stretch of highway in Pointe Coupee Parish on Monday as motorists drove over and around them....[view article]
Dead fish cover 20-miles of Arkansas RiverToday's THV - January 4, 2011
Arkansas Game & Fish is trying to figure out why 100,000 fish in Northwest Arkansas turned up dead. They were found along a 20-mile stretch between the Ozark Dam and Highway 109 Bridge in Franklin County....[view article]
Forecasters keep eye on looming 'Solar Max'Breitbart - December 29, 2010
The coming year will be an important one for space weather as the Sun pulls out of a trough of low activity and heads into a long-awaited and possibly destructive period of turbulence....[view article]
Big Upcoming Snowstorm for the East?- December 7, 2010
A storm that will take shape by the middle of December will cross the country and could end up developing into a major snowstorm for portions of the mid-Atlantic and New England....[view article]
Wi-Fi Makes Trees Sick, Study SaysPC World - November 23, 2010
Radiation from Wi-Fi networks is harmful to trees, causing significant variations in growth, as well as bleeding and fissures in the bark, according to a recent study in the Netherlands....[view article]
PHOTO: Scientists (Briefly) Trap Elusive AntimatterAOL News - November 20, 2010
It powered the Starship Enterprise's warp drive and almost blew up the Vatican in Dan Brown's novel "Angel & Demons." But antimatter is no longer confined to the realm of far-fetched fiction. Scientists have now discovered how to capture and contain matter's elusive and exotic counterpart....[view article]
Million-dollar beds fuel Madagascar timber crisisBBC - October 26, 2010
Soaring demand in China and political unrest in Madagascar are fuelling illegal logging for hardwoods in the African nation, a report concludes....[view article]
Iran loads fuel into the Bushehr nuclear reactorBBC - October 26, 2010
Iran has begun loading fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant, state television has reported....[view article]
White House Lifts Ban on Offshore Oil DrillingAOL News - October 12, 2010
WASHINGTON (Oct. 12) --The Obama administration on Tuesday lifted the six-month moratorium on deep water oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico that was imposed after the BP oil spill....[view article]
Hungary: Toxic red sludge has reached the DanubeMy Way News - October 7, 2010
KOLONTAR, Hungary - The toxic red sludge that burst out of a metals plant reservoir and inundated three villages reached the mighty Danube on Thursday, but an Hungarian emergency official said no immediate damage was evident on Europe's second-longest river....[view article]
First Ocean Life Census Finds 6,000 New SpeciesAOL News - October 5, 2010
LONDON (Oct. 5) -- Taking a census of marine life is not as easy as knocking on doors. But after a 10-year effort that included diving into icy waters, guiding robots into pitch-black depths and laying out a vast network of microphones to spy on migrating fish, scientists today unveiled the results of the first-ever accounting of the ocean's creatures, including some 6,000 new species....[view article]
Persistent Pro-life Youth Share the Truth and Give School Administrators a Lesson on First Amendment FreedomsChristian Newswire - October 2, 2010
NIPOMO, Calif., Oct. 1 /Christian Newswire/ -- Members of the Survivors' Campus Life Team, were detained for holding graphic images and advocating the pro-life message on public sidewalks in front of Nipomo High School on Monday, September 27, 2010....[view article]
Download new 2010 Congressional ScorecardChristian Coalition of America - September 30, 2010
Covered issues include:• Passage of national health care reform (ObamaCare)• Taxpayer funding of abortion• President Obama's budget and stimulus bills• Defending traditional marriage• Marriage tax penalty relief• Revoking federal funds for cities that fail to enforce immigration laws• Protecting health care workers from being forced to participate in abortions• Ensuring free exercise of religion at publicly supported colleges• Special rights for homosexuals• Freedom of speechThese are all issues that Americans need to be aware of BEFORE they...[view article]
Middle East Countries Race for Nuclear PowerAOL News - September 24, 2010
(Sept. 24) -- Nations in the Middle East, rich in oil, natural gas and volatile politics, are pursuing nuclear power with a headlong vigor that gives some analysts pause....[view article]
We can build whatever animal you want to eat, say scientistsNews.com.au - September 22, 2010
TINKER with the genetics of salmon and maybe you create a revolutionary new food source that could help the environment and feed the hungry. Or maybe you're creating what some say is an untested "frankenfish" that could cause unknown allergic reactions and the eventual decimation of the wild salmon population....[view article]
BP's Gulf oil well close to being plugged for good after relief well intersects itFox News - September 17, 2010
