A new study published in Science identified more than 100 irreplaceable environments — regions where many animal and plant species cannot be found anywhere else on Earth. A total of 137 sites were selected from 173,000 “Protected Areas.” Protected Areas cover 13% of the Earth’s land. These are some of the most biologically rich ecosystems…
2005: Homeland Security won’t let Red Cross deliver food
Saturday, September 03, 2005 By Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette As the National Guard delivered food to the New Orleans convention center yesterday, American Red Cross officials said that federal emergency management authorities would not allow them to do the same. Other relief agencies say the area is so damaged and dangerous that they doubted they…
Hopi Elders Say Earth Changes Are Upon Us
by Simon Hunt During the past week there have been a few events that deserve our attention, thought, and examination. In an unprecedented and totally unexpected way, Hopi Elders for the first time in history have openly shared their sacred, and heretofore secret prophecies with the world. Robert Ghost Wolf, noted Native American Prophet and…
How Global Warming May Cause the Next Ice Age
by Thom Hartmann OpEdNews.Com While global warming is being officially ignored by the political arm of the Bush administration, and Al Gore’s recent conference on the topic during one of the coldest days of recent years provided joke fodder for conservative talk show hosts, the citizens of Europe and the Pentagon are taking a new…
2005: HURRICANE ARMAGEDDON
EYEWITNESS’ ACCT 20,000 DEAD GOV’T MISMANAGEMENT SABOTAGE Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 18:25:00 EDT From: PLANETNEWS@aol.com From: Walter Buller – giembryo@hotmail.com Tuesday, September 06, 2005 11:48 AM Katrin in USA We live about 85 miles north of New Orleans. The eye of the storm passed right over Washington Parish, which is a neighboring parish of…
2005: Mighty Amazon close to running out of water
October 30, 2005 The Sun-Herald Desperate times … canoes stranded in the Amazon River near Santarem in Brazil. The drought has caused many tributaries to completely dry out, isolating some communities. Desperate times … canoes stranded in the Amazon River near Santarem in Brazil. The drought has caused many tributaries to completely dry out, isolating some…
2005: FEMA’s Brown Blasted While Dubya Still Refuses Foreign Aid
By Wayne Madsen Wayne Madsen Report.com 9-6-5 “Team Bush” is still refusing international aid. * Russian rescue crews on four cargo planes with helicopters on board sit idle at an airport near Moscow waiting for green light, * Cuba has 1500 doctors with 26 tons of medical supplies and Bush is refusing them entry to…