Farmers Set Fire to Imported Sugar in Uttar Pradesh
Sun Nov 1, 2009 LUCKNOW (Reuters) - Farmers in India's biggest cane-producing state set fire to part of a goods train...
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The Tar Sands - the Dirty New Gold Rush That is Blackening Canada’s Name
November 4, 2009 - Ben Webster - TimesOnline A giant mechanical digger gouges out a chunk of topsoil... Editor's note: Aerial photos of the tar sands like this one are now being touted as works of art! Our callousness toward the natural world is surely now complete. l.p.
Worldwatch Report: Global Environmental Change: The Threat to Human Health
Global Environmental Change: The Threat to Human Health Author: Samuel S. Myers, MD, MPH
Climate Negotiators Grow Impatient at Lack of Leadership From America (& Canada,too?l.p.)
UN and EU pile pressure on US to set ambitious carbon cuts... John Vidal in Barcelona guardian.co.uk , Monday 2 November 2009
Radio Program (Podcast) on Family Farms
Listen to a one-hour program on CBC Radio's, "The Current" about the assault on Canada's family farmers by agribusiness. Go to: http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/ scroll down & click on "Pt.2 - War in the Country." Thanks! l.p.
Reforming Our Food Production Can Start With Curbing Antibiotic Use
Rep. Louise Slaughter - U.S. Congresswoman from New York's 28th District November 3, 2009 Huffington Post Jonathan Safran Foer's new book, "Eating Animals ," has inspired a lively discussion here at HuffPo about how we produce the food...