Posts Tagged ‘caterpillar’

J.B. Pritzker Loses Another Illinois Company: Caterpillar Moves to Texas

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzer (D) is trying to put a brave face on the departure of another major Illinois company to a Republican-run state, as construction vehicle company Caterpillar announced Tuesday it is moving its corporate headquarters to Texas.

BDS Victory, Manchester university divest from Caterpillar

By Elfalasteen -August 5, 2020 MANCHESTER, PALESTINOW.COM — Students across the UK have called on universities to end their complicity in Israeli apartheid. ‘Apartheid off Campus’ actions were held at over 30 universities this week. Stop Arming Colonialism The protests are part of the annual Israeli Apartheid Week, an international series of events that “seeks to raise awareness about Israel’s apartheid regime over the Palestinian […]

Israel uses Caterpillar equipment in revenge demolition

Ali Abunimah Rights and Accountability 16 August 2017 The ruins of the Hamed family house in the occupied West Bank village of Silwad, one of several Palestinian homes destroyed by Israeli forces in recent days as collective punishment. Iyad Hadad B’Tselem Israel carried out the revenge demolition of the family home of Omar al-Abed, 19, […]

The end of plastic landfill? Researchers discover caterpillar that eats plastic; it’s called a "wax worm"

(Natural News) Plastic-eating caterpillars known as “wax worms” may one day help reduce the global pollution crisis, a study revealed. Prior to the study, an amateur beekeeper was cleaning her hives and placed the parasitic wax worms in a plastic bag, only to find out that the caterpillars were able to make holes in the plastic. As […]

Nature’s answer to plastic pollution: Scientists discover a caterpillar that eats plastic

     Scientists have found that a caterpillar commercially bred for fishing bait has the ability to biodegrade polyethylene: one of the toughest and most used plastics, frequently found clogging up landfill sites in the form of plastic shopping bags. The wax worm, the larvae of the common insect Galleria mellonella, or greater wax moth, is […]

El Al captain indoctrinates the passengers, but only in Hebrew

The El Al captain addresses the passengers in Hebrew on a flight from Tel Aviv to Berlin. He explains the memorial plates for Jews who perished in the holocaust (made of brass, scattered along sidewalks) and rejoices over the existence of Israel, thanks to which we will not turn into memorial plates again. But he […]

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