Saks Fifth Avenue Shopper Finds Cry for 'HELP!" From Factory 'Slave' Inside S... - 2 views
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Cecilia Bustrén on 01 May 14Prisons in China are made into factories, and the prisoners are forced into labor and slavery.
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To empower African women, turn words into action - CNN - 1 views
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Women are mobilizing alongside their male counterparts for greater political freedom like we have seen in Egypt and Tunisia. Women are robustly active in the workforce and serve as CEOs of Fortune 500 companies.
BBC News - Smell of forest pine can limit climate change - researchers - 1 views
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Aerosols in the air from pine trees (what carries their scent) block sunlight and reflect rays back into space, and thus counters climate change and has a cooling effect.
Standard Digital News : : Business - Cisco builds network to attract girls into ICT - 0 views
The Lasting Effects of Exxon Valdez - Lingering Oil - 1 views
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Includes video and good facts : Approximately 11 million gallons, or 257,000 barrels, of oil spilled into Prince William Sound, and approximately 1,300 miles of shoreline were impacted. Congress passed legislation to improve tanker safety and increase spill prevention and response preparation in the still-recovering sound.
Arctic melt releasing ancient gas - 0 views
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Scientists have identified thousands of sites in the Arctic where methane that has been stored for many millennia is bubbling into the atmosphere. The methane has been trapped by ice, but is able to escape as the ice melts. Writing in the journal Nature Geoscience, the researchers say this ancient gas could have a significant impact on climate change.
Picture: Erosion - 0 views
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Picture: "Ghorama is an island located in West Bengal, India, that is eroding into the ocean due to a dramatic increase in the sea level."
Thailand Flooding Death Toll Tops 500 - 0 views
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"The number of people killed by months of flooding in northern Thailand has risen to more than 500, officials say." Governments are putting a $4 billion plan into action.
Four-degree rise demands 90-degree rethink - 0 views
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Lost since 1979 ... about 80 per cent of summer sea-ice. Photo: Nick Cobbing Climate change has moved into a new and dangerous phase. The Arctic has been warming two to three times faster than the rest of the world.
Smuggling Tunnel on US-Mexico Border - 0 views
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Federal authorities in the United States and Mexico said they'd located an unfinished smuggling tunnel this week during a border sweep in Nogales, Ariz. The unfinished tunnel originates in Mexico and extends 133 feet into the United States, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement.
Mexico condemns killing of Mexican migrant by US Border Patrol agent - 0 views
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Mexico's government says it's "profoundly worried" by the killing of a Mexican migrant who was shot last week by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Arizona. The Foreign Relations Department said in a statement Thursday that it has asked for a thorough investigation into the slaying of Gabriel Sanchez Velazquez.
How Is Fukushima\'s Fallout Affecting Marine Life? - 0 views
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The Fukushima nuclear disaster delivered an unprecedented amount of radioactivity into the sea over a relatively brief time. How did that pulse of cesium and other radioisotopes make its way through the marine food chain?
President Obama targets coal power plants, pushes renewable energy in new climate chang... - 0 views
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WASHINGTON -- Taking climate change efforts into his own hands, President Barack Obama is proposing sweeping steps to limit heat-trapping pollution from coal-fired power plants and to boost renewable energy production on federal property.
Dozens feared dead in Quebec oil-train derailment - 0 views
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LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) - Blackened debris, twisted metal and gas leaks hampered rescue workers' search for perhaps dozens of bodies Tuesday, three days after a runaway oil train smashed into this small lakeside town, incinerating homes, a library and a crowded bar.
South Africa's HIV/Aids battle plan - 0 views
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A bold plan to scale-up South Africa's fight against HIV/Aids, integrating tuberculosis into its efforts against the epidemic for the first time, was announced by President Jacob Zuma on World Aids Day, 1 December 2011.