(Untitled)- July 31, 2006 Environmental Crisis in Lebanon (BBC News, 31 July 2006) An oil slick caused by Israeli bombing of the Jiyyeh power station now covers 80km (50 miles) of coast. . . . Local environmental groups describe the slick as an "environmental disaster". . . . Almost as much oil may have entered the water as during the 1989 Exxon Valdez tanker incident in Alaska, which led to widespread ecological damage.http://www.matrixmasters.com/blog/2006_07_01_archiveearth.html#115438965166467597 (Untitled)- July 20, 2006 President Chavez Announces Ban of Genetically Engineered Crops in Venezuela Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias has announced that the cultivation of genetically modified crops will be prohibited on Venezuelan soil, possibly establishing the most sweeping restrictions on transgenic crops in the Western Hemisphere. Though full details of the administrations policy on genetically modifiedhttp://www.matrixmasters.com/blog/2006_07_01_archiveearth.html#115343512344244307 (Untitled)- July 17, 2006 Big Problems with Canadian Oil Sands According to Western Oils Sands, one of the major players in the oil sands project, the cost of extracting the oil is "skyrocketing." The cost of its project jumped 50 percent over the previously estimated bill of $7.3 billion, thanks to increasing costs of labor and supplies. Competitor Nexen says its oil sands costs will rise 10 percent, while Shell says thehttp://www.matrixmasters.com/blog/2006_07_01_archiveearth.html#115317812252543125 (Untitled)- July 6, 2006 Climate change 'real and severe' reports BBC's expert panel (BBC News, 6 July 2006) Temperatures are likely to rise by 3C to 5C by the end of the century, with impacts likely to be "severe" but not "catastrophic", the panel said. . . . It also concluded that politicians are unlikely to cut emissions sufficiently to prevent dangerous global heating. . . . The panel's discussions were based onhttp://www.matrixmasters.com/blog/2006_07_01_archiveearth.html#115220673140865491 |