Population should be forced to take experimental shots “for the greater good” An article published by the American Medical Association’s Virtual Mentor journal advocates making participation in vaccine trials mandatory, arguing that people should…
Category: Environment
In the amoral milieu of the corporate bottom line, you can’t blame Tokyo Electric Power Co. for trying. Tepco owns the six-reactor Fukushima complex that was wrecked by Japan’s March 11 earthquake and smashed by…
I’m tired of being a tree-hugger. I’m tired of being called a radical by the Prime Minister for signing up to speak at the Enbridge Pipeline/Tanker Giga-Project hearings. I’m tired of being skinny and hungry…
The NSA performs clandestine surveillance of Russia’s electronic communications through Echelon elements stationed in Norway, Cyprus, Kyrgyzstan and the Baltic states. The US Cyber Command, aka CYBERCOM, plans to employ cyber warfare for purposes of…
The global expansion of the biofuel industry – in which agricultural land and crops are used to produce fuel for transport vehicles rather than food for humans – is a major factor driving the dramatic…
ConocoPhillips promises total clean-up by end of month BEIJING – ConocoPhillips China, the operator of two leaking oil platforms off Northern China’s Bohai Bay, said on Sunday that it had spotted additional sources of leaks…
The oil leak in Bohai Bay has lasted for two months. Bathing in overdue and lame information released by Concon Phillips (COPC), the public and neighbouring nations’ concerns over the pollution soar, pressing the parties…
People watch a tidal wave of up to 10 meters in height on the bank of Qiantang River in Haining, Zhejiang Province on August 17. At least three people have drowned in the Qiantang River…
Fishermen in north China’s Hebei Province are preparing to sue a US-based oil company, as they believe recent oil spills in a nearby bay are to blame for the deaths of large numbers of scallops….
A county government in East China’s Jiangxi Province said no one was injured after police reacted to a protest involving a crowd of villagers outside a polluting factory’s gates on Tuesday. At least 10 residents…