Archive for the ‘global+warming’ Category

Minn. pipeline fire sends oil soaring

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

CLEARBROOK, Minn. - A fire at a pipeline from Canada that feeds oil to the United States killed two people and sent oil prices soaring before burning out Thursday morning, officials said.Read the full story

Siemens AG paid millions of euros in bribes

Friday, November 16th, 2007

MUNICH, Germany -- Scandal-scarred Siemens AG paid millions of euros in bribes to cabinet ministers and dozens of other officials in Nigeria, Russia and Libya as it sought to win lucrative contracts for telecommunications equipmentRead the full story

Magnitude 7.7 - ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Magnitude 7.7 Date-Time * Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 15:40:53 UTC * Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 12:40:53 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 22.189°S, 69.843°W Depth 60 km 37.3 miles Region ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE Distances ...

Black Oil Spill in Kerch Strait

Monday, November 12th, 2007

In the early hours of Sunday, the Russian tanker Volgoneft-139, carrying 4,000 tons of black oil, fell apart due to storm damage, releasing up to 1,300 tons of black oil into the Kerch Strait. Read the full story

Man \\\\\\’Had Grenades In Embassy\\\\\\’ |Sky News|World News

Monday, October 1st, 2007

A man caught with a backpack containing explosives, nails and Islamic literature has been arrested after trying to enter the US Embassy in Austria, police say.Read the full story

What New Orleans Looks Like Two Years Later

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Tens of thousands of families in the Gulf Coast region are still without homes, and there is something very specific you can do to help.Read the full story

Soil Sample Backs Up Pole Claim

Friday, August 24th, 2007

Less than a month after sending a high-profile expedition to the North Pole, a state-run research institute claimed Thursday to have proof that a large chunk of the Arctic belongs to Russia, although the statement was met by skepticism from foreign scientists. "We obtained enough material to demonstrate that the Lomonosov ...

Typhoon kills three, heads out to Pacific | The Japan Times Online

Monday, July 16th, 2007

A missing man was found dead Sunday, bringing the death toll from Typhoon Man-yi to three as the storm passed south of Tokyo and moved out over the Pacific Ocean. The 79-year-old man who went missing the night before was discovered in a river in Yoshinogawa, Tokushima Prefecture, police and rescue ...

“Right Now, I Could Kill President Bush”

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

Not the sort of thing you'd normally expect to hear out of the mouth of a Nobel Peace Prize winner, but then, these are not normal times : Nobel Peace Prize winner Betty Williams came from Ireland to Texas to declare that President Bush should be impeached. ...

Native Elder/Activist Passes On…

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

July 10, 2007 (Turtle Island). Corbin Harney Spiritual Leader of the Western Shoshone Nation crossed over at 11:00 a.m. this morning in a house on a sacred mountain near Santa Rosa, CA (Turtle Island). He had dedicated his life to fighting the nuclear testing and dumping.Read the full story