Can’t have your water and eat the fish, too!

Federal Government tells California to cut water use to save fish

Californians are ‘mining’ water and have pushed salmon and other fish to the brink of extinction, the National Marine Fisheries Service, a federal agency, said, as it directed officials to cut water supplies to cities and farms to save a dozen or so marine species.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, finds that “the water pumping operations in California’s Central Valley by the federal Bureau of Reclamation jeopardize the continued existence of several threatened and endangered species under the jurisdiction of NOAA’s Fisheries Service.”

NOAAs  biologists and hydrologists have concluded that current water pumping operations in the Federal Central Valley Project and the California State Water Project must “be changed to ensure survival of winter and spring-run Chinook salmon, Central Valley steelhead, the southern population of North American green sturgeon and Southern Resident killer whales, which rely on Chinook salmon runs for food.”

California’s rivers used to brim with trout, salmon, sturgeon and more, but the federal, state and local governments built a monumental system of dams and pipelines in the most populous state that turned a desert into productive farmland and left some rivers dry.

California, now in its third year of  drought faces a major water crisis and an uncertain future. The impact of climate change and an ever-growing population dictates doom to the fate of  Chinook salmon and other species.

“Changing water operations will impact an estimated five to seven percent of the available annual water on average moved by the federal and state pumps, or about 330,000 acre feet per year. Agricultural water use in California is roughly 30 million acre feet per year. Water operations will not be affected by the opinion immediately and will be tiered to water year type. The opinion includes exception procedures for drought and health and safety issues.” The report said.

Full report HERE

Related Links:

• Calif Drought: Schwarzenegger declares a state of emergency
• Images of the Day: California Drought & Folsom Lake
• Warning: California Is Being Mojavefied!
• Schwarzenegger Proclaims Water Emergency in Nine Counties
• A Few Extreme Events Away

• Could California Turn to Desert by 2011?
• Marsification of Earth
• The world’s largest food fishery faces collapse
• Chinook Salmon Fisheries Collapsing
• Collapsing Fisheries

El Niño could develop June – August 2009

UPDATE:

NOAA scientists today [July 9, 2009] announced the arrival of El Niño, a climate phenomenon with a significant influence on global weather, ocean conditions and marine fisheries. El Niño, the periodic warming of central and eastern tropical Pacific waters, occurs on average every two to five years and typically lasts about 12 months. See NOAA Press Release

The El Niño weather pattern can cause global weather chaos by exacerbating droughts and floods.

Conditions are favorable for a transition from ENSO-neutral to El Niño conditions during June – August 2009, US Climate Prediction Center says.

During El Nino, rainfall and thunderstorm activity diminishes over the western equatorial Pacific, and increases over the eastern half of the tropical Pacific. This area of increased rainfall occurs where the exceptionally warm ocean waters have reached about 28°C or 82°F. This overall pattern of rainfall departures spans nearly one-half the distance around the globe, and is responsible for many of the global weather impacts caused by El Niño.

El Niño occurs when the eastern Pacific temperatures rise above average, and the forecast says conditions are now favorable for a switch from ENSO-neutarl to El Niño conditions between June and  August 2009. The forecast warns that by end May 2009 sea surface temperatures (SST) had increased for the fifth consecutive month, rising to “above-average” in the  equatorial Pacific Ocean.

The 1997-98 El Niño/Southern Oscillation was one of the most severe ENSO events in history. It caused widespread drought in Australia and Indonesia and floods in S. America, especially Ecuador and Peru.

FEWW Moderators estimate that a new episode of El Niño, which would have devastating impact globally, could cause up to $500 billion in damages.

Graphical depiction of the four Niño regions. [Source: NOAA/  National Weather Service National Centers for Environmental Prediction Climate Prediction Center]

The report is available at EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION

For regular updates see comments section below.

Related Links:

• El Niño

VolcanoWatch Weekly [4 June 2009]

FEWW ‘EarthModel’ Correctly forecast renewed enhanced activity at Mt Etna

See FEWW forecast: Earthquake Forecast: Southern Italy, Sicily

See GVP Report: ETNA Sicily (Italy) 37.734°N, 15.004°E; summit elev. 3330 m

INGV-CT reported that during 25-31 May the NW-SE-trending fissure E of the Etna summit craters continued (since 13 May 2008) to produce active lava flows to the N of the SE end of the fissure, along the W wall of the Valle del Bove. At least three lava flows were active. Elsewhere on the volcano, activity was restricted to degassing from the Northeast Crater, from the NW and SE Bocca Nuova vents, from the E flank of the Southeast Crater, and along summit fumarolic fields. The activity was observed directly and by utilizing surveillance cameras in Milo (about 11 km ESE).

