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Show THE ZEPHYR/ AUGUST-SEPTEMBER THE BULLETIN 2006 BOARD of DOOM! Tidbits from around the world that confirm our simple premise---that this is the End of Civilization as we know it. Migratory birds have suffered a dramatic decline in numbers, according to a The Yangtze, China's longest study. river, is "cancerous" with Species that migrate thousands pollution, reports in the of miles from Africa to the UK country's state media have said. have been the worst hit over the last 30 years. The Environmental experts fear researchers say the cause of pollution from untreated the decline remains a agricultural and industrial waste “mystery”, but could be linked . could turn the Yangtze into a to climate change, habitat destruction or pesticide use. "dead river" within five years. (BBC) . That would make it unable to sustain marine life or provide drinking water to the booming cities along its banks. The Yangtze rises in China's western mountains and passes through some of its h : most densely populated areas,” sely Pop GE . < BBC Most of the world’s managed rainforests are still in qreat jeopardy with only 5% being treated in a sustainable way, a new report has said. News June 2 2006 VW’a a & ee aa a SS { (a <= { e ih New Z j indivi that and Pentagon's National code-breaking, Security Agency, which is funding the NSA lo build into the mass exlensive, all-embracing personal profiles of Today, 60 million Climate change, high water demand and even tourism are putting unprecedented pressures on the world's desert ecosystems, according to a report. Renewable supplies of water which are fed to deserts by large rivers are also expected to be threatened, in some cases severely, by 2025. KZ Nese BSS, that number is expected to hit 88 mi lion. S BC MU 90.1 & 106.7 fm research uals. BBC News, excerpts for the people! discovered in eavesdropping records, allowing : BBC News June 21, 2006 Use your radio as a tool has harvesting of the information that people post about themselves on social networks. And it could harness advances in internet technology - specifically the forthcoming "semantic web" championed by the web standards organisation W3C - to combine data from social networking websites with details such as banking, retail and property ) In China, one woman kills herself every four minutes. Scientist specialises @ ——~ MSNBC (l ia G Ser The U.S. currently uses about 21 million barrels of oil a day, about 6 million of which is produced domestically. But domestic production is declining as older fields dry up. So adding ANWR oil won’t bring an increase in U.S. oil production, it will barely make up for the lost production from declining fields Nor will it make up for the increased demand of another 1.5 million barrels a day by 2013 —— unless we figure out a way to conserve a lot more oil. CHRISTY WILLIAMS!!! Program Director Christy Williams hosts 1-2-3 and Free Speech Friday. She's a "radio lifer" who has done major market radio broadcasting, but prefers Moab's creative latitude. As a psychic reader and instructor, her interests in the matters of spirit are her radio dowsing rod. Because the art of sound and image can transform anything it encounters, she aims to make space for more beauty and truth, to contribute positively to the community's cultural well. Why not? As Charles Tart says, "The whole world is an art gallery when you're mindful." MSNBC: The number of privately owned automobiles in China is now 23 million, more than double the figure three years ago, and is expected to jump to 130 million by 2030. Overall, the typical Chinese citizen still only consumes a fraction of the energy an American consumes. _ |
