Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with environment www.salem-news.com 2010 They pitch the battle as environment vs. jobs, it is a phony argument using economic recovery through ecological laxity as the key to our nation’s fiscal woes. This type of “Zero Sum Game,” is a winner-take-all scenario that will create more jobs---More jobs in the remediation and restoration career sectors after we’ve destroyed our country’s ecologies. http://salem-news.com/articles/february102012/environmental-siege-rb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february102012/environmental-siege-rb.php Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:10:00 PST I received a link from a member of the Planck Foundation on Dec. 30, 2011 regarding “Magnetic Portals Connect Earth to the Sun”. It states: “During the time it takes you to read this article, something will happen high overhead that until recently many scientists didn’t believe in. A magnetic portal will open, linking Earth to the Sun 93 million miles away..." http://salem-news.com/articles/february052012/magnetic-portal-ec.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february052012/magnetic-portal-ec.php Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:02:00 PST In the latest chapter of a long-running border environmental mystery, U.S. federal and state officials plan a visit to south Texas this coming week. Representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) are expected to be in the area around South Alamo, Texas, from February 6 to 12. http://salem-news.com/articles/february052012/fishy-borders.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february052012/fishy-borders.php Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:33:00 PST The simmering tensions over the Malvinas Islands or Falkland Islands (off the coast of Argentina in the South Atlantic) as called by the British occupiers. The British Royal Navy is planning to send the Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless, a state-of-the-art warship, to the region on her maiden mission http://salem-news.com/articles/february032012/malvinas-britain-is.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february032012/malvinas-britain-is.php Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:08:00 PST Vietnam veterans who never had boots-on-ground Vietnam, who are sick from presumptive exposure to agent orange dioxin poisoning are tied up in paperwork. The burden of proof is placed solely upon the veteran. Burden of proof is mainly directed to those service members who never had boots-on-ground. http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/agent-orane-jb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/agent-orane-jb.php Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:53:00 PST Over 77 million litres of herbicide were dispensed over southern Viet Nam by the US military through the code-named ‘Operation Ranch Hand’. The Vietnamese reported early in operation that human health was being adversely affected by widespread dispersal of defoliants. Agent Orange. http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/ao-controversy-wd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/ao-controversy-wd.php Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:13:00 PST In the U.S., radiation-related "safety" decisions over commercial nuclear power plants are handled very undemocratically. They are considered to be strictly the purview of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Courts, utility and state energy commissions, EPA, DOE, and everyone else whose regulatory authority touches on nuclear power will insist that you cannot talk to them about "safety." You must go to the NRC. http://salem-news.com/articles/january262012/nuclear-power-ah.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january262012/nuclear-power-ah.php Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:04:00 PST The story of the proposed redevelopment of the old El Toro Marine base in Irvine, California is beginning to match our predictions from more than three years ago. The effort was bogus from day one; the base is packed with toxic chemicals and their residue and no sensible person would consider living even close to it, let alone 'on' the old wreck of a base. http://salem-news.com/articles/january252012/el-toro-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january252012/el-toro-tk.php Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:32:00 PST This week in Reactor Reax, activists in Iowa say future plans for nuclear power should be skipped. It's one of several stories that examine the reality behind dangerous nuclear power plants that have proven time and time again that they not only kill and contaminate human life; they also leave vast areas uninhabitable and cost countries and their taxpayers billions of dollars. http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/reactor-reax.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/reactor-reax.php Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:32:00 PST Colonel James E. Sabow, age 51, was found dead by his wife in their backyard patio at MCAS El Toro on the morning of January 22, 1991. The death was reported as a suicide from a self-inflicted shotgun wound. Just another tragic military suicide, you say. In this case, the answer is a resounding “NO.” The forensic evidence supports homicide; a violent and brutal murder... http://salem-news.com/articles/january192012/marine-death-3-ro.