Bitch about Headline News on Health, Environment, Internet, Politics and other Issues
AFP reports here at Yahoo News: “BEIJING The Chinese government has blasted local officials for setting a bad example in energy conservation with their luxurious office buildings, state media reported Wednesday.”
Architects worldwide should learn and build more energy efficient buildings, it sometimes makes one wonder what they studied when you see some of those full glass front loft or office buildings, wasting way to much energy.
Spiegel Online reports here: The rich may be moaning about wind turbines ruining their coastal views on Cape Cod, but in Delaware, citizens are ardently battling politicians — and the coal industry — to build the nation’s largest offshore wind park.
Other studies suggest blueberries may fight cancer and diabetes, BBC News reports here: A compound in blueberries may be good for preventing bowel cancer, US scientists believe.
Spiegel Online reports here: Scientology has started a new propaganda offensive in Europe, opening new offices in capitals across the continent. German authorities are responding by increasing their efforts to monitor the controversial organization.
The Washington Post reports here: Propping open clogged arteries with a tiny wire-mesh tube called a stent is no better at reducing the risk of heart attack or death in patients with stable heart disease than treatment with medications, according to a large new study that challenges routine use of a procedure that rapidly became standard medical practice.
Spiegel Online reports here: The ink on the ‘Berlin Declaration’ signed on Sunday was barely dry when the rift between the supporters and opponents of an EU constitution re-opened. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, hosting the EU’s 50th birthday party in Berlin, warned that failure to reform its outdated institutions would be a “historic error.
BBC News reports here: The spread of cancer and the effect of drugs to fight it could be closely monitored using tiny implants.
CNN News reports here: Was there ever so much fuss made over a creature so small? I’m talking of course about Knut, the three-and-a-half-month polar bear cub who’s just made his media debut at the Berlin Zoo. And Spiegel Online writes here: Knut Woos the Crowds at First Public Appearance.
Spiegel Online reports here: Each year, the European Union dishes out massive amounts of money. Often, funding goes to ill-conceived or unnecessary projects. But there may be a way out of the waste.