Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Nargis ravages Myanmar World Meterological Organization: "More than 22 000 people are now reported to have died in this disaster and some 41 000 are missing, according to state media. Hundreds of thousands of people are thought to be without clean water and shelter, with some areas still cut off. A tidal wave engendered by the cyclone flattened the low-lying Irrawaddy Delta region and is reported to have caused more deaths than the cyclone itself." "2008 pres" 6:18:29 PM     Climate Change: The earth is a beautifully complex system Environment News Network: "Greenpeace and more than 100 other environmental groups denounced projects for burying industrial greenhouse gases on Monday, exposing splits in the green movement about whether such schemes can slow global warming. Many governments and some environmental organizations such as the WWF want companies to capture heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the exhausts of power plants and factories and then entomb them in porous rocks as one way to curb climate change. But Greenpeace issued a 44-page report about the technology entitled "False Hope" [pdf]. "Carbon capture and storage is a scam. It is the ultimate coal industry pipe dream," said Emily Rochon, climate and energy campaigner at Greenpeace International and author of the report." Coyote Gulch hopes they're wrong. "cc" 5:40:41 PM

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