Volcanic Activity Report:  27 May – 2 June 2009

Source: Global Volcanism program (GVP) – SI/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report

New activity/unrest:

• Karangetang [Api Siau], Siau I (Island of Siau, north of Sulawesi, Indonesia)
• Makian, Halmahera  (Halmahera, Indonesia)
• Slamet, Central Java  (Indonesia)

FEWW Volcanic Activity Forecast:

FEWW Moderators forecast  new volcanic activity/ unrest at 50 or more volcanoes throughout the rest of 2009.

List of the volcanoes to watch this year [and in 2010] includes:

Barcena (0.8), Socorro (0.8), Curacoa (0.99), Atitlán (0.65), Vesuvius (>0.6), Bazman (0.6), Mount Shasta (>0.5), Kaba (>0.5), Bandai (>0.5), Eastern Gemini Seamount or Mathew Island volcano (0.65), Fonualei (0.65), Mount Rainier (>0.5), Jan Mayen (>0.6), Thule (0.4), Sibayak (>0.5), Volcán Guallatiri (0.65), Taveuni (>0.4),  two or more volcanoes on the island of Hokkaido (0.65), E-san (0.7), Oshima-Oshima (0.7), Komaga-take (0.65)

Continued …

Figure in the brackets indicate probability of activity/unrest.

For other forecasts see also:

• Sumatra’s Mt Kerinci Erupts
• Hunga Ha’apai Volcano Update

• Weekly Volcano Watch: 19 March 2009
• 60 pct Chance Redoubt May Erupt
• Tonga’s Metis Shoal may be erupting

• Earthquake Cluster Zone Closing in on New Zealand
• Magnitude 7 Earthquake Hits Kermadec Islands
• Mt Ruapehu Eruption Alert\

• No Doubt about Redoubt Volcano!
• Tonga’s Metis Shoal may be erupting
• Alaska’s Redoubt May Be About to Erupt
• Chaitén: Volcano with a Mission?

Ongoing Activity:

• Bagana, Bougainville
• Batu Tara, Komba Island (Indonesia)
• Chaitén, Southern Chile
• Dukono, Halmahe
• Etna, Sicily (Italy)
• Kilauea, Hawaii (USA)
• Llaima, Central Chile
• Nevado del Huila, Colombia
• Popocatépetl, México
• Rabaul, New Britain
• Redoubt, Southwestern Alaska
• Sakura-jima, Kyushu
• Shiveluch, Central Kamchatka (Russia)
• Soufrière Hills, Montserrat
• Tungurahua, Ecuador
• Ubinas, Perú

Latest U.S. Volcano Alerts and Updates for Thursday, Jun 4, 2009 at 23:33:10 PDT

• Redoubt Activity – Color Code ORANGE : Alert Level WATCH

• Kilauea Activity  -  Color Code ORANGE : Alert Level WATCH

• Mauna Loa Activity – Color Code YELLOW : Alert Level ADVISORY

Related Links:

• U.S. Volcano Status Map
• Elevated Activity Page
• U.S. Volcano Webcams

• Volcanoes [FEWW Links]
• Earthquakes

Magnitude 6.3 Quake Strikes Hokkaido Japan

Strong earthquake strikes Hokkaido, Japan

The earthquake measuring 6.3 MW in line with FEWW forecast

Earthquake Location. 10-degree Map Centered at 40°N,145°E – USGS

Earthquake details:

• Magnitude 6.3
• Date-Time: Friday, June 05, 2009 at 03:30:34 UTC [Friday, June 05, 2009 at 12:30:34 PM at epicenter]
• Location:  41.858°N, 143.399°E
• Depth 41.6 km (25.9 miles)
• Region:  HOKKAIDO ISLAND, JAPAN
• Distances
  • 150 km (90 miles) SW of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
  • 215 km (135 miles) SE of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
  • 220 km (135 miles) NE of Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan
  • 755 km (470 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan
• Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 5.3 km (3.3 miles); depth +/- 7.1 km (4.4 miles)
• Parameters: NST=185, Nph=185, Dmin=26.6 km, Rmss=0.81 sec, Gp= 36°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
• Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
• Event ID: us2009hmai

Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are a mix of vulnerable and earthquake resistant construction. A magnitude 6.9 earthquake and tsunami occurred in the Japan region 92 km northwest of the location of this earthquake on March 21, 1982 (UTC), with estimated population exposures of 48,000 at intensity VIII and 170,000 at intensity VII, with no reported fatalities. On July 12, 1993 (UTC), a magnitude 7.7 earthquake and tsunami occurred near the Hokkaido Nansei-Oki, Japan, region 360 km west of the location of this earthquake, with estimated population exposures of 4,000 at intensity VIII and 84,000 at intensity VII, resulting in an estimated 230 fatalities. Recent earthquakes in this area have caused, landslides and fires that may have contributed to losses. USGS.

NO tsunami warning has been issued.

Related Links:

• Earthquake Forecast 2009
• Earthquake Forecast: Tokyo, Japan

• FEWW Earthquakes [Links to articles]

FEWW Earthquake Forecast: Mexico City

Powerful Earthquake Could Strike Near Mexico City in 2009

FEWW forecast: A major earthquake measuring about 8 Mw could strike southwest of Ecatepec, Edomex, NNE of Mexico City [probability of 0.7] in 2009.

The epicenter of the forecast event may be located at 19.521ºN, 99.093ºW, according to FEWW “EarthModel.”

FEWW Earthquake Forecast: Ecatepec, Mexico. Original Map: Google Earth. Image may be subject to copyright.

10-degree Map Centered at 20°N,100°W

FEWW Earthquake Forecast: Ecatepec, Mexico – Location Map. USGS

Note: This forecast does NOT preclude the possibility of other seismic events in the area at any time. [All data are subject to updates and changes.]

Related links:

• FEWW Earthquakes [Links to articles]

Magnitude 4.0 quake hits Utah near gas fields

Utah quake gas drilling related, too?

Magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck Utah close to two of the state’s gas fields

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck northwest of Utah’s Box Elder County, close to Hogback Ridge field and Rozel Point field at a shallow depth of about 7.5 km (4.7 miles) June 3, 2009. See below for depth uncertainty margin and other details.

The discovery of new wells in the Box Elder County was previously described as “Two Remote Wildcats.”

FEWW moderators believe the Utah earthquake detailed here, and the following quakes listed below may have been related to gas-drilling activities in the West South and Mountain regions.

1. Magnitude 4.2  – Western Montana [March 6, 2009]
2. M 3.5  -  Wyoming [March 7, 2009]
3. M 3.0  -  Colorado, 2009 [March 22, 2009]
4. M 3.3  -  Northern Texas [May 16, 2009]
   

Based on Oil and Gas Well Locator map by State of Utah. Original map may be subject to copyright.

Location Map. USGS

Earthquake Details:
Magnitude: 4.0

Date-Time:  Wednesday, June 03, 2009 at 21:47:01 UTC  [Wednesday, June 03, 2009 at 03:47:01 PM at epicenter}
Location: 41.804°N, 112.214°W
Depth: 7.5 km (4.7 miles)
Region: UTAH
Distances:

• 6 km (4 miles) W (267°) from Riverside, UT
• 8 km (5 miles) W (264°) from Fielding, UT
• 9 km (6 miles) NNW (331°) from Garland, UT
• 120 km (74 miles) NNW (347°) from Salt Lake City, UT

Location Uncertainty:  horizontal +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles); depth +/- 0.6 km (0.4 miles)
Parameters: Nph= 34, Dmin=16.6 km, Rmss=0.15 sec, Gp= 61°, M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=3
Source: University of Utah Seismograph Stations (Via USGS)
Event ID:  uu00004030

Related Links:

• Oil Drilling Likely Caused Texas Earthquake
• NY Quakes Probably Gas Drilling Related
• FEWW Saudi Quake Swarm Forecast 100 pct Correct!
• FEWW Earthquakes [Links to articles]

Greenpeace, WWF Barking Up the Wrong Trees

submitted by a member

Peeling the Green Mask Off the NGO Faces

Once again the true faces of Greenpeace and WWF as green fronts for selected multinationals are exposed

It’s becoming rather obvious, even to the “naive third-worlders,” why the  NGOs  are barking up the wrong trees. Thankfully, it won’t be so easy to replace the “green” pretenders!