NEW ORLEANS - After five months, the oil well that had spewed thousands of gallons into the Gulf of Mexico is on the verge of being plugged once and for all....[view article]
3,634 dead birds collected in Gulf, wildlife service saysCNN - September 16, 2010
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the first time is breaking down the species of oiled birds collected - alive and dead - in the Gulf of Mexico since the April 20 BP well blowout....[view article]
Oil Platform Explodes Off Louisiana Coast; 13 RescuedAOL News - September 3, 2010
(Sept. 2) -- An offshore oil platform exploded in the Gulf of Mexico today and all 13 workers were rescued from the water, the Coast Guard said. The blast sparked a fire on the platform about 100 miles south of Louisiana's Vermilion Bay, four months after the Deepwater Horizon disaster. But this time, there was no immediate sign of an oil leak....[view article]
BP preps next step in effort to seal Gulf oil wellCNN - August 30, 2010
(CNN) -- More than three weeks after plugging its ruptured oil well with cement and mud from above, BP plans to start a procedure Monday that will pave the way for a permanent fix for the well....[view article]
Texas fights Obama over global-warming lawless power grabWashington Times - August 26, 2010
The state's slogan is "Don't mess with Texas." But the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is doing just that, and at stake is whether the Obama administration can impose its global-warming agenda without a vote of Congress....[view article]
Trapped Chile miners get suppliesBBC - August 24, 2010
Thirty-three miners trapped underground in Chile since 5 August have begun receiving glucose, rehydration tablets and medicine....[view article]
Why Is BP Delaying the Bottom Kill Operation Till September?Fox News - August 20, 2010
(Aug. 20) -- National Incident Commander Thad Allen said Thursday that BP's unruly well won't be killed once and for all until September. Original estimates had planned for the bottom kill -- which will kill the well for good -- to take place this month. At several points, emergency crews were even said to be ahead of schedule on the project, but no longer....[view article]
Politics, Not Science, Drove White House to Release Rosy Gulf Oil ReportBreitbart - August 20, 2010
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's controversial report on the Gulf oil spill was not finished when the White House chose to release it, a government scientist told congressional investigators....[view article]
Obama Administration Not Disclosing the Full Truth on the GulfWall Street Journal - August 13, 2010
"A third of the impact is being overlooked,' said the University of Georgia's Samantha Joye, who was among the first to detect evidence of the underwater clouds of oil droplets and various petroleum hydrocarbons from the damaged well. Earlier this week, Dr. Joye and a team of marine researchers from the University of Georgia and the Georgia Sea Grant program challenged the government's accounting of the oil cleanup, saying that as much as 79% of the oil remained in the...[view article]
As BP, feds explore whether final plug is needed for Gulf gusher, locals fear being forgottenFox News - August 12, 2010
NEW ORLEANS - With the oil well that had been spewing into the Gulf of Mexico plugged from the top and BP PLC and federal officials pondering whether the final plug, or "bottom kill," is needed, local officials fear national disengagement from what remains a crisis of unknown proportions....[view article]
Radiation, plague, and fires: foreign embassies urgently evacuate staff from Russia- August 11, 2010
A hasty evacuation of diplomatic staff from foreign embassies, like a stampede, began in Moscow. Many embassies are trying to hide the evacuation for political reasons. Mass evacuation of the embassies of Canada and Poland was officially reported at night on August 7....[view article]
U.S., BP Near Deal on FundWall Street Journal - August 10, 2010
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration and BP PLC are close to a deal to use future revenues from the oil giant's Gulf of Mexico operations to guarantee its $20 billion cleanup and compensation fund, a move that would give both sides an incentive to continue production in the Gulf, scene of the U.S.'s worst-ever offshore oil spill....[view article]
Moscow Death Rate Doubles as Many Flee Heat, SmogAOL News - August 10, 2010
Moscow's death rate has doubled, a city health official said today, as a nearly unprecedented heat wave and acrid smog from wildfires grip the capital, causing tens of thousands to flee....[view article]
Gulf relief well crews watch for tropical weatherAP - Associated Press - August 10, 2010
NEW ORLEANS -Crews finishing work meant to forever stop oil from leaking from a blown-out undersea well into the Gulf may have one more hurdle to overcome: the weather....[view article]
