The World Economic Forum has declared war on coffee drinkers, declaring that they are causing “global boiling” and must be stopped at all costs. According to World Economic Forum Agenda Contributor Hubert Keller, “The coffee that we all drink emits between 15 and 20 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of coffee… Every time we drink […]
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WEF Wants Coffee Banned because its Warming the Globe with Tonnes of CO2
Fukushima: Japan prepares to release 1.3 million tonnes of treated wastewater into the sea
Under a plan approved by the Japanese government, the release of this water is expected to begin this spring or summer. Source Views: 0
10,000 tonnes of uncollected trash in Paris as unions call for more action against pension reforms
There’s an estimated 10,000 tonnes of uncollected trash piling up on the streets of the French capital, as unions call for more weekend protests and strike action against controversial pension reforms. Hundreds of people have been arrested in Paris after two nights of protests, according to the Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, while demonstrations spread to Rennes, […]
Greek cargo ship held after three tonnes of cocaine found off Tenerife
Spanish authorities have found three tonnes of cocaine on a Greek-managed cargo vessel off the Canary Islands.The 4,300-dwt Blume (built 2005) was intercepted on Tuesday, 193 nautical miles (360 km) from the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the Eldia es Tenerife website reported. Spanish authorities have found three tonnes of cocaine on a Greek-managed… […]
EU wastes around 153 million tonnes of food each year, says report
The EU wastes more food than it imports, according to a new report that found every year, people waste around 153 million tonnes of food. This is equivalent to about half of Ukraine’s wheat exports. Feedback EU, which produced the study, found that curbing on-farm waste could ease the rising cost of food. “[Food waste] […]
Iran ready to offer Lebanon 600,000 tonnes of fuel
Iranian officials told a Lebanese technical delegation visiting Tehran on Tuesday that Iran could offer Lebanon 600,000 tonnes of fuel over five months to help ease its power shortages, Lebanese TV station Al-Manar reported. If the fuel deal goes through, it would be Iran’s first supply of fuel directly to the Lebanese State after it […]
Iran ready to offer Lebanon 600,000 tonnes of fuel
Iranian officials told a Lebanese technical delegation visiting Tehran on Tuesday that Iran could offer Lebanon 600,000 tonnes of fuel over five months to help ease its power shortages, Lebanese TV station Al-Manar reported. If the fuel deal goes through, it would be Iran’s first supply of fuel directly to the Lebanese State after it […]
Iran ready to offer Lebanon 600,000 tonnes of fuel
Iranian officials told a Lebanese technical delegation visiting Tehran on Tuesday that Iran could offer Lebanon 600,000 tonnes of fuel over five months to help ease its power shortages, Lebanese TV station Al-Manar reported. If the fuel deal goes through, it would be Iran’s first supply of fuel directly to the Lebanese State after it […]
Iran ready to offer Lebanon 600,000 tonnes of fuel
Iranian officials told a Lebanese technical delegation visiting Tehran on Tuesday that Iran could offer Lebanon 600,000 tonnes of fuel over five months to help ease its power shortages, Lebanese TV station Al-Manar reported. If the fuel deal goes through, it would be Iran’s first supply of fuel directly to the Lebanese State after it […]
360 tonnes of Saudi aid arrives in Afghanistan from Pakistan
A total of 16 trucks carrying 360 tonnes of food and shelter arrived in the Afghan capital Kabul yesterday travelling over the border from Pakistan. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that the aid was delivered by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), adding that the shipment included “11,000 bags of flour, […]
Dutch police seize 1.6 tonnes of cocaine in Rotterdam port
Dutch customs seized more than 1.6 tonnes of cocaine hidden in shipments of bananas, cocoa beans and cement in the port of Rotterdam, prosecutors said Wednesday. The drugs, with an estimated street value of €127 million, were hidden in three containers that arrived in Europe’s largest port. “The first container came from Ecuador and was […]
Four tonnes of cannabis found in cupcake-making machines
Greek authorities have seized more than four tonnes of cannabis hidden in industrial cupcake-making machines. The processed drugs were found by police in the country’s main port of Piraeus, stored in a shipping container heading from Lebanon to Slovakia. Their estimated street value is €33 million. The shipment, whose registered contents were three industrial cupcake-making […]
Japan to release 1m tonnes of contaminated Fukushima water into sea
Japan has announced that it will release more than one million tonnes of contaminated water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. Prime minister Yoshihide Suga said releasing the treated water is an “unavoidable task to decommission the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and reconstruct the Fukushima area,” according to Reuters. Work to […]
Less than 1 year after the Pike River mine explosion, tonnes of concrete were poured into a ‘critically important’ air feed where miners could have gathered (Engineer)
“So while everyone thought they were gathering concrete evidence, they were, in fact, covering the evidence in concrete.” An engineer investigating the Pike River mine disaster has claimed a mine manager pumped tonnes of concrete into a vital air feed, likely where the miners gathered after the first explosion, “completely obliterating” evidence. Thursday marked the […]
UK imports tonnes of Dutch sewage sludge ‘for agricultural benefit’ sparking toxicity concerns
The UK is importing 27,500 tonnes of sewage sludge containing human waste from the Netherlands for agricultural purposes, despite concerns over its toxicity for human health and the environment. A permit for 15 shipments was issued in February by the UK’s Environment Agency, according to documents obtained by Greenpeace’s Unearthed investigative unit and seen by […]
Romania: 8,500 tonnes of Beirut blast chemical seized in police raids
Romanian police have discovered thousands of tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored illegally and unsafely at sites and storage units across the country. They seized 8.500 tonnes of the chemical, three times greater than the 2,750 tonnes that caused the devastating explosion in Beirut on August 4. The explosion in the Lebanese capital killed more than […]
How 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate were stranded in Beirut port for 6 years
Date: 6 August 2020 Author: lecridespeuples Source: Al-Mayadeen, Lebanese TV channel pro-Hezbollah, August 5th, 2020 Translation: resistancenews.org Transcript: Greetings. Anyone who sees these photos will find it hard to believe that they show the Beirut port just 24 hours ago, full of life, before being (completely) destroyed by (the explosion) of (hundreds of) tons of ammonium nitrate, stored in […]
Iran tenders to buy 30,000 tonnes sunflower oil
Business Recorder– Iran’s state purchasing agency GTC has issued an international tender to purchase up to 30,000 tonnes of sunflower oil, European traders said. Tender deadline for the crude sunoil is April 17. Offers are to be made in euros, the sunoil purchase can be 10 percent more or less than 30,000 tonnes. Shipment is […]
China claims gold reserves at end of 2016 a massive 12,100 tonnes
China’s proven gold reserves reached 12,100 tonnes at the end of 2016, the state news agency Xinhua reported on Monday quoting an official with the national gold association. China has been the world’s biggest gold producer for 10 years and the largest consumer of the metal for four years, it said. […]
50 tonnes of election campaign posters removed from Tehran streets
The deputy head of Urban Services Directorate of Tehran Municipality, Mojtaba Yazdani, said over 50 tonnes of wastepaper, remaining from the electoral campaigns of the candidates contesting Iran’s presidential and city and village council elections (both held on May 19), have been collected and removed from the streets and alleys of the Iranian capital. The […]