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Kenya: Harvesting Water to Save Crops and Lives
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 10th, 2010
Inter Press Service: Peter Kivuti, a 51-year-old farmer from Eastern Kenya, never relied on meteorological weather predictions all his life - until three years ago. It was then that rainfall in the region become less predictable. Like other farmers from Rwanguondu village, Kivuti trusted the traditional methods of weather prediction, which had been used by his forefathers for ages. "Since I was a small boy, I knew that it was going to rain heavily on March 25, every year. This meant that all farms ...
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Fireball tragedy in California suburb brings gas industry under scrutiny
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 10th, 2010
Guardian: The natural gas industry is coming under intense scrutiny today, after a massive fireball ripped through a ruptured pipeline in a suburban town near San Francisco, killing at least four people, injuring dozens more, and burning more than 50 homes to the ground. The cause of the fire, traced to a pipeline operated by the Pacific Gas & Electric company in the town of San Bruno, was under investigation today. But it ramps up public pressure for the Obama administration to take a hard ...
RELEASE/VICTORY: Australian Timber Giant Gunns to End Old Growth Logging
Posted by Water Conservation Blog on September 10th, 2010
Shows strength of Tasmanian, Australian and global forest protection movements, yet need firm dates for commitments, and assurances other bad forestry practices will not be embraced. First and foremost, as Gunns pulls out of the Forest Industries Association of Tasmania, these old-growth native forests that were to be industrially cleared must be protected, not sold to others to log certified or otherwise. EIs network contributed mightily to victory.
By Earth's Newsdesk and Forests.org, projects of Ecological Internet (EI)
CONTACT: Dr. Glen Barry, glenbarry@ecologicalinternet.org
(Tasmania, Australia) - In a massive win for the environmental movement, the new head of Tasmanian timber company Gunns Limited [search] has broke ranks with Tasmania's forest industry and confirmed it will pull out of native forest logging altogether. At an industry conference in Melbourne Thursday, Gunns new chief executive Greg L'Estrange announced the company will move away from logging native forests [search] and develop plantation-based products. Further, Gunns revealed it would quit the Forest Industries Association of Tasmania, which was arguing for a continuation of native forest logging in the state.
The promises, if fully implemented, are a huge victory for Tasmania and Australias forest movement, such as the Wilderness Society, as well as a large body of ...