Jiyeh Power Station Oil Spill – 2006

10 years ago

In July 2006, during renewed conflict between Israel and the Lebanon, Israeli bombers hit a power plant at Jiyeh, south…

Honey Bee Colony Collapse – 2006 onwards

10 years ago

Beekeepers expect to lose some bees, but in recent years a rapid increase in unexplained mass desertions by worker bees…

Threats to the World’s Oceans: Pollution and Over-Fishing – 20th and 21st centuries

10 years ago

During the 20th century, our oceans were fouled by pollution of all kinds and now contain increasing numbers of dead…

Climate Change – 20th and 21st centuries

10 years ago

Even the most skeptical of critics now admit that global warming is a fact of life, so their line has…

Sinking of the Derbyshire – 1980

10 years ago

The Liverpool-registered merchant ship MV Derbyshire was a state-of-the-art bulk carrier when she was launched in 1976. The length of…

Rainforest Destruction – 20th and 21st centuries

10 years ago

Once upon a time, rainforests wrapped around the earth’s equator like an unbroken green girdle - and that time was…

Three Gorges Dam – 2006

10 years ago

As the New World Order (NWO) transfers economic power from West to East, another sort of power underpins that inexorable…

Prestige Oil Spill – 2002

10 years ago

On November 13 2002 the Prestige, a single-hulled oil tanker registered in the Bahamas and owned by a Liberian-registered corporation,…

Martin County Sludge Spill – 2000

10 years ago

The Appalachian Mountains run from Newfoundland in Canada to central Alabama in the USA. Certain regions of this ancient and…

Marcopper Mining Disaster – 1996

10 years ago

In 1969 the Marcopper Mining Corporation began open-cut mining at Mount Tapian on Marinduque Island in the Philippines. Marinduque is…