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Glued to the Weather Channel While the World Burns

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Paul Loeb HUFFPOST GREEN - 06/ 6/11 Following the weather is beginning to feel like revisiting the Biblical plagues. Details here. A wildfire sweeps over Alpine, Arizona, burning 120,600 acres by Saturday. Courtesy of Common Dreams

Oil Company's Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Backfires

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Nick Young - Greenpeace - 6/6/11 Today an Amsterdam court judge turned the tables on Cairn Energy. Details here. Greenpeace protesters spent four days in a survival pod attached to the the Leiv Eiriksson rig.  (Photograph: Steve Morgan/Greenpeace) 

Lake Manitoba to Set Record High: Province

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Winnipeg Free Press - 06/6/2011 WINNIPEG - Lake Manitoba is now expected to hit 816.5 feet in July, almost a foot higher than previously forecast.  Details here. A farmyard somewhere between  Twin Lakes and Delta Beach.    (MIKE DEAL / Wpg. Free Press)

Nitrogen Debate Wastes Time, Money

By: David Schindler - 06/2/11 Wpg. Free Press - View From the West. The Manitoba government is to be congratulated for its announcement this week that its policy for Lake Winnipeg will focus on aggressively reducing phosphorus inputs to the lake. Details here.

Author Calls "Climate Cranks" to Task! (Video)

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Canada Tries to Hide Alberta Tar Sands Carbon Emissions

Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian - 1 June 2011 Greenhouse gas emissions from the tar sands are on the rise, but try finding that in Canada's official report to the UN. Details here.