August 2008
Russia Issues War Warning To NATO
As the attention of the America public is focused on the American election, with the Democratic Convention having just ended, and the announcement today of McCain’s female running mate, and the Republican Convention next week, the public has missed something. Something not missed by Europeans, even mainstream European news media have given broad coverage to [...]
Joe Biden: Russia, China, India: “The Real War”
On Aug 27 2008 at the Democratic Convention in Denver, Vice-presidential candidate Sen. Joseph Biden presented the plan for the real war, the war against China, Russia. He repeated the key points pushed by Zbigniew Brzezinski in his obsessive determination to go to the final clash with Russia and Asia. For Biden, The great mistake [...]
New report loosens noose around Albatross’s neck
The survival chances of the albatross, now officially the most threatened seabird family in the world, have been improved following a new report released by WWF-South Africa. At least 28 species of albatross and petrel have been caught by South African fisheries, of which 13 are threatened with extinction. The birds are caught trying to [...]
Great Barrier Reef saved from shale oil exploitation
Australia - It’s a victory for the Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef, with a 20-year moratorium on all new shale oil projects in the region. Led by the Save Our Foreshore group, the success shows just how powerful local, grassroots campaigns can be. The ban has been welcomed by just about everyone but [...]
Greenpeace on ETS decision
Auckland, New Zealand - Greenpeace has welcomed the Green’s support for the emissions trading scheme (ETS), saying the party has secured some positive measures.
“We’re obviously disappointed that the Labour-led Government is determined to continue subsidising the agriculture sector with taxpayer’s money. It is, after all, the sector responsible for half of New Zealand’s emissions,” said [...]
Tell Wal-Mart to Live Up to Its Clean Power Promise
Wal-Mart, the largest private purchaser of electricity in the United States, claims that environmental sustainability is among its chief goals. The retailer’s much-hyped sustainability initiatives include being supplied by 100-percent renewable energy. Going green is how Wal-Mart’s now branding itself.
Except, of course, when it comes to taking more than token action to meet its renewable [...]
Satirical News And The Build Up To The Third World War
Perhaps a couple of decades from now we will all be praising the mainstream media for the wonderful work they have done reporting on our collective insanity. If we could all leave aside for a minute our nationalisms and ideologies, we could see through every page printed, every word aired, or every media image shown, [...]
Both US Presidential Candidates Have Ties to Corruption
There is no question the American people care deeply about government corruption. In a Rasmussen Associates poll taken in August 2008, 65% of prospective voters said that government ethics and corruption was a “very important” issue for them in the upcoming election. Only the economy and national security ranked higher, and by just a few [...]
Global Poverty Figures Revised Upward
NEW YORK, (OneWorld) - A new study released by the World Bank this week has raised concerns among humanitarian workers worldwide as more people are now believed to be living in impoverished conditions than previously thought. Despite significant levels of economic achievements made in the past 25 years, well over 1 billion people in the [...]
Redeeming our adversaries
Speech about farming choices, like too many other things in our culture, is being toxified by forces that really don’t want enlightened discourse. Organic advocates, including J.I. and Robert Rodale, suffered through decades of being dismissed for their claims about the obvious connections between healthy soil, healthy food and healthy people.
Instead of becoming combative and [...]
Money and Politics in America
How are things going at the Democratic Party National Convention in Denver this week? Are they talking about the fact that the Western world is run by an international financial elite headquartered in London, the financial capitals of mainland Europe (such as Frankfurt, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Paris, and Milan), and, of course, New York City? Are [...]
Sea Shepherd News
Sea Shepherd’s vessel, the Steve Irwin, is safely docked in Brisbane and currently undergoing essential maintenance in anticipation of our upcoming Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign Operation Musashi to oppose illegal whaling in the Southern Ocean. In the meantime we’ve partnered with LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics on a global campaign to save sharks, and we continue to oppose illegal [...]
6.7 Billion Elephants in the Room and Counting
Washington, D.C.- World population growth-a trend intrinsically linked to issues of poverty, development, equity, and the environment-remains a taboo subject in many circles and is conspicuously absent from the public discourse. A special issue of World Watch magazine focused on population reveals that empowering women to make their own family size choices through education, economic [...]
