Saturday, August 14, 2010

Climate Leader Dies

Professor Stephen Schneider
Climate scientist at Stanford University – passed away on July 19. Steve was a tireless, dedicated author contributing to all four IPCC assessment reports. The scientific community will deeply miss this great leader.
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Is the News Coming From the Gulf Too Good To Be True? Unfortunately, Yes

AlterNet - Au 1o-2010
Thad Allen may be struggling to find the oil, but that's not because it's all gone.
Bird in oil spill.
Seattle Weekly

Mosquito Wars: Politics, Economics or Science?

by Bill Paton - Prof. of Biology, Brandon University, for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - 8/12/10

Heated debates are….

Costs of Oil Reach Far Beyond What We Pay at the Pump

08/12/10 - by: Mark Engler - Truthout

This might be an opportune...

Friday, August 13, 2010

Storms Unfold as Climate Scientists Have Predicted

8/ 13/10 Boston Globe

Heat waves, fires, and floods fit their predictions

National Farmers Union Warns New Trade Agreement with EU Could Crush Canadian Farmers

New "FTA" threatens famers' right to save seed, NFU warns. (PDF)

Grain stored on
open ground.
l.p. photo

US Court Rescinds USDA Approval of GE Sugar Beets

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Heather
The True Food Network


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Cherry tomatoes.

(Organic!) l.p. photo

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Tar Sands Toxins Growing Rapidly

Globe & Mail - Au 10-2010

Volume of arsenic, lead increased 26 per cent in last four years, Environment Canada says.
AB tar pond by
Beautiful Destruction

Russia's Agony a "Wake-Up Call" to the World

By Stephen Leahy - Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Aug 11, 2010 (IPS)

Food prices soar in the face of Russia's record heat wave.
Photo courtesy of

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Greenland Ice Sheet Faces 'Tipping Point in 10 Years'

• Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent
• guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 10 August 2010
Scientists warn that temperature rise of between 2C and 7C would cause ice to melt, resulting in 23ft rise in sea level!

A view of Jakobshavn Glacier (Sermeq Kujalleq),

the most dynamic glacier in Greenland. Photo courtesy of
Science Poles

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

The U.S. Peddles GM Seeds and Pesticides to Poor Mexican Farmers; Impoverishes Communities

By Jill Richardson - Alternet - Au 6'10
The author takes a trip to Mexico to see the 'green revolution' firsthand -- and what she finds is shocking.


Crop sprayer
photo by l.p.

Health Canada probes claim that government officials helped pesticide company overturn a ban

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