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january192012/marine-death-3-ro.php Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:46:00 PST U.S. and Canadian athletes, some of whom swam for UCLA, others that were on the Canadian National Swim Team, are drawing attention to the implications of Dow Chemical's Olympic Sponsorship. http://salem-news.com/articles/january192012/dow-boycott.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january192012/dow-boycott.php Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:26:00 PST Colonel Sabow was found dead in his quarters at MCAS El Toro on January 22, 1991, after he requested a court martial for alleged charges due to personal misuse of government aircraft. However, the alleged charges were unsupportable and would have been easily dismissed by a court martial. http://salem-news.com/articles/january182012/marine-death-2-ro.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january182012/marine-death-2-ro.php Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:42:00 PST The death of Marine Colonel James E. Sabow in his quarters at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California, has taken a new twist with the discovery of a fraudulent autopsy photograph in DOD’s death investigation report to the House Armed Service Committee. These hide the tramline bruise to the back of Colonel Sabow’s head, a tell tale sign of a violent blow by a blunt object like a lead pipe or baseball bat. http://salem-news.com/articles/january182012/marine-death-ro.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january182012/marine-death-ro.php Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:14:00 PST On Dec. 22, 2011 I received this link from the Planck Foundation, to an article titled: The Sun: A Magnetic Plasma Diffuser That Controls Earth’s Climate. It states: How are we to understand the universe when, as Nobel Laureate William A. Fowler noted in 1988, ‘we do not even understand how our own star really works...’ http://salem-news.com/articles/january162012/magnetic-sun-ec.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january162012/magnetic-sun-ec.php Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:49:00 PST Camp Lejeune will likely go down in history as the stage of one of the worst toxic contaminations in the country—and one of the most shameful cover-ups by the Marine Corps. Between 1957 and 1987, as many as one million Marines at Camp Lejeune and their family members used and ingested water contaminated by extremely toxic organic compounds. http://salem-news.com/articles/january152012/lejeune-navy-dl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january152012/lejeune-navy-dl.php Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:17:00 PST National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan yesterday thanked Bob Filner, a member of the US House of Representatives, for his valuable support for Viet Nam, particularly in connection with the spraying of Agent Orange during the American War. Ngan said that since Viet Nam and the US normalized relations 16 years ago, there had been great achievements in politics, security and defense, economics, trade, education and training, science and technology, and humanitarian co-operation. http://salem-news.com/articles/january112012/agent-orange-cp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january112012/agent-orange-cp.php Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:24:00 PST OK, cue up Queen’s “Another One Bites The Dust,” another phony enviro-venue that ironically died just before Thanksgiving Day 2011.. So I’ll give THANKS today from not only myself, not only Laguna and knowledgeable industry surfies, but from the other legitimate eco-groups infinitely more deserving of support which suffered donation drainage. http://salem-news.com/articles/january102012/james-pribram-rb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january102012/james-pribram-rb.php Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:30:00 PST In an effort to help tip the scales for the United States during the Vietnam War, Agent Orange was developed by biotechnological companies in order to help clear dense fields, giving soldiers a clearer vision of their targets. Along with the loss of vegetation, the was an additional hope that Vietnamese farmers would relocate to U.S. occupied cities, and no longer be able to grow and provide for the Vietnamese troops. http://salem-news.com/articles/january062012/ao-legacy-kh.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january062012/ao-legacy-kh.php Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:20:00 PST Dozens of people are reported to be dead after a blast in the Syrian capital, Damascus. Syrian state TV said at least 25 people died and 46 more were wounded in Friday’s attack which it blamed on a suicide bomber. http://salem-news.com/articles/january062012/yrian-blood-ae.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january062012/yrian-blood-ae.php Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:48:00 PST Physicians Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy, and the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment conference brings together experts from various research areas. They will address the public health aspects of unconventional natural gas drilling, known as “hydro fracking”. http://salem-news.com/articles/january062012/fracking-conference.