TUNA is becoming scarce in the world and a meeting which has been sheltered and put on the back burner because of the climate change summit will now determine our tuna’s future. The Western Central Pacific is the last remaining healthy fishery in the world and the source of over half the world’s tuna. Yellowfin [...]
Archive | January, 2010
No solution for climate
WORLD leaders walked away from Copenhagen with no solution on how to curb the inevitable climate change. In the most important climate change meeting since Kyoto – where the first treaty was written – world leaders must agree on a solution to cut global greenhouse emissions in time to avoid catastrophic climate change. Both America [...]
North China struggles with icy cold snap
BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing authorities shut schools, mobilized extra buses and ordered thousands of residents to help clear icy roads and paths with shovels on Monday, as the Chinese capital struggled with its harshest winter weather in years.
China battles to stop diesel polluting Yellow River
BEIJING (Reuters) – More than 700 people are battling to prevent up a leak of around 150,000 liters of diesel oil spilled into a Chinese river from reaching the Yellow River 70 kilometers away, state media said on Sunday.
Death toll from Brazil mudslides rises to 76
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – At least 76 people have died in flooding and mudslides in Brazil’s three largest states over the past four days, O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper reported on Sunday.
Colombian volcano erupts, evacuation ordered
BOGOTA (Reuters) – The Galeras volcano in southern Colombia erupted on Saturday, shooting rock and ash and prompting authorities to order the evacuation of about 8,000 people.
Heavy snow hits Beijing, stranding thousands
BEIJING (Reuters) – Heavy snow hit Beijing on Sunday, stranding thousands of passengers at the Chinese capital’s main airport and casting an unusual quiet over normally busy streets as people stayed out of the freezing weather.
Brazil death toll from floods, mudslides rises to 64
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Rescue crews on Saturday intensified the search for victims at a plush Brazilian beach resort ravaged by mudslides and flooding that have killed at least 64 people in three states.