BP well could be permanently sealed by end of weekCNN - August 10, 2010
(CNN) -- The disaster of epic proportions in the Gulf of Mexico still is on track to be resolved at the end of this week, according to the federal point man in the region....[view article]
BP: Focus is on killing well, not future drilling in GulfCNN - August 7, 2010
(CNN) -- A BP official on Friday talked about the possibility of resuming drilling at the site of the Gulf oil disaster, but the company clarified his remarks....[view article]
Muscovites struggle to breathe as acrid smoke grips cityCNN - August 7, 2010
Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- The Moscow skyline of the Kremlin and St. Basil's Cathedral vanished Friday as a blanket of thick, noxious smoke shrouded the metropolis, leaving many of the city's 10 million residents with sore throats and burning eyes....[view article]
Crude still coats marshes and wetlands along GulfAOL News - August 6, 2010
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Tropical Storm Colin Regenerates; Busy Season PredictedAOL News - August 6, 2010
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Record high ocean temperatures and the development of a climate phenomenon known as La Nina will keep the Atlantic hurricane season on track to be the busiest since 2005, government forecasters said Thursday....[view article]
Cementing of Well CompletedWall Street Journal - August 6, 2010
BP PLC has finished pumping its rogue well in the Gulf of Mexico with cement, effectively sealing it for good. But the government insists it's still too early to start celebrating victory....[view article]
BP to pour cement into well in next phase of 'static kill'CNN - August 5, 2010
(CNN) -- BP plans to start pouring cement into its crippled well in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday in the next phase of the well-killing operation known as a "static kill."...[view article]
Scorching heat prompts warnings in 18 statesCNN - August 5, 2010
(CNN) -- Forecasters have issued advisories for at least 18 states Thursday as dangerous heat continues to scorch parts of the South, Midwest and the North....[view article]
Forecasters to Update Atlantic Hurricane OutlookThe New York Times - August 5, 2010
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- The U.S. government is set to update its outlook for the Atlantic hurricane season. In May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted this could be the busiest hurricane season since 2005, when hurricanes Katrina and Rita ripped along the same part of the Gulf Coast now coping with one of the world's worst oil spills....[view article]
Oil Spill Cleanup Workers Include Many Very, Very Small OnesThe New York Times - August 5, 2010
Among the hidden stars of the gulf cleanup is an oil-hungry bacterium that Dr. Seuss could have named - Alcanivorax. It and fellow microbes are breaking down a significant amount of the oil that gushed into the environment from BP's runaway well, scientists say. The microbial feasting is known as biodegradation....[view article]
BP gears up to halt oil spill confirmed 'world's worst'BBC - August 3, 2010
The US government has said the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the biggest oil leak ever, as BP prepares its "static kill" operation to permanently seal its well. A new government estimate suggests BP's Macondo well leaked 4.9 million barrels of oil before being capped last month....[view article]
On Gulf, crews hope kill attempt will do the trickAP - Associated Press - August 3, 2010
NEW ORLEANS - Crews hoped to begin pumping mud and perhaps cement down the throat of the blown-out oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday in what BP officials said could be the method of attack that finally snuffs the spill....[view article]
Feds, parish presidents discuss cleanup at "contentious" meetingCNN - July 30, 2010
New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- What's next now that the oil stopped flowing, and what will happen when BP's crippled well in the Gulf of Mexico is finally, permanently sealed?...[view article]
Coast Guard may start redeploying cleanup resources once Gulf well is killed permanentlyFox News - July 29, 2010
The government's point man for the Gulf spill plans to meet with coastal parish officials Thursday to talk about what's next now that the oil has stopped flowing....[view article]
Reid Abandons Cap & Trade in Face of Bipartisan OppositionFox News - July 23, 2010
Hitting a wall of bipartisan opposition to placing a price on carbon, even if just in the utility sector, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Thursday unveiled a narrow, limited energy bill that contains no cap and trade plan....[view article]
Bad weather could hamper effort to seal oil wellCNN - July 22, 2010
New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- Bad weather may impact BP's attempts to create a permanent fix to the oil disaster, a BP official said Thursday....[view article]
