Welcome to my 'Green Issues' blog, which discusses Environmental issues, Global warming, Global cooling, Pollution, Nature, Flooding, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Horticulture, Agriculture, Energy efficiency, Weather, Climate change, Sustainability, Recycling and everything Green.
Monday, October 31, 2011
The threat of invasive species - From Asian Carp, Kudzu, Burmese Python to Giant African Land Snails
The threat of invasive species - From Asian Carp, Kudzu, Burmese Python to Giant African Land Snails
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Villages all but wiped out as storms and torrential rain batter Italy's 'Cinque Terre' causing extensive flash flooding
Villages all but wiped out as storms batter Italy's 'Cinque Terre' - Five people have been killed and another six are missing after storms and torrential rain caused extensive floods in northern Italy.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
The Coming Crisis: 5 confirmed dead in Accra floods, Ghana
The Coming Crisis: 5 confirmed dead in Accra floods, Ghana: Five people have been confirmed dead after torrential rain yet again exposed the poor drainage system in Ghana's capital, Accra....
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
The Coming Crisis: Mount Etna Erupts for the 17th Time this year, Sicily - 24th Oct 2011
The Coming Crisis: Mount Etna Erupts for the 17th Time this year, Sicily - 24th Oct 2011: Reader Contribution; Sicily's Mount Etna has erupted spewing great plumes of bright orange lava into the air. Eruptions as high....
Monday, October 24, 2011
UK: Heavy flooding disrupts travel across Northern Ireland
UK: Heavy flooding disrupts travel across Northern Ireland - Heavy rain has caused flooding and problems for drivers in various parts of Northern Ireland.
The Coming Crisis: Turkey Earthquake 2011: More than 230 dead, 1,300 more hurt - 24th Oct 2011
The Coming Crisis: Turkey Earthquake 2011: More than 230 dead, 1,300 more hurt - 24th Oct 2011: Using shovels, heavy machinery and their bare hands, rescue workers scrambled through piles of rubble to find survivors Monday after a deadly 7.2 magnitude earthquake...
The Coming Crisis: Turkey fears volcano eruption, Nemrut Dağı Volcano, Lake Van, Eastern Turkey - 24th Oct 2011
The Coming Crisis: Turkey fears volcano eruption, Nemrut Dağı Volcano, Lake Van, Eastern Turkey - 24th Oct 2011: TURKISH seismologists fear that the earthquakes that hit the province of Van on Sunday can cause eruption of Nemrut volcano located northwards of Lake Van...
Magnitude 7.2 quake in eastern Turkey
Magnitude 7.2 quake in eastern Turkey, 24th October 2011 - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 struck eastern Turkey, collapsing buildings and causing a number of deaths in the thousands, officials said.
The Coming Crisis: BP to risk worst ever oil spill in Shetlands drilling
The Coming Crisis: BP to risk worst ever oil spill in Shetlands drilling: BP is making contingency plans to fight the largest oil spill in history, as it prepares to drill more than 4,000 feet down in the Atlantic...
The Coming Crisis: Obama administration 'bailed out' GM salmon firm
The Coming Crisis: Obama administration 'bailed out' GM salmon firm: The Obama administration awarded a coveted research grant to a financially strapped company working to put genetically modified (GM) salmon....
Sunday, October 23, 2011
The Coming Crisis: Dear White House: Please Tell Us the Truth About E.T.
The Coming Crisis: Dear White House: Please Tell Us the Truth About E.T.: When the White House promised to answer citizen petitions on the most pressing problems of the day, it may not have had extraterrestrial life in mind and...."formally acknowledge an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race.".....
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
The Coming Crisis: South Texas Enjoys Major Boom From Oil Fracking....DID THEY CAUSE THE 5.0 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE?
The Coming Crisis: South Texas Enjoys Major Boom From Oil Fracking....DID THEY CAUSE THE 5.0 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE? - 20th Oct 2011: Bill Cotulla's hand rests on the handle of his great-grandfather's cane, his gravelly voice recounting the changes in the small town...
The Coming Crisis: UK: Climate change migration 'warning' issued through report
The Coming Crisis: UK: Climate change migration warning issued through report: Governments and aid agencies should help the world's poorest to move away from areas likely to be hit by flooding and drought, a UK report says...
