Company Fined For Chopping Worker's Fingers Off

£15,000 Fine For Cutting Mans Fingers Off Roydon Granulation, a plastics recycling company in Rochdale, UK, have been fined £15,000 after a high speed fan cut four fingers of a workers left hand leading to two...

BP stops the oil spill with mud

AP reported:BP says it is trying to seal the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico by pumping heavy mud into it. BP said in a news release Wednesday that the "top kill" maneuver has started. The top kill has never before been tried a mile beneath the sea, and company...

Health Canada is watching your garage sale

Health Canada may not take too kindly to those Trash to Treasure items you are trying to sell to your neighbours or public at your Vancouver or Lower Mainland spring garage sale. Garage sales and flea markets are...

Buried shells in Houston are no treasure

Rice study finds early roadbeds leach greenhouse gas into rivers - Rice University has completed a study which accomplished a fate-le-feat. They discovered that the roads created in the Houston area in the 20th...

A Solution to Stop Garbage Destroying Tourism

Tourism is an essential source of income for countries across the South. But many put that livelihood in jeopardy when they lose control of garbage collection. A popular tourist spot can represent a ...

The cost of pollution, not only a matter of dollars. Lives too

By, Uwe Paschen. A study conducted by the London-based consultancy Trucost, which is due to be published this summer, found that the combined damage of only the world's 3000 biggest companies was worth US $2.2...

My Father, My Folk Hero

My Father, My Folk Hero By Art Tibaldo      Baguio City, Philippines - My father Marcelo Tibaldo left us and joined his creator on February 9, 2010. He has completed the marathon of life reaching the finish line at age 78. We are truly grateful for having him...

Toronto Sends Trash to London, ON Instead of Michigan Landfill

Waste in the City of Toronto will no longer be sent 400 km to Carlton Farms Landfill across the border in Michigan.  Michigan had limited Toronto's trash volume in 2004, but recently announced they will be...

Mt. Saint Helens Rescue: Hiker 's Body Discovered, Airlifted Out

The body of the Mount Saint Helens hiker who fell 1,000 feet into the volcano has been recovered by a navy helicopter. Earlier in the day, 52-year-old Joseph Bohlig was believed to be alive, and a rescue mission was...

Have you heard of WFES

I am under the impression the world is really not paying much attention to the World Future Energy Summit, is it? Here in Brazil I have not heard a word of it on TV, Radio or from the periodicals....

Walmart Charges for Bags in California

Walmart charges for bags now at a few stores in California. Three Walmart stores in Folsom and Citrus Heights now require shoppers to either bring their own bags, or pay fifteen cents for a reusable bag at...

Britain’s Wildlife Winter Crisis.

With the icy weather predicted to last at least another week, this winter could be the single greatest wildlife killer of the new millennium. The savage wintry weather is pushing Britain’s wildlife to the brink of...

Yellow Pages Canada Opt-out Program: No More Paper Directories

If you resent unsolicited Yellow Pages paper directory as much as I do, you now have an option to stop unwanted paper directories at source. Yellow Pages Group now allow Canadians to opt out and stop receiving yellow pages phone books. How to enroll in Yellow Pages Canada's...

NSS camp on disaster management concludes

  "  MUSSOORIE, 30 Dec: The 7 day NSS Camp on Disaster Management held in Mussoorie Inter College concluded with the distribution of prizes by the Chief Guest on the occasion, Mussoorie MLA Jot Singh...

Project Green Glow - Empowering School Teachers as Green Leaders

GOING GREEN - TEACHERS THE CHANGE AGENT Teachers play a crucial role in creating and influencing the attitude and actions of children and there by of the community. Keeping this in mind,  Rotary Learning...

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