News Roundup
‘BEIJING Reuters – China will make “controlling greenhouse gas emissions” an important part of its development plans, the government said, as pressure on the world’s top emitter grows ahead of global talks on tackling climate change.’
via China signals long-term plans to curb greenhouse gases | Green Business | Reuters.
‘…a large-scale California beef-packing plant owned by Cargill churned out, packaged up, and distributed widely some 830,000 pounds of ground beef tainted with antibiotic-resistant salmonella. At least 28 people in three states have been laid low by the pathogen. For salmonella, the CDC reckons that for every confirmed illness, 38 people have actually fallen ill. Thus we can assume that around 1000 people have caught the bug.’
via Cargill, the National School Lunch Program, and antibiotic-resistant salmonella | Grist.
‘In a new short documentary by Serious Eats, Rick Bishop of Mountain Sweet Berry Farm shows the love and care that goes into the whole farmers market process. Bishop grows strawberries and vegetables in Roscoe, New York, about two and a half hours from the city, and sells them to people and chefs at the Union’
via Greenmarket Documentary: From Mountain Sweet Berry Farm To Manhattan VIDEO.
‘SHENZHEN, China — In this sprawling metropolis in southeastern China stand two hulking brown buildings erected by a private company, the Longgang trash incinerators. They can be smelled a mile away and pour out so much dark smoke and hazardous chemicals that hundreds of local residents recently staged an all-day sit-in, demanding that the incinerators be cleaner and that a planned third incinerator not be built nearby.’
via China’s Trash Incinerators Loom as Global Pollution Hazard – NYTimes.com.
TAIPEI, Taiwan – A mudslide touched off by a deadly typhoon buried a remote mountain village in Taiwan, leaving at least 400 people unaccounted for, while a massive landslide in China toppled seven apartment buildings, an official said Tuesday.
via Police: 400 unaccounted for in Taiwan mudslide – Yahoo! News.
‘Having children is the surest way to send your carbon footprint soaring, according to a new study from statisticians at Oregon State University.’
via Having Children Brings High Carbon Impact – Green Inc. Blog – NYTimes.com.
‘Aug 10 – About 180 nations met for U.N. climate talks amid warnings that time was running out for them to reach agreement on a hugely complex pact, due for the end of the year.’
via Time ticking down to climate treaty | Video | Reuters.com.
‘WASHINGTON — The changing global climate will pose profound strategic challenges to the United States in coming decades, raising the prospect of military intervention to deal with the effects of violent storms, drought, mass migration and pandemics, military and intelligence analysts say.’
via Climate Change Seen as Threat to U.S. Security – NYTimes.com.
‘WASHINGTON — Global warming has melted glaciers in the United States at a rapid and accelerating rate over the past half-century, increasing drought risks and contributing to rising sea levels, the federal government reported Thursday based on data from a 50-year study of glaciers in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.’
via Report: Global warming has hastened glacial melt — chicagotribune.com.
‘JIUQUAN Reuters – China started construction of the country’s first 10-gigawa wind power base in Jiuquan of northwest Gansu province on Saturday as Beijing seeks more clean power to fuel its fast economic growth.’
via China starts building first 10-GW mega wind farm | Green Business | Reuters.