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The Cooke Report
On the X Zone Radio Show
For
October 22, 2007
Each week, we discuss many of these
issues on the top alternative talk show in Canada, the
"X" Zone Radio Show, with Rob
McConnell, one of the most respected, insightful, and enlightened personalities
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Wildfires Sweep Southern California, Troops Called
Fast-moving wildfires roared across
California on Monday and engulfed large swaths of San Diego County, where
250,000 people were told to evacuate as state officials called in National Guard
troops.
California Fire Map
Global Fire Map 1
Global Fire Map 2
* Just for the first 3 weeks of October we have stories
for major fires in Greece, Paraguay, Siberia, an Russia globally and in the U.S.
California, Idaho, Kentucky, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah .
Georgia Declares State of Emergency Over Drought
Georgia has declared a state of
emergency over its worst drought in decades and appealed to President George W.
Bush for federal aid, newspapers said on Sunday.
US Drought Map
US
Drought Monitor
Georgia Lawmakers May Lift Species Protections During Drought
Georgia's congressional delegation proposed legislation Tuesday
aimed at replenishing the state's shrinking water supply by suspending
Endangered Species Act regulations during periods of extreme drought. The bill
would apply nationally, but Georgia lawmakers particularly hoped to stop the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' practice of releasing water from Georgia lakes to
protect threatened mussels and sturgeon downstream in Florida.
Staph Fatalities May Exceed Aids Deaths
More than 90,000 Americans get potentially deadly infections each
year from a drug-resistant staph "superbug," the government reported in its
first overall estimate of invasive disease caused by the germ.
Six States Report MRSA Infections, At Least Three Youths Have Died
10 Men Contract Staph Infections in NY
Schools Try to Allay Fears About Staph
New Strain of Strep Emerges as Major U.S. Infection
Rising Seas Threaten 21 Mega-Cities
Cities around the world are facing the danger of rising seas and
other disasters related to climate change. Of the 33 cities predicted to have
at least 8 million people by 2015, at least 21 are highly vulnerable, says the
Worldwatch Institute. They include Dhaka in Bangladesh; Buenos Aires, Rio de
Janeiro; Shanghai and Tianjin in China; Alexandria and Cairo in Egypt; Mumbai
and Kolkata in India; Jakarta in Indonesia; Tokyo and Osaka-Kobe in Japan; Lagos
in Nigeria; Karachi in Pakistan; Bangkok in Thailand, and New York and Los
Angeles in the United States, according to studies by the United Nations and
others.
Mount Tambora - The Strongest Volcano in Recorded History
This "super-colossal" volcanic eruption caused the deaths of at
least 71,000 people, of which 12,000 were killed directly by the eruption. It
was 10 times more powerful than the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883. The eruption
created global climate anomalies; 1816 became known as the Year Without a Summer
because of the effect on North American and European weather. Agricultural crops
failed and livestock died in much of the Northern Hemisphere, resulting in the
worst famine of the 19th century.
Year Without a Summer
Volcanic Explosivity Index
New Coast Guard Task in Arctic’s Warming Seas
For most of human history, the Arctic Ocean has been an ice-locked
frontier. But now, in one of the most concrete signs of the effect of a warming
climate on government operations, the Coast Guard is planning its first
operating base there as a way of dealing with the cruise ships and the tankers
that are already beginning to ply Arctic waters.
Can Science Really Save the World?
Ocean pumps, Sulphur blankets, Mirrors,
Cloud shields, Synthetic trees, Forests of the seas, and Fertilizing the oceans
with iron are just a few of the ideas science is considering to save the world
from global climate change.
NASA Won't Disclose Air Safety Survey
Anxious to avoid upsetting air travelers, NASA is withholding
results from an unprecedented national survey of pilots that found safety
problems like near collisions and runway interference occur far more frequently
than the government previously recognized
Fading Foliage Caused By Climate Change?
That is a question some scientists have
already begun to ask, and they don't think it is hypothetical. Already this
year, throughout New England, the foliage has been late and, some say,
unspectacular. Scientists at the University of New Hampshire project that shifts
in the climate caused by global warming will progressively dull the leaves
throughout southern New England over the next century. Maples will move north
and the remaining oaks and hickories will change colors later and with less
verve, they say. If the projections are correct, leaf-peepers may be forced as
far north as Canada for their fix of foliage.
Prescription Med Deaths Double In 10 Years
Thousands of patients are dying each
year as a result of side effects from pills prescribed by GPs and hospital
doctors.
The
Real News
What's Really Going On That Effects the World!
To view the massive and comprehensive data base
of articles we have linked on these and many other vital subjects go here:
Humanity on the Edge of Annihilation - A Table of Contents
And also visit:
The Environment
in Peril
Can We Make a Difference?
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