News Updates from CLG
10 May 2015
10 May 2015
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Previous edition: Global carbon dioxide
levels break 400ppm milestone
Transformer explosion causes fire at nuclear power plant only
35 miles from New York City --Transformer exploded into
flames at Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant | 09 May 2015 | A
transformer exploded at the [Entergy] Indian Point nuclear power plant in
suburban New York - only 35 miles away from midtown Manhattan - on Saturday,
sending black smoke billowing into the sky. The blaze, which sparked an oil
leakage, forced the automatic shutdown of the facility's Unit 3 reactor, which
sits near the Hudson River and supplies five per cent of the power to the state.
It was initially extinguished by a sprinkler system and on-site personnel,
officials said. It then started up again, but has since been put
out.
Fukushima No. 1
workers with high radiation doses up 1.5-fold | 09 May 2015 | At Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s crippled Fukushima No.
1 nuclear power plant, the number of workers exposed to high amounts of
radiation in fiscal 2014 increased 1.5-fold from the year before, data from the
utility showed Saturday. A total of 992 workers, mostly employees at
subcontractors, saw their radiation doses top 20 millisieverts in the year that
ended in March. The previous year, the number of workers with such high external
radiation exposure levels stood at 660, according to the data.
CIA 'mission accomplished' in Afghanistan:
Afghan poppy farmers say new seeds will boost opium
output --Production hit a
record high in 2014, up 17 percent compared to the year before | 05 May
2015 | This year, many Afghan poppy farmers are expecting a windfall as they get
ready to harvest opium from a new variety of poppy seeds said to boost yield of
the resin that produces h-roin. The plants grow bigger, faster, use less water
than seeds they've used before, and give up to double the amount of opium, they
say. Afghanistan's poppy harvest, which accounts for most of the world's heroin,
is worth an estimated 3 billion a year, according to the United Nations Office
on Dr-gs and Crime.
Syrian official: US 'supporting terrorism' with rebel training
programme | 09 May 2015 | Syria's
deputy foreign minister on Saturday criticised a new US programme to train
'moderate rebel fighters' in Jordan, saying it will only fuel terrorism and
further complicate efforts to reach a political solution to the country's
[CIA-fomented] long and brutal civil war. The remarks by Faisal Mekdad were
published in his weekly column for the Lebanon-based Al-Binaa newspaper. Mekdad
said Washington would be better off helping those who are fighting terrorism,
instead of cooperating with what he said were terrorists. "In doing so,
the United States is supporting terrorism [as always], and is complicating
conditions for a political solution in Syria," he wrote.
GOP contenders vow to bomb terrorists 'back to the 7th
Century,' invoke Liam Neeson | 10
May 2015 | Declared and potential GOP presidential candidates competed Saturday
to sound the toughest warning to Islamic terrorists -- with one vowing to bomb
them "back to the 7th Century" and another invoking Liam Neeson's threat from
the film, "Taken" -- in the latest forum underscoring how national security has
returned as a dominant campaign theme. A roster of Republicans spoke at a summit
in Greenville, S.C., the state which holds the first-in-the-South presidential
primary. Former Pennsylvania Sen. [and Grade 'A' sociopath] Rick Santorum, who
is weighing a presidential bid and plans to announce his decision soon, said:
"Here's what we need to do. If these people want to bring back a 7th Century
version of Islam, my suggestion is to load our bombers up and bomb them back to
the 7th Century."
Attorney: Spy chief had 'forgotten' about NSA program when he
misled Congress | 08 May 2015 |
Director of National Intelligence Jim Clapper wasn't lying when he wrongly told
Congress in 2013 that the government does not "wittingly" collect information
about millions of Americans, according to his top lawyer. He just forgot. "This
was not an untruth or a falsehood. This was just a mistake on his part," Robert
Litt, the general counsel for the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence, said during a panel discussion hosted by the Advisory Committee on
Transparency on Friday.
Protesters and police face off at Downing Street gates as
hundreds rally against new Tory government | 09 May 2015 | Hundreds of protesters took to the streets to
express their anger about the new Tory government. The anti-Conservative protesters, some holding placards reading "I
pledge to resist" and "Stop the cuts", took part in the rally organised just a
day into the new Parliament. It is believed to have started outside Conservative
headquarters, where just over 24 hours ago Mr Cameron gave a speech to party
activists about their unexpected win.
Anti-austerity protesters take to UK streets after Tory
election victory | 09 May 2015 |
Anti-austerity campaigners launched impromptu protests across Britain, less than
48 hours after David Cameron was returned to power with a parliamentary
majority. Hundreds of people joined demonstrations in Wales and central London
following the surprise Conservative election victory. About 200 people were
involved in clashes with police outside Downing Street, throwing green smoke
bombs and tomato ketchup at officers in riot gear. Police officers shut
Whitehall for several hours while they tried to contain the
demonstrators.
One of Australia's smallest marsupials secures a big legal win
on the NSW Central Coast | 07 May
2015 | After a ten-year battle, the Eastern Pygmy Possum has had a big legal win
in the High Court of Australia. The possum's habitat is located in an industrial
zone in Somersby, where a developer had been fighting for a decade to build a
waste resource recovery facility. Gosford Council rejected the initial
development application, arguing that the proposed facility would have an
irreversible impact on the local population of the pygmy possum, a threatened
species. The pint-sized marsupial measures less than 20cm, including its tail,
and weighs in at a mere 30 grams.
2 police officers shot and killed in Hattiesburg,
Miss. | 10 May 2015 | Two police
officers were shot and
killed Saturday night in downtown
Hattiesburg, officials confirmed. Two men, Curtis Banks and Marvin Banks, have
been named as suspects in tonight's shooting deaths of two Hattiesburg police
officers.
Tornadoes in Texas kill at least 1 in
Cisco | 09 May 2015 | Multiple
tornadoes tore through North Texas on Saturday, leaving one person dead and
others unaccounted for in a sparsely populated farming and ranching area as the
system slowly weakened while advancing toward Fort Worth. Walter Fairbanks, fire
chief in Cisco -- about 100 miles west of Fort Worth, confirmed there was one
fatality when the tornado hit Saturday afternoon near the town.
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