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Canada's Lentil Industry Wants Europeon Union to Allow More Roundup on its Product

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Apr 13, 2011 Manitoba Co-Operator Canada's lentil industry wants to see the European Union afford the same tolerances for glyphosate residue on lentils as it does on other pulse crops. Details here. PLT: With evidence mounting around the world about health risks associated with Roundup, the clamor for it just increases. I fear Monsanto will win this race to the bottom! 

Warming Oceans Cause Largest Movement of Marine Species in Two Million Years

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Richard Gray - The Telegraph - 26 Jun 2011 Swarms of venomous jelly fish and poisonous algae are migrating into British waters due to changes in the ocean temperatures, a major new study has revealed. Details here.

Sea Levels Rising At Fastest Rate In 2,100 Years: Study

By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID  HuffPost Green -  06/20/11 WASHINGTON -- Sea level has been rising significantly over the past century of global warming, according to a study that offers the most detailed look yet at the changes in ocean levels during the last 2,100 years. Details here.

Churchill Mayor Pleads for Canadian Wheat Board

Mia Rabson - Winnipeg Free Press - 06/22/2011 Wheat board's end will devastate port, he says . Details here.

Canada’s Common Songbird Populations Plummet - 
Report Reveals Boreal Birds Particularly Hard Hit

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Nature Canada - On June 15, the National Audubon Society in the United States released a startling report; many of our most recognized birds are experiencing steep population declines.   Details here.

'Shocking' Report Warns Of Mass Extinction From Current Rate Of Marine Distress

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Travis Donovan  Huffpost Green 20/6/11 If the current actions contributing to a multifaceted degradation of the world's oceans aren't curbed, a mass extinction unlike anything…. Details here. Please also read, "The Gulf of Mexico is Dying."  PLT: I first posted this story with some reluctance & trepidation,  fearing it may be a bit "over the top." I no longer believe this to be the case.