The Migration and Global Environmental Change Foresight Report is the most detailed study carried out on the effect of flooding, drought and rising sea levels on human migration patterns over the next 50 years.
The Coming Crisis: Thailand floods: Bangkok 'impossible to protect'
The Coming Crisis: Thailand floods: Bangkok 'impossible to protect': The Thai government says it will be impossible to protect all of the capital from flooding because of a build-up of water to the north....
The Coming Crisis: Ohio tragedy shows wild animals belong in the wild
The Coming Crisis: Ohio tragedy shows wild animals belong in the wild: Exotic animals should live in the wild, not be exploited in profit-motivated zoos -- or worse — as "pets" or backyard oddities by people who...
The Coming Crisis: 2,000 sharks slaughtered for fins off Colombia
The Coming Crisis: 2,000 sharks slaughtered for fins off Colombia: About 2,000 sharks appear to have been slaughtered for their fins in a Pacific Ocean marine sanctuary off Colombia, the Guardian reports....
The Coming Crisis: Arizona ski slopes using recycled sewage to make snow: Indians oppose this action
The Coming Crisis: Arizona ski slopes using recycled sewage to make snow: Indians oppose this action: A ski area in the US state of Arizona hopes to become the latest in a small number of resorts using "recycled" sewer water to make snow....
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
1 Killed in Arizona Dust Storm Poor visibility leads to multi-car pile-up
1 Killed in Arizona Dust Storm Poor visibility leads to multi-car pile-up - "The dust storms are the worst we've ever seen," says one official.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
High-profile activist was a police spy
High-profile activist was a police spy - A British academic who is now promoting
anti-racism and anti fascism has been working as a police spy on anti
racist groups and disrupting their activities for 10 years.
London Greenpeace said, by exposing Lambert, they sought to show “recent police spies outed were not 'rogue officers' but part of an unacceptable pattern of immoral infiltration of environmental groups, condoned at a high level.”
London Greenpeace said, by exposing Lambert, they sought to show “recent police spies outed were not 'rogue officers' but part of an unacceptable pattern of immoral infiltration of environmental groups, condoned at a high level.”
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What a pathetic waste of time.....This is one of the reasons why the police can never catch real crooks because they waste time of fruitless sting operations spying on innocent people and wasting resources that can be used elsewhere to fight real crime and catch real criminals......Rubbish and pathetic.
Besides when disaster strikes it affects us all, nature doesn't select only a few individuals to flood for example....Let's use common sense.....I am just SO SICK of dealing with people who have a pea brain!!!
Edge of Darkness
Edge of Darkness - This was a pretty good film I watched when it came out at the cinema in 2010 - Starring Mel Gibson, all about environmental activists and people trying to kill them, in some cases, successfully, because they know too much.
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Life imitates art, or is it the other way round......Anyway, it appears that villains don't only exist in films or works of fiction!
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Life imitates art, or is it the other way round......Anyway, it appears that villains don't only exist in films or works of fiction!
Fracking industry will be minimally regulated in UK, letters reveal
Fracking industry will be minimally regulated in UK, letters reveal - Correspondence between government and agencies shows confusion as to who will be responsible for controversial practice
Earth Tremors in Purley Way Croydon
About a week or two ago I was standing in the Ikea store in Purley way Croydon and as I stood still for a few minutes I felt the ground under me shaking almost like earth tremors, I was with someone on that day and asked them if they had felt the same, but unfortunately, they had not.
I told a few people and they suggested that it could be trains, but there are no underground tube lines there, although there are tram lines and overhead railway services.
In the same week or possibly the week before that, I observed a strange colouring in the sky, some type of reddish or orange light in the sky all over as far as the eyes could see. It was late at night, probably around 9 or 10 p.m. yet you could see this brightness in the sky when it really should have been dark.
Anyway, I hope it was nothing.
But, to be forewarned is to be forearmed.
Related External Links
List of earthquakes in the British Isles
No longer a wild child, environment activist may be a PhD in a suit drafting policy papers | The Republic
No longer a wild child, environment activist may be a PhD in a suit drafting policy papers | The Republic
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No longer a wild child....LOL.....As if there is anything wild about wanted to live in an unpolluted environment with fresh air etc
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No longer a wild child....LOL.....As if there is anything wild about wanted to live in an unpolluted environment with fresh air etc
Monday, October 17, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Grant Lawrence--Bodhi Thunder: Former New Orleans Police Officer Claims Katrina Alien Abductions, Secret Reptilian-Government Program
Grant Lawrence--Bodhi Thunder: Former New Orleans Police Officer Claims Katrina Alien Abductions, Secret Reptilian-Government Program: Grant Lawrence--Bodhi Thunder A former Police Officer, who calls himself Matt, claims he was abducted during the Hurricane Katrina Disaster...