Scientists weighing new option for shutting down oil wellCNN - July 20, 2010
Washington (CNN) -- As tests continue Tuesday on BP's ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists are weighing a new option for permanently sealing it....[view article]
China oil pipelines burn for 15 hours after explosionBBC - July 17, 2010
Two oil pipelines which exploded in the Chinese port city of Dalian started a fire which burned for 15 hours. Around 2,000 firefighters extinguished the blaze, which began after a ship carrying 300,000 tonnes of oil unloaded its cargo on Friday....[view article]
Oil Stopped Flowing into Gulf, For NowOn Watch in Washington - July 16, 2010
Give thanks that the oil is at least temporarily stopped flowing into the ocean. Pray that the solution will be made permanent and that cleanup and recovery will happen quickly. After 85 days of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, BP finally achieved a temporary halt to the oil spill on Thursday. The company closed the valves on a tight-fitting cap to completely seal off the well for the first time since the...[view article]
Mini Nuclear Power Plants on the WayOn Watch in Washington - July 16, 2010
A San Francisco engineering company which has worked on more than half of the nuclear power stations in the U.S. is supporting an effort to build “the world’s first commercially viable, small modular nuclear power plants.” Bechtel Corp. is partnering with Babcock & Wilcox Co. in a move that “has the potential to be a real game changer,” according to Jack Futcher, president of Bechtel’s power business unit. The companies say the...[view article]
Gulf spill: BP prepares for key oil well testBBC - July 15, 2010
Adm Thad Allen: "When BP is ready, we will start to increase the pressure in the capping stack" Oil firm BP is preparing to test the strength of its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico, in its latest bid to stop the flow. BP began shutting valves linked to the new cap, but a "small leak" in a pipe has delayed the tests. The firm said it would take a "short while" to fix....[view article]
BP Installs Sealing Cap on Errant WellWall Street Journal - July 13, 2010
HOUSTON-BP PLC said Monday night it had installed a new sealing cap that could halt the oil spewing from its broken well in the Gulf of Mexico, raising the possibility that a nearly three-month long environmental crisis could soon be contained....[view article]
This time it's oil trouble for Lake PontchartrainAP - Associated Press - July 7, 2010
NEW ORLEANS - Oil from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is seeping into Lake Pontchartrain north of New Orleans, threatening another environmental disaster for the huge body of water that was rescued from pollution in 1990s....[view article]
Green machine: Cars could run on sunlight and CO2New Scientist - July 6, 2010
Greenhouse-gas-pumping cars are, let's face it, never going to be green. But innovative sunlight-powered fuel production techniques could inch motor vehicles towards carbon neutrality....[view article]
Hurricane could suspend oil capping for two weeksCNN - July 2, 2010
(CNN) -- Oil could flow unrestricted for two weeks into the Gulf of Mexico if a hurricane moved toward the BP oil spill, according to a timeline from Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, who's managing the federal government's response to the disaster....[view article]
Tropical weather could exacerbate Gulf Coast woesCNN - June 25, 2010
New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- Downtrodden Gulf Coast residents may soon have something besides the oil spill to worry about. But it's not really a "new" threat -- it's what they fret about every summer: tropical weather. There is a 70 percent chance that a weather system in the western Caribbean will better organize and form at least a tropical depression in the next 48 hours, the National Hurricane Center said Friday morning....[view article]
Florida Closes Beach as Gobs of Oil Wash InFox News - June 25, 2010
NEW ORLEANS - More dirty evidence of the massive oil spill washed ashore along the Gulf Coast for residents who don't need anymore reminders of their frustration over failed efforts to stop the crude gushing from a blown-out undersea well....[view article]
Japanese told to go to bed an hour early to cut carbon emissionsTelegraph - June 24, 2010
Japanese households are being urged to go to bed one hour earlier than normal in order to help tackle climate change....[view article]
Cap back after robot nudge stalls oil collectionAP - Associated Press - June 24, 2010
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A cap was back in place on BP's broken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico after a deep-sea blunder forced crews to temporarily remove what has been the most effective method so far for containing some of the massive spill....[view article]
