Archive for January 4th, 2011
Have scientists discovered how to create downpours in the desert?
Fifty rainstorms were created last year in the state’s eastern Al Ain region using technology designed to control the weather.
Christmas Communion at a NY Church May Have Infected Hundreds with Hepatitis A
Catholics who receive communion at Sunday mass believe the sacred wafer they swallow contains the body of Christ. New York health officials have warned the parishioners of a Long Island church that the wafers they received on Christmas Day may have also contained hepatitis A.
Massive fish kill and 1000s of birds fall from the sky in Arkansas
100,000 drum fish die along 20 mile corridor of Arkansas River. At least 5,000 red-winged blackbirds have died in Beebe.
Skirting EU law: The rebranding of incandescent bulbs as ‘Heat Balls’
A German businessman is getting around a law banning incandescent bulbs by selling them under a different name.
Let’s stop cow factory farms
Big companies are planning to build huge ‘mega-dairies’ in Lincolnshire. These huge, US-style factory farms keep cows inside all year. The cows aren’t even fed on grass.
The local council will soon be voting on the cow factory farm plans. The deadline for the petition is the 11th January – on that day we need to present the council with a sky-high pile of signatures!
