Countries at the climate conference in Copenhagen welcomed the U.S.’s long-awaited official proclamation concerning the danger of greenhouse gas emissions. This could possibly mean that the Environmental Protection Agency will be able to cut emissions without needing the approval of Congress, which has blocked the measure before, BBC News.
A deadly bomb blast at a middle [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Environment’
December 7, 2009
U.S. Quietly Remembers Pearl Harbor Attack Today
November 3, 2009
African Nations Take Stand on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The total number of bodies found in the home of a Cleveland man has risen to at least 10. Anthony Sowell, a convicted rapist, was arrested this weekend for rape after the bodies were found in his home and was charged today with murder, Reuters.
Fifty-five African nations have taken a stand during UN climate talks [...]
October 30, 2009
Police Find Six Bodies in Cleveland Sex Offender’s Home
The remains of possibly six people have been found in the home of a registered sex offender in Cleveland, Ohio. The bodies were found inside 50-year-old Anthony Sowell’s home and in his backyard. Authorities searched the house after obtaining a search warrant in connection with an attack of a woman at his home in September. [...]
June 15, 2009
12 Students Killed in Tehran Violence
It was estimated that over one million people attended today’s rallies in Tehran to show support for reform candidate Mousavi. At least one person was shot and killed at the rally, but according to pictures and videos circulating on the web, there were likely more deaths. Police are mostly targeting students and raiding university dormitories. [...]
June 10, 2009
White Supremacist Kills One at D.C. Holocaust Museum
Just before 1:00pm this afternoon, James Von Brunn, 88, shot and killed a security guard, Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns, at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. Von Brunn has a history of violence, previously attempting to kidnap members of the Federal Reserve board for which he was jailed four years. His website (since taken down) [...]
June 4, 2009
Actor David Carradine Found Dead
Actor David Carradine, known most for his role on “Kung Fu” and in the Kill Bill series, was found dead this morning in Bangkok, Thailand. Police initially reported that he has been found hanged and considered the case a suicide, but now police are questioning if it was accidental. The 72-year-old actor had been in [...]
May 31, 2009
Abortion Doctor Murdered in Kansas
A Kansas doctor who performed abortions was shot and killed this morning at his church. Dr. George Tiller, 67, ran a women’s clinic in Wichita and was one of the few doctors in the country who performed late-term abortions. The clinic has been the center of many protests since it opened and in 1993 he [...]