Recently, Greenpeace accused the Brazilian government of colluding with cattle ranchers, aiding and abetting Amazon deforestation.

Now they are attacking  the Indonesian  government for removing a moratorium on palm oil expansion into peatlands. For more information see below.

The “developing” world’s biggest “crime” is POVERTY!

Greenpeace knows that for every $100 of Brazilian beef and hides’ products sold in the US, Italy and UK, less than $15 goes to the growers. The monetary gains made by Indonesia’s palm oil industry falls in the same ballpark.

It’s IMPOSSIBLE to curb deforestation in Amazon, Indonesia … without first addressing the poverty issue.

The following are excerpts from

Competitors behind palm oil slurs: industry boss

http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE5522QK20090603

Western countries are using climate change as an excuse to constrain palm oil production in Asia because it competes with Western business interests, Indonesia’s palm oil industry chief said on Wednesday.

Indonesia and Malaysia produce most of the world’s palm oil — a product used in cooking, chocolate, cosmetics and as a biofuel — but vast areas of forest have been cleared in both countries since the 1980s to fuel a boom in palm oil production.

Environmental groups including WWF and Greenpeace have called on Indonesia to curb deforestation and palm oil expansion.

However, Joefly J. Bahroeny, head of the Indonesian Palm Oil Producers’ Association, said that NGOs could be part of a campaign driven by Western business interests in competing commodities such as rapeseed, soybeans and fossil fuels.

“It’s all about business,” he told a forum of palm oil producers.

“Palm oil has become a competitor as biofuel not only with rapeseed products but also a real competitor to fossil fuels controlled by Western interests. Do these other people truly care about global warming? Or do they also want to get rich with the excuse of climate change?”

Bahroeny said his industry had been accused of killing orangutans, burning forests and selling a product high in cholesterol.

“Now it’s climate change. We don’t know their real reason but we are suspicious. What next?” he said.

Related Links:

• Phew, It Was a Jungle Out There!
• Protesters Buy Up UK Airport Land
• “You can be sure of Shell !”

[There are very many great, committed environmentalists/ individuals who inadvertently provide a "green" cover for Greenpeace and the like.]

CSU Lowers Hurricane Forecast

Colorado State University Lowers 2009 Hurricane Forecast for Atlantic basin to “Slightly Below Average Season”

The forecasters  now anticipates 11 named storms forming during the official Atlantic basin hurricane season between June 1 and November 30.

William Gray and Phil Klotzbach. The Colorado State University Tropical Storm Duo!

CSU forecasts use available data on global oceanic and atmospheric conditions [El Nino, sea surface temperatures, sea level pressures ... ] recorded prior to the past seasons and compare the results to forecast future trends.

“The probability of a major hurricane making landfall along the U.S. coastline is 48 percent compared with the last-century average of 52 percent,” said lead forecaster Phil Klotzbach.

“Currently observed climate factors are similar to conditions that occurred during 1959, 1960, 1965, 2001 and 2002 seasons. The average of these five seasons had slightly below-average activity, and Klotzbach and Gray predict the 2009 season will have activity in line with the average of these five years.” CSU forecasters reported.

According to CSU forecast tropical cyclone activity in 2009 will be 90 percent of the average season. In 2008 tropical cyclone activity reached about 160 percent of the average.

CSU Hurricane Forecasters said they will issue a final seasonal update on Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Here’s summary of their revised forecast released June 2, 2009

EXTENDED RANGE ATLANTIC BASIN HURRICANE FORECAST FOR 2009

Tropical Cyclone Parameters Extended Range

• Named Storms:  (9.6)* 11
• Named Storm Days: (49.1) 50
• Hurricanes:  (5.9) 5
• Hurricane Days (24.5) 20
• Intense Hurricanes: (2.3) 2
• Intense Hurricane Days:  (5.0) 4
• Accumulated Cyclone Energy:  (96) 85
• Net Tropical Cyclone Activity (100%) 90

{Note: Numbers in ( ) represent average year data based on 1950-2000 records.

On the face of it, their revised forecast appears to be  sensible; however, it excludes the possibility that the traditional hurricane season might be shifting.

Related Links:

• FEWW FORECAST: 2009 Likely Wettest Year on Record
• What if each time a storm struck your area it turned out to be a major hurricane?
• 2009 Hurricane Season: Storms in Teacup, or Nasty Surprises?

