Saturday, March 18, 2006

ECOLOGY

Here are 3 reports that you need to read.....................PEACE................Scott


NASA Puts Its Weight Behind Warming Signs
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/031306EA.shtml
A new study by NASA confirms accelerated global warming and predicts an
irreversible decline of the Greenland ice sheet by the end of this century. A
NASA researcher also said: "A few months ago this press release might have been
seriously edited or not approved." The Bush administration recently changed its
policy of censoring climate change news.

China Must Step Up Environmental Protection or Face Disaster
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/031306EB.shtml
China must sharply improve environmental protection or it could face disaster
following two decades of breakneck growth that have poisoned its air, water and
soil, the country's top environmental official warned, saying "... prosperity at
the expense of the environment is very superficial and very weak."

Death of the World's Rivers
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/031306EC.shtml
The world's great rivers are drying up at an alarming rate, with devastating
consequences for humanity, animals and the future of the planet. One-fifth of
all freshwater fish species either face extinction or are already extinct.

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