Posted by Isabel Cowles to findingDulcinea A large-scale Wisconsin dog breeder was bought by the state’s Humane Society in late July. More than 1,200 dogs were put up for adoption. The Humane Society acquired the facility because its owner and operator, Wallace Havens, planned to retire this year and hoped that the animals would go […]
Workers Die; Bush Administration Idles. What About McCain and Obama?
by Donna Jablonski, Jul 25, 2008 Today adds to the toll of bad news about worker safety and health, and we’ll be posting several items on that topic. You’ll see that workers have been dying while the Bush administration sits on recommended standards to protect us from workplace hazards. But the administration is racing to […]
Global warming danger of the earth.
Global warming is the increase in the average measured temperature of the Earth’s near-surface air and oceans since the mid-twentieth century, and its projected continuation. The time period for which reasonably reliable near-surface temperature records exist from actual observations from thermometers with quasi-global coverage is generally considered to start in about 1850 – […]
Organic food becomes a conscious choice
Renuka Eapen, a mother of two, switched to eating organic food because ”it would be better for my children and the environment”. Arkaja Singh made the move because organic food ”often tastes much better”. Thousands like them are driving the demand for organic food, which is now a Rs.5.6 billion market in India, according to […]
Electrocuted at Age 22
– by Tula Connell This is a cross-post from the firedoglake blog. Every day, most of us go to work and then come home. Next day: Rinse, repeat. But some U.S. workers go to work and never come home. In April 2005, Donald Wilcher Smith was one of them. The 22-year-old central Texas man was electrocuted at the Sanderson Farms processing […]
Stocks Gain On Wall Street In Morning Trading Wednesday, Ending 4-Day Slump
On open, Wall Street climbed despite a host of uncertainties: weak jobs data and a spike in oil prices, reports the Wall Street Journal. According to published reports, OPEC, hitherto the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, rejected calls to spike production – by Pres. George Bush. He commented that OPEC should allow its biggest customer’s […]
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