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.
“La Nina” effect may be behind Mexico shark attacks
Fri May 30, 2008 9:47pm EDT
By Mariano Castillo
ZIHUATANEJO, Mexico (Reuters) – Cooler than normal sea-surface temperatures due to the La Nina phenomenon may be partly responsible for a spate of fatal shark attacks off Mexico’s Pacific coast, a U.S. shark expert said on Friday.
At least two people — a surfer and a U.S. tourist — have been killed by sharks in the last few weeks around the coastal town of Zihuatanejo in the state of Guerrero.
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“The university’s model predicted natural beech
forests will decrease from the current level by
56 percent during 2031-50, and by 93 percent
during 2081-2100.”
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DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE
(May. 31, 2008)
Shirakami forests ‘could vanish by 2100’
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Vast beech forests in the Shirakami Mountains, a
UNESCO World Heritage-listed natural site that
straddles Akita and Aomori prefectures, could
vanish by the end of this century due to global
warming, according to researchers.
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“Yes, climate change plays a part but it’s
marginal compared to the massive overfishing
required to supply restaurants and stores in a
world that stuffs itself on tuna sandwiches,
salmon steaks, shrimp cocktail and sashimi.
“The shallow waters off Nova Scotia used to be
full of swordfish and bluefin tuna, as well as
untold numbers of hake, halibut, and haddock. Cod
in particular were the apex predators in these
parts,’ Grescoe writes.”
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Apocalypse in the Oceans
By Anneli Rufus, AlterNet
Posted on May 30, 2008, Printed on May 30, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/story/86789/
In pictures, on CSI Miami, and to the naked eye
the sea looks the same today as it ever did:
blue, green or blue-green, rolling in glassy
crashing curls, tormented then serene. It will
look this way tomorrow, next year, arguably for
eternity. No matter what freaks us out on earth,
our species takes great comfort in knowing that
the sea always looks exactly the same.
From up here.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 29, 2008
4:33 PM
CONTACT: The Wilderness Society
Dave Slater (202/429-8441); Dave Alberswerth (202/429-2695);
Nada Culver (303/650-5818, ext. 117); Eleanor Huffines (907-272-9453)
More Than 44 Million Acres Under Lease for Oil and Gas in US
New analyses shows unprecedented drilling boom, tremendous surplus of undrilled leases, and errors in recent BLM oil and gas assessment
WASHINGTON, DC – May 29 – More than 44 million acres of public lands are leased for oil and gas development, according to a new Wilderness Society analysis of Interior Department data. The analysis points to an explosion of drilling on federal lands, with 7,124 drilling permits (APDs) issued in 2007, a new record for the Bush Administration. Nationwide, the leasing is outstripping the oil and gas industry’s capacity to drill, as industry is drilling on only a quarter of the leases they hold. [view the detailed analysis here