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Sunday, October 09, 2011
The Coming Crisis: Giant Alien Snails Attack Miami, Though They're Not in Much of a Rush
The Coming Crisis: Giant Alien Snails Attack Miami, Though They're Not in Much of a Rush: Floridians have grown accustomed to invasions of exotic creatures, like the Burmese pythons slithering throughout the Everglades....
Committed: My Favorite Radiation-Induced Superheroes
Committed: My Favorite Radiation-Induced Superheroes
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Came across this on another blog and thought it looked interesting, especially as someone spiked my drink with radioactive substances last year.....There really are a number of monsters walking around this beautiful planets of ours.....Don't you think?
Friday, October 07, 2011
The Coming Crisis: Hundreds killed in Thai floods - 5th Oct 2011
The Coming Crisis: Hundreds killed in Thai floods - 5th Oct 2011: The death toll from months of devastating floods in Thailand has risen to 237, authorities said Wednesday . More rain could hit the waterlog...
The Coming Crisis: Thousands petition Obama to reveal 'government secrets' about UFOs and extraterrestrials
The Coming Crisis: Thousands petition Obama to reveal 'government secrets' about UFOs and extraterrestrials - 6th Oct 2011: The search for intelligent life beyond the stars has landed on President Obama's desk. More than 7,500 people have signed a petition askin...
The Coming Crisis: Car left stranded in giant pothole after burst water main causes road to collapse - 5th Oct 2011
The Coming Crisis: Car left stranded in giant pothole after burst water main causes road to collapse - 5th Oct 2011: Many of us get that sinking feeling on the way to work. For this driver, however, the problem ran a little deeper. As she made her way...
Thursday, October 06, 2011
The Coming Crisis: Dead Birds found as Grounded container ship Rena leaks oil off New Zealand port of Tauranga
The Coming Crisis: Dead Birds found as Grounded container ship Rena leaks oil off New Zealand port of Tauranga - 6th Oct 2011: OIL has leaked from a container ship that was holed after hitting a reef off the New Zealand port of Tauranga. Salvage co...
The Coming Crisis:Indonesia Lampung Prepares for Eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau
The Coming Crisis: Indonesia Lampung Prepares for Eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau - 6th Oct 2011: As the regency closest to Mt Anak Krakatau, South Lampung is preparing the worst-case scenario to anticipate the increasing activities...
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Citizen scientists find rare 9-spotted ladybugs in NY; first found in state in 29 years | The Republic
Citizen scientists find rare 9-spotted ladybugs in NY; first found in state in 29 years | The Republic
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Well, I saw one in London a few weeks ago, crawled in my palm for a few minutes before it flew off......Hadn't seen one in 10 years before then.
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Well, I saw one in London a few weeks ago, crawled in my palm for a few minutes before it flew off......Hadn't seen one in 10 years before then.
Monday, October 03, 2011
Fire crews tackle explosion in Lingfield, Surrey
Fire crews tackle explosion in Lingfield - Up to six people are reported as missing following a large explosion on an industrial estate in Lingfield, Surrey.
The Coming Crisis: Category 4 Hurricane Ophelia grows as it's trekking north toward Newfoundland in Canada - 2nd Oct 2011
The Coming Crisis: Category 4 Hurricane Ophelia grows as it's trekking north toward Newfoundland in Canada - 2nd Oct 2011: Forecasters say Ophelia is a dangerous Category 4 hurricane while trekking north toward Newfoundland in Canada. The National Hurricane...
The Coming Crisis: Millions of Bees Mysteriously Die in Florida
The Coming Crisis: Millions of Bees Mysteriously Die in Florida: Florida officials are abuzz as to how millions of honey bees were killed in Brevard County. Several beekeepers in the county have reported ...
Sunday, October 02, 2011
The Coming Crisis: 4.1 Magnitude Earthquake UKRAINE
The Coming Crisis: 4.1 Magnitude Earthquake UKRAINE - 2nd Oct 2011: A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck Ukraine at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles...