Florida Panhandle County Takes Oil Matters Into Its Own HandsFox News - June 18, 2010
A Florida Panhandle community that's been victimized by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico says it can fight the destruction of its beaches and waterways better than the federal government -- but it's left with one problem: "Who will pay the bill?...[view article]
Analysts: Relief Wells May Not Stop Spill Until ChristmasAOL News - June 17, 2010
(June 17) -- President Barack Obama promised in his speech Tuesday night that sometime in August, the Gulf oil spill will finally be tamed. The leak will be plugged. The live "spillcam" can be turned off....[view article]
Obama taps Michael Bromwich as watchdog for offshore oil drillingThe Washington Post - June 16, 2010
The man appointed Tuesday by President Obama to oversee offshore oil drilling has no experience with oil and gas issues, but he has a reputation for cleaning up embattled organizations....[view article]
After delays, U.S. begins to tap foreign aid for gulf oil spillThe Washington Post - June 14, 2010
Four weeks after the nation's worst environmental disaster, the Obama administration saw no need to accept offers of state-of-the-art skimmers, miles of boom or technical assistance from nations around the globe with experience fighting oil spills....[view article]
Obama to Reopen Oil DrillingWall Street Journal - June 8, 2010
WASHINGTON-The Obama administration, facing rising anger on the Gulf Coast over the loss of jobs and income from a drilling moratorium, said Monday that it would move quickly to release new safety requirements that would allow the reopening of offshore oil and gas exploration in shallow waters....[view article]
22-mile oil plume under Gulf nears rich watersAP - Associated Press - May 29, 2010
NEW ORLEANS - A thick, 22-mile plume of oil discovered by researchers off the BP spill site was nearing an underwater canyon, where it could poison the foodchain for sealife in the waters off Florida.Type the intro here if you are linking to another story, otherwise paste the entire story here and leave the url blank. The website will display a maximum of 80 words for the introduction....[view article]
Hurricane season may make spill worseUSA TODAY - May 20, 2010
As hurricane season looms, forecasters, scientists and residents along the Gulf Coast worry that a major storm could make the oil spill worse....[view article]
Academics urge radical new approach to climate changeBBC - May 11, 2010
A major change of approach is needed if society is to restrain climate change, according to a report from a self-styled "eclectic" group of academics....[view article]
Some oil spill events from Friday, May 7, 2010AP - Associated Press - May 7, 2010
Events May 7, Day 18 of a Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with an explosion and fire on April 20 on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, owned by Transocean Ltd. and leased by BP PLC, which is in charge of cleanup and containment. The blast killed 11 workers. Since then, oil has been pouring into the Gulf from a blown-out undersea well at about 210,000 gallons per day. The slick threatens the U.S. coastline....[view article]
In Gulf Oil Spill, Fragile Marshes Face New ThreatThe New York Times - May 1, 2010
COCODRIE, La. - With oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico unabated and officials giving no indication that the flow can be contained soon, towns along the Gulf Coast braced Saturday for what is increasingly understood to be an imminent environmental disaster....[view article]
Visit Seen as Sign That Wind Farm to Be ApprovedThe New York Times - April 28, 2010
BOSTON - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was headed to Boston on Wednesday to make a noon announcement on whether the Cape Wind project, the nation's first offshore wind farm, off the coast of Cape Cod, will go forward....[view article]
How Cap And Trade Was 'Trashed'NPR.org - April 27, 2010
It's not clear whether climate-change legislation has any chance in the Senate this year. What is clear is that even if the chamber does manage to pass a bill, it will be much less ambitious than the version approved by the House last year....[view article]
Nine-year wind farm fight splits Cape CodCNN - April 20, 2010
Falmouth, Massachusetts (CNN) -- The Rev. William Eddy stands at the bow of his 53-foot sailboat nestled in the postcard setting of Cape Cod....[view article]
Obama opens new oil drilling offshore in climate driveReuters - April 7, 2010
(Reuters) - Obama unveiled plans on Wednesday for a limited expansion of U.S. offshore oil and gas drilling in an effort to win Republican support for new proposals to fight climate change....[view article]
Surge of Enthusiasm Greets US Offshore Power StudyAOL News - April 6, 2010
