Protesters here in Minneapolis have been targeted by a series of highly intimidating, sweeping police raids across the city, involving teams of 25-30 officers in riot gear, with sub-machine guns drawn, entering homes of those suspected of planning protests, handcuffing…
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Tuesdays with Turtles – Wednesday Hook Edition
by oliveridley • August 28, 2008
WWF – Fishing Technology That’s Letting Turtles Off the Hook – Turns out that a small change in hook design can save a lot of turtles from getting caught in longline hooks. But the story’s not really about the shape…
Recycling better than landfilling even to China
by oliveridley • August 20, 2008
Sending old newspapers and plastic bottles 10,000 miles for recycling in China produces more carbon savings than landfilling it in Britain and making new goods, reveals a study from the government body charged with reducing UK waste.In the last 10…
Clothianidin and the Colony Collapse Disorder
by oliveridley • August 19, 2008
Clothianidin is the pesticide at the center of controversy. It is used to coat corn, sugar beet and sorghum seeds and is part of a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids. The pesticide was blamed for bee deaths in France and…
India's Environmental Portal
by oliveridley • August 14, 2008
Home | India Environment Portal This is a very useful undertaking by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) to gather up a lot of technical information about India’s environmental research and activism. They have a small multimedia section as…
Tuesdays with Turtles – Triumphant Return
by oliveridley • August 13, 2008
So, blogging has been light this summer as Olive Ridley’s partner made her way to Canada and is settling in. Also, it is summer in BC and beautiful as hell, so the prospect of sitting down and typing on a…
Pakistan helped Kabul terrorist act on Indian Embassy
by oliveridley • August 1, 2008
American intelligence agencies have concluded that members of Pakistan’s powerful spy service helped plan the deadly July 7 bombing of India’s embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, according to United States government officials.The conclusion was based on intercepted communications between Pakistani intelligence…