Saturday, May 03, 2008

04/24/2008 TO Enviro-news

> Report Criticizes Response to Climate Threats
> http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/042408EA.shtml
> Agence France-Presse says, "According to the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a British security think tank, a failure to adequately prepare for this [climate change] is on a par with neglecting the risks of nuclear weapons proliferation or terrorism."
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> Exposed: The Great GM Crops Myth
> http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/042408EB.shtml
> Geoffrey Lean reports for The Independent UK, "Genetic modification actually cuts the productivity of crops, an authoritative new study shows, undermining repeated claims that a switch to the controversial technology is needed to solve the growing world food crisis."
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> Europe Returns to Coal, Raising Climate Fear
> http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/042408EC.shtml
> Elisabeth Rosenthal writes for The New York Times, "Driven by rising demand, record high oil and natural gas prices, concerns over energy security and an aversion to nuclear energy, European countries are expected to put into operation about 50 coal-fired plants over the next five years, plants that will be in use for the next five decades."
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> Ex-EPA Chief Is Ruled Not Liable for 9/11 Safety Claims
> http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/042408HA.shtml
> Robin Shulman, The Washington Post, says: "Christine Todd Whitman, the former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, cannot be held liable for assuring residents near the burning detritus of the World Trade Center after the 2001 attacks that the air was safe to breathe, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday."

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