Archived material from historical editions of The Generator
Joseph Kelliher, chair of the US Federal Energy Commission, and James Slutz, deputy assistant secretary for the US Department of Energy, said new regasification plants would probably be operating in the US within two years, but these would not be dedicated to Australian supplies, according to Nigel Wilson, energy writer for The Australian (1/9/2006, p.24).
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders have agreed on a plan to cut greenhouse gases by 25 per cent by 2020, reported The Age (1/9/2006, p.13). First US state to cap emissions: The bill, which was expected to win final legislative approval on the night of 31 August, would make California the first US Continue Reading →
Hobart’s driest winter ended on 31 August, the day the state broke the record for its warmest winter day, noted The Mercury (1 September 2006 p1). The capital city had just 50.8mm of rain over winter, less than a third of its average l60mm for the winter months. Island state warming up for spring: Hobart Continue Reading →
http://www.rense.com/general73/aug.htm
Yesterday, two new extraordinary new facts came to light that have profound bearing on the deteriorating situation in the Mideast. They surfaced during an interview with Noam Chomsky. (Which follows.)
If the celebrated MIT linguist is correct, our US government and media are keeping back vital information from the American public. The key information has to do with Iran’s actual positions regarding its nuclear program, and also its relation to Israel. While the US press has focused exclusively on inflammatory remarks by Iranian president Ahmadenijad, even more important statements by Iran’s head mullah, Ayatollah Khamenei, who is Ahmadenijad’s boss, have never been reported here in the US.
The Brilliantly Profitable Timing Of The Alaska Oil Pipeline Shutdown
By Greg Palast
The Guardian – UK 8-8-6
Is the Alaska Pipeline corroded? You bet it is. Has been for more than a decade. Did British Petroleum shut the pipe yesterday to turn a quick buck on its negligence, to profit off the disaster it created? Just ask the "smart pig."
http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/headlines06/0731-06.htm
US Begins Building Treaty-Breaching Germ War Defence Centre
by Julian Borger
Construction work has begun near Washington on a vast germ warfare laboratory intended to help protect the US against an attack with biological weapon, but critics say the laboratory’s work will violate international law and its extreme secrecy will exacerbate a biological arms race.
The National Biodefence Analysis and Countermeasures Centre (NBACC), due to be completed in 2008, will house heavily guarded and hermetically sealed chambers in which scientists simulate potential terrorist attacks.