CSU forecasters’ Landfall Probability tables are available at  http://www.e-transit.org/hurricane

Airbus Catastrophic Failure a Fatal Design Flaw

Breaking News: Cockpit Fire Forces Airbus A330 to Land

Airbus EFIS fails catastrophically when facing unforeseen circumstances

Airbus electronic flight instrument system and onboard computers fail catastrophically in rough conditions

FEWW Moderators believe that Air France flight AF 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris most likely crashed as a result of catastrophic flight system failure caused by  a fatal design flaw in the Airbus 3xx series electronic flight instrument system, EFIS, and its onboard computers.

While the system seems to function in normal conditions, the computers seem unable to deal with ‘extreme’ situations that are caused by either the pilot error, as in the case of Air New Zealand Airbus 320 that plunged into the Mediterranean sea, or in above normal weather conditions, similar to the turbulence that Air France plane  most likely experienced en route from Brazil to France.

EFIS manages pilot’s selections and repeats the input to all necessary control units within the flight control system. When the difference between the data obtained from the air data computer and the input selected by the pilot exceeds the “permitted” range, the range within which the system can successfully function, a catastrophic failure caused by a fatal design flaw seems to occur which disables the system and prevents it from generating the appropriate warnings, which would enable the pilot to respond accordingly. The aircraft goes out of control and crashes.

Related Links:

• Airbus Must Come Clean

• Second Airbus Plunges into Water
• Air New Zealand Flying Coffin Crashes in the Mediterranean
• US Airways Plane Goes Down in Hudson River

‘Swine Flu’ Originated in New Zealand

The following was posted by blogger TEAA at Apartheid New Zealand earlier today and has been mirrored here for our readers as a matter of public importance:

For background, see Swine Flu Mystery Deepens

US Scientist Forced to Backtrack on Swine Flu Origin

sent by a reader in the U.S.

US scientist forced to say ”he was misquoted” on the swine flu virus originating in “either New Zealand or China.”

Professor Gus Kousoulas, the director of Louisiana State University’s division of biotechnology and molecular medicine, had been quoted as saying: “We think it [swine flu] began in New Zealand or China,” adding that his conclusion “was based on early phylogenetic analysis of available sequences.”

Kousoulas, subsequently threatened with dismissal by the Board of Regents of LSU, has now backtracked on his earlier findings, saying:  “There is no basis currently to support a New Zealand origin. While we still do not know the true origin, a US or Mexico origin is more likely.”

Professor, is it worth the 30 pieces?

According to one report, quoting The World Health Organization, more than 50 countries have reported about 15,000 cases of influenza A (H1N1), commonly referred to as the ’swine flu,’ with most of the cases occurring in Mexico and the US.

Of the 99 people who have reportedly died as a result of swine flu infection, 97 were of Hispanic origin. The remaining two had other health complications, possibly worsened by the flu infection.

Despite the backtracking by Kousoulas, a number of informed sources strongly believe the A (H1N1) “Mexican viral variation” was developed at New Zealand’s ESR (a Crown Research Institute wholly owned by the New Zealand Government) and shipped to Mexico for “commercial exploitation.”  The virus was designed to be most effective on a specific genetic sequencing.

[For links on recent hot articles on 'swine flu' CLICK HERE: Swine Flu: A Deadly $100 billion Scam]

Related Links:

• Swine Flu Mystery and Air New Zealand
• Was Dr Adu-Bobie A Victim of Biological Warfare Experiments?
• Was Dr Wong’s Murder H1N1 Related?
• TB cases, Swine flu in poxy New Zealand

Air France Airbus Vanishes Over the Atlantic

Air France plane with 228 people aboard goes missing

An Air France Airbus carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris, France, has disappeared over the Atlantic.

An Air France Airbus 330-200 carrying 228 people on which was flying on the Rio de Janeiro – Paris Charles de Gaulle route has vanished over the Atlantic, the airline said.

Distraught relatives and friends of passengers of Air France flight AF447 arrive at the crisis centre at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, June 1, 2009. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes. Image may be subject to copyright.

The Brazilian air force conducted a search mission over the Atlantic Ocean looking for the missing plane, Brazilian television said.

Flight AF 447 with 216 passengers and 12 crew reportedly left Rio de Janeiro on Sunday at 19:00 local time and was scheduled to land in Paris on Monday at 11:15 (05:15 EDT).