The Coming Crisis: 4.0 Magnitude Earthquake SPAIN - 2nd Oct 2011
The Coming Crisis: 4.0 Magnitude Earthquake SPAIN - 2nd Oct 2011: A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck Spain at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles...
The Coming Crisis: 4.7 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA
The Coming Crisis: 4.7 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA - 2nd Oct 2011: A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Kamchatka, Russia at a depth of 43.7 km...
The Coming Crisis: Another Devastating Drought Is Expected Next Year In Texas
The Coming Crisis: Another Devastating Drought Is Expected Next Year In Texas: Remember when Wichita Falls, Texas experienced 100 days of heat over 100 degrees? Unfortunately this rare heat wave is expected to return...
The Coming Crisis: ROSAT: ANOTHER satellite to crash land soon, and the odds of it hitting someone are even higher
The Coming Crisis: ROSAT: ANOTHER satellite to crash land soon, and the odds of it hitting someone are even higher: The world was gripped by the Nasa UARS satellite that fell back to Earth last Saturday – and now there’s another that’s plummeting back from...
The Coming Crisis: Britain to bask in hottest October ever as heatwave continues through the weekend
The Coming Crisis: Britain to bask in hottest October ever as heatwave continues through the weekend: The autumn heatwave is expected to reach its peak this weekend after Friday saw temperatures of 84F (29.2C) Forecasters are predicting that...
The Coming Crisis: Recent flooding spawns new wave of aggressive mosquitoes in Vermont
The Coming Crisis: Recent flooding spawns new wave of aggressive mosquitoes in Vermont: Flooding from Tropical Storm Irene appears to have spawned a new wave of particularly aggressive mosquitoes in Vermont, keeping the threat...
Saturday, October 01, 2011
The Coming Crisis: Another Devastating Drought Is Expected Next Year In Texas
The Coming Crisis: Another Devastating Drought Is Expected Next Year In Texas: Remember when Wichita Falls, Texas experienced 100 days of heat over 100 degrees? Unfortunately this rare heat wave is expected to return...
The Coming Crisis: Child found dead as one-year-old girl and man, 37, recover in hospital after barn fires rage out of control
The Coming Crisis: Child found dead as one-year-old girl and man, 37, recover in hospital after barn fires rage out of control - 1st Oct 2011: Police searching for a child who went missing during a massive fire at a farm have confirmed the discovery of a body. The youngster had not...
The Coming Crisis: 4.6 Magnitude Earthquake NEVADA
The Coming Crisis: 4.6 Magnitude Earthquake NEVADA - 1st Oct 2011: A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Nevada at a depth of 9.2 km (5.7 miles)...
The Coming Crisis: Dead harbour seals pose mystery on New Hampshire beaches
The Coming Crisis: Dead harbour seals pose mystery on New Hampshire beaches - 30th Sept 2011: Biologists are working to find out why the corpses of young harbor seals have been washing up on New Hampshire beaches this week....
The Coming Crisis: 5.2 Magnitude Earthquake MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
The Coming Crisis: 5.2 Magnitude Earthquake MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES - 1st Oct 2011: A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Mindanao, Philippines at a depth of 610.5 km (379.4 ...
The Coming Crisis: Bees mysteriously die in Florida county
The Coming Crisis: Bees mysteriously die in Florida county - 30th Sept 2011: Mysterious deaths of bees in hives in Florida's Brevard Country have beekeepers and officials mystified as to how it happened, they say....
The Coming Crisis: Hurricane Ophelia grows to Category 3 as it approaches US East Coast
The Coming Crisis: Hurricane Ophelia grows to Category 3 as it approaches US East Coast: Ophelia strengthened Friday into a Category 3 hurricane, with winds of 115 mph as it barreled northward across the Atlantic at nearly 12 mph...
The Coming Crisis: Passengers use bottled water to get overheated train started due to UK heatwave
The Coming Crisis: Passengers use bottled water to get overheated train started due to UK heatwave: Passengers donated bottles of drinking water to get their train working again after it broke down because of the heatwave. The National Exprees East Anglia...