OANZ Organic News
Two recent warnings should put New Zealand’s primary producers on notice about the need to maintain and enhance our country’s international reputation for responsible environmental stewardship. The first came from Lonely Planet - a leading guide of world tourism - which was followed closely by a joint warning from Helen Clark and Australian Prime Minister [...]
Austrslian Big polluters should seek less protection and more carbon solutions
Leading social, union, environment and research organisations today called on big polluters to stop seeking unfair special deals and delays to action on climate change and get on with low carbon solutions. The Southern Cross Climate Coalition, a coalition of the ACTU, the Climate Institute, ACF and ACOSS, said the recent round of scaremongering from [...]
“Green Checkup” Campaign Focuses Attention on Vehicle Maintence
MCLEAN, VA, High gas prices have just about everyone searching for ways to save on gas and improve fuel economy. To help motorists save money at the gas pump and-at the same time-cut greenhouse gas emissions through proper vehicle maintenance, the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) has created a check list of Green Maintenance Tips, [...]
Has 1980’s Eosinophilia Myalgia Syndrome Reared its Head?
Since GE Free NZ published information on the “newly-formulated” Levothyroxine drug that has been associated with severe immunological symptoms, we have been inundated with letters and phone calls from sufferers all over the country. Glaxo-Smith Kleine’s Eltroxin used conventionally produced thyroxin, however in 2007 changed to the new formulation using a recombinant or genetically engineered bacteria to produce the human-identical [...]
Nuclear warfare threats should end plans to sell Australian uranium to Russia
The Australian Conservation Foundation and the Medical Association for Prevention of War (Australia) say the current conflict in Georgia provides another reason why Australia should scrap plans to sell uranium to Russia. “In the face of Russian military action in Georgia and threats of a possible nuclear strike against Poland, Australia should immediately discontinue plans [...]
Australia Harmed by GM Canola Crop
The decision by two states to grow and harvest GM canola harms Australia’s reputation as a food producer, and goes against the wishes of leaders in the food industry like Goodman Fielder. The Federal government should intervene to halt re-planting of the crops to protect the integrity of Australia’s food system.GM-free canola already commands a [...]
Reinventing the “Evil Empire”
For the West, everything changed but stayed the same, hard-wired and in place. Things just lay dormant in the shadows during the Yeltsin years, certain to reemerge once a more resolute Russian leader took over. If not Vladimir Putin, someone else little different. Russia is back, proud and reassertive, and not about to roll over [...]
USDA Gift to Monsanto
The US Department of Agriculture’s give-away insurance rates for GM crops risk bankrupting the public coffers. The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) is part of the Risk Management Agency (RMA) that serves under the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture), a Federal Executive Department (or Cabinet Department).The USDA-FCIC safeguards the economic stability of agriculture through [...]
Fabled Enemies: An Examination of America’s Most Notorious False Flag Operation
Jason Bermas latest film, Fabled Enemies, is unlike his previous film, Loose Change, a collaborative effort with Dylan Avery and Korey Rowe. Loose Change concentrates on various anomalies surrounding the collapse of the WTC and the attack on the Pentagon, the absurdity of alleged hijacker Hani Hanjour piloting American Airlines flight 77, put options placed [...]
Polar bears found swimming miles from Alaskan coast
An aerial survey by government scientists in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea this week found at least nine polar bears swimming in open water - with one at least 60 miles from shore - raising concern among wildlife experts about their survival. Geoff York, the polar bear coordinator for WWF’s Arctic Programme, said that when polar bears [...]
Natural Ingredients 2008: Organic Pavilion more popular than ever
Natural ingredients (Ni) 2008 announced today the launch of the Organic Pavilion, a dedicated area on the show floor focused on the booming organics market, held this year at the Paris Nord, Villepinte exhibition centre on 4-6 November 2008. IFOAM will be present at the show. The addition of the Organic Pavilion to Ni 2008 [...]
ETS must pass despite weaknesses
Wellington, New Zealand - Despite shortcomings, it is imperative that New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) is passed into law this parliamentary term, says Greenpeace. “We’ve heard today that the Green Party has made some gains in negotiations with the government, although not every battle to strengthen the scheme has been won,” said Greenpeace Senior [...]
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