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The East Coast`s Next Big Threat - Seismic Airguns

The blasts are so loud and constant that they can disturb the vital behaviors of fish, dolphins, whales and sea turtle. Seismic airguns can cause temporary and permanent hearing loss, drive animals from their homes, disrupt mating and force animals to become stranded on beaches.

(FT. LAUDERDALE, FL) - Seismic airguns could be the East Coast’s next big threat.

In fact, the federal government is currently considering allowing their use to search for offshore oil and gas deposits in an area twice the size of California, stretching all the way from Delaware to Florida.

PressTV: `Google employees exposed to TCE`

Googleplex buildings in California are toxic with TCE; Google falls in step with US govt. by failing to notify employees.

(MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA) - Salem-News.com news editor, Tim King, is now writing a weekly column for Press TV.

His first article examines the plight of Google employees in California who work, many unknowingly, on heavily contaminated land once occupied by computer chip manufacturers who used the toxic chemical TCE (trichloroethylene) for years, with large amounts of the chemical spilling and leaching into groundwater in the surrounding area.

The Climate Emergency

Rapid human-induced climate change‹too long neglected‹needs to become a top U.S. financial and political priority. It is humanity¹s deadliest common enemy.

(WASHINGTON DC) - President Obama launched a long overdue national Climate Action Plan in his Georgetown University speech on June 26, but it did not fully come to grips with the climate emergency already upon us.

While overall the plan deserves enthusiastic support, it is still an early palliative step on the path to stabilizing the climate.

Vietnam: a Victim of Chemical Weapons

Owing to the great harm to humans and the environment, most countries agree to add chemical weapons to the list of weapons of mass destruction...

(DA NANG Vietnam) - After nuclear weapons, chemical weapons are one of the most destructive weapons, causing mass destruction because chemicals in this type of weapon have a common character...

They're highly toxic, fast-acting to cause major losses to the enemy or direct hazard for many people, animals and plants in general.

Arrest Warrants Issued Against Burmese Human Rights Defenders

Two of the activists are part of the Yangon People Service Network which campaigns for the respect of rule of law and democracy in Burma.

(YORK, UK) - Remarks over the controversial Letpadaung copper mine project in Burma led to the issuance of arrest warrants against three Human rights defenders.

The mine is a joint venture between the Burmese military's Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited and Wan Bao Company, a subsidiary of a Chinese arms manufacturer.

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS): Closure Has Ocean Desalination Ramifications

So Cal Edison permanent closure in San Clemente might have far-reaching implications for other projects in California, including the Poseidon Huntington Beach Seawater Desalination Facility in Orange County.

(LAGUNA BEACH) - Statements made by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to the Times hint at possible multiple game changers regarding controversial “Once-Through-Cooling” (OTC) at power grid facilities.

The natural gas powered, AES-operated Huntington Beach plant that supplies SCE customers brought two (2) dormant, once-retired units back online last year to offset the SONGS being offline, and that’s where it starts getting intriguing.

Scientists Confirm Marines` Poisonous Camp Lejeune Water Wells Date Back to Mid-Century

Advocates for the veterans’ families say Marines no longer can deny responsibility.

(CAMP LEJEUNE, NC) - Federal health officials continue to uncover excessive levels of previous water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.

A new study of the North Carolina base’s main water system that was released Friday demonstrates a rapidly increasing level of human carcinogens in the drinking water starting as early as 1948 and peaking in the mid-1980s.

The Most Contaminated Land in the Middle East

Seemingly it took 2000 years for the Jews to come back to their so-called ‘promised land’ but just a few years to pollute the rivers and contaminate the land.

(LONDON) - Ynet reported today that Haifa District Court judge ruled that there was no causal link between Kishon River’s pollution and the illness of more than 70 Israeli Navy seal divers, despite expert claims that 'exposure to one molecule' could lead to illness.

For more than 25 years, the Israeli elite Navy seals used to dive and train in the Kishon River in the Haifa Bay, apparently, the most polluted river in Israel.

Heal The Bay 2013 Beach Report Card: Flunked Again

Santa Monica Non-Profit Fails Overall Water Quality Truth Test.

(LAGUNA BEACH) - If you’re a parent and your kid brings home a straight A+ report card, you should first be worried about the “A+.”

Okay, C+ or B+ is one thing, but like the physical attributes of a woman or a man, there’s no such thing as a perfect “10” or in this case an “A+”.

Animal Welfare Expert, Dr. Temple Grandin Calls Horse Tripping Abusive

Other horse and animal experts have also added strong statements in defense of the bill and against horse tripping which can cause severe injuries such as broken necks, injured spines and broken legs to the animals.

(JORDAN VALLEY, OR) - World renowned animal welfare expert and critically acclaimed author Temple Grandin, Ph.D., has issued a stinging statement against horse tripping, an event that is held at the Jordan Valley Rodeo in Oregon.

Currently under consideration, Senate Bill 835 would ban tripping horses and roping horses' legs in the course of a rodeo event. Sen. Mark Hass, D-Beaverton, is sponsoring the bill with Sen. Brian Boquist, R-Dallas.