USE ME! Essentially, this is a catch all for everything. This is probably the ONLY category where things that are not directly related to Rising Tide affiliates/allies should go. For example if a coal company goes out of business (and we didn’t directly cause it) it should probably only go here.
Global Carbon Emissions Map
Here’s a nifty website:
<http://www.carma.org>.
CARMA reveals the carbon emissions of more than 50,000 power plants and 4,000 power
companies in every country on Earth. You can type in a zip code and get facts on
emissions and source of energy, e.g., coal, hydro, of every power plant. There are
interactive maps and you can search by region, etc.
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Published on Saturday, August 30, 2008 by Agence France Presse
Massive Evacuation as Millions Hit by India Floods
PATNA, India – More than 300,000 people trapped in India’s worst floods in 50 years have been rescued but nearly double that number remain stranded without food or water, officials said Saturday.
About 60 people have died and three million have been affected since the Kosi river breached its banks earlier this month on the border with Nepal and changed course, swamping hundreds of villages in eastern Bihar state.
Independent.co.uk
Nature reserve surrendered to rising seas
By Michael McCarthy
Monday, 25 August 2008
A major nature reserve is to become one of the
first casualties of the rising seas around
Britain.
Part of Titchwell Marsh, a favourite spot for
birdwatchers on the north Norfolk coast, is to be
sacrificed to the waves to save the rest of the
site from destruction.
New forest to follow £1.6m deal
Wood ants
The area that has been bought is home to wood ants
Hundreds of thousands of trees are to be planted following a charity’s purchase of
Dundreggan Estate in Glen Moriston in the Highlands.
Trees for Life, which is based in Findhorn, Forres, has taken over 10,000 acres in a
£1.6m deal.
It plans to plant 500,000 native trees and re-connect the forest between Glen
Moriston and Glen Affric.
The organisation said the move would help protect declining numbers of wood ants and
black grouse.
The purchase is Trees for Life’s most important project to date and followed more
than two years of negotiations.
Founder and executive director, Alan Watson Featherstone, said: “This is a massive
step forward in achieving our vision of a renewed Caledonian Forest.
“It is a huge milestone for us, and we look forward to restoring
Dundreggan into a wild landscape that the UK and Scotland can be proud of.”
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