At 9 Months, 2010 Still Tied for Hottest Year
By Pat Brennan • The Orange County Register • Oc 25'10 At the end of its ninth month, 2010 is still...
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Arctic Report Card: Region Continues to Warm at Unprecedented Rate
ScienceDaily (Oct. 22, 2010) The Arctic region... (Credit: iStockphoto/ Erlend Kvalsvik)
Are Business Interests Giving Bad Advice to the Canadian Government on Climate Change?
by Larry Powell If you enjoy this blog, please consider donating to the author to keep it going. Just click on the link below . Thanks! - Larry In 1988, the Government of Canada, under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, created The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE). In laymen's terms, its duty was, and is, to advise Ottawa on ways of developing this country economically that won't destroy our environment or the hopes of future generations. Just this month, NRTEE published (at least on first glance) a largely credible report on global warming , entitled "Degrees of Change" in the magazine, Canadian Geographic. It describes it as "The first comprehensive illustration of expected climate impacts published for Canada." It lists several consequences, "some positive, most negative" which are expected across t
What a Scientist Didn't Tell the New York Times About His Study on Bee Deaths
By Katherine Eban, Fortune - October 8'10 EDITOR'S NOTE: Please read this article carefully. It's yet another sordid tale of corporate dirty deeds and media sloppiness..scandalous in the extreme. Shame on you Bayer CropScience! Shame on you, New York Times! l.p. COMMENT: "A chemical company-Bayer-funds the research, and 'surprise'..the conclusion is: bees are not dying off because of chemicals. Isn't that nice!" Margaret
Manitoba Funds Buy-Local Campaign
Manitoba Co-Operator - Staff - 10/19/2010 Work on a "Buy Manitoba" branding campaign...
Have We Really Solved the Mystery Behind the Shocking Die-off of Bees?
Grist.org / By Tom Laskawy The New York Times essentially called it 'case closed' on Colony Collapse Disorder, but there is good reason to be wary about their reporting. photo by l.p. EDITOR'S COMMENT: My sentiments exactly! The degree to which media, even of the stature of the New York Times, seem prepared to bend over backwards to avoid singling out the role of pesticides, is truly disturbing. Even the group representing Canadian beekeepers seems engaged in the same game. The Bayers and Monsantos of this world truly do have powerful allies! l.p.