Warming Leads to Water Shortage and ‘Africanization’ of Spain: Murcia, is running out of water. Swaths of southeast Spain are steadily turning into desert, a process spurred on by global warming and poorly planned development. [NYT]
Depleted Uranium Shells Used by U.S. Military Worse Than Nuclear Weapons: The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has estimated that 50 tons of DU dust from the first Gulf War could lead to 500,000 cancer deaths by the year 2000. To date, a total of 2,000 tons have been generated in the Middle East. [NaturalNews]
Microgeneration could rival nuclear power, report shows: British buildings equipped with solar, wind and other micro power equipment could generate as much electricity in a year as five nuclear power stations, a government-backed industry report showed today. [Guardian]
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