From Jenna Orkin

 

Headlines

Biggest Agricultural Breakthrough in 10,000 Years? Perennial Grains - from Elizabeth Miller 

JO comment:  David Pimentel said a few years ago that one of the most important responses to food shortages was perennial crops. 

Gulf of Mexico oil spill containment would stop for two weeks with evacuation  
Germany Warns US Not to Become 'Addicted to Borrowing'

World's biggest collection of berries and fruits faces axe

New Home Sales Fall 33% in May to Record Low

China discovers 180 oil and gas fields in South China Sea, expert - from Rice Farmer  

Oil Disaster

Tropical Storm Alex Forms in Caribbean, Heads Toward Yucatan, U.S. Says     
The First OILCANE Will Be Worse Than Anything We've Seen  
Was A MASSIVE Saudi Aramco Oil Spill Concealed From The Public In 1993?  
How BP's Bob Dudley Got Kicked Out Of Russia In 2008   
Former Oil Worker Reveals That Beach Sweep Is Just For Show  
E-Government Challenge in Disaster Evacuation Response: The Role of RFIDTechnology in Building Safe and Secure Local Communities‎  
Senate Democrats Plot 'Impenetrable' Path to Victory for Unwritten Climate Bill

"Democratic senators declined to discuss the exact details of their strategy after emerging from the hourlong talks. But its basic thrust appears to be a plan to anchor the climate and energy effort to widely popular legislation that would overhaul offshore drilling regulations in the wake of the Gulf spill, and then dare Republicans to vote against it."

Worry Underwater:  Oxygen Level Drops  

JO comment:  The figure "60,000" barrels is now bandied about as though it had always been accepted.  Thank God those are only numbers.  As the great sage Stalin said, "One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic."

Sea turtles burnt alive by BP cleanup

Syncrude guilty on charges related to deaths of 1,600 ducks  
 

Marshall Auerbach on BP Disaster  
 

Terror/Intelligence/Law

Fidel Castro warns of possible clash between Israel, Iran - from Rice Farmer
 

 

Economy

Why The U.S. Will Never Have A Balanced Budget Again  
ECRI Leading Indicators Continue Violent Plunge

Senate Democrats and Obama Abandon the Jobless (World Socialist)
 

Three U.S. Banks Collapse as Bond Street Holdings Acquires Another Lender   
We're Not The First Empire To Have A Serious Currency Problem  
We're reassured. - JO
41 Awesome Properties You Can Buy From Debt-Ridden France   
Like Others, Rich Are Also Falling Behind on Mortgages  

 

Energy/Environment

'Each Gas Dispute Will Cost the Russians'

Supermarkets selling meat from animals fed GM crops

Further Deregulation in FDA Regarding Vaccines

Dire Climate Change Warning for Australia - from Elizabeth Miller

Coming Antarctic Garbage Patch - from Elizabeth Miller