Air France announced on Monday that it had no “news from flight AF 447, which was flying on the Rio de Janeiro – Paris Charles de Gaulle route and was scheduled to arrive at 11.15 a.m. today [05:15 EDT).”

Air France Airbus 330-200. Airbus seems to be a plane with an identity crisis: Submarine envy. Air France Airbus A330-200 F-GZCG- Paris CDG, France.  Copyright (c) Filimages – Philippe Jeandy (dated 14-JAN-2007 ).

It’s not yet known when or where the plane vanished, but it seems the Gremlins were pulling one of their usual stunts on Air France because, regardless of the timeline, both Sunday  (May 31) and Monday (June 1) were odd days the month. See Second Airbus Plunges into Water.

Despite this oddity, flying airbus is still twice safer statistically on odd days of the month than even.

Related Link:

• Second Airbus Plunges into Water
• Air New Zealand Flying Coffin Crashes in the Mediterranean
• US Airways Plane Goes Down in Hudson River

Phew, It Was a Jungle Out There!

Images of the Day:

DOMESTICATING AMAZON JUNGLES

Cattle rest in deforested jungle near Maraba, in Brazil’s central state of Para, May 3, 2009.  Soon thousands of cows will be chewing pasture on the freshly cleared land in Brazil’s Amazon state of Para, just a tiny part of Brazil’s 200-million-strong commercial cattle herd, the world’s biggest, that makes it a beef superpower. More than 70 million are in the Amazon area, three for every person. This is where the industry has grown fastest in recent years, a trend activists say is due to cheap land, widespread illegal clearing and weak government enforcement. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker. Images may be subject to copyright.

Putting Amazon Jungles to Good Use (!)

“The Amazon has lost about a fifth of its forest in the past three decades and the rate of deforestation rose 69 percent in the 12 months to August 2008 as 8,147 sq km (3,145 sq miles) were cut down. It is expected to fall this year, partly due to the global economic crisis, but ecologists say government policies and market forces still drive deforestation.” Reuters said.

“Brazil is the world’s largest beef exporter and has the largest commercial cattle herd of 200 million, a third of which is in the Amazon region where loose laws and cheap land have helped its rapid expansion in recent years.

“The government has backed the industry in recent years with billions of dollars in financing and aims to double Brazil’s share of the global beef export market to 61 percent by 2018.

“It has acknowledged that cattle ranching is responsible for about 80 percent of Amazon deforestation.”

Enter Greenpeace

In a report titled “Slaughtering the Amazon” Greenpeace  has accused the Brazilian government of being complicit in the destruction of Amazon jungles by way of providing financial backing for the beef industry, Reuters reported.

The report says  that meat [and hide] that is exported by Brazil’s major meatpackers to Italy, U.S. and U.K., for making shoes, dog chews and  ready-to-eat meals, often comes from ranches with recent illegal deforestation.

Brazil’s  major meatpackers including  JBS, Marfrig and Bertin are accused in the report of  shipping the beef and hides thousands of miles south for additional processing before export.

“In effect, criminal or ‘dirty’ supplies of cattle are laundered through the supply chain to an unwitting global market,” it said. “Expansion by these groups is effectively a ‘joint venture’ with the Brazilian government.”

It’s NO good blaming it all on just Brazil, as Greenpeace has done, it’s the exponential growth economy and globalization that are ultimately responsible for the Amazon deforestation.

Related News Links:

• Greenpeace says global beef trade destroying Amazon
• Cattle a tough target in Amazon protection fight

Related Links:

• Southern South America Gripped by Drought
• Ethanol Dries You Out
• Brazil’s Extreme Rain Events Trigger 4,000 Landslides
• Famous Last words …

Another Quake Swarm to Strike Al-Ais, Arabia

FEWW Earthquake Forecast: Al-Ais, Saudi Arabia

FEWW forecasts another swarm of earthquakes occurring in the Al-Ais volcanic region this week, with the largest shock measuring up to 4.6 Mw. [Probability of occurrence: 0.8]

Riyadh city, the Saudi capital, could also be jolted by a similar size shock. [Probability of occurrence: 0.6]

For earlier forecasts and other seismic related posts see:

• Arabian Subcontinent Earthquake Forecast 2009

• FEWW Saudi Quake Swarm Forecast 100 pct Correct!
• Saudi Quakes Oil Drilling Activity Related?
• Oil Drilling Likely Caused Texas Earthquake

• FEWW Earthquake Links