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Archive for the Month of February, 2005.
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Global warming: scientists reveal timetable - A detailed timetable of the destruction and distress that global warming is likely to cause the world was unveiled yesterday. (2781 views)
Apocalypse Now: How Mankind is Sleepwalking to the End of the Earth - Floods, storms and droughts. Melting Arctic ice, shrinking glaciers, oceans turning to acid. The world's top scientists warned last week that dangerous climate change is taking place today, not the day after tomorrow. You don't believe it? Then, read this... (2340 views)
2005 Could Be Warmest Year Recorded - NASA scientists said this week that 2005 the warmest year since records started being kept in the late 1800s. (2296 views)
U.S. Scientists Say They Are Told to Alter Findings - More than 200 Fish and Wildlife researchers cite cases where conclusions were reversed to weaken protections and favor business, a survey finds. (2626 views)
Indonesian Tsunami Probably Tripped by Exxon-Mobil Works - A graph showing the correlation between the increase in major earthquakes with the increase in oil prodcution. (2852 views)
Mayor Takes Kyoto Protocol to Local Level - Mayor Greg Nickels of Seattle starts a campaign to get US cities to adopt the terms of the Kyoto protocol, beginning with Seattle. He said his goal was to recruit 140 cities to match the 140 countries that signed the treaty. The mayors of 10 cities, including Los Angeles, Santa Monica and Oakland, Calif., Portland, Ore., and Minneapolis, have already signed on. (2598 views)
Rocket-Fuel Chemical Found in Breast Milk - Scientists on Tuesday reported that perchlorate, a toxic component of rocket fuel, was contaminating virtually all samples of women's breast milk and its levels were found to be, on average, five times greater than in cow's milk. (2827 views)
Treaty for Mercury Curbs Is Rejected - The United States leads an effort to block a binding accord sought by the EU. Again the US puts short term profits over the long term health of people.
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