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Keep Arsenic out of the Water at Virden, Manitoba, Canada! An Open Letter to Manitoba's Minister of Environment

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by John Fefchak Dear Minister Mackintosh.  Your department staff  says it's OK to get rid of arsenic into a surface water source. However,  this only leads to more questions that  need answers. (Photo, l. courtesy of Food & Water Watch)

Why This Year's Gulf Dead Zone Is Twice As Big As Last Year's

Mother Jones First, the good news: The annual " dead zone " that smothers much of the northern Gulf of Mexico—caused by an oxygen-sucking algae bloom mostly fed by Midwestern farm runoff—is smaller this year than…Now, for the bad news... Details here.

Manitoba's Minister of Conservation Grants License For The Bipole III Transmission Project

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Winnipeg Free Press. The government has issued an Environment Act for Manitoba Hydro’s Bipole III transmission line. Full story here. Government of Manitoba. " Unprecedented Licence Conditions Exceed Clean Environment Commission Report,  Address Aboriginal Concerns: Mackintosh"   Details here.

We’re Just Beginning to Understand the Wider Impacts of Neonicotinoids.

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By George Monbiot, the Guardian It’s the new DDT:    a class of poisons licensed for widespread use before they had been properly tested, which are now ripping the natural world apart. And it’s another demonstration of the old truth that those who do not learn from history are destined to repeat it. Manitoba honeybees. PLT photo

Silence of the Hives

The Pacific Northwest Inlander America’s honey bees are dying in droves, and colony collapse disorder is the least of our worries. Details here.

Canadian Girl Takes on Media "Heavyweight" Over GMOs (Video)