The Coming Crisis: Japanese invent miniature version of Noah's Ark built to withstand earthquakes and tsunamis
The Coming Crisis: Japanese invent miniature version of Noah's Ark built to withstand earthquakes and tsunamis - 30th Sept 2011: It might look like a giant tennis ball, but in the land of the rising sun this quirky contraption is being marketed as the answer...
The Coming Crisis: 4.6 Magnitude Earthquake SPAIN
The Coming Crisis: 4.6 Magnitude Earthquake SPAIN - 1st Oct 2011: A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Spain at a depth of 15 km (9.3 miles)...
The Coming Crisis: 4.2 Magnitude Earthquake EASTERN TURKEY
The Coming Crisis: 4.2 Magnitude Earthquake EASTERN TURKEY - 1st Oct 2011: A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck Eastern Turkey at a depth of 2 km (1.2 mi...
The Coming Crisis: 4.2 Magnitude Earthquake EASTERN TURKEY
The Coming Crisis: 4.2 Magnitude Earthquake EASTERN TURKEY - 1st Oct 2011: A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck Eastern Turkey at a depth of 2 km (1.2 mi...
The Coming Crisis: 4.4 Magnitude Earthquake CENTRAL TURKEY
The Coming Crisis: 4.4 Magnitude Earthquake CENTRAL TURKEY - 30th Sept 2011: A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck Central Turkey at a depth of 11 km (6.8 mil...
The Coming Crisis: 5.4 Magnitude Earthquake ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION - 1st Oct 2011
The Coming Crisis: 5.4 Magnitude Earthquake ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION - 1st Oct 2011: A magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck the Andaman Islands, India Region at a depth of 41.1km...
The Coming Crisis: 4.7 Magnitude Earthquake ALAMAGAN REGION, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS - 1st Oct 2011
The Coming Crisis: 4.7 Magnitude Earthquake ALAMAGAN REGION, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS - 1st Oct 2011: A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Alamagan Region, Northern Mariana Islands at a depth of 251.4 km...
The Coming Crisis: Rabbit fever outbreak in Kansas
The Coming Crisis: Rabbit fever outbreak in Kansas - 30th Sept 2011: A wildlife laboratory in Athens has confirmed an outbreak of what is commonly known as "rabbit fever" in Kansas. The disease tularemia...
The Coming Crisis: Hundreds dead, 660,000 displaced by Pakistan flooding - 1st Oct 2011
The Coming Crisis: Hundreds dead, 660,000 displaced by Pakistan flooding - 1st Oct 2011: The death toll continues to rise from devastating flooding in southeastern Pakistan, with authorities saying Friday that 107 children are...
The Coming Crisis: 2nd typhoon in a week lashes rain-soaked Philippines
The Coming Crisis: 2nd typhoon in a week lashes rain-soaked Philippines - 30th Sept 2011: The second typhoon in a week has made landfall in the northern Philippines which is still reeling from floods alongside several Asian countries...
The Coming Crisis: Texas Wildfires Still Raging: 5000 Acres Northeast of Abilene
The Coming Crisis: Texas Wildfires Still Raging: 5000 Acres Northeast of Abilene - 30th Sept 2011: As wildfires burn statewide in unstable, windy conditions, Texans learn that the historic drought will last at least through winter...
The Coming Crisis: Southeast Asia reels from floods as storm whacks Vietnam
The Coming Crisis: Southeast Asia reels from floods as storm whacks Vietnam - 30th Sept 2011: A tropical storm whacked into Vietnam on Friday, forcing 20,000 people to be evacuated, as the Philippines braced for a new typhoon...
The Coming Crisis: Plutonium detected outside compound of Fukushima plant
The Coming Crisis: Plutonium detected outside compound of Fukushima plant - 1st Oct 2011: The government has detected plutonium apparently from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant outside the compound of the plant for the...
The Coming Crisis: More cracks and loose marble found on quake damaged Washington Monument
The Coming Crisis: More cracks and loose marble found on quake damaged Washington Monument - 30th Sept 2011: It is one of the nation's most iconic structures. But during last month's earthquake, the Washington Monument was severely shaken, causing...
Environmental, Health and Safety News: Global spending on advanced oil, gas exploration tech to hit $10.17 billion in 2011
Environmental, Health and Safety News: Global spending on advanced oil, gas exploration tech to hit $10.17 billion in 2011: Although the Arctic has incredible potential energy resources - the United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimates 90 billion barrels...