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Jordan, Israel Agree To Build $900M Red Sea-Dead Sea Desalination Plant
Jordan and Israel have signed an agreement on Thursday to build a $900 million water desalination plant in the Gulf of Aqaba and a pipeline that links the Red Sea with the Dead Sea, Reuters reports. The desalination plant will be constructed in the southern Jordanian port of Aqaba on the Red Sea and will desalinate … Continue reading
Agribusiness And The Re-Colonization Of Africa
By Jim Goodman As global agribusiness interests look to expand their profits with the financial backing of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), various “charitable” foundations and the political backing of the more “developed” countries of the world (the G-8), Africa is the obvious target to be saved … Continue reading
China Goes ‘Rogue’ With ‘Artificial Weather’ Scheme
By Deirdre Fulton Within five years, China intends to use a dubious geoengineering technology known as ‘cloud seeding’ to induce more than 60 billion cubic meters of additional rain each year, its government said this week. Backers of the program—which involves rocket-launching chemicals such as silver iodide into the clouds to allegedly boost rainfall—say the strategy … Continue reading
