CONTACT US & HELP CONSISTENTLY SCOOP CORPORATE MEDIA Beat The Press Send us your tips, links, and comments. Click here.
jTweet
more info...!
How to survive an earthquake
Domestic
Wednesday, 10 February 2010 20:06
US disaster expert Doug Copp says people can survive an earthquake by taking refuge in what he calls “the triangle of life.” Copp, who has worked at every major disaster since 1985, says the secret to survival is to sit or lie next to large objects. Taking refuge in a doorway, he adds, will get you killed.Copp says: “The first building I ever crawled inside was a school in Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under its desk and every child was crushed.” Copp went on: “If you are in bed when an earthquake occurs, simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape, lie down and curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair. Never go to the stairs. People in vehicles should get out and sit or lie next to their vehicles.”
The “Tea Party” movement: A right-wing media creation
Domestic
Wednesday, 10 February 2010 19:55
Days after the so-called “Tea Party’s” weekend convention, details are emerging the Tea party is largely a mainstream media concoction, aimed at shifting American political opinion to the right. The World Socialist Web Site says media coverage of the Tea Party movement began from the false premise that wide sections of the American population opposed the Obama administration’s “socialism” and “big government” and the sinister possibility of “universal health care.” The web site says the Tea Party took shape in a sordid and fraudulent manner. One year ago, CNBC correspondent Rick Santelli let loose with a rant from the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade against the Obama administration, denouncing its attempts “to subsidize losers’ mortgages. Santelli’s protest was stage-managed by wealthy, extreme right-wing forces. Convention speakers included Sarah Palin, former Colorado Republican congressman Tom Tancredo and Fox News commentator Angela McGlowan.
Are utilities’ plans for shoring up hazardous coal ash dams good enough?
Domestic
Wednesday, 10 February 2010 19:48
Environmental advocates doubt whether new safety plans submitted by 22 coal-fired power plants to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for impoundments that store toxic coal ash can protect the public from disaster. That’s because in the absence of federal regulations treating coal ash as hazardous waste, the EPA lacks authority to enforce such plans. The utilities submitted the plans to the EPA in response to the agency’s assessments of the impoundments, ordered after the catastrophic 2008 collapse of a coal ash impoundment at the Kingston power plant in Tennessee. The EPA has identified 49 coal ash impoundments at 30 different plants as high-hazard, meaning that a failure would probably cause loss of life.Attorney Lisa Evans, of the environmental law firm Earthjustice, pointed out that unless coal ash is declared hazardous, there cannot be strict federal enforcement. To date, the EPA has declined to designate coal ash as hazardous waste.
more info...!