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january062012/fracking-conference.php Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:27:00 PST Recent data from the federal Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) shows that toxic chemical releases rose in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The 2010 TRI reports how over 600 chemicals on the TRI list were managed, where they ended up, and how 2010 releases compare to 2009. The 2010 TRI National Analysis shows that TRI releases rose 16 percent across the nation between 2009 and 2010, reversing a downward trend from recent years. http://salem-news.com/articles/january052012/epa-nw-reports.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january052012/epa-nw-reports.php Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:28:00 PST Once again, our seeds are under attack. Trans-national seeds companies like Monsanto, Syngenta and Bayer are pushing GM seeds in India without proper biosafety assessment. http://salem-news.com/articles/january042012/seed-attack-as.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january042012/seed-attack-as.php Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:02:00 PST Thousands gathered in snow-bound streets for the huge funeral procession of leader Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang. As the hearse passed, I suddenly realized that the real problem of North Korea lies not in its unmonitored nuclear capabilities, but rather in its people and in their ostensible fear of freedom. http://salem-news.com/articles/january042012/korean-fears-ae.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january042012/korean-fears-ae.php Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:43:00 PST Have you chilled your bubbly for the New Year's toast? Thought about resolutions you want to make, and will probably break? Before getting carried away with tomorrow and what can make the New Year a happy one, give a few moments to the year only hours from passing. Twenty two years ago Taylor Addison wrote in Blue Mountain Arts, “Time for New Beginnings” http://salem-news.com/articles/december312011/vision-yesterday-pb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december312011/vision-yesterday-pb.php Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:00:00 PST It’s 50 years since US forces first used the chemical defoliant known as agent orange in Vietnam. Designed to destroy forest cover being used by the communist forces the dioxin has also had a long and poisonous legacy, causing birth defects in children born long after the war ended. http://salem-news.com/articles/december302011/agent-orange-radio-doc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december302011/agent-orange-radio-doc.php Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:34:00 PST Salem-News.com readers know that we care greatly about the water contamination at the Camp Lejeune Marine base in North Carolina. For decades, Marines drank the water along with their families, and they died of cancer, men developed the highest rate of breast cancer for any single spot known on earth, and so many infants were stillborn that Marine moms were at one point, forced to have their babies cremated. http://salem-news.com/articles/december302011/tce-obama.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december302011/tce-obama.php Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:43:00 PST In a report from London dated Dec. 19, 2011 titled, “Comet Lovejoy Just Misses the Sun”, the scientists reported: “Newly discovered comet, Lovejoy, defied all odds when it survived a hellish journey through the Sun’s corona, where temperatures soar to staggering 1.1 million C. http://salem-news.com/articles/december302011/more-comets-ec.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december302011/more-comets-ec.php Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:18:00 PST he council on foreign relations, one of the think tanks seen as a major contributor to the forecasting of the White House foreign policies, has lately published an opinion piece that says “Time to attack Iran”. In the piece the council downplays the fears of many skeptics who envision the perilous consequences of an attack on Iran tantamount to a WWIII scenario, and therefore refuse to subscribe to a preemptive strike of its nuclear facilities. http://salem-news.com/articles/december292011/iran-attack-ae.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december292011/iran-attack-ae.php Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:35:00 PST The Department of Homeland Security makes fake Twitter and Facebook profiles for the specific purpose of scanning the networks for ‘sensitive’ words – and tracking people who use them. Simply using a word or phrase from the DHS’s ‘watch’ list could mean that spies from the government read your posts, investigate your account, and attempt to identify you from it, according to an online privacy group. http://salem-news.com/articles/december292011/us-spies-ae.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december292011/us-spies-ae.php Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:07:00 PST As our writer in India Arun Shrivastava detailed in his recent report, the Korean firm, Pohang Iron and Steel Company or POSCO, is now the Trojan-horse of the western banking and financial cartel. What should have been an organized, project, has become a loathsome issue and activists say the POSCO money has stifled the good senses of officials with the Indian government, the state of Orissa civil administration, and the police. http://salem-news.com/articles/december292011/posco-letter-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december292011/posco-letter-tk.php Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:19:00 PST