Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Ukraine: frost and drought cause damage to early vegetables
Weather conditions are unfavorable for growing early vegetables, reported Ukrainian farmers to specialists of APK-Inform. Night frost caused substantial damage on early cabbage and potatoes and almost destroyed plantations of strawberry in most regions of Ukraine. The most substantial damage was caused by frost in Eastern regions of Ukraine.
India: Social activists express concern over apathy to global warming
Dehradun, Apr 27 (ANI): Social activists and voluntary organizations here have expressed concern that political parties are not taking up the issue of global warming.

Social activists like Padmashri, Dr. Anil Joshi said that political parties have never raised the serious issue of global warming in their election manifestos.
Daily Sound — Pretending to save the planet
Be as green as you like, but the planet and its resources are finite and can sustain only a finite number of passengers. Overload it and everyone perishes—no matter how devotedly “green” they are.

When we ignore the growing numbers of human population, we are only pretending to save the planet. We may fool ourselves, but we cannot fool Mother Nature.

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