(April 5) -- A new wind is blowing in, stirring up the scientific, media and business communities with its powerful implications for the U.S. energy supply: limitless, renewable, clean electricity that's capable of powering the entire Eastern Seaboard....[view article]
Resort may close to save local tribeGadling - March 30, 2010
The Indian government is considering closing a resort on one of the Andaman islands in order to save a formerly remote tribe from extinction. The resort, run by Barefoot India, is near the forest home of the Jarawa tribe....[view article]
A new dawn for global nuclear powerThe Washington Post - March 29, 2010
Russia is running out of power and plans to build over 40 new nuclear power stations in the next 20 years to make up for the shortfall....[view article]
* Environment * Energy Earth Hour - climate change campaigners urge global switch-offGuardian - March 26, 2010
The biggest turn-off in human history will start at 8.30pm tomorrow in Chatham, a tiny South Pacific island with only 12 street lamps. Almost 25 hours later, but at 9.30pm the same day, it will finish on the other side of the international dateline in the Galapagos Islands, where scientists at the Charles Darwin Research Station will share a candle-lit dinner with several hundred locals and environmental activists....[view article]
Let's Celebrate God's Creation Together - Hope For Creation: A Live SimulcastEvangelical Environmental Network - March 17, 2010
Let's Celebrate God's Creation Together - Hope For Creation: A Live Simulcast - April 22, 2010 Psalm 100 (NIV) 1 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. 2 Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. 3 Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his...[view article]
Potential new source for biofuel foundUPI - March 10, 2010
YORK, England, March 10 (UPI) -- British scientists say they've discovered a mechanism that might lead to a new way of converting wood and straw into liquid biofuels....[view article]
Is There Enough Food Out There For Nine Billion People?The New Republic - February 9, 2010
Sometime around 2050, there are going to be nine billion people roaming this planet-two billion more than there are today. It's a safe bet that all those folks will want to eat. And that's... an incredibly daunting prospect. Right now, an estimated one billion people go hungry each day. So add two billion more people, a limited supply of arable land, plus the fact that rising incomes will boost demand for meat and dairy products, plus the fact that many...[view article]
ftp://www.ifapray.org/020310/hillary_un-150.jpgAOL News - February 2, 2010
(Feb. 2) - The United States, China and dozens of other countries have submitted pledges to limit greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 - the first hurdle required in a voluntary pact set up at last year's U.N. climate change summit in Copenhagen....[view article]
Invasive Asian Carp Inspire Lawsuits, Extreme Archery- December 30, 2009
(Dec. 29) -- They're the "nuclear bombs" of American waterways. That's the analogy Michigan attorney general Mike Cox has drawn for the Asian carp, which is rapidly taking over stretches of the Illinois and Mississippi rivers -- so rapidly, in fact, that his state is now seeking a legal injunction to help prevent the carp from invading the Great Lakes. Cox's hope is that the courts accomplish what science could not: A recent experiment with poison in the Chicago river...[view article]
Israeli company finds oil beneath Rosh Ha'ayinHaaretz.com - December 26, 2009
An Israeli oil exploration company on Thursday announced that it had found a huge amount of oil and gas during drilling below the city of Rosh Ha'ayin this week. Givot Olam Oil Exploration Limited Partnership said that more than 60 percent gas was measured in the drill, indicating the first such find in Israel. ...[view article]
Water from Hadera desalination plant enters National Water CarrierThe Jerusalem Post - December 24, 2009
The latest desalination plant began pumping water into the National Water Carrier on Wednesday, Mekorot, the national water company announced....[view article]
Al Gore Gets It Wrong at Copenhagen TalksAOL News - December 15, 2009
AOLNews - It is an inconvenient time for Al Gore to be fudging numbers on global climate change. With the specter of the "Climategate" e-mails hanging ominously over the Copenhagen climate change summit, the former vice president told a crowd there on Monday that one scientist had predicted the polar ice cap would have no summer ice in five to seven years....[view article]
Gov't Says Greenhouse Gases DangerousCBN News - December 8, 2009
For the first time, the federal government is claiming that greenhouse gases are dangerous for the public health....[view article]
Beinecke: Major Progress Is Being MadeRoll Call - November 12, 2009
With momentum building for U.S. action on global climate change, nearly 200 countries will take part in a United Nations summit on the issue next month in Copenhagen....[view article]
