By Helen Hawking, Oxfam Health Promoter January 12 It had been an average day in the office, conference calls, report writing, fighting off the mosquitoes that plague us here in Haiti. My clock showed just 10 minutes until it was time to leave for the day, when without any warning the ground made slight movements, […]
UPDATE: Typhoon Santi (Mirimae): 12 dead several missing in floods, damaged bridges, and, blackouts
Media reports say at least a dozen people have lost their lives in flood waters that swelled rivers just south of the capitol region of manila due to tropical cyclone Santi (Mirinae) and at least 28 area are flooded south of Manila. VIDEO: Overflow of Sta. Cruz River submerged 85% of Sta. Cruz town. […]
Obama’s mortgage-aid plan: Some speculators welcome
President Obama says his $75-billion foreclosure-abatement plan won’t help housing speculators. But as blogger Calculated Risk notes, that depends on how you define a speculator. The Obama plan aims to use federal money to help reduce monthly mortgage payments for three to four million “at risk” homeowners. From Calculated Risk: The Obama administration doesn’t understand […]
Bay Area Cement Plants and Global Warming
Article by Chris Amico CUPERTINO, California–From the lip of the quarry at Hanson Permanente cement, all of Santa Clara stretches out in panorama. (Photos here). Few plants in California are this close to this many people. Most of the state’s 11 kilns are well away from population centers, close enough for workers to commute, but […]
Over 175 killed in Balochistan quake
Over 175 people, mostly women and children, were killed and more than 500 injured when a severe intensity earthquake struck Ziarat, Pishin and Qilla Abdullah districts of Balochistan in the wee hours of Wednesday. The death toll in the catastrophe may rise as a number of people are still buried under the debris of mud […]
U.S., U.N. to Restore Storm-Ravaged Haitian Bridge
AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa:: A U.S. Navy ship with disaster relief for flood victims in Port-au-Prince. Port-au-Prince, Haiti (GroundReport) – According to the the American Embassy in Haiti, the U.S. will help rebuild a key bridge that collapsed during this summer’s devastating floods, say published reports. Embassy spokeswoman Mari Tolliver told reporters construction is due […]