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Industrial Accidents and Global Inequity: The Contrasting Cases of Bhopal and BP Horizon Deepwater
Bhopal India Almost 26 years have passed since the night of December 3rd 1984, when the people of Bhopal (India) were enveloped in a poisonous miasmic cloud of methyl isocyanate, which gushed forth from the Union Carbide chemical plant. An estimated...
Russian Scientists Accuse the U.S. of Provoking the Heatwaves Sweeping the Country Using Weather Weapons
Fire and Smoke in Western Russia on August 4, 2010 According to Russian scientists the origin of the heatwave currently sweeping the country would be Alaska, in a room heavily guarded by the Navy and the U.S. Air Force where rows of antennas are aligned....
Tropical storm Agatha leads to 100 deaths in Central America
Around 100 people have lost their lives in Central America to floods and landslides initiated by Agatha, the first tropical storm to hit the Eastern Pacific this season. Officials have said that torrential rains brought along by the tropical storm have...
Another, larger Icelandic volcano may erupt
Another eruption is possible from a larger volcano form Iceland’s glacier, said scientists in Europe, as there has been a 200 percent increase in the activity of the Katla volcano in Iceland. The government has assured that it is ready to face the...
US oil-leak into the Gulf of Mexico may be the worst in US history
US scientists and lawmakers have stated that the leak in the seabed well which is spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico could be the worst oil spill in US history, which would eclipse even the Exxon Valdez incident in Alaska in 1989. They further stated...
Undersea Volcano Could Trigger Tsunami Wipe Southern Italy
A gigantic undersea volcano could result in a tsunami that would wipe the southern coast of Italy if it erupts, according to a volvanologist. The walls of the largest underwater volcano in Europe could collapse, releasing thousands of tons of magma, which...
Over one billion people lack access to safe drinking water
Over one billion people lack access to safe drinking water, and more than two billion live without improved sanitation. Those are the facts of today’s world that we live in and if that wasn’t enough the UN has announced on World Water Day...
4.6 magnitude earthquake hits California
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck off the Northern California coast early Saturday morning according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The 4.6 magnitude quake struck at 12:46 a.m. and was located in the Pacific Ocean about 30 miles west of Ferndale. The...
Powerful magnitude 6 Earthquake strikes Turkey
A powerful magnitude 6 earthquake, struck the eastern part of Turkey early Monday morning, with authorities claiming over 40 deaths and injuring around 100. Around 5 hours later, a magnitude 5.5 aftershock shook the region according to the U.S. Geological...
